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  1. It’s called a rolling release.
    5 points
  2. "Gmail's malware scanner adds deep learning to extract even more information from you for more accurate targeted advertising" ftfy
    4 points
  3. Threatening attempt to gain access issue

    it's fake. likely a page with a redirect ad. you should be able to just close it and be fine If you're worried though I'd recommend you scan your computer with Malwarebytes and Kaspersky Rescue Disc on a USB. I recommend the rescue disc because booting into an environment to scan ensures the scanner isn't compromised causing it to ignore the infected files and/or be unable to delete them.
    3 points
  4. Dell windows restore image

    Assuming Windows 10: More than likely the Dell iso will contain extra "fluff" that you won't necessarily need. Microsoft's media creation tool will give you a straight installation of Windows without all that "fluff.". You may or may not need to download drivers from Dell after installation and running Windows update (just check for exclamation marks in device manager)
    3 points
  5. It has to be some kind of internal joke there. Simplest thing for most ridiculous price wins.
    2 points
  6. Apple's $400 Mac Pro wheels don't have locks to prevent rolling

    WTH, you could get this... https://www.uline.com/Product/...ISWu4N2KFe3gfhoCfKsQAvD_BwE
    2 points
  7. Apple's $400 Mac Pro wheels don't have locks to prevent rolling

    What do you expect for $400? You get what you pay for.
    2 points
  8. Apple's $400 Mac Pro wheels don't have locks to prevent rolling

    haha! Well thought out there, Apple. Plus, that thing still looks hideous. With wheels it looks like a mini food delivery cart or something you see in a hospital.
    2 points
  9. Apple could be adding an Internet Recovery feature to iOS

    Actually, you can use various key combinations to determine which version is pulled. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904
    2 points
  10. Threatening attempt to gain access issue

    When I was unemployed this is how I passed the time. I didn't actively seek out the scammers, they would randomly phone the house. "Hello sir, I'm phoning from Microsoft and we would like to inform you that your computer is sending viruses." "Goodness, really? That sounds terrible. What can I do?" I was running Linux and I (was) an unemployed technician. I had them going for ages. It became a personal challenge to see how much of their time I could waste.
    2 points
  11. New video shows Microsoft Surface Duo's Peek feature

    The date is interesting and something they've done before so it could very well be true. As far as the peek feature, I like it. I use a flip/wallet style case on my OnePlus 6T so I do this sorta thing often when I flip it open to check.
    2 points
  12. Dell windows restore image

    Restore images used to be badly needed before when you needed to have the OS activated and either the win7/8 stickers were missing or couldnt be read, and win7 couldnt even the network card working without having to manually install drivers, etc. Now days, I MUCH prefer to to a clean install of Win10 (even for corporate), and then run the manufacturer software to install/update drivers (Lenovo System Update or Dell Command Update for the two I deal with). This will typically eliminate the crapware that comes with most new computers, but leave a new OS with proper drivers.
    2 points
  13. You're saying it as if 15 minutes makes difference. Isn't that exaggeration on its own?Spin it however you want, 20+ % or 2.5h< is still plenty battery life to loose. Not trying to be contrarian, but high refresh rates displays on phones are overhyped. I'll take battery life any day of the week. I'm saying a journalists job is to report the facts as accurately as possible. Let me decide if 23% is "Huge" or not.
    2 points
  14. My God Groove and Movies & TV really are unbelievably ugly.
    2 points
  15. Who cares what the creator said, just because he made a completely illogical choice two hundred years ago doesn't mean we have to follow it. The G stands for Graphics, not Jraphics. Simple as. Anyone pronouncing it with a soft G should walk out the nearest window.
    2 points
  16. So GIPHY which started in 2013 is now being the end all to the name pronounciation of GIF?When the image format came out in 1987 the creators pronounced it JIF not GIF... I'd rather go by what they said back then To quote the CREATOR: Steve Wilhite, who invented the Gif file in 1987, told the New York Times that the word is pronounced “jif” not “giff”. “The Oxford English Dictionary accepts both pronunciations. They are wrong. It is a soft 'G,' pronounced 'jif.
    2 points
  17. Apple's $400 Mac Pro wheels don't have locks to prevent rolling

    Don't worry. New wheels are in the works with locks that will cost you twice as much.
    1 point
  18. Another way to empty the folders would be to open the web-based version and do it through there.
    1 point
  19. Star Trek: Picard (CBS All Access)

    You really REALLY don't want to be around anyone getting vaporized!
    1 point
  20. Opted to not include telephoto in a flagship? While others are pushing for longer zoom!
    1 point
  21. Threatening attempt to gain access issue

    most of the time those malicious redirects are smart enough to randomly generate the URL every time and expire after a few min; so could be that too
    1 point
  22. I still wish I could love LG more. They are good phones but their abysmal update policy makes them a deal breaker. Waiting 12-18 months for OS updates (if at all) is inexcusable. Should LG ever rectify this I would go back to them in a heartbeat.
    1 point
  23. Samsung Galaxy S20 comes with a dedicated security chip

    so...it's a... rip off of TPM in computers. take that, apple.
    1 point
  24. New video shows Microsoft Surface Duo's Peek feature

    Storing the device screen in makes sense for protecting the screen, but I feel like it'd make a lot more sense for usability to always store it folded with screen out. Then coming up with stuff like this isn't even needed.
    1 point
  25. New video shows Microsoft Surface Duo's Peek feature

    It would be nice to have an eInk screen on the outside to handle this, I would like to see that in such a design.
    1 point
  26. I think it's mostly bringing it in line with the Insider Program for Windows. They've been calling these test builds "flights" for a while now. It's been around for a while but I mostly heard it in Apple context, maybe it is just part of the developer buzzword lexicon so they both started using it
    1 point
  27. solar panel? I hope smartphones in the future can move to solar energy. I don’t see that becoming viable for smartphones.
    1 point
  28. They call previews/tests flights now? They are adopting Applespeak?
    1 point
  29. TeamViewer 15.3.2682

    except for the fact TV now tried to extort payments of up to $1k per year for using it, claiming almost everyone is a "commercial" user.
    1 point
  30. Who cares what the creator said, just because he made a completely illogical choice two hundred years ago doesn't mean we have to follow it. The G stands for Graphics, not Jraphics. Simple as. Anyone pronouncing it with a soft G should walk out the nearest window. I'd say the creator can call something what ever they want even if it doesn't match, it's their baby not someone else's. We pronounce G's as the soft-G when i, e, or y follow it .. .Ex: German, Giraffe We often jive jifts on Christmas, especially to the jirl with the jimp leg, all while the old jeezer dressed as Santa, sat telling us of old historical battles, like Jettysburg...
    1 point
  31. Qualcomm shows off momentum of Snapdragon 865 phones

    The mobile game ecosystem is absolutely appalling to with the insane amount of in app purchases.
    1 point
  32. Google music converts them to 320kbps .mp3 ...I am assuming that YouTube will do the same.
    1 point
  33. Yep, been using the dev version as my main browser pretty much since it was first released
    1 point
  34. I know this sounds contrarian, but...why does MS needless confuse users with build numbers and version numbers? Is it way too much to ask to just stick with version numbers?? Apparently, the "KISS" method is foreign to those as MS.
    1 point
  35. Good to see this progress, but I hope they release a tool to migrate all your tracks played stats, thumbs up/down ratings, and custom playlists.
    1 point
  36. missed opportunity to use a gif https://66.media.tumblr.com/2a...mt2nbnG38H1qh0d4co1_400.gif
    1 point
  37. You could switch to the Slow ring and then back to RP. I clean installed 2004 a while back and it's been receiving all the monthly CUs despite not being in the insider programme at all.
    1 point
  38. GIF is an acronym for "graphic interchange format" so why would a hard G not make sense regardless of what the creator wants to believe? Not to sound rude but that's most people's reasoning to it. It's disrespectful. It'd be like calling someone Dick when the person clearly wants you to say Richard. If you say, "I don't care, it's Dick, and you're wrong.", that's all on you. The creator even gave multiple reasons why it's jif. Like when you spell it out, it is G I F. G sounds like jif. that's not even an equal comparison. As others have said if the creator truly had issues with the pronunciation he would have made a deal out of it YEARS ago, not just now out of the blue. He just wants attention the way I see it. Just because it's spelled out G I F doesn't mean it has to be a soft G; Girl isn't pronounced jirl for example. Tomato / Tomahto ; pronunciations differ, doesn't necessarily make it 'wrong'
    1 point
  39. Everyone, until they find the right setting that works for them.
    1 point
  40. Just do the whole lot at once with a feature update. Talk about an identity crisis with this mix.
    1 point
  41. It's graphic interchange format not jiraffe-ic interchange format, graphic starts with a hard g.
    1 point
  42. Who cares what the creator said, just because he made a completely illogical choice two hundred years ago doesn't mean we have to follow it. The G stands for Graphics, not Jraphics. Simple as. Anyone pronouncing it with a soft G should walk out the nearest window. Yeah, that all makes logical sense. But the problem here is that some random site claims to be an authority on the matter. I wouldn't call the biggest gif website / search index / API on the internet "some random site." Either way, it's a fun marketing campaign, not a serious proclamation. But it's a hard G. but G when followed by E, I or Y are suppose to be short G's If it's a word (maybe), which it is not...It's an abbreviation. Language (especially English) isnt as simple as that. For every rule, there are exception, cases to which that rule does not apply. I use a hard "G", because as has been pointing out the "G" is for "Graphic"
    1 point
  43. Why does icon rolls out take this much time? its just image files just push it to everyone at once! No need to make a big deal out of minor changes in looks!
    1 point
  44. Firefox DNS over HTTPS rollout begins in the U.S.

    The DNS traffic is encrypted between you and the DNS provider. is that even necessary just for name translation traffic? I can think of better things to worry about encryption with ... stops foreign actors and bad actors from watching and logging or intercepting your site requests... think of a country that likes to control what sites you can go to, this makes it hard for them to figure out if it's DNS traffic or HTTP traffic compared to just listening on port 53 to see what you are doing
    1 point
  45. What in these phones justifies the price difference from the S10?
    1 point
  46. Unless you're connecting to the internet with a 56k modem, it does neither of those things. Quite fast and responsive here.
    1 point
  47. Bethesda Softworks is pulling its games from Nvidia's GeForce Now

    I laugh every time I hear this. People voting with their wallets doesn't stop anyone else from buying and enjoying the game wherever they feel like, so it affects absolutely nothing. well if people did, then it would work. Companies only care about the bottom line. If you dont buy they dont get money. Simple as that. That's my point. You not buying doesn't mean noone else will. They don't care whether or not you want the product or like the companies business practices.
    1 point
  48. Google is trying to dissuade Edge users from using Chrome extensions

    at least Microsoft's claim was true. Edge legacy had excellent battery life compared to Chrome. They've lost some of that benefit moving to Chromium but they've been implementing new code to improve it.
    1 point
  49. Tesla ordered by court to halt work on German gigafactory

    This factory and forest aside, can you please explain what your plans are with the millions of tons of toxic waste with the dead Lithium batteries after they wear off? It's a tricky question that Musk always dodges. Yes, you can (kinda) recycle Lithium batteries, too bad the process costs around 5 times more than mining it, so in essence no one on Earth is doing it. And the process also emits greenhouse gases by the way. The US is all about Tesla now, Musk this, Musk that, Made in Murrica, such green, so innovation, but in reality, it's just a different, somewhat "better" form of pollution. Someone's definitely clueless in this case, but curiously it's not the green league this time. I am pro hydrogen and I don't think an electric car is green than a regular car. However, the use of electric cars is the "poster girl" of the green movements. The Green League is not complaining if the battery is recyclable (or about Murica) but about the forest and water. The forest is not a reserve and the water, if they can process the water, then they could comply with the law. Petrol extraction and refinery both also comply with the law, that doesn't mean they're pollution-free. I've been saying for a while that all Hydrogen needs is a Musk-level showman that makes it cool, nothing more. And I also hate the term "electric car", because both BEV and FCEV are electric. While Musk's trying hard to defy physics, FCEV semis are already doing the heavy lifting in Cali. FCEV buses are all around in the Netherlands and China. It's bound to take over anything battery has to offer, at least in commercial use cases, because the energy density is 100 times higher. Musk is an engineer so I must assume he simply pretends to not know this fact. And the thing is, since he's invested so heavily in battery tech, he's no longer fit to answer questions on the matter. Well we can assume you are a genius and Musk is a moron but that is not really the case, is it? Hydrogen is inherently less efficient, it's barely above petrol when you take the whole process into account. The only thing that saves it is that it has higher energy density and that with the right infrastructure distribution the efficiency can get better. But using H for personal use cars is a moronic idea. Especially since EV can easily outperform them when it comes to the environmental fallout.
    1 point
  50. Which Linux distribution do you prefer?

    CrunchBang++
    1 point