Leaderboard

Popular Content

Showing content with the highest reputation on 05/12/20 in all areas

  1. I have earned my PhD!

    Hi Guys, As a milestone, I would like to post that as of November 15th, I have achieved the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Nursing Education. That was 5 years in the making. Now I can devote more time to everyone here!!!
    6 points
  2. Acer ConceptD 3 Ezel review: The unique design blows me away

    Mainly because this is an Acer, a brand synonymous with poor quality. Also, a 16:9 screen, is heavy and has a thunderbolt port (security issue). I would definitely buy a Surface over this. Right and the surface isn't poor quality? LOL! Dodgy batteries, dodgy screens, dodgy drivers, dodgy docks, dodgy connectors, etc.
    3 points
  3. MS has an awful history of doing that with ARM-Windows, the Surface RT was also (performance-wise) outdated from release with its Tegra 3 processor...
    2 points
  4. Shhhh.. it's a lot more fun to throw conspiracy theories and pretend it's got evil intent hidden in the code.
    2 points
  5. Yes a capitalist company is a far-left terrorist organization. Do you guys actually have any evidence for this stuff that you spout or do you just have the "feels" because you isolate yourselves in right-wing social media echo-chambers (I feel Trump won and these people who are also Trump supporters tell me so, so I believe it and everyone else is wrong and either are or in cahoots with the vague far-left terrorists who are behind all of this).
    2 points
  6. If you have evidence that Microsoft is a terrorist group, I'm sure the FBI and DoJ would love to have it.
    2 points
  7. Were you involved in auditing that system? Saying that... I have been very suspect of Trump getting to 72 million votes.
    2 points
  8. Razer's modular Tomahawk Gaming Desktop is now available

    9th Gen for $2400? lol... I will build a desktop that smokes this thing. Twice.
    2 points
  9. "hate speech" basically means anything the left disagrees with, pretty much. which that often means anything resembling the truth
    2 points
  10. Twitter updates its policies to prohibit racism

    The Shroud of Turin was proved to be a medieval fake painted on cloth by science decades ago. Additionally, it was even reported by the pope's own bishop in 1390 as a scam forgery sold to a rich sucker in the middle ages when it was painted. Science has confirmed this assessment by dating the pigments, etc. There is no doubt about this. Even today's POPE doesn't make any such claims about ANY relics anymore...not since the invention of carbon dating...ahem. http://www.independent.co.uk/n...ing-debunked-a8450101.html" rel="external nofollow">http://www.independent.co.uk/n...ting-debunked-a8450101.html Nothing you listed has been verified with testable evidence under repeatable scientific scrutiny. In fact, they've all be debunked as common events (e.g. sewage leaking through a backed up pipe through the eyes of an old statue) or the unsubstantiated claims of charlatans and kooks. It's the oldest scam in the book...literally. These are the facts supported by evidence, which is how we determine the actual TRUTH of, well, everything. Welcome to the 19th century. Please, come join us in the 21st. No wonder religion is so powerful for some. They are convinced to disregard proven hoaxes.
    1 point
  11. Twitter updates its policies to prohibit racism

    The Shroud of Turin was proved to be a medieval fake painted on cloth by science decades ago. Additionally, it was even reported by the pope's own bishop in 1390 as a scam forgery sold to a rich sucker in the middle ages when it was painted. Science has confirmed this assessment by dating the pigments, etc. There is no doubt about this. Even today's POPE doesn't make any such claims about ANY relics anymore...not since the invention of carbon dating...ahem. http://www.independent.co.uk/n...ting-debunked-a8450101.html Nothing you listed has been verified with testable evidence under repeatable scientific scrutiny. In fact, they've all be debunked as common events (e.g. sewage leaking through a backed up pipe through the eyes of an old statue) or the unsubstantiated claims of charlatans and kooks. It's the oldest scam in the book...literally. These are the facts supported by evidence, which is how we determine the actual TRUTH of, well, everything. Welcome to the 19th century. Please, come join us in the 21st.
    1 point
  12. A lot of people are asking that question now that Apple has released their gamechanging M1 Macs. I like to game when not working. How many games run natively on ARM? Or can be emulated with RT, etc.? Is DirectX have a native equivalent?
    1 point
  13. That thing blows the surface out of the water in terms of specs and usability for a very similar price. Really begs the question, why would anyone ever buy a surface?
    1 point
  14. Cyberpunk 2077's exact launch and pre-load times detailed

    I did not even know there ARE life paths, I am not watching any videos about it, and only the trailer - I want the experience to be totally new Damn. Fair play. I always feel like if I did this it would result in me being far more disappointed with a game. Alot of the gameplay for this game has left me less hyped, though still excited to play.
    1 point
  15. But how long can x86 keep you happy if/when apples arm performance continues to increase its lead? You willing to use a pc half as fast? How long will that survive in hpc environments? Apple would become the defacto standard in many markets and uses pushing windows to the margins. If I was after a new laptop (I'm not and would not buy a laptop as I'm heavily in favor of the surface pro form, but I'm a minority) the ideal for me would be an Air running windows. Most people don't care what os they run. They want reliability and performance. Apple offers both.
    1 point
  16. Things take time. 8cx is a custom version. It's more aligned with the "Plus" variants. After all, it performs better than vanilla 800 series. Expect it in 6 months or so. Time is something that always harms Microsoft. It did so with the Windows Phone platform, the Surface RT, and now the Surface Pro X. If they really want to push ARM, Microsoft needs a different strategy. When it comes to ARM I've given up on MS... I got burned with WP - as much as I loved the OS, it was NEVER stable (random reboots of both my Lumias were the reason I removed my SIM-PIN!) - and Windows RT - both the Surface RT and the Surface 2 were nice devices, but were dropped almost immediately after release as MS wanted to establish an Apple-esque golden cage instead of leveraging their extensive software library... Looking at WoA: It's underwhelming at best and whilst the Pro X would be a nice secondary device (theoretically doing everything I'd consider essential when on the go [conferences, etc.]), it's simply overpriced for that task... At this point I'm hoping Intel finally fixes its 10nm process/jumps to its 7nm process immediately OR AMD gets to 5nm TSMC soon with MS switching to AMD for their Surface devices...
    1 point
  17. Twitter updates its policies to prohibit racism

    But there is evidence for those who can see it... Eucharistic Miracles/Shroud of Turin/Our Lady of Guadalupe/Fatima etc. but this does not compute to those on the left who become more hostile towards the truth the more radical they become. so your claim is a bit of a stretch to say there is absolutely nothing as there is a plausible level of evidence at the minimum. but as usual, I am sure you will disagree with me. but for many it simple boils down to this... "To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible." - St. Thomas Aquinas. 🙄🙄
    1 point
  18. I don't think so. It's 100% DRM and it's the US version that we're getting.
    1 point
  19. Found on Twitter: Surface Desktop mock up

    That looks like a photoshopped XBox X...
    1 point
  20. I miss Dragon Age, love than kind of games
    1 point
  21. Have you ever noticed why it is usually right wingers who complain about this kind of thing. It's almost like they know what they post is toxic and want to keep doing it. Have you noticed how the left always assumes only the right wants free speech? See? Two can play this game. The left wants it and acknowledges they have it. They also acknowledge companies can offer whatever limits they want on their products as long as they aren't illegal. 1A is protection on speech from government, not any other entity. Left wants free speech as long as that free speech agrees with them. That is why cancel culture exists. And yes, while 1A is against the government, in 2020 it should also apply to companies who have monopolies in certain fields. Aka Twitter and Facebook. Twitter and Facebook are in the same field. At best, that is a Duopoly.
    1 point
  22. If YouTube allowed the downvote button to actually be used, and comment aggregation based off of that, this problem would correct itself for the most part, anything left over could then be moderated by YouTube. Same with Facebook. Where's the dislike button? The positive reinforcement only approach allows hateful comments to breed and validate, and ironically reach the top of the lists based off a hateful minority liking them and the rest of us not being able to down vote.
    1 point
  23. Have you ever noticed why it is usually right wingers who complain about this kind of thing. It's almost like they know what they post is toxic and want to keep doing it. Have you noticed how the left always assumes only the right wants free speech? See? Two can play this game. The left wants it and acknowledges they have it. They also acknowledge companies can offer whatever limits they want on their products as long as they aren't illegal. 1A is protection on speech from government, not any other entity. Left wants free speech as long as that free speech agrees with them. That is why cancel culture exists. And yes, while 1A is against the government, in 2020 it should also apply to companies who have monopolies in certain fields. Aka Twitter and Facebook.
    1 point
  24. Cyberpunk 2077's exact launch and pre-load times detailed

    I am not sure why? What does NVIDIA gain? RTX Ray tracing. At launch, Nvidia RTX cards are the only ones supported https://www.pcgamer.com/cyberp...ing-on-amd-cards-at-launch/ Because 12 people own a 6800XT and AMD's 1st gen ray tracing hardware just sucks. - Sent from my RX 5700XT PC
    1 point
  25. When will an IDE finally tell me I forgot a ; that will be a holiday. The Holy Grail indeed. > Syntax error on token ")", ; expected after this token When it says "You probably forgot ; at the end of line 173
    1 point
  26. Twitter updates its policies to prohibit racism

    So what happens if you're whole family is Hispanic? Like mine... who were all raised Catholic? Like... I feel saying crap like this just comes off toxic and would be the kinda stuff I'd post back in my early college years after watching Zeitgeist lol. Like I don't get how people can be for anti-racism, but also ignore how many minorities/cultures they deliberately smear making comments against religion. It's like "Hey man, I respect all races!" then firing off some anti-muslim or anti-semitic jokes and being like, "Nah bro, it's cool, I'm not a nazi." (legit question, no insinuation; just shower thoughts out loud so to speak) This is a serious question, so I will give it a serious answer: Nothing I said is untrue. While you think you are making a valid equivalency here, you are not. Racism of all kinds is based on lies about "the minority" in a given region. Misogyny is based on lies about the inferiority of women. Homophobia is based on lies about gay men and women. And all religions are based on lies about the imaginary supernatural. What they all have in common is that con-men, liars, and demagogues use fearmongering to extract money, power, and sexual favors from the ignorant, gullible, and vulnerable. The first amendment to the US Constitution ensures everyone's right to believe even in things that are obviously not true, for whatever reason, and even to extoll those things in songs, books, etc. But it also protects everyone's right to criticize, satirize, ridicule, and demonstrate the falsity of those beliefs. The first amendment does not, under any circumstance protect anyone from being offended by what someone else thinks or says. In short, you have no right not to be offended. But we must also make the effort to distinguish culture from beliefs. For example, the Jewish Exodus is now known for a fact to have never happened. That means Moses didn't even exist, proving all of the Abrahamic "holy" books are fictional. As a result, over the past 50 years or so, most Jews have moved on to a more rational understanding of the world when it comes to "spiritual matters", yet they still hold strongly to the stories and traditions of their culture, because that's actually how they define their culture. Like people who dress up as Star Wars characters or in Halloween costumes, that's a matter of culture and tradition that, as we've seen recently in the West, is fortunately becoming less and less entwined with actual belief in ignorant superstitious nonsense. The truth is that I can prove that all races are equally human, men and women are equal as human beings, gay men and women are just people too, and all religions are ignorant superstitious nonsense...whether you like it or not. And you are free to believe otherwise and tell me to ###### off. I'm a huge fan of the first amendment.
    1 point
  27. "far left" "terrorists" ... And the numerous other examples of hyperbole in your comment show how out of touch you are. Since when is Antifa not far left?
    1 point
  28. "far left" "terrorists" ... And the numerous other examples of hyperbole in your comment show how out of touch you are.
    1 point
  29. Razer's modular Tomahawk Gaming Desktop is now available

    Price seems...waaaay steep. A Core i9-9980HK from last year ... not the i9-10980HK? No GPU? For $2400? Ooof.
    1 point
  30. What far left wing terrorists find "offensive" may not be offensive to others or even anyone else at all. No one gets to decide this except the individual. If they see something that makes them cry. Block it and don't read it anymore. People will not accept being punished because someone didn't like their "mean words" in whatever regard they may come. People will say what they want. Obviously, being respectful is the first inclination, but there are people that simply do not deserve it, haven't earned it, won't ever get it. This is probably more about the faux racism, which the worst comes from White Liberals towards other races. Also where it's ok to be racist against white people but not against other races. Free Speech will never be stopped. Big Tech will be splintered into 1000 pieces before that happens.
    1 point
  31. Twitter updates its policies to prohibit racism

    Personally, I would have used the term "MAGAt". That one is more associated with the racist side of tRump's followers. And yes.. I agree with you. In this case, it isn't one bad apple that's ruined the barrel.. when it comes to his near all white rallies, saying Nazi's are "fine people", calling out others in govt as "Pocahontas", telling people who are not white, if they don't like living here to "go back to their own country"... etc, etc, the list is endless, it is a severe case of a ton of rotten barrels; one lined up right after the other. Not since the civil war, has any leader in our country (Proud Boys, be ready) riled up the masses in an attempt to point guns at each other. It's still happening now. GOP supporters/leaders in some states wanting to actually kill Americans for not voting for their racist/rapist/pedophile golden lamb. Maybe those that have an IQ shouldn't want to get all caught up in that.. because it's extremely difficult to separate those that don't support racism, and yet vote for someone that has made it clear since his early days of being sued for being a racist landlord. Somebody clearly lets the media do their thinking... The sad part is that it's not the GOP supporters that are rioting and killing each other in the streets... I think you need to open your eyes to where the aggression and hatred is actually rooting from. Facts matter... There was a riot in DC just a few weeks ago with Trump supporters. Yikes. Facts do matter. I'm forgetting, there's "good people on both sides". lol Cool story... Clearly you haven't done any research to understand who provoked the riot...
    1 point
  32. Twitter updates its policies to prohibit racism

    Those poor little racists, fascists, and fools. Oh look found 2 people that should be banned from twitter already. "Racists, fascists, and fools" Pot, meet kettle. Aw, aren't you a brittle petal. I don't think calling someone an unhappy Maga incel will get me thrown off Twitter but thanks for proving my original point. 🤣 What point? Clearly you don't understand that making blanket statements and insinuations about a group of people is incredibly racist in itself... Use facts next time unless you want to be called out... There's a point where calling a racist, a racist, isn't being racist, it's a fact. Yes, if it's supported by facts. On the contrary, pulling the race card for no reason and making a blanket statement, causes arguably more damage. Those wrongful accusations have diminished the seriousness of the term, and it artificially inflates the problem. That's absolutely not okay... There's a huge difference between actions that are truly racist, and being called a racist just because the other person has no capacity for a discussion. This thread is a prime example of the latter... uh huh. How about this: Most racists are Trump voters. Almost every racist/racist org supports him. Fact. Prove it... In my experience, I see the exact opposite, but I'm not petty enough to make a rash generalization about it. Do you consider BLM and Antifa racist orgs? lol. The fact you have to ask means you're a lost cause. Typical non-response. That's a pretty sorry tactic if you're trying to prove a point...
    1 point
  33. Twitter updates its policies to prohibit racism

    Personally, I would have used the term "MAGAt". That one is more associated with the racist side of tRump's followers. And yes.. I agree with you. In this case, it isn't one bad apple that's ruined the barrel.. when it comes to his near all white rallies, saying Nazi's are "fine people", calling out others in govt as "Pocahontas", telling people who are not white, if they don't like living here to "go back to their own country"... etc, etc, the list is endless, it is a severe case of a ton of rotten barrels; one lined up right after the other. Not since the civil war, has any leader in our country (Proud Boys, be ready) riled up the masses in an attempt to point guns at each other. It's still happening now. GOP supporters/leaders in some states wanting to actually kill Americans for not voting for their racist/rapist/pedophile golden lamb. Maybe those that have an IQ shouldn't want to get all caught up in that.. because it's extremely difficult to separate those that don't support racism, and yet vote for someone that has made it clear since his early days of being sued for being a racist landlord. Somebody clearly lets the media do their thinking... The sad part is that it's not the GOP supporters that are rioting and killing each other in the streets... I think you need to open your eyes to where the aggression and hatred is actually rooting from. Facts matter...
    1 point
  34. Cyberpunk 2077's exact launch and pre-load times detailed

    Thank you, I am on new york time, I did not even relalise that I can start playing on the 9th - 7pm - which I CERTAINLY will I have only waited just under 7 years https://www.neowin.net/news/cy...cgi-teaser-trailer-released
    1 point
  35. Twitter updates its policies to prohibit racism

    Those poor little racists, fascists, and fools. Oh look found 2 people that should be banned from twitter already. "Racists, fascists, and fools" Pot, meet kettle. Aw, aren't you a brittle petal. I don't think calling someone an unhappy Maga incel will get me thrown off Twitter but thanks for proving my original point. 🤣 What point? Clearly you don't understand that making blanket statements and insinuations about a group of people is incredibly racist in itself... Use facts next time unless you want to be called out... There's a point where calling a racist, a racist, isn't being racist, it's a fact. Yes, if it's supported by facts. On the contrary, pulling the race card for no reason and making a blanket statement, causes arguably more damage. Those wrongful accusations have diminished the seriousness of the term, and it artificially inflates the problem. That's absolutely not okay... There's a huge difference between actions that are truly racist, and being called a racist just because the other person has no capacity for a discussion. This thread is a prime example of the latter... uh huh. How about this: Most racists are Trump voters. Almost every racist/racist org supports him. Fact. Prove it... In my experience, I see the exact opposite, but I'm not petty enough to make a rash generalization about it. Do you consider BLM and Antifa racist orgs?
    1 point
  36. It's OK that Qualcomm didn't announce a new chip for Windows at Snapdragon Summit

    A lot of people are asking that question now that Apple has released their gamechanging M1 Macs.
    1 point
  37. MS needs to work with ARM to get DX12 support natively in Mali - currently that's the only thing holding back Mediatek, Exynos, Rockchip, etc. from supporting Windows 10, and MS is making a big mistake depending only on Qualcomm and high-end devices for their ARM success. If they can work with OEMs to ship affordable $200-400 devices (mini PCs, netbooks, tablets), maybe offer a 180 days free Office, and make Windows ARM freely installable image- this could help gain a lot of momentum, from both customers & developers. But knowing MS, it's obvious they're too blind to do this, and too enthusiastic about delivering too little at too high prices and disappointing the public, and then abandoning the project 3 years down the line crying 'we did everything right, we don't know what went wrong'.
    1 point
  38. Twitter updates its policies to prohibit racism

    The victim complex y'all accuse others of is real. Most of the complaints aren't even reviewed by humans. I know many white people who made self-deprecatory remarks on Facebook about their own race in jest and got temporary bans + post removal for it. There's no reason Twitter will be much different. What victim complex, it's reality. Some of the stuff the blue check marks say about people is vile and disgusting, sometimes racist. An example, some of the things the Iranian government figures say about Israel, no consequences, but if Trump says something, then it's orange man bad. Like I said I'll believe it when they apply the policy evenly.
    1 point
  39. I'm not an engineer so I'm regurgitating what others have said, but the AWS engineer didn't actually get Windows 10 on the M1. He got it to boot in a VM and was able to run some specific benchmarks that run native on ARM. He did not get any Windows drivers to load, was unable to take advantage of the GPU, and could not get any Windows programs to run outside of the benchmarks. From what I can tell he definitely got something to run but wasn't able to take full advantage of the hardware. But again, I'm merely repeating what smarter people have said. That said, the SQ1/2 basically launched outdated. It shouldn't surprise anyone that the M1 is significantly faster.
    1 point
  40. It's OK that Qualcomm didn't announce a new chip for Windows at Snapdragon Summit

    Personally, I am not interested much in ARM on the desktop as I care more about performance and having the largest native apps library available than battery life. My next laptop will be a AMD Ryzen device. Saying that... TBH Rich I had problems following your logic... For the people that care about ARM on the desktop (and Windows) Qualcomm really does need to step up. They need their next gen ARM SoC out ASAP if they are going to compete with Apple on the desktop. Microsoft must be concerned since the Mac M1 laptops came out unless they don't really see ARM as the future on the desktop but more a niche platform.
    1 point
  41. Why can't I get a high end ARM PC? Asked no one ever.
    1 point
  42. Twitter updates its policies to prohibit racism

    No sugar bear. That's a place for free speech. Where you can say what you want and you put on your big boy pants without depending on some soy white CEO to defend you like your mommy. Besides, there's no racism on the 1398 accounts I follow. Unless you think being an American is racism, which wouldn't surprise me. Oooh this post brings out thee worst in humanity.
    1 point
  43. Twitter updates its policies to prohibit racism

    Racism against white people will still remain on the platform. ~ Dack Jorsey
    1 point
  44. Twitter updates its policies to prohibit racism

    Yeah I'll believe it when I see them enforce it evenly. I suspect if a blue check mark, you know the most racist people on twitter, used the exact 4 examples they give, but insert "white" into every one they wouldn't get banned.
    1 point
  45. Snapdragon 888 vs Snapdragon 865 Specs Appeal

    The big news here is Bluetooth 5.2
    1 point
  46. Snapdragon 888 vs Snapdragon 865 Specs Appeal

    That does seem like a major oversight for Qualcomm considering the benefits of AV1 when it comes to video compression and quality.
    1 point
  47. Snapdragon 888 vs Snapdragon 865 Specs Appeal

    Companies supporting AV1: Amazon, NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, Apple, ARM, Facebook, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Samsung, Adobe, Hulu, BBC, Alibaba Group, Broadcom, Realtek, Vimeo. Companies not supporting AV1: Qualcomm 🤡🤡🤡 Seriously no AV1 for a 2021 SoC is a big fail. Also doubtful if aptX Adaptive is supported over BLE radio/LE audio spec or it's either/or: aptX Adaptive over Classic Bluetooth OR BLE audio with LC3 codec. Bcoz until then you won't get the best of both Bluetooth worlds: low/negligible latency + long battery life for wireless earphones.
    1 point
  48. The Mandalorian

    So you acknowledge your own insecurities. That's always the first step.
    1 point
  49. The Mandalorian

    Plenty of grown men are also so insecure in their masculinity that they have to call anyone who enjoys things they don't, childish.
    1 point
  50. Show us your PC Setup - Bonus points for RGB

    This desk has served me well for nearly two decades. I also have kvm switch connected to the Dell Poweredge rig, dell docking staion placed behind the right speaker, and Raspberry Pi 4 to use fiio dac and wireless keyboard and mouse. Gaming gear is connected to Gaming rig (see sig)
    1 point