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  1. So they made Artifact Classic, then Artifact Foundry, and now they stopped short of making a third one? Classic Valve.
    11 points
  2. Since many people do their work directly in a browser and not in individual applications as much, they can take advantage of things like this that would otherwise require you to open a app or a specific website. Well yes. But by the same logic, should the browser not also include a full featured photo editor so they don't have to open Photoshop, and a complete copy of Office too? Why does one particular task (equation solving) deserve being built into the browser but other tasks do not?
    5 points
  3. Samsung sued by really stupid woman

    What is it? Amateur Hour? Everyone knows you put a condom over anything you plan to insert so that you can pull it out... Right?
    4 points
  4. fast forward a couple of years, and Edge now creates presentations, automatically replies to your emails, manages virtual machines, controls your thermostat, picks up the groceries, walks your dog, sleeps with your wife, attends those boring meeting you don't want to, but still has that one bug where typing 'google' suddenly sets your house on fire.
    4 points
  5. Wonderful though this capability may be, I'm struggling to understand why it belongs in a Web browser. It feels very random and unconnected to the app's purpose.
    4 points
  6. Come on ffs Valve, make some FPS games
    4 points
  7. This should be an extension.
    3 points
  8. Visual Studio Code adds native support for Apple Silicon Macs

    I noticed something weird Microsoft is faster at porting their app to ARM for a concurrent OS than for their own OS 🤣
    3 points
  9. TL;DR: Instead of cookies, we will just use Chrome to track you.
    3 points
  10. Samsung sued by really stupid woman

    I hate to do this, but I was looking for more info on this case (Google her name) , and I ran across this: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/samsung-cellphone-stuck/ (spoiler alert: it's fake)
    2 points
  11. Google Chrome will shift to a four-week release cycle

    Maybe that was the real reason Google decided to change.
    2 points
  12. Runtime inspection of XLM macros is now available in Microsoft Excel

    Appreciate the feedback, this is from before my time ('96-born ) so I went by what's mentioned by Microsoft: "XLM macros is a legacy macro language that was made available to Microsoft Excel in 1992..." Let me know if I misunderstood The person at Microsoft writing the brief also probably wasn't yet born. They also make mistakes or don't remember, while some pendant like myself does and points it out to them. I did assume this predated you and most people here, so my post was to augment the conversation. References: WIkipedia does mention the macro language existed prior to Excel 4, even though WIki isn't detailed with information from this time. "XLM was the default macro language for Excel through Excel 4.0." Internet Archive Database - there used to be early Excel 2.x & 3.x books there that should mention the macro language, showing it existed in the pre-1990 timeframe. What made 'Excel' take off and popular was the Macroing features in a Graphical context. I don't think any other product yet did this, or did it as well as Excel. (Word also had a good Macro Language pre VBA.) Excel's Macro language is where people first would write Paint programs or visual drag and drop real work software that was an analog to traditional paper/book systems of accounting, reservation management, data management, graphing, etc. The Macro language existing during this timeframe was important to Excel and was why VBA was created to work with all Office applications as a common platform for developers. This is also still why Office is more than a Wordprocessor/Spreadsheet product, people build software that runs on/in Excel and Word - using the VBA platform, which all began with the power of XLM Macroing in the 80s. For here, It probably isn't important enough to do any work to cite more resources or finding non-digital books and scanning them in. I could post some code and files, but they would be worthless binary blobs. PS If you do reach out to Microsoft, have them PM me here or on Twitter if they don't realize they made a mistake.
    2 points
  13. Xiaomi unveils the Redmi Note 10 series starting at $199

    For around $300, this phone has everything most people would ever need. I just don't see how companies like Samsung and Apple can justify selling phones for $1,400. IMHO, $750 is about as much as anyone should pay for a device they'll be replacing in about 2 years anyway. But I guess there is demand for that market if they keep making them.
    2 points
  14. Serves them right for not making HL3.
    2 points
  15. I've often found hardware reviews on Neowin to be quite amateur and to recommend the Intel MacBook Pro over the Apple Silicon ones just about sums this site up. No one should be buying Intel Macs unless there's a phenomenal deal to be had. The future for Mac hardware is very much the in-house silicon and to recommend Intel devices that won't even be able to run the iOS/iPadOS apps natively (which will become a big thing in the near future) is just ridiculous.
    2 points
  16. One of the things I like about Authy.. I have it on 3 devices. And they sync https://authy.com/features/multiple-devices/ So even if my phone bit the dust... I still have everything on my ipad, and my PC.. I could get a new phone or IP, or new PC - just enable multiple devices, and then sync up new device. And there you go all my 2fa again.. And they also have backup.. https://authy.com/features/backup/
    1 point
  17. Vodafone launches ‘unbreakable' Pro Broadband packages

    "Unbreakable", huh... XD Would be cool for the less technologically-inclined.... in theory.
    1 point
  18. Samsung sued by really stupid woman

    Been married to long for any of that type action!
    1 point
  19. Visual Studio Code adds native support for Apple Silicon Macs

    Its infuriating. I switched to Rider over it.
    1 point
  20. Its not. I'm not blind. Seen this with IE before. It's always best to stay with 3rd party browsers. You don't want one browser that ties too deep into the OS. Microsoft is simply doing another IE, and that is pretty clear for anyone that's been in tech for a while. Its as close to becoming IE as Chrome is. Considering its cross platform...what are these deep OS ties you are referring to? There are many. Please tell me how I can complete uninstall Edge without hacking it out of my Windows 10 installation? I don't want Edge or any browser pushed down my throat. But Edge, just like IE, is being pushed down everybody's throat, because of deep integrations and ties into the OS, and it's not possible to simply uninstall it. Add deep integrations with Bing and other MS services on top of it. Edge is being pushed onto everyone just like IE was. NO THANKS. So to you, deep OS ties are merely it not knowing how to uninstall? https://1drv.ms/u/s!AiOH5gkEn6ZfufsKaMaqfUsLknlTQQ?e=0fDsOo ^^ I have a listing for it. Also: https://mspoweruser.com/how-to-uninstall-microsoft-edge-in-windows-10/ Running an uninstall command is not hacking it out of the system. There are plenty of good reasons to have a built-in browser anyway...how else would you download one if there wasn't one to begin with?
    1 point
  21. Google Chrome will shift to a four-week release cycle

    Maybe that was the real reason Google decided to change. Firefox 94 releases on 5th October, Chrome 94 releases on 21st September. Google's timing is a little sus. If I were Firefox I'd just skip Firefox 94 and go straight to 95 lol. Why does version number matter?
    1 point
  22. Visual Studio Code adds native support for Apple Silicon Macs

    and yet the full blown visual studio IDE isn't even 64-bit native yet....
    1 point
  23. Microsoft is testing a built-in 'Math Solver' in its Edge browser

    just expanding onenote into edge?...
    1 point
  24. Samsung sued by really stupid woman

    to be fair, I wasn't aware that was a satirical site either; and as I said above it's hard to tell if stories like this are fake or not when shit like this really happens. Like the lady that put gorilla glue in her hair thinking it would be fine recently ...
    1 point
  25. Samsung sued by really stupid woman

    I mean, after the recent actual case of someone using gorilla glue in their hair it's hard to tell sometimes. some people are just that stupid .... --- in any case now that the article has been confirmed satire I've moved it over to Jokes & Funny Stuff section
    1 point
  26. Samsung sued by really stupid woman

    I mean, looking at other articles on that website kinda clear that one up: https://worldnewsdailyreport.com/
    1 point
  27. Samsung sued by really stupid woman

    I saw that as well, I think this was a attempt at a get rich quick scheme, and it quickly backfired.
    1 point
  28. Samsung sued by really stupid woman

    -facepalm- you can't fix stupid .... lmao
    1 point
  29. Visual Studio Code adds native support for Apple Silicon Macs

    That explains why Microsoft released Windows Arm version of VS Code in may last year. Yeah, after Windows on ARM had existed since what, 2017? Apple Silicon is months old.
    1 point
  30. Twitter is working on an "Undo" button for tweets

    What a revolutionary concept!! 😜
    1 point
  31. Microsoft is testing a built-in 'Math Solver' in its Edge browser

    Since many people do their work directly in a browser and not in individual applications as much, they can take advantage of things like this that would otherwise require you to open a app or a specific website. Weren't You claiming in other threads about browsers that are feature packed that You want browser only for browsing and that is why You use Edge? What changed Your mind?
    1 point
  32. game died because of its monetization scheme paid game + paid decks, people saw it coming from miles away, p2w
    1 point
  33. "Startup boost" an interesting waste of memory. I'm one that hates "unnecessary" background things, even on a powerful system.
    1 point
  34. Xiaomi unveils the Redmi Note 10 series starting at $199

    One thing I like about Xioami phones is they're very custom ROM friendly. Most, if not all, their models have a good community and you'll even find a stable ROM for the latest android version(in a few months of availability)for a ~5 year old sub-$100 device.
    1 point
  35. Virgin Media says Call of Duty update caused busiest day on record

    Some of the 'updates' are basically the entire game. When you put the Cyberpunk disc in the machine it initiated a massive initial update which was released on day one and was essentially an entirely new build of the game as the discs were manufactured weeks before hitting retail. I remember Forza initiating a 109GB update which I believe is the biggest I've had so far. It's ridiculous really, but to be fair most patches for games I play seems to be anything from a few GB to 25GB which isn't too bad. Just hugely frustrating as I don't get too much game time and there's been so many occasions when I've finally sat down to play and the update has initiated when I put the disk in. I just threw the controller down in frustration and walked off to do something else instead. I don't know why, but the updates for games don't always download in the background like they are supposed to. I've noticed this for the last few years on my Xbox One X & PS4 Pro. Sadly it's an issue on my Series X but my PS5 seems to download most updates in the background so its always up to date.
    1 point
  36. This right here. There's a ton of value in having scripted manipulation of document data, but having a scripting language with full Win32 API access is just too risky. Adding AMSI is about as good as set of leathers for your motorcycle ride. Helps, but still dangerous without a skilled and attentive operator. We have a great model on this already with web browsers using JavaScript + DOM, etc. Suffer the occasional code exploit and sandbox escape, but at least not unsafe by design. With ever more of the Office userbase being on a constantly updated version or even a non-Windows version, now is absolutely the time to make right by macros. Big bonus points if old VBA code that fits the safety model of a new macro engine can be dynamically converted. Well, after a bit of investigating I recalled that Microsoft is previewing a new scripting language for Office. It's called Office Script and the recording capabilities take place within Excel for the Web. It would appear recorded macros generates JS. Problem it is only available with certain Office 365 tiers. So, they're moving forward with a platform and environment agnostic scripting language. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/scripts/
    1 point
  37. until they're universal dlss and raytracing don't much matter. i basically just use them in minecraft, because so few other games have them. Until more games have them, i'd be fine buying one of these cards. I have a 3080 but i'd be good with an amd option.
    1 point
  38. SpaceX almost lands Starship successfully on the third attempt

    The fact they can lift basically a 15 storey, 9m wide "building" to 10km fly it about and then land it right back on the spot they wanted is just phenomenal. And the rate at which they are progressing is extraordinary. Company is less than 20 years old and within 3 years could have the tech to get humans to another planet (still wouldn't want to go on that trip though)
    1 point
  39. Nokia to halve its 2019 emissions by the decade's end

    Just let microsoft buy them again. That'll be zero emissions in a year.
    1 point
  40. The new method must be more efficient and cost effective for Google, or they wouldn't change what they're doing now. Selling group data likely is more profitable than individual data.
    1 point
  41. Yet it still can't respect the OS color setting. Most MS apps support light and dark mode, including the OS, but most apps don't respect the OS setting so working late, after changing OS color, I have to manually change Office (which does not change Teams by the way), then Teams itself, then Visual Studio, then Azure Data Studio, etc. Gotta love consistency and attention to detail, right?
    1 point
  42. By that they mean they now have other means. The FLOC thing sounds just as creepy as their current operations.
    1 point
  43. 2 usb modems connected to same laptop

    Hello, Have you considered setting up Linux server with Asterisk software PBX on or similar) in order to manage your telephony network? Regards, Aryeh Goretsky
    1 point
  44. Panos Panay is pumped for the "next generation of Windows"

    Give examples of the current codebase being a handicap, please. NTFS is one of them Then we have the 10 different gens of UI code And many more attrocities How is NTFS a handicap? Name the 10 different “gens” of UI code and please provide examples. just use windows 10, and you'll encounter ton of different style of UI everything is just slow So no usable data. I thought not.
    1 point
  45. Well it did land and that was the hard part.. What happens 5 minutes later doesn't matter Tell that to the astronauts if they where on board onboard.
    1 point
  46. Panos Panay is pumped for the "next generation of Windows"

    Give examples of the current codebase being a handicap, please. NTFS is one of them Then we have the 10 different gens of UI code And many more attrocities How is NTFS a handicap? Name the 10 different “gens” of UI code and please provide examples.
    1 point
  47. Panos Panay is pumped for the "next generation of Windows"

    Give examples of the current codebase being a handicap, please.
    1 point
  48. Panos Panay is pumped for the "next generation of Windows"

    100? 🤨 Really? Name five of them, I dare you. Apple III Microsoft BASIC IBM BASICA GW-BASIC QuickBASIC VBScript C# Visual Basic .NET Windows PowerShell TypeScript P Bosque design languages, sir.
    1 point
  49. Pretty looking Dongle-Book
    1 point
  50. Remember all the rejoicing when they went and finally updated the add fonts dialog box? It was magic - you went to sleep the night before they took it out, and when you woke up the next day, the world felt brand new and full of promise. https://blog.codinghorror.com/...happened-to-ui-consistency/ Yeah, I'm being sarcastic. I used to be on the "make everything modern" as an imperative boat. Why not? I think the real killer is that while there isn't really an excuse for first-party UI not being consistent, Microsoft can't really do much about third-party programs, and in the end that's the thing about Windows: you're running Windows to use programs, not really to bask in the glory reflected from the Classic control panel per se. And so what's to be done if someone asks the author of Awesome Video Editor Pro program 2000-9000 Beta about when the UI update will ship and get the reply "dude, I died, like four years ago, cut me a break!" I guess what I'm currently wondering is, say Microsoft waves the magic wand and updates all first-party apps, programs, dialogs, etc to be UI-consistent. We still have Adobe, WinSCP, Gimp, etc. Are people justified in being happier in that situation than what exists now, or is it simply going to re-emphasize that Windows is inconsistent largely because it lets third-party developers do whatever they want, and, is that the type of problem where the solution is worse?
    1 point