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  1. Which means nothing really as it's not like he's going to draw that dosh out the bank or do anything world changing with it. Plus, if anyone has over a billion dollars in the bank, they're clearly being paid too much. While people are dying from dirty water every day or animals being poached to extinction, it's disgusting that some bozo buries their head and watches it all happen when they could easily help.
    7 points
  2. SoftBank confirms it is in talks to sell Arm, but not to whom

    Or at least a UK company. It would be great if ARM could return back home to the UK... Where it came from.
    4 points
  3. I'm not a robot spam checks?

    How sure are you that you're not actually a robot? o_O
    4 points
  4. Microsoft report says U.K. has an AI skills gap in the workforce

    A new report from Microsoft suggests that the U.K. is facing an AI skills gap that could leave companies in the country struggling to fill job roles. i.e. let's hire cheap Indians.
    4 points
  5. Phone prices are just horrible.
    4 points
  6. but people have a choice between buying a $1,000 iphone (some people buy one every year), or giving money to charity. Apple is only worth $2 trillion because people keep buying their products, plus Tim Cook only has $1 billion through shares. I do think though that we are on the verge of having to make fundamental changes to the way our system works. There is too big a gap between the super rich and the people who can't even get access to clean water.
    4 points
  7. Halo Infinite has been delayed until 2021

    I'd bet money that's the real reason for this. They're having to overhaul things to the extent that it's not feasible to get it out in time. COVID is just a convenient excuse.
    3 points
  8. Halo Infinite has been delayed until 2021

    I hope they take the criticism they got over the E3 gameplay seriously.
    3 points
  9. Why are you calling these builds? It's a cumulative update... A build is 19041, a cumulative update is .450 Sounds like click bait when you call cumulative updates, builds.
    3 points
  10. SpaceX reveals further details for its spaceport in Texas

    There are good reasons why such a location is chosen, significantly more important than how it looks. Example - due to very south position, launches are to happen going east, to help harness the energy of Earth spin and save a little bit of energy when launching. There is ample ocean around, in case launches have issues and things fall into the ocean (therefore launches over densely populated areas are not a Thing). For SpaceX, it is not about how it looks, it is about what it enables them to do.
    3 points
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  12. Yet that’s precisely the stance you initially took before being called out.
    3 points
  13. Microsoft report says U.K. has an AI skills gap in the workforce

    These companies are trying to hire for a skills gap. They don't care if you're from Oxbridge, if you don't meet the skills they need....
    3 points
  14. It's a weird thing, this "wealth" held in shares. It exists but also does not exist. If Tim Cook suddenly wanted to spend his billion dollars, he'd have to sell all his shares in Apple. If the CEO suddenly sells all the shares, everyone will panic and sell theirs, making them worthless. Suddenly the money that appeared to be so plentiful has simply ceased to exist. It hasn't gone anywhere; it's just evaporated. Mind you, in this implausible scenario, Tim Cook would indeed have a billion in his back pocket, but he'd have bankrupted thousands of other people in the process, which isn't so kind. Also, the trick would only work once; after such an event, few would have confidence to buy shares in Apple or any other big tech company again, and there would be a huge trickle down of consequences, not least for many of the poorest people in the world. Awkward.
    3 points
  15. I know Chrome OS has gotten better over the years, but I still find it hard to justify $1,000+ for a device that runs this OS.
    3 points
  16. *sigh* Trolling, ok. Sorry for bothering you then. Feel free to ignore me from now on if we can't have a normal talk.
    2 points
  17. Microsoft report says U.K. has an AI skills gap in the workforce

    Sir Sir yes Sir. *head shake*
    2 points
  18. UK government should make a bid.
    2 points
  19. Amazon Project Zero arrives in seven more countries

    There's a ridiculous amount of fakes on sale on Amazon and they barely care. Sellers found sending fakes need to be booted from the platform.
    2 points
  20. I bet on Nvidia. Apple doesn't build their chip, it leases the job to other companies and it includes part of the designs and patents, mainly to TSMC but every Apple chip contains the design (implementations and patent) of dozen of other companies. So Apple is close to a customer than a chip-foundry.
    2 points
  21. Google Pixel 5 spotted on benchmarking website revealing key specs

    For 700$ I would expect a Snapdragon 800, not 700
    2 points
  22. SoftBank confirms it is in talks to sell Arm, but not to whom

    Apple. Somewhere between 0 & 100% confidence. Fact. Or maybe Nvidia...
    2 points
  23. Looters are now saying "this is reparations" and that "businesses have insurance" to justify looting..aka stealing. Reparations for what? No one alive was involved in America's slave history unless they are immortal. And there are lots of white people looting/stealing as well. People were pulling up to businesses in a uhaul and packing it full.
    2 points
  24. Well, the first game was rushed out before it was polished and it sucked, so I'd rather wait than have that happen again.
    2 points
  25. What do you mean? You're not pulling a 'everyone picks on MS' routine again are you?
    2 points
  26. oh, I should have read through the article better. these aren't even using the physical connector but instead are bluetooth. WHY?!?!? even less reason to be so expensive IMO Yeah, Type Covers should not cost 130USD. But Brydge... the hinge for a tablet idea looked nice, but if they are not using the Surface connector... like what the hell?
    2 points
  27. Welcome to US politics. And we all get the grace of being bombarded by it daily from the MSM. Luckily it's really easy to tune it out and realize that the world is actually made of mostly good people and every waking issue isn't x vs y. It would be nice to hear about the good of humanity more often, but I guess that doesn't get views and ratings.
    2 points
  28. What's it like to live in a world where either it's a left or right issue, even though it's actually minuscule in the grand scheme of things?
    2 points
  29. oh, I should have read through the article better. these aren't even using the physical connector but instead are bluetooth. WHY?!?!? even less reason to be so expensive IMO
    2 points
  30. If this provided a second battery I would be much more interested. Seems like a great opportunity missed, especially considering the mediocre battery I'm hearing a lot of the Pro models get. The keyboard needs to be heavy anyway so a battery could provide some of that weight. And considering the price, a battery would make it more worth the money. Of course it'd need to make a physical connection instead of using bluetooth.
    2 points
  31. Nvidia begins teasing an event for August 31

    I have £1,250 ready and waiting for an RTX 3080 Ti! So glad I don't want kids 😂
    2 points
  32. I hope not, that would mean that we are stuck with one browser Engine and that is never a good thing. The browser engine isn't the actually issue, especially as Chrome is open source. Firefox could adopt the Chrome engine like Microsoft did but put their own personal touch on it like being strong on privacy issues.
    1 point
  33. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I give up.
    1 point
  34. That's the basic premise of a beta. It's simply not possible to test for best and worse case scenarios without help from willing souls in its walled garden. As I think about it, most everything I'm using currently is at some stage of beta. Windows (insider), MSOffice beta, Iphone 8 plus, IOS beta, Mac ( Big Sur) Apple watch 4. iwatchOS Public beta) No problems so far. That's the basic premise of a beta!!!!!!! YES!
    1 point
  35. Save 20% off the TicWatch S (Sport) with Google Assistant

    I have one of these as my main smart watch, I even have it in the Aurora green colour shown. It's a good watch which has served me well for a little over 2 years now. However I'd recommend getting the TicWatch E over the S, simply because the E uses standard watch straps so you can easily replace them. It's harder to get replacement straps for the S, especially in Aurora. After about 18 months my strap broke and I had to get a 3rd party strap and the colour doesn't quite match properly. Oh, and the bit about the GPS antenna being integrated into the strap for improved performance? Utter BS, there is nothing in the strap. It's just plastic.
    1 point
  36. I'm not a robot spam checks?

    @Steven P. I remembered reading about an add-on that was supposed to solve the reCaptcha automatically, https://www.ghacks.net/2018/12/12/buster-promises-to-solve-captchas-automatically/ this was almost 2 years ago, but when I checked the github, it appears to be active still. Perhaps it will help you?
    1 point
  37. You really need to educate yourself on that topic... There is a massive amount of money that's spent world wide on poverty and social programs to help humanity get by. The US alone spends over 1 trillion (yes, trillion) dollars on welfare programs. Can you imagine what the number is globally? So even if all the billionaires liquidated all their assets to zero and donated that money to "help" world problems, it wouldn't even make a dent. Money doesn't magically solve these things... So please stop spreading nonsense that all the rich people are evil for refusing to donate all their money and solve every world issue. That never is and never will be the solution and there's not even enough money in the world to attempt it...
    1 point
  38. Dopamine

    Thank you! I've downloaded the file. Looks great. 👍
    1 point
  39. It's not just left of right, it's the indulgence of bad elements or not. Seattle during the world economic conference, Ferguson, Portland and other city leaders have lost their common sense by indulging violent "protesters" rather than engaging and working with the mainstream protest groups, citizens & the businesses who pay the city's bills. Instead the defunding nonsense is hitting the elements which could fix the bad-shoot incidents, including training and better less-lethal equipment. In Detroit Mayor Duggan and Chief Craig engaged mainstream activist groups with the intent of keeping the lid on, to the point Operation Cease Fire members put themselves between cops and the "aggressors" to prevent a clash. It worked. Now Chicago's Mayor and Superintendent are seeing the light; anarchy only benefits the worst elements of a society.
    1 point
  40. It means he's not a right wing holdover, which just doesn't happen in Chicago but is a common refrain among some on the left. Call it 1) heading off the argument and 2) flushing 'em out.
    1 point
  41. Many quotes are via WBBM-TV, the Chicago CBS affiliate. The Police Superintendent was nominated by Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot. In ChiTown politics, you can bet your bippy he is one too. ChiTown is just the latest target of imported political extremists, Detroit PD Chief James Craig, respected throughout the region, has noted that they have few problems with protesters but that extremists have moved in to agitate protesters and incite riots. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2020/06/01/detroit-protests/5307298002/ [Showing a railroad spike projectile, brought in by the case so outside logistics]
    1 point
  42. EA Access Steam launch imminent as subscription page goes live

    Actually in the last 2 years we had two big competitors to steam. Before only EA Origin and GOG were only significant competitors. Epic Games Store didn’t exist and Windows Store was a joke selling mostly mobile games and Xbox Live Arcade titles. Now EGS is a thing and so is the Microsoft Store/Xbox App which also services Game Pass. Competiton is better than ever
    1 point
  43. Nvidia begins teasing an event for August 31

    While you're probably right, comments like this before any pricing is announced seems a bit unnecessary. Plus there's literally 0 obligation to buy the top end best of the best card available, there's many cheaper options from Nvidia. Now if you just hate the price/performance across the entire range against a competitor, then sure complain away. What? The internet is all about unnecessary comments.
    1 point
  44. I still don't understand why the keyboards for the surface series are so expensive. I can't imagine the magnetic connector is THAT special ...
    1 point
  45. After using it once, Microsoft will no longer be doing Xbox 20/20

    That's MS for you.
    1 point
  46. After using it once, Microsoft will no longer be doing Xbox 20/20

    They need to fire their marketing team, this has been a lesson in how not to market your product.
    1 point
  47. It’s leftist cesspool where centrist and even slightly right wing ideas/posts are deleted and posters banned. That is why you see these kinda hacks. r/india is another s******e which actually bans you if you post something Pro-India. Never seem to be able to get anyone to share an example of one of these "right wing ideas" that seem to get censored all over the internet. Because you ignore them on purpose? You want an example? Here you go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw14phHI1CA&t=220s" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw14phHI1CA&t=220s Dope, so I got two "examples" that weren't examples. Seriously. Just type a right-leaning platform or idea -- words -- that would get you censored or banned somewhere. Not a link to something. Not a reference to some place something happened. Not a vapid statement of how it's "obvious" or "everybody knows" or "what are you, blind" or any other veiled insult. This shouldn't be hard. Unless, that is, insults are the right-wing ideas being censored. Feel free to confirm.
    1 point
  48. It’s leftist cesspool where centrist and even slightly right wing ideas/posts are deleted and posters banned. That is why you see these kinda hacks. r/india is another s******e which actually bans you if you post something Pro-India. Never seem to be able to get anyone to share an example of one of these "right wing ideas" that seem to get censored all over the internet.
    1 point
  49. America is losing the tech game and is trying hard to stay relevant using sanctions. The sad reality for the US is that the new American demographics cohort and depleting high quality immigration intake will render the United States irrelevant in the coming decades in the tech field.
    1 point
  50. r/tiktokthots refuse to agree with you. Who, what, who? He means simps
    1 point