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  1. That's why you let the early adopters beta test for a few months first before buying it yourself.
    9 points
  2. The front camera on the Surface Pro X. It looks like only Surface devices have decent webcams in the entire PC industry. On every other laptop, they suck.
    4 points
  3. I dont think this is talking about manual OC, these cards made to automatically OC when there's enough power. This is where the problem comes in.
    3 points
  4. The front camera on the Surface Pro X.
    3 points
  5. Windows XP source code has allegedly leaked online

    Yes. _NOTNSAKEY
    3 points
  6. Windows XP source code has allegedly leaked online

    This source code looks suspiciously close to the source code my own OS I am working on.
    2 points
  7. Nvidia RTX 3080 crashes could be linked to AIB partners using cheap capacitors

    Cheaper, yes, but 'cheap' sounds a bit harsh. Remember they were built to NVidia's specifications, and the OEMs that this was affecting early on, took time to find the issue. (See EVGA's statement for example.) Also keep in mind how close to the chest NVidia holds the OEMs, they often cannot even push or fully test the cards because NVidia withholds drivers from them until the last minute to prevent leaks. (Often people like myself can obtain drivers before the OEMs, let that sink in.) Let the OEMs fix this, they can and will. Many already revised their boards, and now they issue has been highlighted, they can also potentially issue a firmware fix by adjusting voltage when the cards hit the upper frequencies. With even the firmware type fix, at worst users might see their card only clock to 1925 instead of 1975 - which is not even the margin of error in terms of performance. Also remember the boards by definition and design are only guaranteed to hit the upper boost clock, which is usually 1700-1800 on even the highest end editions - well under the point that this issue pops up. So, don't freak, and don't worry about your card. At worst, you can return or RMA it, and get a card that has the revised capacitor design.
    2 points
  8. Stop, just stop.
    2 points
  9. GNU/Linux Desktops Thread: 3Q 2020

    My asp.net+ReactJS dev environment/casual gaming MBP running Fedora. Gnome's stock Adwaita theme is actually pretty clean and easy to work with all day every day vs a lot of custom GTK themes so I stick with it now. Shame about the big light title bar on VS Code though 😆 Wallpaper here https://i.redd.it/egg27e85knl51.png Visual Studio Code theme: Gloom, VS Code font: JetBrains Mono.
    2 points
  10. I noticed this UI change on my FireTV stick over a week ago, and I gotta say, I really HATE the change.. It now takes about 4 remote clicks to like or dislike a video... Also, yeah... The ads are ridiculous.
    2 points
  11. I think Epic would be a good candidate to create a new app store on Android. Epic is the last company that you should ever trust to do anything.
    2 points
  12. Windows XP source code has allegedly leaked online

    Discussions involving warez, cracks, security circumvention, using torrents for downloading copyrighted or illegal material is strictly prohibited. This includes music files or other unauthorized software. The whole freaking page discusses it!
    2 points
  13. I hardly call a 5.4 inch display "mini." Maybe "midi?" I agree with samw61 that, hopefully, there will be a trend to smaller phones. Presently, the phone size war has gotten totally out of hand--to the point of being ridiculous. It is supposed to be a phone, not a small-size tablet.
    2 points
  14. Greetings

    Hello everyone, I am new to this forum. I found Neowin while watching laptop reviews on YouTube, I think it was some asus device. When I saw that they we’re giving away a Legion 5i I decided to create and account and try my luck. I hope I can win that, however I’m excited to become part of this community.
    1 point
  15. Indian Government says it has no intention of reversing the PUBG Mobile ban

    Nope until every single software goes through the same scrutiny
    1 point
  16. Microsoft has really come through with their launcher. It's easily my second choice after Nova Launcher now.
    1 point
  17. Lenovo Legion Phone Duel review: A beast of a gaming phone

    This should be compard with ASUS ROG phone.
    1 point
  18. Lenovo Legion Phone Duel review: A beast of a gaming phone

    gaming phones make zero sense.
    1 point
  19. Amazon warns Xbox Series X preorders might get delayed

    So you're part of the problem, huh?
    1 point
  20. Nvidia RTX 3080 crashes could be linked to AIB partners using cheap capacitors

    TUF and high quality? Anything TUF is garbage in a sense "You can't afford ROG but still want ASUS". Their GPUs are a great example. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJU8jKIYtS4
    1 point
  21. SpaceX Super Heavy and Starship updates

    Starship SN-08 Rollout Day....
    1 point
  22. I'm not sure I understand this bit. How would you get the link that would not launch Skype? Meet Now > Join a meeting > (browser window opens - third screenshot in the post) > Paste link in the field > Meeting starts in the same browser window Open browser > paste the link in address bar > Meeting starts in Skype
    1 point
  23. Makes sense to have a quick access to this now that so many people are WFH, and probably still will be even when the pandemic finally dies down for good.
    1 point
  24. Amazon warns Xbox Series X preorders might get delayed

    I don't know when I'll get mine either but like you I have enough to play through so I can wait.
    1 point
  25. Ocenaudio 3.9.2 [Update]

    RAW, WAV, MP3, M4A, FLAC, PCM, APE, OGG, CAF etc., free image hosting site
    1 point
  26. Amazon warns Xbox Series X preorders might get delayed

    I think you have no idea what the demand is, nor how many they're making
    1 point
  27. Not enough... Let's join forces with epic resistance
    1 point
  28. Alphabet to shell out $310m to settle Google sexual misconduct lawsuit

    How often is it that shareholders have a stronger moral compass than the corporation itself that purports to be doing what they do for the interest of the shareholders. (This is telling, and gross on top of what was already disturbing.) Hmm.
    1 point
  29. “This time is different”. “Believe us, plebs!”
    1 point
  30. Reminds me of the movie "Europa report"
    1 point
  31. So Facebook gets a deal but Epic does does not. How is that fair? Apple is not very consistent with their policies
    1 point
  32. I am guessing this is in response to appfairness.org. They just don't want big names piling up on there.
    1 point
  33. The worst part being it's usually the same ad on repeat more than 5 times in a row on some occasions. I am getting to the point where instead of using the FireTV, I will just plug a computer into the display port and play from the computer with adblock. I dropped TV because of the ads, and I am not about to lose YouTube to the same thing! I've done this. Just turned my laptop into a dedicated YouTube player.
    1 point
  34. No idea where you're from, but I bet it's somewhere that only copies what West does.
    1 point
  35. Windows XP source code has allegedly leaked online

    Look at ReactOS and/or WINE for something you can wrap your head around more easily and legally. Learning to contribute to these projects will teach you a lot about Windows and is experience you can actually add to your resume. They work NOTHING like NT. Just because they can execute emulated binaries and apply some principals, it is very much *nix like underneath and far from how NT itself works. One good thought, how NT works is unique and something the OSS community should have been 'actually' studying, so maybe we will see a new OS project that doesn't start with 80s kernels and the horrid *nix model.
    1 point
  36. You're being extremely disingenuous when you boil the services they provide down to "hosting and distribution".
    1 point
  37. No, Apple has the same thing going on, your app has to use their own in-app purchasing system. No, Apple still allows you to have external subscriptions. You can go to your browser and sign up for YouTube Premium, or Spotify, or Amazon Prime...
    1 point
  38. Windows XP source code has allegedly leaked online

    Look at ReactOS and/or WINE for something you can wrap your head around more easily and legally. Learning to contribute to these projects will teach you a lot about Windows and is experience you can actually add to your resume. While WINE is legal but it uses it's not. Microsoft is specific about what files (such as libraries) could be distributed and what not. For example, WINE could run .net applications but for that, the user needs the net framework and it is illegal to install it in Linux. It happens the same with VC++ applications. I feel like you have no idea how WINE handles this. They aren't redistributing any MS files. When you install an application on Wine, then you usually are installing many libraries that you can't install in Linux. It is the reason why WINE is legal but it's usage commonly it's not. If you install Vc++ redist or any application that includes one of those libraries on Linux then you are a pirate, as simple like that. Some distro of WINE includes installers for frameworks and libraries (Winetricks). WINE does not includes those libraries, but it allows us to install them from the Internet, so WINE is not legal but it is allowing others to install it illegally. Show me in the terms and conditions of the VC++ redistribuable installer the exact clause that wine is breaking and explain how: Did you read the EULA? You can google it. But lets me explain how it works. * First, you can't distribute it separately, and sometimes you can't even allow sharing the download from other sources. Does it sound fine? Well. If you want to share a single library of the package, then you must agree with all, and download from the original source (Microsoft). * Then, the whole EULA is mostly "you can use for free", however with several catches, one of them is that you can accept all or nothing but also that the EULA is over top each different license, so some of those files included in the distribution could have a different license. The installation of the package doesn't grant you that you can use it all of them. Classic examples of it are codecs and fonts. * But you can say, "but my application doesn't play video or use those fonts," but it is when you need so must deal with the all-or-nothing. Windows users don't have a problem with them because they are already licensors of such libraries or assets, but Linux doesn't. * Even more, some cryptography libraries include have special requirements and licensing (Microsoft gives some crypto libraries as open-source but not all of them). It is the reason why most commercial applications don't distribute their applications in WINE and most port the applications from Windows to Linux. When they do it, it is usually marked as "unsupported" or "on your own". It’s not being distributed by anyone than MS. Why is this a difficult concept for you? Downloading using a script or any other means is not distributing. Do a little research. https://github.com/Winetricks/winetricks Here are a couple snippets. helper_directx_dl() { # February 2010 DirectX 9c User Redistributable # https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=9033 # FIXME: none of the verbs that use this will show download status right # until file1 metadata is extended to handle common cache dir w_download_to directx9 https://download.microsoft.com/download/E/E/1/EE17FF74-6C45-4575-9CF4-7FC2597ACD18/directx_feb2010_redist.exe f6d191e89a963d7cca34f169d30f49eab99c1ed3bb92da73ec43617caaa1e93f DIRECTX_NAME=directx_feb2010_redist.exe } # Filelist at ./misc/filelists/directx-jun2010.txt helper_directx_Jun2010() { # June 2010 DirectX 9c User Redistributable # https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109 w_download_to directx9 https://download.microsoft.com/download/8/4/A/84A35BF1-DAFE-4AE8-82AF-AD2AE20B6B14/directx_Jun2010_redist.exe DIRECTX_NAME=directx_Jun2010_redist.exe } Wanna explain how that is piracy or distribution? If you have something concrete, speak up. So far you have given no evidence of what you claim.
    1 point
  39. Windows XP source code has allegedly leaked online

    Look at ReactOS and/or WINE for something you can wrap your head around more easily and legally. Learning to contribute to these projects will teach you a lot about Windows and is experience you can actually add to your resume. While WINE is legal but it uses it's not. Microsoft is specific about what files (such as libraries) could be distributed and what not. For example, WINE could run .net applications but for that, the user needs the net framework and it is illegal to install it in Linux. It happens the same with VC++ applications. I feel like you have no idea how WINE handles this. They aren't redistributing any MS files. When you install an application on Wine, then you usually are installing many libraries that you can't install in Linux. It is the reason why WINE is legal but it's usage commonly it's not. If you install Vc++ redist or any application that includes one of those libraries on Linux then you are a pirate, as simple like that. Some distro of WINE includes installers for frameworks and libraries (Winetricks). WINE does not includes those libraries, but it allows us to install them from the Internet, so WINE is not legal but it is allowing others to install it illegally. Show me in the terms and conditions of the VC++ redistribuable installer the exact clause that wine is breaking and explain how: Did you read the EULA? You can google it. But lets me explain how it works. * First, you can't distribute it separately, and sometimes you can't even allow sharing the download from other sources. Does it sound fine? Well. If you want to share a single library of the package, then you must agree with all, and download from the original source (Microsoft). * Then, the whole EULA is mostly "you can use for free", however with several catches, one of them is that you can accept all or nothing but also that the EULA is over top each different license, so some of those files included in the distribution could have a different license. The installation of the package doesn't grant you that you can use it all of them. Classic examples of it are codecs and fonts. * But you can say, "but my application doesn't play video or use those fonts," but it is when you need so must deal with the all-or-nothing. Windows users don't have a problem with them because they are already licensors of such libraries or assets, but Linux doesn't. * Even more, some cryptography libraries include have special requirements and licensing (Microsoft gives some crypto libraries as open-source but not all of them). It is the reason why most commercial applications don't distribute their applications in WINE and most port the applications from Windows to Linux. When they do it, it is usually marked as "unsupported" or "on your own".
    1 point
  40. Same ads over and over, and some videos up to 5 ads that play during the video. Even the app on iOS prompts me every freakin day to get Youtube Red. I've said no thanks 50+ times, it aint happening.
    1 point
  41. Except its more than that. Using the Apple or Google Play appstores gives developers access to a potentially huge customer base that they may not otherwise have if they opted to use some sort of alternate distribution mechanism. To be clear, I'm not saying a 3rd party store is a bad thing, just that it could take quite some time to build up to the same sort of active customer base that the Apple and Play stores already have.
    1 point
  42. 30% for hosting and distribution are you guys %#%# kidding! US and their capitalistic companies . Devs and consumers really needs to unite and accept 3rd party store!
    1 point
  43. I think we could use that argument for a lot of apps, including many US ones, I doubt we want to go that route lol.
    1 point
  44. I hope this starts a new trend of smaller premium device, I have flipping huge hands but most phones are still a stretch for me these days. Bring back the 3.7" screens of the HTC Desire S (or make a phone that size with a full sized screen)!! Edit: If the HTC Desire S was a modern phone, it would have a 5" screen, so Apple aren't too far off the money here! #regretbuyingasamsung
    1 point
  45. Windows XP source code has allegedly leaked online

    It is in limetorrents if you want to look at it. Anyways, It looks suspiciously small 339mb But also, there is a file called "ms_patents.7z" (27gb) The file is protected by a password and it doesn't give the password, some guy tried with a rainbow dictionary and he was unable to crack it. So it smells to a troll. Also, other files are around conspiracy, tutorials, and stuff like that.
    1 point
  46. Doesn't surprise me. Having been on both ends of Microsoft's and Sony's customer service, Sony don't care and its representatives seem to think that once they have you, you'll never leave. Microsoft, on the other hand, fixed a couple of controllers and a faulty Xbox One X with no questions asked. I've now got an Xbox Series S on pre-order. Bye Sony.
    1 point
  47. YouTube expands voting information to help inform users

    Let me guess....it'll say to vote for Biden? No thanks!
    1 point
  48. Windows 10 version 20H2 is here - here's what you need to know

    Everyone from MS is a fool. Tablet experience in Windows 8 was way better and fluid, but desktop experience was not. In Windows 10, it's just the opposite. The best experience would have been interactive live tiles in start menu for desktop, and Windows 8-like start menu when tablet mode was turned on. But no, MS fool doesn't know what's the best for prople. They might bring, may be after 5 years.
    1 point
  49. Maybe they think that the only people who would buy that phone over similar but cheaper ones from other brands are their fans.
    1 point
  50. Mouse pointer

    I will apologise in advance if I answered totally out of context. If you already have your hands on the ready on your keyboard then type(using Windows) "ctrl+l" 'l' as in Leo - this will put of course only highlight your adressbar, but if you use Google as your search engine in Chrome then you will automatically search using the Google search engine.
    1 point