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  1. Facebook says Apple blocked its in-app notice about the App Store's 30% tax

    If you're doing something your lawyers are saying it technically legal, but bad enough that no decent individual would do it, and you go to great lengths to avoid other people knowing because they would consider you a jerk if they knew, it might mean it's time to act more respectable instead. Apple seems to be trying to find the limit where they can stay out of court instead of aiming to be a respectable business.
    8 points
  2. Facebook is taking legal action against ToS violators

    "When people installed apps with the malicious SDK, MobiBurn was able to collect data that the app requested from Facebook including a person’s name, time zone, email address, and gender. Facebook highlighted that it was not compromised, rather the apps that users installed were." It's all becoming clear to me now. Its malicious when Facebook isn't doing the extracting. Go to hell Zuck.
    6 points
  3. Following the Apple App Store guidelines isn't fair either, so...
    4 points
  4. I hate it when flagship killer brands become greedy, turn into flagships themselves and then release crap like this so they don't cannibalize their flagships. Sigh.
    4 points
  5. He's basically a hero in conservative circles. It's amazing the disconnect they're displaying.... and it's on display with TheLaughingMan, "true American".
    4 points
  6. Are you saying you can't knock someone out with a skateboard? Huber was trying to prevent others from being murdered and paid with his own life. There wasn't a molotov thrown at the killer. The 17 year old came illegally armed, was looking for trouble and ended two people lives. He shouldn't be celebrated nor his "vigilante" actions be condoned.
    3 points
  7. Fact he illegally had a firearm will go against him. And in the first part of the video I posted, just shows what looks like 1 person running to him and he opens fire. They were unarmed and hardly a threat IMO. And the last couple people he shot, they were just trying to subdue him for shooting the first person. Rittenhouse escalated the situation and looks to be the aggressor. And first part of the video, he looks amped up and says "we have no non lethal here". And the other guy pulling a weapon of his own was defense as Rittenhouse already killed one person and was poised to do it again. I am all for defending yourself if/when needed. But Rittenhouse had no business being in Kenosha. Not his town, not his state, and not his job. And he had no business legally to carry that weapon.
    3 points
  8. Rittenhouse really has no defense. Most of the vids show him a running away from a mob and it appears he is defending himself. But there is more to it as a few other vids show Rittenhouse shooting in a parking lot and record him on his cell phone saying he killed someone. Couple people chasing after him, unarmed, so they were no threat. Then he is walking down the street and a mob goes after him. He falls down, and then fires and shoots 2 more people. First mistake is Rittenhouse having a lethal weapon under aged. Second mistake here is people like Rittenhouse thinking they are some kind of bad ass and coming in from out of town thinking they have the right to be there armed. They do not. The video I watched has Rittenhouse saying there is no non lethal. Like he went there looking for trouble. Third mistake is the cops not telling these people to leave and go home. From watching the full video, not just the one where the mob is chasing him, Rittenhouse really has nothing to refute. And all of this could have been avoided if this kid stayed home and let the Police do their job. 4 people's lives are forever changed because an idiot didnt stay home. 2 dead, 1 injured, and another facing life in prison. Video I watched is here... https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/08/26/kenosha-shooting-video-shows-suspected-gunman-kyle-rittenhouse-being-allowed-to-leave-scene/ EDIT 4th mistake...Rittenhouse was not legally allowed to carry that weapon.
    3 points
  9. Excited about the new game. But, man, was that video equally pretentious and vapid. Some of those live action shots of the developers with the swelling music? I don't blame them, of course, but give me a ######ing break.
    3 points
  10. Apple terminates Epic's developer account, removes its games from the App Store

    The 30% is too much of a cut for non-Apple payments within an app.
    2 points
  11. Apple terminates Epic's developer account, removes its games from the App Store

    Well, they took a big swing and a miss. As a developer, I appreciate what they were attempting to do, but what this is highlighting is no court is ready to start calling foul on Apple yet.
    2 points
  12. Promo video for Intel's Tiger Lake processors leaks

    "leaks"
    2 points
  13. Can I archive the annoying Cortana crap?
    2 points
  14. I wouldn't say so. More than 93% are on one of the last 3 versions... That is called fragmentation Then all OS's are just as fragmented as Windows then...
    2 points
  15. In related news, nobody likes to discuss just how much opportunity Apple store has provided to developers. Based on the latest I find, Apple paid 155 Billion $ to developers since 2008 (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/0...f-50-billion-in-2019.html). It's super easy to bash a large company because hey why not - but fact is that millions of people made their living (and still do so) thanks to that very App store.
    2 points
  16. he didnt turn himself in. he went home to his own bed and slept. That's the very opposite of turning yourself in.
    2 points
  17. Everyone suddenly behaving like Apple is the bad guy. 30% sale cut or not, everyone agreed to Apple's terms on Apple's own App Store that is on Apple's own devices and Apple's own OS and now they all behave like Apple is bullying them into anything. Especially these giants like Epic and Facebook. Just shut up all of you loaded ######. They are all rich as f**k and they want even more, it's why they are bitching so much about it.
    2 points
  18. No he wasn't. He fled back to his home state. Now there has to be an extradition hearing. That's not the actions of someone going to turn himself in. And nobody is defending rioters. What reality are you living in? The critical thinking, or lack of, you and basically half 30% of the country displays is truly astounding.
    2 points
  19. No way this is a coincidence.
    2 points
  20. WI is not Canada. Also, there is a difference if say I was 16 years old in my house. Someone breaks in to my house and I go and use a gun to protect myself. As apposed to this situation with Rittenhouse. No, not a rumor. A fact. The video in the link I posted shows this. He is even recorded on his cell saying he killed someone. A lot of the videos people posted leave out the first encounter where the first person was killed. Reason why he was being chased was because he shot someone.
    2 points
  21. lol, yeah lets jump at a guy who is on the ground with a gun while he is being attacked by another. How do you disarm a guy with a skateboard? oh, you hit him.
    2 points
  22. Yeah. That’s not at all what happened. The “skateboard” guy that was killed was attempting to disarm him after he started shooting.
    2 points
  23. Apple needs to stop bullying these small companies.
    2 points
  24. "Scooby-Doo" Co-Creator Joe Ruby Dies at 87

    Animation writer and executive Joe Ruby, who created cartoon series including “Scooby-Doo” along with his partner Ken Spears, died of natural causes Wednesday in Westlake Village, Calif. He was 87. At Hanna-Barbera, Ruby and Spears created series including “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?,” “Dynomutt” and “Jabberjaw.” “He never stopped writing and creating, even as he aged,” said his grandson Benjamin Ruby. “Scooby-Doo” launched on CBS in 1969 after going through a number of versions. It was launched as a gentler series partly in response to complaints about violence in cartoons such as “Space Ghost.” Together with character designer Iwao Takamoto, Ruby and Spears tried a number of titles and approaches, such as making the characters part of a rock band, before settling on the now-classic combo of Freddie, Velma, Daphne, Shaggy and a Great Dane named Scooby-Doo. https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/joe-ruby-dies-dead-scooby-doo-1234750948/
    2 points
  25. Steam adds text and chat filtering capability, now available in beta

    Yeah, those who are triggered by the mere existence of this optional feature are the snowflakes. Agreed. I'm oh so sad that trolls won't be able to harass people into suicide over Steam chat as easily. Actually, no I'm not.
    2 points
  26. Apple will invent this in 2030 and call it World's first invisible camera. I keep hearing things like this, but always wondered where it comes from. I assumed at some point Apple claimed to have done something first? Maybe not Apple but Apple zealots. And when it is clearly impossible to say that Apple made it first, then it's time to say that Apple was the first to make it right, even if it is clearly also untrue. Look at FaceID, it might be the most advanced face recognition engine now (it might), but long before there were already other face recognition systems that worked perfectly.
    2 points
  27. [x] Snowflake Mode
    2 points
  28. why would they add basic browser functionality when they can add useless bloats like picture dictionary that tells you what's the current time that you can find at the bottom left of your screen 😂
    2 points
  29. Google Duo is coming to Android TV

    Why wasn't done sooner?
    2 points
  30. Incoming personal take that you'll probably just disregard and just class it as as a slanted opinion... I personally know police officers... some I grew up with, others have been friends that chose that career path, others I became acquainted with when I moved and had to work with them for my job. Hell, a few of them I found on dating apps lol. They're okay most of the time, until they're not, but doing things the right way? Depends. They regularly let things slide with their close friends, and I'm not just talking about traffic tickets... i.e... selling drugs, drinking and driving, some domestic abuse exceptions. Filing complaints, and I actually have as it was a family situation... typically do nothing outside of generate a union meeting with their rep, and at worst place them on desk duty for a few days. It's a waste of time. Almost all of them can cite traffic code off the top of their head, have no problem running into a burning building, or a dangerous situation, but when it gets into the nitty gritty things about rights, and what they can and can't do when a civilian resists, that's when it becomes woefully apparent that it's the Wild West out there. It's pretty terrifying. And their egos tend to take over. A few are indeed racists, not all of them, but the ones that are... when they discuss their actions with what they've done to black vs white examples, blacks usually are portrayed in a much more negative light, as well as the actions they take against them. I.e instead of letting them go for a small amount of weed they smell when pulling over for a traffic offense, instead of just confiscating it like they would a white person and issuing a citation, they'll search the car, usually find nothing, and then bring a dog just to be sure. They hold them up, seeing if they can get them on something else. None of them have gone and shoot up anyone of course, but that systemic racism is clearly there, and has become part of police culture. One of the guys I know was actually fired due to an incident where he didn't like his daughter was dating a black man, was late getting home, took his police car and searched for them, pulled them over, and in a fit of rage arrested him for no reason, tossed him in the back of his car, and admitted on camera it was because he didn't like him, and before someone thinks I'm pulling that one out of my ass.. that one made national news actually. The police department he was on is generally a good department, and in fact stood in solidarity with the BLM protests that occurred here, and have constantly been engaged within the community, so their actions do indeed speak louder than words, the problem I have is that officer was with the force for decades, and his opinions and actions were widely known. Nothing was done until there was actual irrefutable video evidence that couldn't be swept under the rug. That's the problem. The department doesn't care to do anything until they get caught red handed by the public. Of course there are good cops out there, the problem is they enable their racist coworkers into doing terrible things by simply not speaking up or taking a stand against it. When it comes to being an officer, and enforcing the law, not saying anything is completely unacceptable behavior. And while it's only my opinion here, out of the 21 cops I personally know, I'd say at least 8 of them are racist, and almost all of them have skirted the line on making exceptions for their close friends. In just from listening to them describe their actions while on the job. They're from different departments, sometimes in different states, that's not a good percentage... and while it's certainly not a majority, that's still a good chunk of them. How that problem is fixed, well, I don't think it ever will be. We're too polarized as a country, culture that focuses on triggers instead of the actual problem.
    2 points
  31. Considering a new build

    Made the decision, I'm going team red. Just need to figure out when to buy. Thanks to everyone for their insight. In tge end it was very appreciated.
    1 point
  32. Plex Pass Lifetime plan is now only $88 for a limited time

    If you have any interest in Plex this is a great deal. I got a good deal on a lifetime pass many years ago now, however I'm not sure it was this cheap. Either way it's been a great investment!
    1 point
  33. Windows 7 BSOD

    asstahci64.sys is for a Asmedia 106x SATA Host Controller Driver. So either the driver is bad or your hard drive / sata device has bad sectors or something throwing a controller error. If possible download the portable version of this and see if you can run it from the command line off a flash drive to check the health of your hard drive. https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskinfo/ It's also possible that your sata mode in your bios got switched from AHCI or raid to IDE or vice versa. So go into your bios setup and see what your sata mode is set to. It's possible your bios may have reset it self after a power outage due to a dead CMOS battery.
    1 point
  34. 1. You can hide the button. 2. They're already working on removing Cortana (as the "assistant") because it's being repositioned as business productivity technology.
    1 point
  35. Not quite as reported here then. Makes more sense now.
    1 point
  36. While I find the Nord interesting, this is just not something I care for. I think for $200, right now, you can get a better spec'd device that might be a few months old without issue. Smartphones lose their value very fast in general.
    1 point
  37. Many years ago, we did a presentation for some shareholders. We did exactly like the photo, lots of cable around the servers, light, and stuff that looks modern and cyberpunk. Usually, it is impractical to work in a messy ambiance but some people feel impressed with it, so we literally disassembled some servers for eyecatching.
    1 point
  38. Who is a good boy? Yes, yes you are.
    1 point
  39. "Scooby-Doo" Co-Creator Joe Ruby Dies at 87

    And he would of lived longer if it wasn't for you meddling kids
    1 point
  40. Apple will invent this in 2030 and call it World's first invisible camera. I keep hearing things like this, but always wondered where it comes from. I assumed at some point Apple claimed to have done something first? Correct, however they will just announce the same thing the actual company who did it first, but worded differently, so: "The custom-developed pixel arrangement used by Apple in its revolutionary under-display camera allows light to pass the display through gaps in the quad pixel."
    1 point
  41. Indeed. I can't believe that anyone is still falling for this obvious scam. But then again, there are gullible people everywhere.
    1 point
  42. How about to add history sync?
    1 point
  43. It should be legal to carry at that age.
    1 point
  44. U.K.'s local councils told to upgrade internet connectivity

    "The government is helping councils dispel myths around 5G technology" So the government should write it down (and sign it) if 5G is safe, instead of debunking with a strawman attack. I explain * Is 5G related with the coronavirus or Bigfoot or if Elvis is alive? * No. * But, we could not conclude that 5G is safe. Right now, the distance of 5G is a fraction of 4G, so we need a lot of antennas to cover the same area. How they think to address it?. How is it possible to put an antenna every 1,000 feet? On most street lights?
    1 point
  45. In an age of runaway global heating, does the world really need Bitcoin?
    1 point
  46. Windows 10 and SSD

    Only thing i can think of, is did you do all the bios and firmware updates? Enable AHCI for the SSD's? Which version of Win10, and all drivers updated?
    1 point
  47. apple bullying ... what a surprise /s this is apple
    1 point
  48. This isn't Facebook crying about being bullied, it's them calling out an anti-competitive policy.
    1 point
  49. And why so? Do you really believe that other companies do not do the same? Do you think that if you negotiate to buy 100 office 365 licenses you will be able to get the same deal of someone else buying 10,000 licenses? If you re-read my post you'd notice at the end I said "all of them", I'm not singling out anyone. But since you want to bring MS into this, your example isn't the same. You're buying from MS directly, it's a 1 to 1 sale. The App store cut is Apple being the man in the middle. Customer is paying amazon for a sub, and Apple gets a cut. There's no 3rd person getting a cut of your Office 365 licenses. While I understand what you're trying to say you're example doesn't match up with the topic at hand.
    1 point