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  1. Joe Biden's POTUS Twitter account to start with zero followers

    No. Reality is... Trump, bored because he can't do the job he conned his way into, lies on Twitter a hundred times a day (inciting violence, willful ignorance, and sedition) just to serve his malignant narcissist personality disorder. Biden will send the kind of normal political information we expect from boring, competent, hard at work political administrations who have more important things to do.
    5 points
  2. Microsoft declares war on Israeli surveillance company NSO Group

    I think it's a bit of a fine distinction. NSO Group creates cyber weapons for the sole purpose of surveillance, that part is not secret and it's not something NSO denies. Windows, on the other hand, is a general-purpose OS, and I personally think it would be a bit unfair to hold Microsoft liable if someone uses Windows for a malicious purpose. I think the intent behind both respective software is important. Of course, NSO hides behind governments, so it does not "intend" to do anything malicious itself, but given that its tools are solely for breaching privacy, I think this is what Microsoft is against. It doesn't believe that "cyber mercenaries of the 21st century" hired by govs should have immunity because there's no knowing or control about what would happen if their tooling gets stolen directly from them or the customer. In the original blog post, Microsoft has also highlighted the example of an NSO competitor who got hacked.
    5 points
  3. The 5 people that care and use chkdsk will worry about this. Awesome! I am one of those five.
    5 points
  4. Joe Biden's POTUS Twitter account to start with zero followers

    It'll be amusing if he surpasses trumps total and never uses it
    4 points
  5. Why does he need a twatter account at all?
    4 points
  6. Steam Winter Sale 2020 ushers in discounts for thousands of games

    They haven't seemed as good as they were ten years ago. Maybe we're just spoiled, now.
    4 points
  7. The 5 people that care and use chkdsk will worry about this. you do know chkdsk can just run during a startup if the OS thinks it needs it and if it finds an error it will do the equivalent of /f on startup
    4 points
  8. Steam Winter Sale 2020 ushers in discounts for thousands of games

    Not spoiled no, back then it was interactive and varied and things changed, now... seems like the exact same deals on the exact same things as the previous summer sale, previous sprin sale, previous winter sale, and actually all sales from last year, and the year before, and the year before that.... Basically never buy anything from steam outside of a discount sale, the discount sales are the real prices, at other times of the year it's just greatly inflated prices. Well maybe a little spoiled; I now have over 100 games in my Epic account and nearly 100 in my GoG account, not one of which I paid a penny for. It's kind of hard to get excited about small discounts when they are throwing free games at you left and right. The sales were definitely more fun in the past too though, with the flash sales, daily deals and the special games and events they used to have.
    3 points
  9. Joe Biden's POTUS Twitter account to start with zero followers

    It has been for "official" and direct communication for some time now. I don't disagree, shouldn't be needed, but...*looks around* here we are.
    3 points
  10. *Checks the month* Nope, not April Fools...would anyone buy this?
    3 points
  11. KFC reveals the KFConsole, a gaming PC that keeps your food warm

    This is the best tech product I've seen this year.
    3 points
  12. Microsoft to continue safety efforts despite new EECC

    Yes, but it is closer to: Lawmakers (in ALL countries) REALLY need to stop consulting bad experts in various fields when they write laws about things they don't understand.
    3 points
  13. WTF Microsoft? I am confused in how we know if chkdsk has been patched or not? I am also not a fan of "silent" updates.
    3 points
  14. Its all part of the "enhanced Windows-10 experience" that MS keeps touting.
    3 points
  15. Joe Biden's POTUS Twitter account to start with zero followers

    zero on day one, 30 million on day 2 lol, 90 mil on day 3 Trump: Fake news * runs to laywers crying *
    2 points
  16. * Trump uses twitter: How he dares. * Biden uses twitter: How cool. 🤷‍♀️
    2 points
  17. Joe Biden's POTUS Twitter account to start with zero followers

    I don't see why not, as a president if you want to directedly community with the world around, it's a simple and really efficient way! Not to mention if he wanted to give official speech for every little thing, it would take more time and resource and what not to write long speech, preparing media, hosting media...
    2 points
  18. Not spoiled no, back then it was interactive and varied and things changed, now... seems like the exact same deals on the exact same things as the previous summer sale, previous sprin sale, previous winter sale, and actually all sales from last year, and the year before, and the year before that.... Basically never buy anything from steam outside of a discount sale, the discount sales are the real prices, at other times of the year it's just greatly inflated prices.
    2 points
  19. Not, if it would use the residual heat from the GPU and CPU.
    2 points
  20. Microsoft declares war on Israeli surveillance company NSO Group

    Yes, cause WhatsApp hacking on Android is a big Microsoft problem. FFS
    2 points
  21. Microsoft declares war on Israeli surveillance company NSO Group

    NSO should be obliterated. They're terrorists, pure and simple. I have no doubt they're funded by the Israeli government and are de facto agents of that government.
    2 points
  22. Microsoft declares war on Israeli surveillance company NSO Group

    Stop crying, and use the billions that you make to make your software/hardware better or to acquire the NSO Group.
    2 points
  23. Microsoft to continue safety efforts despite new EECC

    1. Create a new law a combat TERRORISM or CHILD ABUSE. 2. Silently expand the scope to give more power to the State. 3. Silently increase regulatory requirements for the law. 4. Give best mates government contracts to enforce, monitor or implement the requirements. 5. Get kickbacks from best mates via overpriced “consultancy services”. 6. Label all critics as TERRORISTS or CHILD ABUSERS. 7. PROFIT!!!
    2 points
  24. Microsoft to continue safety efforts despite new EECC

    Yet more laws with good intentions but terrible unintended consequences. Lawmakers (in ALL countries) REALLY need to start consulting experts in various fields when they write laws about things they don't understand.
    2 points
  25. This is a major problem, and they have not adequately provided a means to check if your system has received this new update that resolves it, this is only made worse that their 'fix' instructions, include performing the very action that can result in a non-bootable drive in the first place!
    2 points
  26. Was that sarcasm? Or have you never heard of the term "jailbreak"? Um, jailbreak is used in a different context with the iPhone. (Which is unfortunate due to the conflation/confusion this causes users.) Jailbreaking a device is different from it being root hacked. um, no, it's not. Jailbreaking is literally the epitome of a security exploit, hack. There's not much you can't get to when you jailbreak an iOS device. There's also been some pretty good jail breaks in the past that were zero click, you just went to a URL and voila, you're JB.
    2 points
  27. iPhones of multiple Al Jazeera journalists hit by a zero-click hack

    This article is the poorest rehash of The Guardian's article. From what I read there: 1. An Israeli company called "NSO" has developed a malware called "Pegasus" that takes advantage of a vulnerability called "KISMET". This vulnerability has been plugged in iOS 14. 2. NSO sells this malware to governments only; its clients swear on the grave of their own mothers that they don't use it for any purpose other than anti-terrorism. If they break this oath, some magic spell causes them to become barren for seven generations! 😉 3. Despite the magic-bound oath, Pegasus has been deployed against journalists in Morocco, political dissidents from Rwanda, politicians in Spain, pro-democracy clergy in Togo, a certain journalist in London, Al Jazeera journalists, and a lot of others who think human rights violations are bad. 4. NSO does not name its clients. NSO is sure that they are good people. After all, they've sworn on the grave of their own mothers.
    2 points
  28. Shady applications and security updates should not be in the same sentence. No amount of security updates will protect you from installing a shady application. What the security update will protect you from is getting infected when someone sends you a text message while you sleep.
    1 point
  29. Joe Biden's POTUS Twitter account to start with zero followers

    It's not whether you use Twitter, it's what you use it for, what kind of stuff you post, and how professional your language is. Learn nuance before attacking more strawmen.
    1 point
  30. Facebook to introduce hardware keys to bolster security

    Trillian? That brings me right back the 2010's. LOL
    1 point
  31. Let's make that happen.
    1 point
  32. Joe Biden's POTUS Twitter account to start with zero followers

    Mmmmmm, to... tweet? Like any other first-world leader these days?
    1 point
  33. "and it will be warm as long as it's inside it. This is naturally separated from the PC components so that they can run cool." Nice, now you can constantly quadruple your energy bills for a tenth of the performance
    1 point
  34. I'm afraid that analogy is flawed. You wouldn't go after a glass products manufacturer just because someone mixed an illegal poison in one of their vials. However, if a company manufactured neurotoxins specifically intended as weapons, and sold those unregulated, one might have much more of a case.
    1 point
  35. SpaceX Super Heavy and Starship updates

    Rollin', rollin', rollin'.... (to the pad)
    1 point
  36. Microsoft fixes Windows 10 chkdsk issue that corrupted disks and caused blue screens

    If you want the TL;DR - don't run chkdsk manually if you have doubts.
    1 point
  37. Oh, we all so love Android and marvel at how wonderous Google is at OS development. /s *Just insane that this is where the world is at in 2020. A technology somewhere between Win3.1&Win95 (not NT) except with 1000x times more fragmentation and BS than DOS ever was, and DOS's fragmentation was an issue at one time..*
    1 point
  38. And yet millions of people are willing to risk their very lives to get here and live.
    1 point
  39. Alien: Isolation is free to claim on the Epic Games Store today

    Dec. 17 - "Cities: Skylines" Dec.18 - "Oddworld: New N Tasty" Dec. 19 - "The Long Dark" Dec. 20 - "Defense Grid 1" Dec. 21 - "Alien: Isolation" Dec. 22 - "Metro 2033" Dec. 23 - "Tropico 5" Dec. 24 - "Inside" Dec. 25 - "Darkest Dungeon" Dec. 26 - "My Time In Portia" Dec. 27 - "Night in the Woods" Dec. 28 - "Stranded Deep" Dec. 29 - "Solitairica" Dec. 30 - "Torchlight II" Dec. 31 - "Jurassic World Evolution"
    1 point
  40. You can now buy the ZTE Axon 20 5G with its under-display camera

    Everyone (because the companies PUSH it) is more worried about bezels, stylish colors and other worthless crap. I'd rather have a bit of bezel anyway, to at least maybe help protect the screen from an accidental drop or ding. As for these flashy colors, who the hell doesn't use a case to protect these overpriced things, other than the Hollyweirdo bunch that can buy them any time they want.
    1 point
  41. U.S. to fund the removal of Chinese tech in its networks

    This reminds me of when you sometimes find rambling text when viewing HTML source. So the thing about getting a point across is maybe a little less of the "check out this acronym here I'll tell you what it means nobody ever uses it" and the "see it's like this reference which adds weight to my argument because it's a reference" and the "here's a question for you and here's the answer you should have to it" stuff. Leave that to people who talk politics in an MMO's general chat.
    1 point
  42. U.S. to fund the removal of Chinese tech in its networks

    Mobius - ALL programs like this basically amount to a BGB (Big Giant Bribe) which the paying government (that of the United States in this case) will have to cover somehow - it is a TANSTAAFL situation (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch) - it is why I have whacked ALL governments - no exceptions! - that engage in it. The bill will come due - and will you like it when it does? (So far, the answer has invariably been No.) Folks get forgetful about the bribe and DESPISE being reminded about it by the Rush Limbaughs of the planet when reminded of it. It is far from new - remember Whimpy (from the Popeye cartoons) with the "I'll pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today."? It was old then!
    1 point
  43. OnePlus' latest concept phone can change its color

    The trick is creating a truly durable phone without the need of a heavy/thick case. Clear protectors/skins would work well with a device like this, IF it can handle day to day use without being easily damaged. There are a few devices that offer this type of protection, and it was the hallmark of the WP devices from Nokia/MS, as nothing more than a simple screen protector was needed by 99% of the users. We need another generation of nice looking devices that consistently hold up this well, without the rugged built in case of many brands. I don't know about this device, or any of the OnePlus devices over the past couple of years. How well does the 6T hold up? Could it function without a case and remain reasonably intact/safe? Follow my Nokia habits, I often carry devices without a case, or have a gel case to throw on when I know the phone is going to get roughed up. I have been lucky with most devices, aside from a couple of iPhones being as designed, and the glass snapping. However, I also had backup devices and could easily replace one as well - something most users could not risk.
    1 point
  44. How to free up storage space in your Google account

    I'll probably be paying for the 200GB plan.
    1 point
  45. iPhones of multiple Al Jazeera journalists hit by a zero-click hack

    Was that sarcasm? Or have you never heard of the term "jailbreak"?
    1 point
  46. Couch / Sofa cushions

    When I wash mine, I remove the cushion inside then I wash them at the same time as my towels. Then when air-drying, I stuff them with the towels so they dry "puffed" up, and keep their shape.
    1 point
  47. wait its usb c for the device, but the keyboard is micro B???!?!?!? what stupidity.
    1 point
  48. Can't safely remove external HDD as apparently it's in use??

    It’s probably indexing.
    1 point
  49. It's almost like you didn't even read the review
    1 point
  50. How does one promote / advertise a package / library they made?

    While I'm not sure, I can say what aspects of a library are important for me to find it: #1: It does something I don't want to do myself, but need to. For example: "Pretty Vue Table with sortable columns" #2: I google "Pretty Vue Table with sortable columns" #3: I pretty much research the top 2 or 3 results and pick one which does the most while having the most documentation to help me use it. In that specific example I just made my own and it turned out better than all of theirs. So whatever you made needs to be better than what I'm willing to make by a sizeable margin. So, in answers #1: make something pretty useful with a generalised use case. #2: Have SEO know about it (you need to talk about it everywhere). #3: Very well documented. Good luck.
    1 point