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  1. lol, their response to the question basically confirms Zuck did this. "Can't remember" vs "No, never happened". Oldest trick in the book. I'd sure recall an entire conversation with the president of the United States. Just as I'd be able to recall an entire conversation with the CEO of my company. If it was a coworker or random person somewhere, sure, I may of not been able to remember, one of the most important people in the world? I think I'd know if I bought up my main competitor for market share to Trump.
    7 points
  2. Windows 95 turns 25 years old today

    A piece of software, unlike a dog doesn't actually die a death. You are still free to install Windows 95 on supported hardware and it will run fine.
    6 points
  3. I did wonder why Trump even knew about TikTok.
    5 points
  4. Windows 95 turns 25 years old today

    I remember back in 1997 living in the future installing Windows 95 OSR2 from a CD on to a AMD K6 or Intel Pentium II PC with a 3.2GB Quantum Fireball HDD and listening to the loud spin up and rattle seek of the drive, and see the blue install progress bars quickly reach 100%, no more floppies for Steve, no, we were in the future!
    4 points
  5. Windows 95 turns 25 years old today

    I remember the Weezer video that was on the install CD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqi2Jy0UMiA
    4 points
  6. Firefox 80.0

    In before "it's not released yet, those are pre-release links"
    4 points
  7. Zoom is currently experiencing a service outage [Updated]

    This is the new snow day for students
    4 points
  8. Microsoft reprimands Apple in Epic court battle

    They didn't even bring the App Store up once in the above comment, but about the knock-on effect cutting support to UE, something MS uses a lot, on them and others. But ok, they're thirsty, lol.
    4 points
  9. Microsoft reprimands Apple in Epic court battle

    So capitalism can't ever be pro-consumer?
    4 points
  10. TikTok plans to sue Trump administration over executive order

    And they are absolutely right to do so. I’m not a fan of TikTok (I'm a boomer and i don't “get” it - but that’s not a reason to dislike it)... It has been a hell for parents until recently and (as with most new, rushed to market platforms) had very little in the way of child protection. But if they can stand by their security claims and can argue Trump’s reasoning then all power to them. Let’s be honest, we all know why he has issue with TikTok...
    4 points
  11. Windows 95 turns 25 years old today

    25 years later, and I shake my head at the latest, and “greatest” operating system we have to put up with today. Installing today’s Windows, feels like asking a parent for permission to do every damn thing (less freedom). Those old operating systems, with all their individual problems, I always felt like I was in charge.
    3 points
  12. Windows 95 turns 25 years old today

    One of my earliest computer memories was feeding the 20? Floppies into a computer my friend was upgrading to Windows 95.
    3 points
  13. 25th anniversary of Windows 95 today

    I remember, my mom, myself and my sister all sitting around our of Gateway P5-60 upgrading it to Windows 95. I remember going to the library and seeing windows 95 for the first time. I renamed a file and just typed in gibberish as I was amazed at how long i could make the file name. Then I was freaked out, when I clicked start and looked in recent ... and that huge file name was in there.
    3 points
  14. Zoom is currently experiencing a service outage [Updated]

    *shrug* Happens. Every platform out there right now has problems from time to time.
    3 points
  15. Microsoft reprimands Apple in Epic court battle

    A lot of mainstream games use Unreal Engine (which is among the most popular tool for game development), expect all of those to lose support if Apple continues to block Epic, potentially millions of users will be affected by this. All Epic has to do [to keep their Developer account] is submit a version without direct payments. They don’t even have to release it, just submit it. And that is the whole point of this lawsuit...
    3 points
  16. Microsoft reprimands Apple in Epic court battle

    30% taxation for e-goods is WAAAY too much, should be max 5% or so.
    3 points
  17. Microsoft reprimands Apple in Epic court battle

    A lot of mainstream games use Unreal Engine (which is among the most popular tool for game development), expect all of those to lose support if Apple continues to block Epic, potentially millions of users will be affected by this.
    3 points
  18. TikTok plans to sue Trump administration over executive order

    TikTok is collecting equal or less data than Twitter is. Much less than Facebook. Agreed here. They are not collecting any more data than any other website. There is no security threat. Funny how Trump can think there is a problem when there isn't, but not the other way around.. It's about Trump's bruised ego with Tiktok users ruining his rally. Was never about security. He doesn't care about anyone except himself.
    3 points
  19. 8 apps we'd like to see come to Windows 10

    The Windows Store is perfectly functional ... for apps ... Our company has an app on the app store, it has a unique name, searching for our company name (I've just done this right now) brings up: 15 games (none related to the company, none even have the name in them), followed by 11 movies (again, absolutely no relation to any and that word appears no-where), followed by 3 apps, the first 2 are nothing to do with the company (one is a damn bible app?) and our app is the third. On iOS: our company name brings up all our apps right away. On android: our company name brings up all our apps right away. Sorry the windows store is a complete unfit for purpose piece of ######, always has been and shows no signs of improving. And that's just searching, it also fails in many other areas.
    3 points
  20. Windows 95 turns 25 years old today

    It is sad that no one is focusing on what made Windows 95 so amazing and that was its focus, its vision, its breadth and depth of insight and usability. Windows today is trashing this.
    2 points
  21. Windows 95 turns 25 years old today

    Well, there are some people that stuff their dogs after they die....so it is possible.
    2 points
  22. Windows 95 turns 25 years old today

    Except of course some of us still have 95 installers, and can use 95 whenever we'd need to. You probably don't pull your 25 year old dog out of storage whenever you want.
    2 points
  23. Windows 95 turns 25 years old today

    Then you get that one floppy, normally towards the end of the install, that is bad and you are ######ed. Good times.
    2 points
  24. I believe it. Corrupt secret meetings are definitely a trumpian human thing. Don't be a political us/them sheep. They all have secret meetings.
    2 points
  25. I believe it. Corrupt secret meetings are definitely a trumpian thing.
    2 points
  26. 25th anniversary of Windows 95 today

    I'm getting old. 🙁 I loved going from 3.1 to '95...
    2 points
  27. 25th anniversary of Windows 95 today

    I remember getting up early and heading to Software Etc (it might have been EB's) to get on line to buy it. I was like 4th on line.
    2 points
  28. Recommended PSU calculator vs recommended via GPU site?

    I do not know if Nvidia takes power efficiency into their recommendations nor do I think it matters. A lower efficient PSU is going to draw more power from the wall to achieve power needs of the system. It doesn't mean, necessarily, that a non-efficient 650W won't deliver 650W...it might just need to pull 1.21 Gigawatts from the wall. Assuming non-230V EU cert: 650W on a 80 Plus at 100% load (80%) will pull ~812W from the wall while a 80 Plus Titanium (90%) will be pulling only ~706W from the wall. The 12v rail on the PSU label is probably what Nvidia uses. Though, as I mentioned previously...I think you'll be fine.
    2 points
  29. Microsoft reprimands Apple in Epic court battle

    5% is not really sustainable. I think every storefront should move to 15%. Epic can do 12%, but they offload payment fees onto the consumer. Apple is now a $2 trillion company .... I think they can sustain a lower % just fine.
    2 points
  30. Microsoft reprimands Apple in Epic court battle

    > negotiate a change And what do you think they are doing? When Epic approached Apple and Google the first time they got the middle finger. Yes, if someone wanted to buy your house for a discounted price or you were selling a house for a small fee, i might do the same. It's more like if you wanted to rent out your house but the person who sold it to you was demanding a cut every time you do it though they have no legal claim on the house.
    2 points
  31. Lucifer (TV)

    Keep going. Gets better.
    2 points
  32. 8 apps we'd like to see come to Windows 10

    The Windows Store is perfectly functional ... for apps ... Sorry the windows store is a complete unfit for purpose piece of ######, always has been and shows no signs of improving. And that's just searching, it also fails in many other areas. Sorry. No, it isn't. Just because you experience an issue(s) does not mean that the Store is an 'unfit for purpose piece of #####'. We do not even know why you experience the issue, so it is meaningless to blame the Store. You're absolutely right. The samsung note 7 is a great phone, so what if they've blown up in people's hands, if there's been a massive recall and ban of them. No, only those people have had those issues, for everyone else it's clearly the best device in the entire world...
    2 points
  33. Microsoft reprimands Apple in Epic court battle

    A lot of mainstream games use Unreal Engine (which is among the most popular tool for game development), expect all of those to lose support if Apple continues to block Epic, potentially millions of users will be affected by this. Potentially how many of those users will abandon Apple and buy a far more popular Android phone to play Unreal Engine based games? Not many, I bet. Apple are not a monopoly in this market so they can't even be hit with uncompetitive behaviour like Google. Users really do have a choice in the mobile market. Apple is betting that. Apple isn't a monopoly in the overall smartphone market, but it's using it's monopolistic type control over iOS, often giving itself an unfair advantage compared to others. While the 30% IAP cut is something I don't agree with, at all, it's clear that even if it was half, 15%, you still have a issue with Apple, who is no longer "just" the platform holder, but also a direct competitor, being able to price it's stuff cheaper, because they don't pay themselves that IAP cut, or any cut. So, in which way is it exactly fair for Apple to have a choke hold with such silly store policies while they turn around and do stuff like Apple Arcade? They've often using these rules of theirs to cut off devs while giving themselves an advantage in some fashion.
    2 points
  34. Microsoft reprimands Apple in Epic court battle

    > negotiate a change And what do you think they are doing? When Epic approached Apple and Google the first time they got the middle finger.
    2 points
  35. TikTok plans to sue Trump administration over executive order

    TikTok is collecting equal or less data than Twitter is. Much less than Facebook. Agreed here. They are not collecting any more data than any other website. There is no security threat. Funny how Trump can think there is a problem when there isn't, but not the other way around.. It's about Trump's bruised ego with Tiktok users ruining his rally. Was never about security. He doesn't care about anyone except himself. "He doesn't care about anyone except himself." That sums up the power hungry/radical left. they don't give a crap about the average person as it's always about power/control with those snakes. Trump is pro-USA unlike the left who have been taken over by the radicals as it's no longer about petty political differences of the past, but it's become more of a battle of good vs evil and Trump is in the good side. anyone who can see through the lens of Christianity(especially Catholic), which is the truth, knows this. Behave yourself! Absolute idiocy!
    2 points
  36. 8 apps we'd like to see come to Windows 10

    Number one: Functional Windows Store.
    2 points
  37. Windows 95 turns 25 years old today

    There are still people that use WIn 95 in a lot of industries. CNC Machine software, Computer operated lathes, to name a few. Then there are the tinkerers that have old hardware that still works.
    1 point
  38. Windows 95 turns 25 years old today

    Then you get that one floppy, normally towards the end of the install, that is bad and you are ######ed. Good times. Just run spinrite on it Spinrite works on floppies??? Really? Works great on floppies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z_BjiW0F7g This was video I made.
    1 point
  39. Windows 95 turns 25 years old today

    Then you get that one floppy, normally towards the end of the install, that is bad and you are ######ed. Good times. Just run spinrite on it That didnt always work. I copied the disks locally to my HD so I always had a good copy in case I needed to create a new disk.
    1 point
  40. 8 apps we'd like to see come to Windows 10

    Yeah, Movie Maker - the 2012 was the best iteration, I still use it - it's open on my Win10 machine right now, and I do 3-4 projects with it a week. Supposed replacements are rubbish "PHOTOS" is junk, PAINT 3D is worse.
    1 point
  41. Lucifer (TV)

    😛yes, i hope so. the end of the episode was promising. just like Burn Notice, and Chuck this is one cheesy show that i just cannot stop watching for some reason 😇
    1 point
  42. [Official] Xbox Series X & Series S Discussion

    I'm always around, just mostly lurking in the shadows ¬_¬
    1 point
  43. Microsoft reprimands Apple in Epic court battle

    A lot of mainstream games use Unreal Engine (which is among the most popular tool for game development), expect all of those to lose support if Apple continues to block Epic, potentially millions of users will be affected by this. All Epic has to do [to keep their Developer account] is submit a version without direct payments. They don’t even have to release it, just submit it. I am aware of this, but that is Epic's whole quarrel with Apple. Releasing that would mean that they would have to give a 30% IAP cut to Apple which would mean that it would also have to raise IAP prices for end-users/consumers.
    1 point
  44. 8 apps we'd like to see come to Windows 10

    It is already on Microsoft Store. Link: https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/BT5P2X999VH2 Notice that you linked to the Xbox One version, not the Windows version. This whole discussion is about Windows 10. No, it isn't. The whole discussion is about suing Microsoft. The blog post, on the other hand, is about Windows 10. He specifically stated the Windows store, implying that he was talking about bringing Fortnight to the store as a Windows app. Don't be dense.
    1 point
  45. Why does that matter? If the legal system in the US was designed to allow a company to sue due the way this administration handled the ban and implemented the ban, why wouldn’t they? I’m not versed in India law (who also banned), but in the US, it’s possible for TikTok do, and they’ve probably got a good chance of winning with the evidence they will present, and how the EO was signed and to be implemented. Perhaps it’s not possible to sue in other countries? I do know that TikTok was working the resolve the issues with other governments as well.
    1 point
  46. I want this as a movie
    1 point
  47. RedMagic 5S unboxing and first impressions: now it's even cooler

    Wow. The Spiderphone! I wonder if Spider-man knows it's missing?!
    1 point
  48. Apple blocks WordPress iOS app updates until in-app purchases added [Update]

    I *hate* IAPs! Eff them.
    1 point
  49. Can't wait to see what they'll price this phone at. I could see them still selling this for 700+.
    1 point
  50. Windows XP is still around and measuring market share as much as I was flamed in 2015 when Windows 10 just came out. I said when Windows 7 is eol Windows XP will still be used by millions. Windows 7 is here to stay for years to come. I still use it at work every day
    1 point