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  1. The case for biannual Windows 10 feature updates

    Honestly I couldn't care less if they have yearly or twice-yearly updates. I just want them to hire QA testers again.
    9 points
  2. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is adding cloud gaming on September 15

    So many twitter posts talking about iOS, like people have been asleep for months and haven't realized that it's Apple holding xCloud back on iOS, not MS.
    4 points
  3. No, they aren't. But even the ones that do use proper fans for cooling don't melt internally (the GPU is usually the first to go, btw) after just a couple of years like all of these iMac all in ones have done since they were released. I've seen too many of these die to recommend them as a solution to anyone at all.
    3 points
  4. Microsoft commits to being a zero-waste company by 2030

    This is just a pipe dream. Look at how many projects MS throws in the garbage each year.
    3 points
  5. Google is sneaking Meet links through Gmail into Zoom invites

    Typical antitrust behaviour.
    3 points
  6. The case for biannual Windows 10 feature updates

    Seeing how the H2 updates don't look to be true "feature updates" anymore, you can just as well think of them as service packs to the H1 builds. So say MS does go to a 1 feature update release a year, it wouldn't change much IMO, because they'd probably still release a 2nd service pack or they'd call it something else, in the fall. I think the rumors that we're not getting 21H1, if true, are more to do with them shifting work to 10X and putting legacy Windows 10 in more of a extended servicing mode till they can get 10X done. Things could swing back to how they are now after 10X is ready to go.
    3 points
  7. Crap is right. If they wanted to have set up a reputable pay site for use by famous people, politicians, corporations, PR, etc., they shouldn't have let Twitter become the Internet's toilet bowl. From President Full Retard's daily vomit to the right wing fascist, racist, and anti-science kooks, Twitter isn't even worth installing for free. "From President Full Retard's daily vomit to the right wing fascist, racist, and anti-science kooks, Twitter isn't even worth installing for free." But at least us republicans don't oppose the truth (i.e. Christianity) like the godless/radical left routinely does and it's obvious which political party falls inline with this verse from the bible... "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter." - Isaiah 5 : 20 that becomes more true the more radical the left gets as the more radical they get the more hostile they become to Christianity and anyone who opposes Christianity, and it's moral truth, is simply the villain. anyone who can see through the lens of Christianity knows the left are the villains with abortion being a very basic test of ones morality (falls inline with that Isaiah 5 : 20 bible verse about where they sugar-coat a immoral act under the guise of a "choice" in a attempt to make a intrinsically evil act look good) as if someone fails to get that one right they tend to be backwards in many other moral areas and that's what's happening on the left as the years/decades pass. you know the left is heading towards insanity when they question basic male/female nature. it's like they question everything and believe in nothing and end up accepting everything besides the truth of Jesus Christ. but it's not surprising as it's obvious many on the left in positions of power hate Jesus Christ and use their power to advance what's bad and oppose the good. also, the godless left limits how many can attend church services, which are essential for anyone who can see beyond the here and now (i.e. a persons soul is more important than ones body in the big picture), but have no problems with the "protesters" (i.e. rioters) gathering in groups and other stuff that's not nearly as important in the big picture etc. I am not saying the average democrat is that that bad but it's obvious the radicals have pretty much taken over the democrat party and that's bad for society in the long term as they are headed towards socialism/communism (which many Popes condemned through the ages) and the like which is anti-USA. but many are blind nowadays and can't see what's really going on as it's no longer about petty political differences of the past but it's becoming more of a battle of good vs evil and many just go with the flow of a immoral word thinking whatever is popular is good and whatever opposes that is automatically bad and must be censored/destroyed etc. “But at least us republicans don't oppose the truth (i.e. Christianity)” Oh boy.
    3 points
  8. no,no,no, We the normal users are Beta testers or it seems like it with the faults Windows is coming out with, the insiders are Alpha testers
    3 points
  9. Good grief, hell no.
    3 points
  10. same here, i hate fact that in the new start menu, you can't even right click to get to stuff like properties, or delete (a folder) or open folder. Uhm... You can. nope, properties nowhere to be find. right clicking on folder, does nothing, can't delete left over folders in start menu correction: only one there is open file location, under more. Here's how to delete stuff from the Start menu. Open File Explorer. Make sure hidden and system files are visible. Go to Program Data; Microsoft; Windows; Start Menu; Programs. Delete what you don't want to see in the Start Menu. Yeah, I’m gonna go out on a limb here and suggest your missing his point.
    3 points
  11. Things like this makes me not want to play the game.
    3 points
  12. I'll continue to use StartIsBack.
    3 points
  13. It's not overpriced for a machine that makes no noise. All Windows AIO PCs are hideous looking + noisy AF. And where have you come up with this BS? iMacs are quite because they have inadequate cooling and they turn off their fan way too late, which just causes more CPU throttling than necessary. It's called an opinion and everyone has them. I agree with Alan, Im writing this on a new replacement 27 inch iMac I picked up last week. To me its worth every cent. I am shocked that you came to that conclusion.
    2 points
  14. 1080p 60fps should be the minimum webcam quality, and high end devices should support 4k webcams. Not just more details, but you can zoom in/crop out stuff which is really handy when working from home.
    2 points
  15. It's not overpriced for a machine that makes no noise. All Windows AIO PCs are hideous looking + noisy AF. And where have you come up with this BS? iMacs are quite because they have inadequate cooling and they turn off their fan way too late, which just causes more CPU throttling than necessary.
    2 points
  16. It's not overpriced for a machine that makes no noise. All Windows AIO PCs are hideous looking + noisy AF. Hmmm, Google sure does return a lot of results for noisy iMacs...
    2 points
  17. Shame it took until 2020 to remove HDDs as a boot drive in the base models.
    2 points
  18. The case for biannual Windows 10 feature updates

    Haha, so true!
    2 points
  19. The case for biannual Windows 10 feature updates

    I think that the argument that we have to get two feature updates per year in order to guarantee one "good" one is sort of off. Sure, the system works, if they continued the current pattern then you could hold off and only upgrade to the fall releases and be on a pretty stable track. However, switching to one update per year will do wonders by giving them a fewer active versions to worry about supporting, and allowing more time for each yearly update to be fully baked and tested. And Microsoft isn't forcing major version updates anymore. If you're worried about stability, just wait 6 months for all of the kinks to be worked out before upgrading. (That's basically what you would be doing by deferring to the fall release under the current system anyway.)
    2 points
  20. Google is sneaking Meet links through Gmail into Zoom invites

    Let me get this straight... It is *not* Google's fault that Google adds a Meet-link to an invitation for a Zoom call?
    2 points
  21. It's very clean, I like it. I have run into an issue with the KB update though. When I go to Settings\System\About, it shows a blank for the "Version" tag (should be 2004). I noticed this because Taskbar Tweaker throws an error when loading - everything was fine before installing the update. Can anyone else confirm that the "Version" tag is showing blank in settings?
    2 points
  22. same here, i hate fact that in the new start menu, you can't even right click to get to stuff like properties, or delete (a folder) or open folder. Uhm... You can. nope, properties nowhere to be find. right clicking on folder, does nothing, can't delete left over folders in start menu correction: only one there is open file location, under more. Here's how to delete stuff from the Start menu. Open File Explorer. Make sure hidden and system files are visible. Go to Program Data; Microsoft; Windows; Start Menu; Programs. Delete what you don't want to see in the Start Menu. haha, or in proper star menu, open start menu, see what you don't like, right click and delete.
    2 points
  23. same here, i hate fact that in the new start menu, you can't even right click to get to stuff like properties, or delete (a folder) or open folder. Uhm... You can.
    2 points
  24. same here, i hate fact that in the new start menu, you can't even right click to get to stuff like properties, or delete (a folder) or open folder.
    2 points
  25. It's not overpriced for a machine that makes no noise. All Windows AIO PCs are hideous looking + noisy AF. And where have you come up with this BS? iMacs are quite because they have inadequate cooling and they turn off their fan way too late, which just causes more CPU throttling than necessary. It's called an opinion and everyone has them. I agree with Alan, Im writing this on a new replacement 27 inch iMac I picked up last week. To me its worth every cent. Well that's okay, it is okay to be wrong.
    1 point
  26. T-Mobile launches nationwide standalone 5G

    Seems like carriers are just buttering people up with clever marketing ploys. So you'll get the shiny new "5G" and maybe get better latency, buy you must by a more expensive plan and buy a phone with 5G hardware. I think they'll need to do better than that to reel people in, especially since AT&T already deceived the public with 5Ge.
    1 point
  27. Google Play Music shutdown will commence in September

    As a long time GPMAA subscriber, they seriously need to fix YouTube Music. I'm already trialing Spotify and Apple Music, so I'll probably jump ship if they don't improve YTM.
    1 point
  28. I kept thinking Microsoft would be able to work something out with Apple, but then I saw the announcement of xCloud coming out next month. I've been beta testing xCloud on iOS for months, the joke that it is because i don't really care about Halo and there is nothing else to test on iOS. I had already decided that I was going to provide my feedback to Apple and tell them how crappy I think it is that they are doing this. As an iOS user, they aren't helping me, they aren't protecting me, and this move by them is not a benefit to me as an Apple device / iOS user. So, let's just skip all of the hot air baloney about how wonderful Apple users feel about their devices, etc. Over the last few months since Microsoft was forced to release the crippled iOS xCloud beta testing, I haven't felt like Apple was doing right by any means for us, the iOS xCloud users.
    1 point
  29. The case for biannual Windows 10 feature updates

    1 feature update is more than sufficient as they'll be patching that for the rest of the year at current rate! I see no need for a second one as any of them that do actually have new features are things I'll never touch.
    1 point
  30. Yep I noticed that too, but only looked after I installed the reg mods, so can't tell if it's that or the most recent update. Blank in both the "winver" and Settings About page.
    1 point
  31. Sorry but I still don't like tiles. They're just more wasted space.
    1 point
  32. The Synology DS720+: Incremental update to a great platform

    Still waiting for that DSM 7.0 synology....
    1 point
  33. Not a surprise, a move that puts another nail in the coffin of this game, dead on arrival.
    1 point
  34. Crap is right. If they wanted to have set up a reputable pay site for use by famous people, politicians, corporations, PR, etc., they shouldn't have let Twitter become the Internet's toilet bowl. From President Full Retard's daily vomit to the right wing fascist, racist, and anti-science kooks, Twitter isn't even worth installing for free. "From President Full Retard's daily vomit to the right wing fascist, racist, and anti-science kooks, Twitter isn't even worth installing for free." But at least us republicans don't oppose the truth (i.e. Christianity) like the godless/radical left routinely does and it's obvious which political party falls inline with this verse from the bible... "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter." - Isaiah 5 : 20 that becomes more true the more radical the left gets as the more radical they get the more hostile they become to Christianity and anyone who opposes Christianity, and it's moral truth, is simply the villain. anyone who can see through the lens of Christianity knows the left are the villains with abortion being a very basic test of ones morality (falls inline with that Isaiah 5 : 20 bible verse about where they sugar-coat a immoral act under the guise of a "choice" in a attempt to make a intrinsically evil act look good) as if someone fails to get that one right they tend to be backwards in many other moral areas and that's what's happening on the left as the years/decades pass. you know the left is heading towards insanity when they question basic male/female nature. it's like they question everything and believe in nothing and end up accepting everything besides the truth of Jesus Christ. but it's not surprising as it's obvious many on the left in positions of power hate Jesus Christ and use their power to advance what's bad and oppose the good. also, the godless left limits how many can attend church services, which are essential for anyone who can see beyond the here and now (i.e. a persons soul is more important than ones body in the big picture), but have no problems with the "protesters" (i.e. rioters) gathering in groups and other stuff that's not nearly as important in the big picture etc. I am not saying the average democrat is that that bad but it's obvious the radicals have pretty much taken over the democrat party and that's bad for society in the long term as they are headed towards socialism/communism (which many Popes condemned through the ages) and the like which is anti-USA. but many are blind nowadays and can't see what's really going on as it's no longer about petty political differences of the past but it's becoming more of a battle of good vs evil and many just go with the flow of a immoral word thinking whatever is popular is good and whatever opposes that is automatically bad and must be censored/destroyed etc. How the ###### are you even taking about this in a thread about a subscription model... not to mention it’s a complete nonsense stance. You are full on brainwashed. It’s truly terrifying their are grown adults who think like you.
    1 point
  35. I actually understand first party exclusive games, but to have exclusive content is ######. If an Xbox fan and PS fan are paying the same, why should one get less content? Really ###### and I won’t support games that support these practices. So square enix is not getting a dime from me this time it's just a bonus playable character so it's not like it's hindering playing through the game, you're not losing any story or anything. Who's to say it's not just a timed exclusive anyway? It's likely an exclusive character in homage to the Marvel Spider-Man game which in itself IS an exclusive title for Sony. It's not something I would cry home about personally. -------- In any case I have no intention of picking this game up anyway; it seem subpar, especially on the graphics front. Graphics barely look xbox360/ps3 quality let alone current/next gen. And the gameplay doesn't seem to bring anything special I can't get out of other games that have a more unique story.
    1 point
  36. Insider is MS speak for Beta tester...u know...since they fired all their QA people.
    1 point
  37. the game itself isn't exclusive; it's just Spider-Man DLC that's exclusive it sounds like. Which that I don't mind; it's optional content and gives incentive to go one console over the other without losing the main game. I remember Soul Caliber 2 did similar things with the bonus character for each console being different.
    1 point
  38. Spider-Man coming to Marvel's Avengers in 2021, will be PlayStation exclusive

    I don't understand why a game like this would be exclusive. Create your own IP and make it exclusive (Halo, Gears) -- things like this should be everywhere. Dumb. They won't get a cent from me.
    1 point
  39. I'm imaging it will go something like: Day 1) PS5 release Day 90) PS5 jailbreak released Day 91) PS5 tool for allowing PS4 controllers to work on PS5 released Day 92) Sony sues tweak developer for anything they think will stick
    1 point
  40. Desktops Thread: 3Q 2020

    Windows 10 2004 with Ubuntu 20.04 on WSL.
    1 point
  41. Beware, the $15 watch cases also DON'T come with a CHARGER which all the articles I have seen on this are missing. I have read you can get the chargers on eBay for $5. I would assume Misfit is getting out of the Wear smartwatch business so would expect no more Wear OS updates on this models.
    1 point
  42. Microsoft confirms its intention to buy TikTok

    Trusting Facebook is not much different than trusting the Chinese to keep your data save.
    1 point
  43. Microsoft confirms its intention to buy TikTok

    Oh no! Call Microsoft and warn them before it's too late!!! You clearly know a lot more than them!!
    1 point
  44. OnePlus teases support for always-on display in OxygenOS 11

    Must admit I like the notification LED also, only custom roms seem to implement it how it should work in my opinion though. I set the colour per app so i know if I have an email, missed call, WhatsApp and so on. I'm still perfectly happy with my OnePlus 5T, the design of that is modern enough for me and has the notification LED. I wouldn't say i'm against an AOD either, Nokia's Symbian S60 smartphones did this in the 2000's and it worked well for me.
    1 point
  45. OnePlus teases support for always-on display in OxygenOS 11

    Too little, too late. I sold all my OnePlus phones and moved to Lenovo which has a nice notification LED yet all the features I wanted in a modern sleek looking phone. AOD was Samsung's bad idea and everyone copied it and ditched the very-useful notification LED.
    1 point
  46. Twitter cracks down on QAnon conspiracy group, bans 7,000 accounts

    This only proves how dangerous misinformation is and how many people who don't know any better fall for it. That is called hypocrisy!. Twitter: unverified facts(*) are misinformation. So, let's hear CNN, FOX, etc. because they are a source of 100% truth. Also, please check this shady ad! and please, buy that crap of product/service. (*) scientists facts are no fact at all. Twitter is OK to preach misinformation if they profit from it. For example, "Incredible anti-mosquito device is taking __your city__ by storm!" You win the mental gymnastics gold medal! Except it's the Special Olympics lol
    1 point
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  48. Twitter cracks down on QAnon conspiracy group, bans 7,000 accounts

    This only proves how dangerous misinformation is and how many people who don't know any better fall for it.
    1 point
  49. Twitter cracks down on QAnon conspiracy group, bans 7,000 accounts

    Didn't take long for the usual idiots to make their usual idiotic comments.
    1 point