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  1. 🖕 Cancer
    12 points
  2. Chadwick Boseman's final Tweet becomes the most liked on Twitter

    This guy was a really good human.
    9 points
  3. He really kept that cancer on the down low, never knew he was sick.
    6 points
  4. Chadwick Boseman's final Tweet becomes the most liked on Twitter

    I had no idea he was going through this. I don’t remember reading anywhere about him having colon cancer. His family and friends must have kept this really quiet. Wonder how many out there will be watching Black Panther / Avengers, 42, or 21 Bridges again as a tribute to him. 43 is far too young to be taken by something as horrible as cancer. R.I.P
    5 points
  5. Don't care. Buying a PS5 to play PS5 games.. if my ps4 library plays, great, other than that, no need to live in the past.
    4 points
  6. I remember when Apple fanboys didn’t “care about performance and speccs”.
    4 points
  7. He couldn't see the target. That's 100% blind firing, or as the US military call it, spray and pray.
    4 points
  8. It’s so laughable that Microsoft was hell bent on shoving their worthless apps down our throats since launch of Windows 10. Now they are making them optional. I hope that useless 3D Builder folder from Explorer left pane disappears too by default next time. 99.99% people don’t have a 3D printer or software. Why have that unnecessary clutter? I just use a reg tweak to remove it from day1 though.
    4 points
  9. They're just going to retrofit the drones to shoot back.
    3 points
  10. I've re-done the thermal paste, and replaced the bluray drive on my launch 60gb PS3. In addition, I've swapped the power supply with a latter compatible model that produces less heat. There some amazing PS 1, 2, & 3 games that didn't get re-released or a replacement equivalent. (Edit) - I will be putting in a high capacity name brand SSD in this while the PSN network is still functional for the PS3. In theory, once everything is downloaded, the SSD should hold up longer then a spinning drive since most of the usage will be read's and not writes. I didn't expect the PS5 to play PS1-PS3, at least via the original disc. If there any PS1,2,3 games via emulation / BC, I expected they were going to re-sell you a digital copy.
    3 points
  11. The issue is that many people replay their old libraries, what happens if your PS4 tanks and you can't buy a new one because they're not made anymore? It's not that hard to keep compatibility going forward, and there's no negative in doing it either.
    3 points
  12. thats what she said
    3 points
  13. He kept it quiet and did all that training and filming with chemotherapy as well, and visiting kids in the hospital
    3 points
  14. Chadwick Boseman's final Tweet becomes the most liked on Twitter

    ABC will be airing Black Panther tonight at 8/7c ... commercial free. From ABC's Robin Roberts tweet: TONIGHT ON ABC: @Marvel’s Black Panther will air, commercial-free, starting at 8pmET. Immediately after the film I’m honored to anchor a live ABC News Special: “Chadwick Boseman - A Tribute for a King,” starting at 10:20pmET
    3 points
  15. Sad Russia can recognize it before U.S. can. All the Apple support post I just figure are stock owners that want their cash no matter what. Funny how some people are against walls being built but are fine with a digital walled garden! That holds back progress!
    3 points
  16. What makes them 'dodgy'? A private company wanting copies of everyone's private identification (passports, etc.) plus personal information and pictures which they then store forever should be a big red flag to anyone. Wouldn't trust them to keep the data safe, wouldn't trust them not to sell the data. Going to be another adobe or facebook/cambridge analytica in the future. Their help pages say: "Any details you add to the Yoti app are encrypted into unreadable data, split up and safely stored in our database. Only you have the key to unlock your encrypted details, which is stored safely in your phone, not in our database. Our systems are built in a way that means we cannot mine or sell your data to third parties. Once we’ve completed our security checks, we can’t access any of your personal details. We can’t send your details to a business or individual until you choose to send them." Uhuh, google claimed they followed EU law - did they? No. Microsoft claimed they weren't anti-competitive - were they? Yes. Apple claimed they were paying the right tax - were they? No. Intel claimed they weren't bribing industry against AMD - were they? Yes. Facebook claimed they were securing people's data - were they? No. Noticing a pattern here? A pattern like a claim might actually be complete ######? Because anyone can make a claim, they don't need to supply proof of it.
    3 points
  17. This is false. What they said is that the 360 and original xbox games, that are already backwards compatible with X1, will also work on XSX. Only about 28% of 360 games and 41 (not percent) OG xbox titles are backwards compatible with X1. Also, IINM, only OG xbox games can be installed from disc. When a 360 game disc is inserted, it wont install from disc; instead the game will be automatically downloaded for free.
    2 points
  18. This is no surprise really, at best PS4 games will run, most if not all anyway. It just sucks in the long run if you have older games you really like to play but that system happens to die on you, it's not like they're made forever. On the other side, publishers would love to re-sell you that hit PS2/PS3 game over for the 10th time.
    2 points
  19. Microsoft details Teams improvements made in August

    I see you haven't used teams for anything besides video chat.
    2 points
  20. It's almost like when they shoot and kill an actual bad guy, people don't protest it...
    2 points
  21. OnePlus explains the controversial design changes in OxygenOS 11

    exactly. They say they're reducing white space but then they add that much at the top. I have the same problem with Samsung apps on my OP (like Smartthings) - so much wasted space it's infuriating
    2 points
  22. Must be feeling the pain from the other streaming services starting.
    2 points
  23. Looks like they have taken a bit from Microsoft's Metro design language.
    2 points
  24. Starting at $500 for a Lenovo tablet? They have lost their mind.
    2 points
  25. Microsoft makes Connect app optional on Windows 10 May 2020 Update

    Some additional info about the Connect App, that I have posted here before. This can be used to turn any computer/tablet into a Second Monitor with full bi-directional input, including Stylus/Pen support. So if you have a Notebook and a Surface Tablet, run Connect App on the Surface Tablet, and it becomes a wireless Second Monitor, hit connect from your Windows PC or Notebook, or even another Surface Tablet. You can also use the Touch features and the Stylus on the Surface, so you can run Photoshop on a faster computer than the Surface, and use the Surface like a Display Tablet (Huion/Cintiq/etc). - Since input is bidirectional, the full features of the Pen/Stylus's Pressure/Tilt/etc work automatically. Essentially, this works like Apple's Sidecar, except better, and has been around a lot longer. (It was nice of Apple to think this was worth copying, even though they have a limited experience in comparison.) Even if you are considering a portable second monitor for your notebook, also consider buying a Windows Tablet or 2in1, and use it as your portable monitor - which can also double as an extra device/computer/tablet. (Often you can find cheap Windows 10 Tablets for $100-300 - often the same cost as a portable monitor.) Having an additional touchscreen is also handy for workflows where you can take advantage of the touch features on the Tablet/Surface and use it like a touch control board or move your tools/palettes to Surface/Tablet for quick touch access. - Setups like you see demoed on devices like the Zenbook Duo with dual screens. Since it is just another monitor you can put whatever you want on the second display. This also works with LOW END Windows 10 Tablets, like the $100 8-10" tablets. They can become a touch screen/panel for your notebook or a secondary monitor, or since several of these tablets have an active stylus/pen - they become display tablets for free, and are a lot cheaper than buying a dedicated display tablet. Some cheaper tablets have better WiFI cards, and this is where the experience can vary. If you are in a heavy noise/traffic radio area, it can cause latency, but since the technology uses WiDi (Direct) latency is often tiny at worst even with a crappy 72mbps 2.4ghz Wifi card in the tablet.
    2 points
  26. Welcome to a real firefight. This wasn't TV or a movie; most shots miss, you keep firing until the threat is subdued, and sometimes you get shot too. Some of these guys will take a crazy number of hits and keep shooting. In the 1986 Miami shootout, the FBI vs. a pair of serial bank robbers, the perps were hit 6 and 12 times before they went down. 2 agents dead, 3 wounded. Not so much blind as instructed by walls & doors.
    2 points
  27. Microsoft makes Connect app optional on Windows 10 May 2020 Update

    Erm, the article links to the feature and that article links to the connect app as well, which is exatly what our article describes https://docs.microsoft.com/en-...20Wireless%20Display%20app. So I don't even know why 2 people like your comment. I have version 2004 and I still have the app in the settings tile, I guess this is intended for new installs.
    2 points
  28. Microsoft makes Connect app optional on Windows 10 May 2020 Update

    This article has the wrong information about what the Connect app does. The Connect app is for allowing a PC to receive a cast, like cast from a phone to a PC. The ability to cast a PC to another display (Win+K) is NOT going away or being made optional.
    2 points
  29. What's not fair about it? A few weeks ago it was revealed that Apple have had secret deals with some developers charging them a smaller fee than everyone else on the app store. For example, Amazon only pay 15% instead of 30%. That gives Amazon an an unfair advantage. Apple have also copied other apps e.g. Apple Music copying Spotify. Apple's own apps have an unfair advantage over competitors on their app store becaues Apple don't have to go through their approval process or pay that extra 30% fee. Apple have also crippled 3rd-party apps when they release their own versions. For example when they introduced Screen Time. Other apps in the store already had that feature, and then lost it when Apple introduced their version. Being able to copy someone else's app/feature and then block it is unfair.
    2 points
  30. Heathrow Airport trials 30-minute COVID-19 testing with Yoti

    No it's not. There is no government authority that says mass testing is detrimental or a 'scam'. $40 billion net profit in vaccines alone will influence what "authorities" say. Believe what you want. Lol This is a disease that's only dangerous for the very old and the very ill. And we've known this for months. Utterly wrong. If all you are focusing on is deaths, then certain age groups are definitely more susceptible. Your use of the word "only" is wrong. You have excluded people who were healthy and who have died, even if they are a small amount against the total figure. You're also equating dangerous with death, which is again, false. There's a growing body of evidence showing this disease will create long term problems for survivors, young and old. This is also dangerous, and potentially impacts a high percentage of people who have contracted it.
    2 points
  31. Instead of making android more memory efficient, lets just keep on adding more and more RAM ? lol
    2 points
  32. 1) Carriers mafia. For example, if you want to buy a Xiaomi in the USA, then you are in a shortlist of carriers that allow it, and only a few models. Worldwide there are many options available, just buy the phone, insert the chip and that's it. 2) Apple marketing aimed at the young audience and Apple uses a lot of placement to do that. 3) Misleading marketing (using placement). For example, to conclude that Apple = quality so it is worth the price, where it is not even true. If you look at the marketing of Apple, it never says it directly but it uses several sites, people, "influencers" and such that preaches the same word again and again. Apple = quality, everything else is dangerous, bad, and unstable (aka FUD).
    2 points
  33. Sony is looking to bring more PlayStation exclusives to PC

    You do realize you can just not buy it, right? Just because you do not like ports doesn't mean others shouldn't have access to those titles if they want them.
    2 points
  34. Sony is looking to bring more PlayStation exclusives to PC

    Speak for yourself please. I managed to play all of Horizon Zero Dawn just fine even if I had to play at a locked 60fps instead of the usual 144fps. That's a lot better than never experiencing the game and a lot better experience than if I did have it on PS4.
    2 points
  35. What makes them 'dodgy'? A private company wanting copies of everyone's private identification (passports, etc.) plus personal information and pictures which they then store forever should be a big red flag to anyone. Wouldn't trust them to keep the data safe, wouldn't trust them not to sell the data. Going to be another adobe or facebook/cambridge analytica in the future.
    2 points
  36. I am no fan of Apple, or its treatment of developers, but that statement above seems fair enough to me. They created the whole OS, ecosystem, etc. so having some bespoke functionality available just for themselves, seems like it would be a normal business practice for any corporation. ( keeping in mind that I haven't deeply researched the facts of this particular case though...) You can’t just take away APIs they were used by exiting *apps* and make them private once you get a competing app in the store yourself. I think Microsoft with IE was not even near this level of evil-doing and yet not only got smashed but that *smashing* somehow is still stuck with folks who seems to be okay with *Apple* I think people literally forgot to think different
    2 points
  37. Firefox 81 will come with new Alpenglow theme

    it's not ugly that's not the right word , someone at mozilla is abusing mushrooms and lsd there isn't any other reasonable reason
    1 point
  38. R.I.P. * Requiescat in pace *
    1 point
  39. BleachBit 4.1.0.1723 Beta

    Clinton approved!
    1 point
  40. The more mugs that buy them, the more Nvidia will keep pushing up the price until they say no more, that is the name of the game and these cards could already be a lot cheaper if people used a bit of common sense. But honestly I wouldn't worry about it, developers don't really target higher end hardware because most can't afford it, the next gen console specs are the real interesting thing because that will give us a real idea of what developers will target over the next 5 or so years, on the PC all you need is to be able to do that with a few extra bells and whistles, 60fps at the given resolution you play at and you end up with the vast bulk of the quality of the game without paying through the nose.
    1 point
  41. They're in mine. Intel can do in larger size processes what other companies do in smaller ones. If history is any indicator, that isn't true.
    1 point
  42. scythe ninja 5 : how to set up the kaze fans on heatsink (direction & position)

    On the sides of the fans there should be little arrows like the ones shown below. Orient the fans so one has the arrow pointing in toward the heatsink and the other pointing away from the heat sink - meaning both fans are blowing air in the same direction. Now reinstall the the cooler so that the fans are oriented to line up with your exhaust fan. I cant tell if the fans themselves are installed correctly since I can only see one but I can tell you the ideally the heatsink should be rotated 90 degrees like the one shown below.
    1 point
  43. Samsung's 16GB LPDDR5 DRAM arriving for smartphones in 2021

    Are they making it bigger just for Android or because that's just how technology works? RAM sizes increase and prices decrease, processors and RAM get faster, storage devices get larger...I don't see the problem here. Bit of both (as per my opinion), iOS also needs more RAM over time as the operating systems keeps on getting more and more complicated and real-time things also ads a lot of OS memory consumption, what bogles me is that Android's memory management is so lack luster that it can't keep up with the iOS's performance with half the RAM, time to time. Not to mention, the whole OS in iOS part feels much more smooth experience with less RAM.
    1 point
  44. Facebook says Apple blocked its in-app notice about the App Store's 30% tax

    my friend cant even get an app published to the store (its a payrole app for his work) because it doesnt have ads or in app purchases so apple wont make money, which means he cant get the app onto his workers phones now, i say that makes apple pretty crap, where goodle, boom aproved and straight onto the app store There are plenty of apps that don’t have in-app purchases or adverts. And that is where you miss one of the many things people on Epic's side are complaining. Uneven rule enforcement.
    1 point
  45. I wouldn’t trust the Russian courts on anything.
    1 point
  46. Russian antitrust authority finds Apple guilty of monopolistic behavior

    I am no fan of Apple, or its treatment of developers, but that statement above seems fair enough to me. They created the whole OS, ecosystem, etc. so having some bespoke functionality available just for themselves, seems like it would be a normal business practice for any corporation. ( keeping in mind that I haven't deeply researched the facts of this particular case though...) You can’t just take away APIs they were used by exiting *apps* and make them private once you get a competing app in the store yourself. I think Microsoft with IE was not even near this level of evil-doing and yet not only got smashed but that *smashing* somehow is still stuck with folks who seems to be okay with *Apple* I think people literally forgot to think different I tend to agree. If they were using public, documented APIs they took private, this is bad on Apple. If they were using unsupported, undocumented APIs, that is bad on the developer. It doesn't sound like a case of the latter, however.
    1 point
  47. OPPO Watch review: Finally, a smartwatch I care about

    Looks good, but I'll wait for the Apple Watch 6.
    1 point
  48. If they do it? LOL, they kicked Epic’s app off the store too. You can install Fortnite outside the Play Store. And you know what? This does not void your device's warranty.
    1 point
  49. The problem is Android devices are laggy, poor battery life, exploding batteries, viruses. Entitlement complex is real
    1 point
  50. No no, competitors need consent. Apple's own advertising network will track you as freely as it likes ^.^ https://www.forbes.com/sites/j...cebook-google-wont-on-ios14
    1 point