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  1. And this is why I tend to prefer console gaming. After working in front of a computer for 8 hours a day, mostly troubleshooting large enterprise systems, I don't really enjoy going home only to have to troubleshoot to be able to play my games!!!
    8 points
  2. From my limited knowledge in this whole process...Greg Kroah-Hartman had every right to be ###### and the ban seems legit. One of the first rules is to ask for consent...not to submit "bad faith patches" for your own research thus wasting the time of Linux contributors and the Linux community in general.
    7 points
  3. Leadership in the University of Minnesota Department of Computer Science & Engineering learned today about the details of research being conducted by one of its faculty members and graduate students into the security of the Linux Kernel. The research method used raised serious concerns in the Linux Kernel community and, as of today, this has resulted in the University being banned from contributing to the Linux Kernel. We take this situation extremely seriously. We have immediately suspended this line of research. We will investigate the research method and the process by which this research method was approved, determine appropriate remedial action, and safeguard against future issues, if needed. We will report our findings back to the community as soon as practical. Sincerely, Mats Heimdahl, Department Head Loren Terveen, Associate Department Head
    6 points
  4. Facebook is a vulnerability.
    5 points
  5. BTW the optional KB5000842 update is the same as the official Patch Tuesday KB5001330 update, offered in late March https://www.neowin.net/news/mi...-19041906---heres-whats-new So if you are still getting performance issues after uninstalling the Patch Tuesday update, check if you have installed the KB5000842 optional update and uninstall that too.
    4 points
  6. I look forward to the statement from the ethics committee that approved this research.
    4 points
  7. I don't think the kernel community has time or resources to investigate the other teams. It seems like this was done intentionally in bad faith. It should now be up to the university to deal with the situation, and then work on mending bridges with the community.
    4 points
  8. FPS boost is one of those cool little things that the Xbox team doesn't get enough credit for IMO. It'll be interesting to see just how many titles end up with this option. I'm currently playing through fallout 4, i've owned it for the longest time but never got around to it. I haven't went in to turn fps boost on for it yet though, keep forgetting to. I play it pretty slow though, less like a FPS and more like the RPG it is at it's core. I should get around to turning it on next time.
    3 points
  9. HA HA HA! *breathes* HA HA HA! 😂🤣
    3 points
  10. The graphic says that they only get consumer participation in the program from 2 countries meaning there are at least 193 ways they could improve this (195 countries around the world).
    3 points
  11. My first thought was oh look more e-waste.
    3 points
  12. Didn't read the paper fully, but here's my thoughts based on the abstract and this article: 1. Should have used a different/smaller/rolled their own OSS to prove the point. 2. Should have done it in a controlled environment within the Uni. 3. Should have asked for permission from someone of appropriate authority in the Linux community with the assurance of rollback of the malicious patches. 4. Should not have acted like an idiot claiming to be a newbie when they got caught.
    3 points
  13. Ahhh....statistics made up on the spot.
    3 points
  14. Headline 18 months from now: "Microsoft is removing News and Interests from the Windows taskbar"
    2 points
  15. The whole planet is going to look like it does in Wall-E in another hundred years. Who could have known that producing massive amounts of disposable gadgets and throwing them out every year would be a problem? Gotta have this year's new phone model that's 0.2 mm thinner! Remember when electronics and appliances were meant to last for decades?
    2 points
  16. I never refunded mine, but when I purchased it on release I had no intention of playing it until the bugs were fixed and a Series X update was released, I had decided this before it was even released and all the issues were known as I knew there would be lots in a game like this, there always is, for me there was no frustration or disappointment, just waiting, so much waiting.
    2 points
  17. Blender 2021 roadmap released, Vulkan integration is coming this year

    Dude, don’t make fun of the article, somebody will come in and say you are being a dick. Fine. Forget about the Star Trek part. What's Vulkan? I'll be a dick so they don't have to. https://lmgtfy.app/?q=vulkan" rel="external nofollow">https://lmgtfy.app/?q=vulkan" rel="external nofollow">https://lmgtfy.app/?q=vulkan Translation: None of you know. At least, none of you know anything more than the blah-blah buzz on Wikipedia that amounts to zilch. None of you know how Vulkan makes Blender tick. That's what matters. Do you want to know what Vulcan is, or how it makes Blender tick? In the latter, more or less like OpenGL, DirectX or Metal works. Vulcan's main pro is multi-platform, unlike the previous. And yes, the Wiki page has a lot of tech buzz..
    2 points
  18. Ubuntu 21.04 due today with native Active Directory integration

    Native Active Directory integration and certified Microsoft SQL Server on Ubuntu are top priorities for our enterprise customers Finally!!!
    2 points
  19. It is ironic, since people have been asking for greater flexibility in customizing iOS to their needs for the majority of its existence.
    2 points
  20. On Earth day they announce a plastic product, to waste some paper, ink and other resources. Seems somewhat out of touch.
    2 points
  21. NASA Mars 2020 Rover (build and mission thread)

    THIS is what I was wanting to see! I had no idea they'd actually included a moxie on the rover so it's great to see actual conclusive evidence that one would work as expected on Mars.
    2 points
  22. Dude, don’t make fun of the article, somebody will come in and say you are being a dick. Fine. Forget about the Star Trek part. What's Vulkan? I'll be a dick so they don't have to. https://lmgtfy.app/?q=vulkan
    2 points
  23. Like GitHub, LinkedIn, NPM, and Xamarin? You must have experienced much disappointment lately.
    2 points
  24. yeah I did NOT want Microsoft ruining and/or ripping apart Discord like they did Skype. That was the Ballmer era. Microsoft has bought both GitHub and NPM.
    2 points
  25. Good. Aditya Pakki's pompous email to Greg Kroah-Hartman was all but confirmation of the potential for wrong doing. What an ass. How people go through life like this astounds me, how self important can one person be.
    2 points
  26. On the flip side, the devs in the thread still seem to be doubling down on the practice of stuffing some things into the kernel, sans checking, as long as it's from "trusted" contributors. The people from the university submitted real fixes before moving on to fake ones. Then they wrote a whole paper about it before attempting this next batch of allegedly bad patches. I don't think an intelligence service or an extortionist would be so kind. It makes you wonder what else has gotten into the kernel. Open source is great and all, but relatively few people are both familiar and skilled enough with kernel stuff to check people's work. When your first line of defense doesn't bother to check, the next line is probably far down the road.
    2 points
  27. Professionalism isn’t really something the kernel developers go for. Look at the kind of outbursts Linus himself has had.
    2 points
  28. Dead? You mean like LinkedIn and Github? I was thinking about it recently and yes, github has became trash under microsoft, I keep getting logged out now and have to login with a password, I then have to enter a code they send via email but 2fa is OFF. They've have multiple bugs with things just not working or spamming emails, they've removed valid projects. I'm yet to see a single thing they've done which is a positive thing that wouldn't have happened if they hadn't bought github. You're nuts. Unlimited private repositories for free isn't a good thing? And that was just the first thing they did.
    2 points
  29. They fell short of expectations? hmm, maybe they should try increasing the price again, that'll probably get more people to subscribe.
    2 points
  30. Dead? You mean like LinkedIn and Github?
    2 points
  31. They bought LinkedIn and it didn't implode.
    2 points
  32. We can now commence the countdown for this feature to be deprecated in 3 years times. Go.
    2 points
  33. Bought my copy at 25% off on Steam. It's sitting comfortably in my back catalog. No rush. Too many other "finished" games in the pipeline, so I'll wait till this hits patch 1.3 or 1.4 or whichever version is deemed the "finished version".
    1 point
  34. Honestly, even when they did, it was kinda whack. Friend of mine sent his off to Samsung for what should've been a $150 return on it... Think they ended up giving him $50 for it because they claimed the screen had a pink line going down the center of it, which it didn't when he had it. ...which you'd think would be their fault, but I guess they're under the guise that because my friend used it, it's his fault somehow. Completely bogus. Haha the pink line thing was their fault I think it affected the Galaxy S7 series of phones and they had to honor a lot of returns and repairs. But yeah trade-ins to phone manufacturers or cell providers where you have to send off and hope for the best are dodgy. I much rather rely on 2nd hand trade in like rebuy (who have a reputation to uphold and worry about) or on local type eBay and then come pick it up, see it working kind of deal, cash in hand. lmao you're so on point. It was an S7 Edge that was being upgraded to a Note8 or 9 I think. Good call.
    1 point
  35. Sysinternals Suite 2021.04.21

    https://malwaretips.com/thread...rnals-autoruns-tool.107827/
    1 point
  36. a limited edition on a limited availability age. Probability to see one 0% probability to get one 0%
    1 point
  37. 1 point
  38. It's low because Samsung provides the longest and best software support in the industry so people tend to hold on to their old devices longer.
    1 point
  39. No issues here, must be the newer hardware combo's that are having the issue
    1 point
  40. OnePlus Watch will soon have an always-on display

    Since I have a OP phone I was looking forward to the watch, but I'm not in a rush to buy one. I also haven't seen a review for it yet, I should try to find one on youtube later today.
    1 point
  41. Professionalism isn’t really something the kernel developers go for. Look at the kind of outbursts Linus himself has had. There are two kinds of engineers. One of them listen to the others, help all suggestions and is kind to the group and care about the feeling of others, i.e. the perfect yes-men. While the other group is the engineer is who get the sh*t done. One of them is called a good engineer while the other is called toxic, but commonly, also a rockstar and earn the double than the first one. Yeah...that’s not a thing.
    1 point
  42. How do you figure? You can prevent cumulative updates from being installed by using a group policy on Windows 10 Professional. Windows 10 Professional for Workstations is just a waste of money (it has the same group policy limitations as Windows 10 Professional by the way). Well...I don't get games preinstalled. I don't get the settings "enhancement" preinstalled, I don't get the Meet thing installed and now, I don't get the news thing. I set no group policy, I made no custom installation, and I didn't pay for it, yet have it legally. That's how I "figure". Not sure why I am being asked that though, since I was describing my own experience. You do you, I am not telling anyone what they should or should not purchase.
    1 point
  43. WSL supports GPU acceleration now wooohoooo!
    1 point
  44. I use Windows for Workstations so I get to skip out on a lot of this stuff.
    1 point
  45. I believe that's designed more for industry than the average consumer. The industry won't buy an iPad in the first place, let alone one where all data will be stored locally. You're very wrong. Digital artists, architects etc. use the iPad Pro a lot.
    1 point
  46. Why are Microsoft even waisting their time on this feature, anyone running Rainmeter has potentially had access to news and weather widgets on their desktop for years.
    1 point
  47. Mozilla releases final Firefox version before Proton upgrade

    Are you going to give a few weeks to see whether you like the re-design after using it for a bit? I have been using proton for months now. I tried to create my own userChrome script to make it look much as Quantum, but its too much of a hassle. I just gave up and switching to Edge. lol people say this stuff every time the theme changes. Last time it was BECAUSE of the proton theme, now it's because the proton theme is gone.
    1 point