"it's our most powerful X ever" - every Apple event ever

There has to be a much stronger correlation between good press for a software release and the subsequent downloads of it, even if a certain number of downloads were inevitable.

Post hoc ergo propter hoc.

David Hume would argue that the causal effect is never seen between 2 events so what's the difference?

LibreOffice breaks download records after Trump renames Lake Ontario to Lake America

David Hume reads the news

It is actually no correct. A record by definition is an unsurpassed accomplishment or statistic. It needs to be an accomplishment before it can be called a record. The passage of time does not qualify as a record. Also, a statistical certainty cannot be called a record.

What's the issue of getting her on Linux? I bet she wouldn't see a difference, especially if its GUI is similar to Windows, like Linux Mint.

>because the jagoffs at Microsoft REMOVED Remote Assistance from every version of Windows used by people who are likely to need it.

when did they remove quick assist? i thought i used it recently (within a month or two), but maybe im misremembering. a quick google still shows it as available for home installs.

>And I say "talked," because the jagoffs at Microsoft REMOVED Remote Assistance from every version of Windows used by people who are likely to need it.

https://rustdesk.com/

But also, you'll notice that giant banner on the linked page. It's because the people "most likely to need it" are also those most likely to fall victim to the increasing number of remote assistance scams.

I use Google remote desktop with my mother. It's not perfect but it's adequate.

I don't understand this comment. You don't seem to be disagreeing with OP?

> Weekly downloads number doesn't.

The ChatGPT app downloads a copy of LibreOffice when you ask it to make pptx files.

So I've downloaded LibreOffice 3 times this week without really paying attention to it.

Their point is that weekly downloads may have been on a constant rise for years due to a constant rise in popularity. It's not as constant as absolute number of downloads, but the point is that "breaking record" is still something that's likely happening frequently and doesn't need to be related to any statement they gave. They don't share any numbers, at least in the post.

> In one week, the installer was downloaded more than 1 million times — not counting updates via Linux distribution repositories.

Either there's 1m people downloading new software "because no ai", or there's another popular thing that installs this, and is not counted in the "updates via linux repos". One is much much more probable than the other.

Global population is still rising. In general you should expect numbers to go up.

I can tell you wrote this comment when you were younger.

First!

the stock market goes up and down daily, but with a functioning economy it will overall be up. from a distance you are right, something that keeps going up keeps achieving new highs.

but, if you follow the market on a daily basis, you will be paying attention to the market swooning for periods of time, maybe with a small recovery and then another swoon. New "all time highs" do provide convenient notifications that the economy has now grown from before. Without new highs, your investments are treading water.

False, in January 2038 at least some systems will go back in time

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Just wait til 2038 ;)