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Information, bias, and the pursuit of making a better world.

The vast amount of information we can access via the Internet, and other media, has made education ever more important to be able to accurately judge the value of the information we consume. The sheer amount of the information out there, means that there is a lot of misinformation out there. This means that education has become ever more important to be able to judge the quality of the information we are presented with, and also the content we consume, and not becoming overwhelmed on the process of doing so. With the wealth of sources out there, relying on a single one is a luxury we can no longer afford. There is a real need to have several, and that have different points of view, to have a better view of what's going on around us. All media has a degree of bias, which dictates how they relate the stories they share and the stories they choose to share. There is no such things as a completely unbiased and objective media outlet, at the end of the day they are made up ...

The end of Windows 7 got me somewhat nostalgic.

Windows 7 end of life is finally due on January 14, 2020. Windows 7 has been the last Windows version that I've used on regular basis, since its the OS we use at work, and the last Windows version I used on my personal computer that actually enjoy using. As such, the demise of Windows 7 got me somewhat nostalgic. Even if I've no plan to move back to using Windows on my personal laptop, as a regular user at work I've grown accustomed to using it, and I somewhat like how it works. Though I like the looks of Windows 10 better, I haven't used it long enough to say much about it and I is something I'm not looking forward to. The first Windows version I used was Windows 95 , which I remember with certain fondness mainly because it came with my first ever laptop. My favorite version would be Windows XP , and has been the only version of Windows I actually like as a whole. Windows Vista was a complete mess for me, and was the main reason I moved to Linux as ...

Cross-platform software should become the norm.

I regularly use three different OSes, Windows 7 at work, Linux Mint on my machine, and Android on my smartphone. With this, I've come to appreciate cross-platform software since it gives me the ability to access the things I like no matter the OS I'm using at the moment. The apps I use the most on the three OSes are Spotify , Firefox , and Dropbox . For many reasons, being able to use these three apps on every device I uses independently of which OS they are running makes them very convenient for me. Specially in the cases of Spotify and Firefox, since been able to access my accounts makes it easier to access the content and services I use regularly all that easier and practical. Cross-platform software became important for me since I moved full time to Linux, since at work I've to use Windows because some of the apps needed for the operations is Windows only. And because I wanted to keep using Firefox, and Songbird the music player I used at the time. As a ma...