You shouldn’t have to take a class for an operating system…

…So we should use android? Maybe chromeos?

Invalid inference.

Welcome to Lemmy.

the modern American use of “liberal” as a synonym for the progressive left… but word usages change

Modern American civics education is, on average, basically non-existent. All changes in word usage trends toward less nuance, greater redundancy, and greater ambiguity.

And that’s fine, I guess, because Descriptivism or whatever. But in the event that moderately educated people use the terms “Liberal” or “Leftist”, it’s probably okay to assume the formal meanings.

makes references to the “liberal media” confusing."

You seem to not be that confused, since you correctly pointed out that these companies are owned by conservatives.

the baking

Is this a typo, or a new term for me to learn?

Do you know the Secretary Problem?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_problem

Your father’s been using computers for some number of years. It’s possible he’s been using computers for longer than he will continue using computers. From his perspective, the current edition of Windows is better than anything that’s come before it, so it’s the rational choice to stick with it until the end.

To get around this, you would basically need to set up a second machine with Zorin so that he can get some context before making a decision. That way, in the very realistic scenario where he decides it’s not for him, he hasn’t lost anything.