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  1. Microsoft Teams now has 20 million daily active users

    And it only took 10 million GB of RAM to do it!
    5 points
  2. Just wanted to say I appreciate this sort of content you're putting out here.
    3 points
  3. I'd be fine with this... I'm in the Apple ecosystem (iPhone, Apple Watch, Apple TV) but I'm a Windows desktop user. I'd love to have something better than iTunes.
    2 points
  4. [Mint] Switch Desktop Preferences Easily?

    For them that are interested, a guy over at Linux Mint figured out where the script was going wrong. It requires the following at the beginning of the script: #!/bin/bash So for the full script: #!/bin/bash if [ $(gsettings get org.cinnamon.desktop.background.slideshow slideshow-enabled) == "false" ] ; then gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.background.slideshow slideshow-enabled true gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.background.slideshow image-source "directory:///home/username/destination_folder" gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.background.slideshow delay 10 gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.background.slideshow random-order true else gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.background.slideshow slideshow-enabled false gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.background picture-uri "file:///home/username/path_to_image_blahblah.jpg" fi I've already asked about why that makes a difference to how the system interprets the script, but for now I have my wallpaper sorted! As I said in the thread, next up is dealing with the screensaver. But this is an awesome progression!
    2 points
  5. I concur, waiting for VR to go the way of 3D glasses...
    2 points
  6. VR... nah, I pass.
    2 points
  7. Great for VR users but where the ###### is Half-Life 3 or ANY normal continuation of the series? I mean jesus christ, its going to be 2020 and we're still on a god damn cliffhanger. Even movies that never got sequels that had cliffhangers, got sequels finally to resolve said cliffhanger. Books that you thought would never get a sequel, got a sequel. But not one of the most celebrated games ever, oh no! Sorry, I'm worried I might literally die before we get a continuation of the games at this point.
    2 points
  8. Surely disabling that garish hideous lighting is a good thing?
    2 points
  9. Had to reboot my SP3 last night as it disconnected from my router and couldn't see mine, nor any other router nearby. Network troubleshooter didn't do squat, disabling device and reenabling device didn't fix the issue, reboot and everything was back to normal. It just did a firmware update yesterday and I assumed it was related but didn't have further time to diagnose. When I get home I'm rather curious to see the driver version number. I've seen that wifi issue on older HP laptops I had. Wifi would just drop and it couldn't find anything till you did a reboot. It's some weird driver issue I think, it just dies, and it says it's on but it's frozen basically.
    2 points
  10. Please check the number of downloads and ratings for this app before making ignorant comments
    2 points
  11. There are over 1,000,000 downloads on the Google Play Store alone, with 50,000+ reviews (most of them positive). Is it the most popular piece of software ever released? No. DOA? Hardly.
    2 points
  12. Your device is out of support and Microsoft would appreciate it if you would buy a new one.
    2 points
  13. "You using it does not mean most people do but me not using it means most people do not" ok ok
    2 points
  14. Apple may be working on a successor to iTunes on Windows 10

    please no
    1 point
  15. WhatsApp for Windows phones will shut down on December 31

    thanks to god i never invested on the windows phone ecosystem...
    1 point
  16. Windows system tray program that hides specific desktop icons?

    That to me is the opposite of an oversight. This is most likely done on purpose, my organization does the same for a few icons. Just ignore them would be my recommendation or make the phone call to your help desk.
    1 point
  17. The Big Wrestling Thread!

    1 point
  18. WhatsApp for Windows phones will shut down on December 31

    Windows Phone has been dead for a long time... I am surprised that this app still working until December 31st.
    1 point
  19. Microsoft Teams now has 20 million daily active users

    Funny thing, i have it set to start on login but it doesn't.
    1 point
  20. Mr Robot

    Season 2 of this show was a slog to get though on weekly basis, but it was so worth sticking with it. This latest episode (407) has to be one of the most poignant pieces of television I've ever seen. Amazing craftsmanship went into this show over the years, and they somehow manage to not only top themselves, but turn the show on its head this late into its run. While the latest reveal is telegraphed pretty heavily within the context of the episode (to make it all the more crushing for Elliot to be the last one to face the truth), it really does shine a completely new light on the show. Just incredible, gut-wrenching performances from everyone involved. Man, what a show.
    1 point
  21. It is coming to Steam a year later.
    1 point
  22. Computer does not boot

    Power supplies can go at any time. I'd switch it and see before going further. At least you can check one likely source off the list.
    1 point
  23. Not overrated? to me the graphics and gameplay awesome on a good 4k TV although hard working getting the platinum.
    1 point
  24. Meh lost interest in Half Life a over decade ago. Add on the VR specific gimmick, hard pass.
    1 point
  25. Detroit: Become Human coming to Epic Games Store on December 12

    Overrated? I freaking LOVED that game on Ps4 and I will definately play it again on PC. Very happy that is will be available. If it was not I would replay it on Ps4 but I am selling it. Definately one of the top10 ps4 games for me.
    1 point
  26. I have experienced this game on PS4 Pro and I think this game is overrated. Even graphics wasn't as good as it was shown in PS4 game trailer. Game is just like watching a CGI movie, with few choices. But Kara's story worth it. At least, PC version will look better probably.
    1 point
  27. This was a community request?? lol
    1 point
  28. PHP DOM-Document and XPath : fetch class data

    $node is a list of matching nodes, not a single node, so you'll need to loop over the list, and echo for each one
    1 point
  29. You can install mod to prevent the companions death! Terminator graphics are way too old, not impressive.
    1 point
  30. Apple releases iOS 13.2.3 with more fixes

    While I agree that most, if not all, software ships with bugs, this version of iOS has been the most buggy one to date I'd say. And iOS 12 was up there as well. I don't see the rush here, Apple, and others, should just slow down. Not every new phone needs a whole new version of the OS each year.
    1 point
  31. After years of suffering degrading hearing, I got a hearing aid

    Mine are around $5k. Luckily, both Medicair and Medicaid paid that all off. I only ever wear it when I go out. Around the house, I never wear them. Being we are on a quieter street now, less loud out. I have trouble hearing anything that my Mom says. High voices is hard for me to hear. And she has trouble understanding me half the time with my slurred speach and stuttering, too. So, we both are damned.
    1 point
  32. MATLAB codepath tweak massively boosts AMD Ryzen CPUs' performance

    It is less about optimizing for AMD in their products, and more about finding the poor optimization in underlying code/libraries - which are outside of their development. Even in one of these examples above, a library is assuming the AMD processor doesn't have newer features. Which is hard to track down when the library is not your code. Most developers would not notice why and just assume AMD is slower. Outside of AMD, these types of development problems are far more common than people would expect. Take a cross platform OSS project that was built on Linux, and then uses a few generic libraries to 'replicate' how Linux works on Windows. Software like this is going to have a lot of redundant code, by working 'like Linux works' - and the underlying libraries are often written by Linux coders that do not understand how Windows works. The number of problems are staggering, and performance is often 1/2, 3/4 the speed of what it should be running on Windows.
    1 point
  33. The Big Wrestling Thread!

    Can AEW use Bash at the Beach as a PPV name? Didn't WCW run those, thus WWE owns the name? Ah, quick search got this: WWE no longer own the rights to the 'Bash at the Beach' trademark as it was left to expire in 2004/2005 after their purchase of WCW. Cody Rhodes EVP for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) trademarked the name in early 2019 as it was created by his father, Dusty Rhodes. AEW Bash at the Beach was announced on November 18, 2019.
    1 point
  34. The Big Wrestling Thread!

    1 point
  35. Computer does not boot

    I think you're motherboard needs a firmware update before you can use the 3rd gen AMDs...
    1 point
  36. Uh no. Lots of companies (mine included) deploy iPhones because of how easy it is to manage them. Lots of companies also use MS software. Our users regularly rely on IOS versions of Outlook, Excel, OneNote and To-Do on their *gasp* iPhones!! Just because you don't doesn't imply that nobody else does either...
    1 point
  37. Google's Pixel 3a and 3a XL are currently $100 off on Amazon

    No sale showing yet. I see $393.44. The only "sale" is to sign up for the Amazon Card and then get $100 off.
    1 point
  38. T-Mobile CEO John Legere is stepping down next year

    He will be missed.
    1 point
  39. Not sure why companies are still not optimizing code for AMD, they have been having huge market since last two years and still there are plenty of application which don't support them! Same happened in GPU space as well, all the ML framework are mainly optimized for CUDA which is only available in nvidia so you can't use AMD GPu's in that regards. (I totally understand why chose CUDA, but after all these years they shows have came up with something!)
    1 point
  40. Ad Blocker

    This is exactly why people continue to block ads. You say you don't allow it but things constantly slip through. Your provider sounds sketchy and after numerous complaints this is still an issue.
    1 point
  41. Google adds 10 more games to launch day line-up for Stadia

    Meh. This whole stadia is another over hyped google “experiment” which they haven’t put as much thought as they should have before launching but it’s nice to push PlayStation and Xbox to push their cloud streaming competitors soon that has all the nice titles. 1. google doesn’t have contents (games) as Sony and Microsoft have. These are launch titles and none of them is google exclusive because they don’t have any studios 2. google may have technology but not the ecosystem or fan base as Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo currently have 3. they haven’t really thought about streaming challenges and they are prematurely launching it IMHO. No deal with telecoms or ISPs for all the overhead excessive bandwidth is required to play these games 4. for casual gamers which I assume this is for, they already own at least one of the three consoles and they play games with no lag, no high speed internet or excessive bandwidth required for free. I feel like this will have the same fate of google glass
    1 point
  42. Looks cartoonish..
    1 point
  43. It's so weird that our Version is still v1903, at least on Build 19023. Will test 19025 shortly, but I would have thought our version would be listed as v1909 by now.
    1 point
  44. One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows release date announced

    Saitama can kill everything with one punch. What's the point of it being a game if there is no challenge?
    1 point
  45. Because microfluidics is not a trivial topic. Getting the nozzels and pressure just right so that the materials will flow, and then backflow - but not too much - is tricky. My guess is that this is still highly sensitive to the viscosity and temperature of the printing material as well.
    1 point
  46. The goto game when you want to have real fun and a challenge. Just keeps getting better while holding true to the original. Finally someone that gets it. They should have talked to Blizzard a long time ago.
    1 point
  47. 12 Michael Jackson fans have committed suicide over grief

    i think there are no FEW. he is the KING OF THE POP. the one the only. no one can replaces him. he is a legend by himself.
    1 point
  48. 12 Michael Jackson fans have committed suicide over grief

    Well, MJ is a very Unique singer/performer. There are very FEW like him. It's possible they Only love MJ that much! Other artists they don't care at all.
    1 point
  49. 12 Michael Jackson fans have committed suicide over grief

    You guys don't understand how powerful Jackson was to people. Have you ever SEEN any of his concerts? With people fainting left and right while he sings on stage? God forbid if he TOUCHED someone, they'd go through the roof of the place. Watch some of his concerts on Youtube or what have you, and watch as grown men and women (yes, men) faint and fall to the floor and have to be DRAGGED by security/officials to safety. Not that I'm saying any of this justifies killing yourself because Jackson died, but I wouldn't look down on someone because of suicide. It's an unwelcome stigma like all the others. Just because one attempts/commits suicide doesn't mean someone was weak or was pathetic. Sure, some are, but I doubt the majority are.
    1 point
  50. 12 Michael Jackson fans have committed suicide over grief

    Now, I love The Killers, I adore them; everything about them. Some would call it 'obbsessed' (just ask PureLegend or bmaher how much I listen to them ;)). I think Brandon Flowers is the most amazing person, that I know of, ever to walk this earth - the way he looks, the way he dresses, his voice, the lyrics he writes, his laugh... everything about him. He is stunning and amazing, however, I don't even understand how people can become obsessed to the point of stalking their idol, let alone killing themselves, just because that person dies. If Brandon Flowers died, I'd be devastated, especially as he is not even half-way through his career and there will be more albums to come :happy:, but even if he was at the end of his career, I'd be absolutely gutted. I could possibly, but not definately, become sad to the point of crying, just because I'd be thinking about his personal life and how he would have been taken away from his loving family, which is an awful thing to think about, not to mention it would feel like such a waste; but that's about it and I see nothing wrong with that. But... killing yourself? Seriously? It's one person who you don't even know. I wouldn't even kill myself if my wife/girlfriend or mother died let alone someone I admire but do not know. I don't see why anyone would? There is much more to life than Michael Jackson or Brandon Flowers and that should be the case for everyone. If you think there is nothing more, you are wrong. If you are at a position in life where you think it is pointless to carry on because your life is that bad, then suicide is not the answer - life can always be better if you want it to and if you try hard enough. This is coming from somebody who admires Micahel Jackson an awful lot (with no opinion on his court cases, as he was found innocent) and still finds it hard to accept that he has passed away.
    1 point