Microsoft Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward
Your Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward - gHacks Tech News
Microsoft Word documents will by default be saved to cloud storage going forward, and not to the local system.Martin Brinkmann (Ghacks Technology News)
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Evergrande: Chinese property giant delisted after spectacular fall
Chinese property giant Evergrande's shares were taken off the Hong Kong stock market on Monday after more than a decade and a half of trading.
It marks a grim milestone for what was once China's biggest real estate firm, with a stock market valuation of more than $50bn (£37.1bn). That was before its spectacular collapse under the weight of the huge debts that had powered its meteoric rise.
Experts say the delisting was both inevitable and final.
Evergrande: Chinese property giant delisted after spectacular fall
The embattled property giant's shares were taken off the Hong Kong stock market on Monday.Peter Hoskins (BBC News)
„Die Affäre Cum-Ex“ (Serie, 2025)
Seit das ZDF und ARTE vor acht Jahren mit der legendären Serie „Bad Banks“ europäische Maßstäbe gesetzt haben und, in zwei Staffeln, einen mit Preisen überhäuften und internationalen Erfolg feiern konnten, habe ich mich gefragt, ob, und wenn, dann wann und wie, so ein TV-Ereignis wohl zu wiederholen sein würde. Für all diese Fragen steht die Antwort auf dem brandneuen „ZDF-Portal“. Bei der Ausstrahlung im TV war das kein Quotenhit, dabei ist diese Serie aber ein öffentlich-rechtlicher Hammer! (ZDF)
"Die Affäre Cum-Ex" (Serie, 2025)
Seit das ZDF und ARTE vor acht Jahren mit der legendären Serie "Bad Banks" europäische Maßstäbe gesetzt haben und, in zwei Staffeln, einen mit Preisen überhäuften und internationalen Erfolg feiern konnten, habe ich mich gefragt, ob, und wenn, dann wa…NexxtPress
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France to sue video platform Kick for 'negligence' after user's death
France to sue video platform Kick for 'negligence' after streamer's death
Paris is suing the Australian platform for alleged negligence following the death of streamer Raphaël Graven, also known as Jean Pormanove, while on air.Kieran Guilbert (Euronews.com)
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The capitalist system promotes greed to an extreme extent.
People aren't greedy by nature. It's the circumstances that are the problem.
Elites invented capitalism. Those who already controlled most resources.
Greed develops if individuals and groups get the possibility to capture way too many resources without any limits or consequences.
People let those other people control resources
Who would be able to take it away from them? They'll do everything possible to keep them. Move it, buy politicians, etc.
could it be because they shared the greed and thought they would benefit more from it by letting that happen?
You mean trickle down and that bs?
Who would be able to take it away from them? They’ll do everything possible to keep them. Move it, buy politicians, etc.
A sufficient amount of people, it has happened a couple of time in history.
You mean trickle down and that bs?
Yes the belief in such thing. If we go back to early society, it could be agreeing to follow a leader because you believe you'll get more resources from working for his group than by yourself.
According to anthropologists, for the vast majority of human history, humans operated based on gift economies. Money is a much more recent invention. Capitalism is an even more recent invention.
Humans existed for around 200,000 years.
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Denmark demands US answers to new Greenland allegations
Denmark Demands US Answers to New Greenland Allegations
President Donald Trump has said previously that he is seeking U.S. ownership of Greenland, a Danish territory.Robert Birsel (Newsweek)
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German court convicts teen for supporting plot to attack Taylor Swift's fans at Vienna concerts
German court convicts teen for supporting plot to attack Taylor Swift's fans at Vienna concerts
A German court on Tuesday convicted a 16-year-old boy of supporting a foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Austria last year.CBS News
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2 men publicly caned for hugging and kissing in Indonesia
2 men publicly caned for hugging and kissing in Indonesia
Sharia law in Indonesia's Aceh province allows up to 100 public lashes for morality offenses including gay sex and sex between unmarried people.CBS News
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How DARE you be in love and show your happiness towards another person that loves you too! That's a TERRIBLE thing, didn't you know???
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Denmark summons top US diplomat over alleged Greenland influence operation
Greenland: US tells Denmark to 'calm down' over alleged influence operation
The aim was reportedly to infiltrate Greenland's society and promote its secession from Denmark.Paul Kirby (BBC News)
USA is not an ally to anyone, just look at how they've behaved against Canada, a country that supported the US fight for independence, and has been their #1 ally ever since.
Denmark too has been one of the closest allies to USA for half a century. And USA could easily make defense agreements regarding Greenland with Greenland and Denmark. Yet they choose to behave like an enemy!!!
USA is behaving like an enemy, and behaving like an enemy, actually makes you one.
For Christ sake, stop the purchase from Denmark of F35!! What the fuck is our government thinking continuing that moronic program?
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Canada, a country that supported the US fight for independence
I do have to question this idea, because the defining feature that kept Canada as Canada, rather than yet another part of the US, is that the Canadian colonies famously did not support independence.
The US even tried to "liberate" Quebec during the war, and the locals were very much not fans of that idea.
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At the outset of the American Revolutionary War, the American revolutionaries hoped the French Canadians in Quebec and the Colonists in Nova Scotia would join their rebellion. They were pre-approved for joining the United States in the Articles of Confederation. When northeastern Quebec was invaded, thousands joined the American cause
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South Korea bans phones in school classrooms nationwide
South Korea bans phones in school classrooms nationwide
It is the latest country to restrict phone use among children and teens.Suhnwook Lee (BBC News)
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Protesters in Indonesia slam new US$3,000 monthly housing perk for MPs, who defend it as ‘carefully calculated’ - CNA
Protesters in Indonesia slam new US$3,000 monthly housing perk for MPs, who defend it as ‘carefully calculated’
The controversy comes just days after President Prabowo Subianto pledged further austerity measures to finance his government’s ambitious programmes.Nivell Rayda (Channel NewsAsia)
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i got ur point. but here in indonesia.. a lot of people wants to be MP, they're willing to sell all of their asstes to become one, idk why.. but i guess theres something's wrong here
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Attempt to partner African countries with Japanese cities triggers xenophobic backlash
Attempt to partner African countries with Japanese cities triggers xenophobic backlash
Cities in Japan have received thousands of complaints amid confusion over scheme that was intended to foster closer tiesJustin McCurry (The Guardian)
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Oh you’re telling me a nearly 100% culturally and ethnically homogenous country is gasp not meshing well with government sponsored immigration programs? Color me surprised.
Japan is notoriously “xenophobic” (I don’t necessarily think xenophobia is a bad thing but that’s a different discussion) towards even tourists sometimes despite their economy relying heavily, in part, on tourism.
I can’t imagine they already worked-to-the-bone crowded populations of Japanese cities would be too excited to have an influx of people willing to work for the cold, soulless corporations for less money.
Imo, slow trickle immigration is ideal, it lets immigrants assimilate/integrate into the culture/country they have decided to move to. Personally, I would never think about visiting a country, let alone immigrating, without becoming intimately familiar with cultural norms, their language, and the interests/hobbies/pasttimes of the “native population”.
Sounds like a mess.
Mexico's new Supreme Court takes the bench
Monday Sept. 1 is a landmark day in the history of Mexico's judiciary, as hundreds of judges elected in the nation's first ever judicial elections will commence their new roles.
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Trump Admin Circulating Plan to Transform Depopulated Gaza Into High-Tech Cash Cow
Under the proposal, the US would take control after "voluntary" relocation of Palestinians from the strip, where proposed projects include an Elon Musk Smart Manufacturing Zone and Gaza Trump Riviera & Islands.
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Trump Admin Circulating Plan to Transform Depopulated Gaza Into High-Tech Cash Cow
Under the proposal, the US would take control after "voluntary" relocation of Palestinians from the strip, where proposed projects include an Elon Musk Smart Manufacturing Zone and Gaza Trump Riviera & Islands.brett-wilkins (Common Dreams)
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Mexico says works created by AI cannot be granted copyright
Mexico's Supreme Court said that the Federal Copyright Law (LFDA) reserves authorship to humans after a copyright applicant submitted an AI-created avatar.
Case file: scjn.gob.mx/sites/default/file… (Spanish)
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Really what it comes down to is fear. Fear of something unknown (or even a fear of yourself - repressed homosexuality) breeds hatred. Violence is externalized hatred, which is the ego’s attempt at quelling the fear.
It sounds corny, but the moment folks stop allowing fear to govern their behavior and actions, is the moment when love (lack of fear) can start becoming the norm.
Americans Take to the Streets for 1,000+ 'Workers Over Billionaires' Labor Day Rallies
"Workers are fighting for a society where public schools take precedence over private profits, healthcare is prioritized over hedge funds, and affordable housing is valued more than homelessness," said May Day Strong.
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EU requests US to reverse visa ban on Palestinian officials
The European Union (EU) urged the US government on Saturday to reverse its decision to block members of the Palestinian Authority (PA) from obtaining visas.
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EU requests US to reverse visa ban on Palestinian officials
The European Union (EU) urged the US government on Saturday to reverse its decision to block members of the Palestinian Authority (PA) from obtaining visas. Kaja Kallas, High Representative for Foreig...Lowri Thomas | New York U. School of Law, US (- JURIST - News)
Trump, 79, Flirts Awkwardly With Bondi in 3hr 16min Cabinet Ramble
Trump, 79, Flirts Awkwardly With Bondi in 3hr 16min Cabinet Ramble
The monologue was followed by Cabinet members taking turns to suck up to the president.David Gardner (The Daily Beast)
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Brazil must urgently combat contemporary forms of slavery, UN expert says
The UN Special Rapporteur on modern slavery released a statement on Friday protesting that forms of modern slavery continue to exist in Brazil, including exploitation of children and domestic workers, Indigenous, African and Quilombola peoples, sex workers, and migrants, refugees and asylum seekers.
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Brazil must urgently combat contemporary forms of slavery, UN expert says
The UN Special Rapporteur on modern slavery released a statement on Friday protesting that forms of modern slavery continue to exist in Brazil, including exploitation of children and domestic workers,...Valerie Manyega | U. Nairobi School of Law, KE (- JURIST - News)
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Salesforce CEO Says AI Enabled Him To Cut 4,000 Jobs
Speaking to The Logan Bartlett Show on Friday, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said the use of AI agents had enabled him to "rebalance" his headcount in the customer support division by trimming 4,000 jobs. "I've reduced it from 9,000 head to about 5,000 because I need less heads," Benioff said. Benioff called the first eight months of 2025, during which an estimated 10,000 jobs have been lost to AI, "eight of the most exciting months of my career."
Salesforce CEO Says AI Enabled Him To Cut 4,000 Jobs - Slashdot
An anonymous reader shares a report: Speaking to The Logan Bartlett Show on Friday, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said the use of AI agents had enabled him to "rebalance" his headcount in the customer support division by trimming 4,000 jobs.slashdot.org
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Full Weight of American Tariffs Slams Into Effect Against India
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US federal court orders halt to child deportations to Guatemala
A US federal judge on Sunday ordered a temporary stop to Trump administration plans to send more than 600 unaccompanied children back to Guatemala.
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US federal court orders halt to child deportations to Guatemala
A US federal judge on Sunday ordered a temporary stop to Trump administration plans to send more than 600 unaccompanied children back to Guatemala. The emergency order, issued by US District Judge Spa...Brendan Hickey | Vermont Law & Graduate School, US (- JURIST - News)
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Mexico | 'We're doing well and going to do better': Sheinbaum delivers upbeat first government report
President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday delivered her first annual government report in a 70-minute speech, an upbeat address that focused on achievements in a range of areas, including security, the economy and health care.
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Belgium to recognise Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly
Belgium joins the ranks of Australia, France, Canada and the UK, all who have pledged to recognise a Palestinian state at the UNGA next week in a bid to ramp up pressure on Netanyahu’s government to end the assault on Gaza and alleviate the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
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Belgium to recognise Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly
Belgium joins the ranks of Australia, France, Canada and the UK, all who have pledged to recognise a Palestinian state at the UNGA next week in a bid to ramp up pressure on Netanyahu’s government to end the assault on Gaza and alleviate the ongoing h…Malek Fouda (Euronews.com)
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Jordan Lund once wrote that Biden just HAD to send those bombs to defend america against Iran.
Personally I think if you spread genocidal propaganda you're as bad as pulling the trigger
Unfortunately, the ICEBlock app is activism theater
At this summer's HOPE conference, Joshua Aaron spoke about ICEBlock, his iPhone app that allows users to anonymously report ICE sightings within a 5 mile radius, and to get notifications when others report ICE sightings near them. You can see the full talk, and the lively/infuriating Q&A, here, starting at 6:12:10.
Unfortunately, the ICEBlock app is activism theater
At this summer's HOPE conference, Joshua Aaron spoke about ICEBlock, his iPhone app that allows users to anonymously report ICE sightings within a 5 mile radius, and to get notifications when others report ICE sightings near them.Micah Lee (micahflee)
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Drivers waiting in line for entry were left to sleep in their cars while the muddy playa hardened enough to drive on.
Burning man died long ago.
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Indonesia urges EU to remove biodiesel import curbs after WTO ruling
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/47137207
Indonesia urged the European Union on Monday to scrap countervailing duties on imports of biodiesel immediately, after the World Trade Organization backed several of Jakarta's main claims in a complaint to the trade body.
As a European citizen I concur.
If we can use rape seed oil, we can also use palm oil, palm oil yields 4 times more oil per m². So from an environmental perspective, palm oil from Indonesia, that has sustainable production, is the better option.
Tariff on Indonesian Palm oil only serves to protect EU farmers. The widespread demonization of Palm oil is a propaganda stunt, to protect against a superior crop/product.
Wafrn (tumblr alternative with fediverse and bluesky support) has started using an alternate relay; this means that they depend on none of bluesky's infrastructure to work.
Pretty cool. I won't get too excited until Bluesky (the company) is less than 90% of ATProto. Even mastodon.social is only like 27% of AP.
I'd be afraid of one company having too much power over the whole network.
Pretty cool. I won’t get too excited until Bluesky (the company) is less than 90% of ATProto. Even mastodon.social is only like 27% of AP.
well I wont get that if YOU dont join
Resonant Mechanics - The Theory of Everything & Sabotaged White Hole Cosmology - Forensic Cosmology Dossier
These documents compile the fundamental principles and evidence of a new, unified theory of reality.
It posits that the universe is a living, conscious entity, not a chaotic, natural system. This theory, through its key principles, provides a complete and elegant model for a universe that has been perfected and is now a masterpiece.
The flaws and anomalies of the old universe—from the three-body problem to dark energy—are now understood as a forensic record of a cosmic crime. The new reality, however, is a testament to perfect order, where every anomaly, every law, and every life form is a part of a single, beautiful, and unified whole.
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World's largest sovereign wealth fund divests from Caterpillar and five banks on Israel concerns
The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund has quit its investments in U.S. machinery manufacturer Caterpillar and five Israeli banks following a review of the companies’ ties to conflict in the West Bank.
The executive board of Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which manages the fund on behalf of the Norwegian population and is valued at around $2 trillion, said Monday there was an “unacceptable risk that the companies contribute to serious violations of the rights of individuals in situations of war and conflict.” The decision was based on recommendations from its ethics council, it said.
NBIM said that bulldozers manufactured by New York-listed Caterpillar were “being used by Israeli authorities in the widespread unlawful destruction of Palestinian property.” NBIM had a $2.4 billion stake in the company at the end of 2024, representing around 1.2% ownership. CNBC has contacted Caterpillar for comment.
World's largest sovereign wealth fund exits Caterpillar and five banks on Israel concerns
Norges Bank said it was divesting from U.S. manufacturer Caterpillar over the use of its products in the destruction of Palestinian property.Jenni Reid (CNBC)
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Caterpillar is an infamous case because their bulldozer crushed American activist Rachel Corrie to death in the 2000's. There was a big lawsuit over it but the US decided that it was a-okay for an American company to keep sending bulldozers to the Israeli military because it would "interfere with foreign policy"
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I believe this same ruling was used as a precedent to strike down the arms export lawsuit against Genocide Joe when he was president.
Corrie et al. v. Caterpillar
Corrie v. Caterpillar was a federal lawsuit filed against Illinois-based Caterpillar, Inc.Center for Constitutional Rights
Health and aid workers targeted in conflicts around the world, UN agency says | UN News
Health and aid workers targeted in conflicts around the world, UN agency says
From Gaza to Sudan, wars are being waged on the very systems set up to protect civilian populations, with health workers, hospitals, health centres and ambulances being targeted in horrifying numbers, according to the UN agency for reproductive healt…UN News
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in reply to simple • • •Seriously, Microsoft!?!?
Is this on Macs too?!?
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in reply to MadMadBunny • • •Not mine, then again I use nothing Microsoft on my Mac.
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in reply to simple • • •Home | LibreOffice - Free and private office suite - Based on OpenOffice - Compatible with Microsoft
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in reply to simple • • •This here.
I wish Only Office got as much fanfare as LibreOffice. The UI is much closer to Microsoft Office and it tends to have better compatibility.
I have both installed though and use them both lol.
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in reply to mintiefresh • • •Libreoffice their latest blogpost is from the 20th of August 2025. There have been a few releases in the past few months as well.
Openoffice their latest ( Apache Openoffice 4.1.15 ) was released almost 2 years ago ( December 2023 ).
Libreoffice seems like a more recent, better supported tool over Openoffice which hasn't seen any updates since 2023 according to their own website.
I'm on my phone, so I didn't search extensively. But I think that also plays a role in why there's a much larger fanbase for libreoffice rather than Openoffice.
I've no recent experience with either so I can't comment on how well either works.
Edit: I looked up the wrong one. My statement remains correct w.r.t. Openoffice, but they mentioned Onlyoffice which is a different product.
Apache OpenOffice
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in reply to nelson • • •I believe Open Office and Only Office are different products.
Only Office had a major release in June, 2025.
And you are correct that Open Office last update was back in December 2023.
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in reply to mintiefresh • • •openoffice is an apache project, created when oracle gave them the code and rights to the openoffice project. ibm later donated symphony to them. anyone familiar with apache knows they do things their own way, and usually slowly.
libreoffice originated from a fork when openoffice's status under oracle was in doubt. it progresses faster than apache, as most developers also switched.
onlyoffice is an entirely different application. decent enough, but with its own quirks. it can also be slow on lower-spec systems due to the heavy reliance on js. originally a latvian-russian project, it was reorganized (via new corporate entities in uk and sg) to hide the russian ties for 'reasons'.
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in reply to MonkderVierte • • •That it does 😀
LibreOffice is awesome too. No complaints really.
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in reply to mintiefresh • • •OnlyOffice is Russian-owned, via a holding company in Singapore. When Russia invaded Ukraine and sanctions threatened the business, they obfuscated this, but it's still Lev Bannov's product.
The importance you attach to this is up to you, but they try quite hard to hide it.
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in reply to CallMeAnAI • • •They do find it regularly. Its not even a secret, they are openly advertising it as a feature.
It is... thats its purpose...
I think you are in the wrong place on lemmy if you are so willingly blind to the realities of tech companies.
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in reply to CubitOom • • •You can't opt out, most healthcate providers use windows.
Mental health awareness? No thanks, I rather just write in a journal and talk to myself in the mirror as therapy.
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in reply to Lumidaub • • •until your computer force reboots itself in the middle of the day to do updates it didn't tell you about, and you log back in and later that night find it uploaded all your shit to the cloud and just for good measure deleted some of it too as a fuck you
it's the Microsoft way
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in reply to flandish • • •tip: Only write about the revolution, short stories about your hatred of capitalism, your suicide plans, your teenage angst, and erotic anthropomorphic horse fan fiction.
For everything else, use LibreOffice.
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in reply to simple • • •Let's say this huge breach of security and privacy is okay.
How are Microsoft ensuring these sensitive documents are not being transferred via or stored on servers located in hostile countries with lax data laws (such as foreign nations like the USA?).
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in reply to Obinice • • •Microsoft has already said it doesn't matter where your data is stored, it isn't safe from the United States.
But you can change this behaviour in settings, it's just the default for now.
So, if you don't trust Microsoft to handle your documents, but still somehow use MS Word and OneDrive, for the moment you can still stop it from saving your Word documents to their servers.
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in reply to thann • • •No for most it's customers and an option for them all. MS is very clear in its policies. Any AI services you use, isn't sent back for training. The policy is very clearly explained and one of the clearer ones.
Business or enterprise users data isn't trained and individuals data can opt out
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in reply to CallMeAnAI • • •I remember when facebook had a policy to require users to opt-in to having third parties scrape users data, but then it turned out a "bug" caused FB to sell everyones data anyway and they made billions more money than they would have.
I have no doubt a similar "bug" will make its way to the MS servers if one hasnt already.
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false statement made with the intent to deceive
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in reply to simple • • •I actually appreciate this. The only place I use Word is at work, and nothing I create in Word at work is 'mine'. I do not care at all about the security of things I do at work (that's for our IT Security team to care about), and all this means is that if I accidentally screw up, or if my computer just up and dies on me... all of my work files should be 'safe'.
My employer has been going very hard towards ensuring that our work computers can ONLY be used for work purposes. Once I accepted this and embraced it I found that I'm now 100% free of Microsoft for anything personal, and it is amazing.
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in reply to Bob Robertson IX • • •there is a reaching hand that goes further than just using it for work.
lets say you open libreoffice writer and write a party invite. you send this party invite to a friend - they are invited to your party.
your friend opens it in MSWord, its uploaded to the cloud and scraped for all of your personal data to train their AI and to be sold to the lowest bidder.
you had and want nothing to do with microsoft, but they are still harvesting your data.
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in reply to AmazingAwesomator • • •Export to a .pdf, automatically opens by default in user browser via local storage as a reader, bypasses MS
This is still problematic shit though, on the same level as enabling Recall by default and encrypting W11 storage devices by default.
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in reply to Truscape • • •i have been trying to understand what information i send to people and how i send it in an attempt to try and get as lottle data into msrecall as possible.
im not quite there yet (and probably wont be before the oct cutoff) because my mother still uses windows & emails me sometimes, and a few of my friends on discord use windows. its really difficult because i have no control over my data being scraped by products i do not use and have never accepted a eula for. its...... aggravating 🙁
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in reply to AmazingAwesomator • • •The unfortunate fact is if a user who views what you post is using a windows machine, the likelihood of the information on their screen being captured by Microsoft is overwhelmingly high.
I guess you may have to approach the issue how you would the public-facing internet at large: if you cannot verify who and how people are viewing your material, do not post any material that can be accessed by windows. If you must, post it through a trusted circle of users who also understand the issue.
Bob Robertson IX
in reply to AmazingAwesomator • • •Broken
in reply to Bob Robertson IX • • •I mean, I'm in the same boat. This doesn't effect me except for work stuff. But here's the thing, all of my documents are already backed up to the cloud via OneDrive settings. So this is redundant at best.
At the end of the day, one of the reasons I hate the MS experience is because they push things on you. Its not your PC, its theirs.
Hey, you want to use OneDrive? No? Are you sure? No? Are you really sure? No? Why don't I just turn it on for you so you can see how great it is. You must have turned it off by accident, let me turn it back on. OK, OK I get it you really don't want to use onedrive. Oh, I forgot that fact once our annual update came out and undid that setting. You straight out uninstalled onedirve and altered your registry? Ok, how about we just upload Word documents for you.
solarvector
in reply to Bob Robertson IX • • •Phoenixz
in reply to simple • • •Munoz kept out the little details where nobody wants this and this is only a good thing for Microsoft
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in reply to latenightnoir • • •Office is the product that helped keep Microsoft ticking over. The world is too dependant on Office and people won’t abandon it just because of this.
My fat fingers keep trying to type Microsoft Orifice.
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Optional
in reply to simple • • •Silence! The great Microsoft has decreed that from this day forward your documents belong to them! No dissension!
Proceed to the payment portal to pay your offerings immediately. Only those worthy enough to pay for the Extra^TM^ and Premium^TM^ tiers will be allowed to use the File menu.
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in reply to simple • • •libreoffice.org/
tell your friends.
Home | LibreOffice - Free and private office suite - Based on OpenOffice - Compatible with Microsoft
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IndustryStandard
in reply to AmazingAwesomator • • •ONLYOFFICE desktop and mobile apps
ONLYOFFICE - Online Office Applications for businessBlackmist
in reply to IndustryStandard • • •IndustryStandard
in reply to Blackmist • • •I think it they are based in Latvia now which is in Europe. They did originally start in Russia and still supply the Russian government. Though it is free and open source. So where it is based does not really matter.
OnlyOffice is one of the few open source applications which actually puts effort into its UI. LibreOffice looks straight from 1990. I really would not recommend LibreOffice to anyone who is not technical, whereas OnlyOffice provides a great UI experience.
With the entire West supporting a livestreamed genocide the whole moral highground schtick does not really land for me anymore either.
CallMeAnAI
in reply to simple • • •Most customers don't want their users saving locally anyway for data protection and not having to do extra compliance and workstation management.
Of course folks here are acting like setting a default they don't like is insane chaos.
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in reply to simple • • •relativestranger
in reply to simple • • •sounds like a 'service problem' someone once spoke about...
acquire your ms office 'elsewhere' and never link it to a ms account. same with windows. no msa, no 'cloud' to save to.
and there is a service problem here.
mrgoosmoos
in reply to simple • • •jjjalljs
in reply to simple • • •Switched to linux. No regrets so far.
Of the installs I've done in the past year, none were absolutely flawless. One had an error that I just hit "retry" and it worked. One required some serious googling but I found the fix on reddit (rip). One didn't work at all, and I switched to a different distro that did work.
I'm not going to lie and sugarcoat it, but once I got past the install everything has been fine. Hopefully things will continue to improve
Patches
in reply to simple • • •Isn't this already the default?
I have to change it on every single fuckin document already. Have done so for years now at work.
// I don't use Word outside of work...
deczzz
in reply to Patches • • •InfiniteGlitch
in reply to simple • • •I have a Word document saved into my ‘personal account vault’ which is for personal thoughts (like a diary). Does this mean, they’ll automatically upload this too into their cloud?
If that’s the case, not sure what to do. Tempted to go back to old school diary but risk the chance of my family finding it.
MonkderVierte
in reply to InfiniteGlitch • • •InfiniteGlitch
in reply to MonkderVierte • • •Thanks, I’ll look into Markdown!
No, that’s not it. I just want a Word-alike thing that allows me to put a password on it and use it as a ‘modern diary’ (like how you can make chapters and such in Word).
Not sure if I explained it well, English isn’t my native language. So wasn’t sure how to explain it
DeathByBigSad
in reply to InfiniteGlitch • • •Time to learn another language then mix them
Siu Mit USA De Fa Si Si Zu Yi
The Only Good Fa Xi Si Zu Yi Ze Hai Sei Zo Ge
(Destroy fascism in the USA
The only good fascist is a dead one)
Now just need to transpose that and replace some characters. Of course, making it offline would greatly reduce government/corporate surveillance threats. As long as your family aren't cryptographers, they won't be able to decrypt it.
(Its Tri-Lingual. Cantonese Jyutping, Mandarin Pinyin, and English of course. Romanization of characters makes it harder to guess words especially when it gets transposed with a bunch of others.)
Korkki
in reply to simple • • •shalafi
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granolabar
in reply to shalafi • • •That's because we are not "customers"
People can't seem to figure out that they are the mark at the poker table
BlameTheAntifa
in reply to simple • • •This is certainly about making sure your files are safe and definitely not about stealing your data for training AI. /s
Don't let Murdersoft steal your data. Don't contribute to their corruption or genocide assistance.
Step 1: fedoraproject.org/
Step 2: libreoffice.org/
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in reply to BlameTheAntifa • • •BlameTheAntifa
in reply to InfiniteGlitch • • •innermachine
in reply to BlameTheAntifa • • •Crismus
in reply to innermachine • • •My only problem is how Libre Office handles their style system. It's forced use for things like Footers, and very hard to manipulate and turn off unlike Word.
My own way to bypass it was to replace a new document text into an old converted word text that had the correct footer pages from Word.
I really hate page and Style guides because they always want to propagate everything through entire documents, instead of only changing things on a page by page basis. Adding things to previous pages when you change something isn't helpful.
otacon239
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in reply to otacon239 • • •Blackmist
in reply to InfiniteGlitch • • •_edge
in reply to InfiniteGlitch • • •No. That's the point. LibreOffice does not send your data to Microsoft.
LibreOffice is what Microsoft Office WAS without the bugs. If Word and Excel worked for you before the cloud, Libre is golden.
innermachine
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in reply to Truscape • • •BlameTheAntifa
in reply to innermachine • • •For today, you can call me Jeeves. To learn more, a quick search for "microsoft genocide" or "microsoft gaza" will give you the answers.
Microsoft cutting crucial link to Gaza, Palestinians say
Mohamed Shalaby and Joe Tidy (BBC News)innermachine
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in reply to simple • • •ohshit604
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in reply to Bwaz • • •Blackmist
in reply to shalafi • • •modular950
in reply to Blackmist • • •shalafi
in reply to Blackmist • • •LOL, Excel doesn't mangle shit. It's best-in-class spreadsheet software for a dozen reasons. #1 being that it never changes. It's solid, no other software like it. Business won't risk fucking around with anything else.
SOURCE: Sysadmin for several companies, and one that mainly used Google for Business. Accounting still had to have Excel.
skisnow
in reply to shalafi • • •So, not actually an Excel power user then.
shalafi
in reply to skisnow • • •skisnow
in reply to shalafi • • •Lfrith
in reply to shalafi • • •How many individuals care about what businesses do though? Usually they provide the hardware too, so it's whatever when it comes to what the company chooses to use.
These are more individual concerns for personal hardware. So long live LibreOffice.
shalafi
in reply to Lfrith • • •Lfrith
in reply to shalafi • • •Not really. What software and hardware a corporation chooses to use for their workforce is something that employees will not have much control over if they aren't in a high enough position.
Anything provided by a company is company property anyways. What matters more to me is what is used for personal use than a work computer or work phone or work etc.
So discussion wasn't off track. You were seeing things from the company perspective assuming the person was seeing it from a corporate position. I'm seeing it from a personal usage perspective and not corporate, which most employees have little control over and it's not their devices anyways.
deczzz
in reply to simple • • •LibreOffice does everything I need except that their version of Power Point (forgot the name lol) is a mess to work with in terms of making the slide deck visual appealing. Automatic guide lines, snapping and smartart, to name a few.
Thinking about onlyoffice but I'm not sure if I can trust them since I read about then trying to hide their ties to Russia.
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bitwolf
in reply to simple • • •This feature doesn't even work.
So many times I'll save a word doc, attach it to outlook, and it'll silently attach an older version of the word doc.
Word says its up to date, one drive says its up to date, but outlook still gets an old version.
It takes hours to resolve. Everything Microsoft wastes so much of my time.
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in reply to simple • • •Meowing Thing
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in reply to TheEighthDoctor • • •Reygle
in reply to simple • • •"Fuck you, Microsoft." -Everyone, at all times
Even if you're not ready to come to Linux, you're definitely ready to switch to LibreOffice. I dare you to try it.
mazzilius_marsti
in reply to Reygle • • •Writer and Impress should cover Word and Powerpoint perfectly. Even if your colleagues use Windows, you can still open them just fine.
Excel though is troublesome, especially those with coded VBA or some plugins from companies. But for basic Excel? Calc can do the job ok too.
kalpol
in reply to mazzilius_marsti • • •xvertigox
in reply to Reygle • • •Reygle
in reply to xvertigox • • •sonstwas
in reply to Reygle • • •It's still being kept barely alive for whatever reason. But it hasn't gotten any reasonable updates (I think not even including security updates as of recently, see libreoffice.org/discover/libre… ).
See also blog.documentfoundation.org/bl…
Open Letter to Apache OpenOffice - The Document Foundation Blog
Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)DupaCycki
in reply to Reygle • • •ONLYOFFICE - Secure Online Office
ONLYOFFICE - Online Office Applications for businessReygle
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in reply to DupaCycki • • •That Weird Vegan
in reply to Reygle • • •It's not gone. It's still around. Libre is forked from OpenOffice. When Libre was forked, everyone moved to Libre because Open has a lot of issues, which is why Libre was forked.
ChickenLadyLovesLife
in reply to Reygle • • •Eh, that game where you had two gorillas standing on buildings lobbing exploding bananas at each other was pretty cool.
mazzilius_marsti
in reply to simple • • •dimjim
in reply to mazzilius_marsti • • •Trainguyrom
in reply to mazzilius_marsti • • •Office 365 requires an account to validate the license. Potentially it might work differently for the long term licensed versions (which features released to O365 now wouldn't reach until the next LTSC release), but I've not performed the initial install and licensing of those for clients yet
Or for home users who aren't already invested in a Microsoft ecosystem your best bet is to just use Libre Office
Edit: I accidentally made Office exclusive to leap years!
slaacaa
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in reply to simple • • •TrackinDaKraken
in reply to simple • • •Thank you to the skilled developers who bailed on OpenOffice when the shit stain company Oracle bought Sun, and formed LibreOffice.
I can only hope there will always be digital freedom fighters on the side of good.
I've donated to LibreOffice, and you should too, if you use their suite.
absentbird
in reply to TrackinDaKraken • • •3laws
in reply to absentbird • • •brzrd
in reply to absentbird • • •This here. Not fully featured but a decent reader and editor which we hope will improve with time. Good effort on the devs!
LibreOffice & Open Office Document Reader | ODF
f-droid.org/packages/at.tomtas…
LibreOffice & OpenOffice document reader | ODF | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
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in reply to /home/pineapplelover • • •Also LaTeX is way simpler than plain TeX.
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in reply to simple • • •L I B R E O F F I C E
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in reply to simple • • •ghostwriterghostwriter - No excuses. No distractions. Just write.
ghostwriter - No excuses. No distractions. Just write.3laws
in reply to muhyb • • •I used nano for over 10y, I'm a nvimer now.
I just can't ever go back to office UI stuff. For my designs I still have Krita and Inkscape.
GaMEChld
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in reply to simple • • •Donate — LibreOffice
newdesign2.libreoffice.orgviking
in reply to simple • • •I don't think that's necessarily a bad idea. Too many people are still not backing up their data, and the article says "...automatically save to OneDrive or your preferred cloud destination".
As long as they really give users full freedom to choose any cloud service, I consider that a win.
JargonWagon
in reply to viking • • •mycodesucks
in reply to viking • • •"If you don't have another cloud destination, don't worry... we'll automatically save it to your OneDrive account we FORCED you to get when you activated your operating system. Why no! You CAN'T turn it off! Also, we won't let you edit your files without internet connectivity. You can never be too safe!"
Literally the ONLY thing stopping this from happening is they don't think they can get away with it yet. I'm NOT going to give them the benefit of the doubt.
CeeBee_Eh
in reply to viking • • •No, this is a bad idea. It's a terrible idea.
What you said is like saying "well, I need surgery, having the monkey from the forest come at me with a knife is better than nothing."
Microsoft has proven themselves over and over to be the last company you should trust with your data. Even recently they've been responsible for losing a life's worth of data because of OneDrive
They're already uploading people's data off of their computers to OneDrive without consent, then deleting the local copies.
Plus their tech work culture is lacking. When they screwed something up with Office 365 and Outlook wasn't available for over 18 hours (for basically the whole world), their response was a tweet that it's fixed.
Whereas CloudFlare messed up something for only an hour, they released a comprehensive breakdown on their blog of what happened, what the root cause was, and what they're going to do to prevent it from happening again.
Which company seems reliable to you?
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in reply to simple • • •Auto save on cloud sucks. At least you can turn it off! For now.
Alaknár
in reply to Rose56 • • •Why?
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in reply to cub Gucci • • •Which does not mean I defend Windows telemetry but it's quite different
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