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Showing content with the highest reputation on 23/04/21 in Posts

  1. Biden capital gains tax plans hit cryptocurrency prices hard

    Problems with crypto? Good.
    8 points
  2. Alleged RTX 3080 Ti, RTX 3070 Ti launch dates have leaked

    Like I've said many times, it is GREAT all these new products are coming out, but it does us consumers no good if we have to have two jobs to be able to afford one and that doesn't do any good if you can't FIND one.
    8 points
  3. Headline 18 months from now: "Microsoft is removing News and Interests from the Windows taskbar"
    8 points
  4. Biden capital gains tax plans hit cryptocurrency prices hard

    Amen! The US is at the lowest tax rates for individuals and corporations in the last 70 years. Do people even try to follow economics, or just like the bumper sticker BS Republicans put out? Maybe the 'leftist' should push to go back to the 90% tax rates of the 50s or the 70% tax rates of the 70s. BTW - The biggest tax cut in history - Barack Obama. (Weird, isn't he a leftist?) - The next biggest tax cut in history - John Kennedy. Again, nobody pays attention to anything beyond Republican BS. In economics, the strongest economies are during 'Leftist' administrations, the result of 'Leftist' tax policies. There are facts out there, and instead of of supporting people that hurt you financially, you could support people that are less '######' and will help your own economic interests. The Democratic model - the policies help you and poorer people at the same time. In contrast to helping just you. Also, even people with 'real money' - ($100 million plus) support the 'leftist' policies on taxes. Ironically, it is the people that aren't rich enough to be affected that bitch about the 'taxes'. Testing this... Wargon, you make over 5 million a year? If not, this isn't your fight. PS - The anti-leftist economic policies of Republicans come from a model to take money away from poor people of color. They KNOW they are NOT good economic models in general, but hurt poor people and minorities. This isn't conspiracy - see interviews with Lee Atwater, Buckley, etc. - This is all detailed in the words they use like "cut social programs". (Just in case you aren't a racist ###### and didn't realize the economic policy you were being sold is Racist.) ___ Don't believe a ######ing word I say - pull an economic chart of the US, pull a tax chart, pull a spending chart, GDP chart, Deficit chart.
    6 points
  5. "and that it's going to evolve over time based on user feedback." Yeah yeah yeah. Users will leave feedback, Microsoft will ignore it, then after two-three versions they'll remove due to lack of consumer interest.
    6 points
  6. Biden capital gains tax plans hit cryptocurrency prices hard

    No, if you ever sold your dogecoin for a gain of 1 million, your marginal tax rate would be 39.6%. High rates typically only apply to short term investments (<1 year) and it's highly unlikely for a small investment to lead to a million dollar profit in that time frame. Still, assuming a short term gain of 1 million with the absolute worst scenario for you as a taxpayer, you would owe about $347k, which is only $13k more than you owe under the current rate. In most realistic scenarios, you'd pay a lot lower. Even if Biden somehow increased the maximum rate on long term gains to 39.6%, you'd owe around 280k at most. And it doesn't go to him. Save your selective outrage.
    3 points
  7. Biden capital gains tax plans hit cryptocurrency prices hard

    Why? Also, there are no problems. The 'plunge' is a dip, that you buy. And it's normal, not the first time. Lastly, every market "crashed" after this, not just crypto. Funny how whenever it dips people spell 'doom'. Due to nonsense sell of so much mining, hardware and electricity. Government should be just banning all crypto which allows mining. You should NEVER want the government to have that sort of power. Slippery slope...
    3 points
  8. Working with MS on cloud only for PlayStation is what everyone understood when the deal was made back in 2019. Nothing new is being said above IMO. Besides outside of the PS brand and it's strong sales, the rest of Sony is doing, i'd say, average. There's nothing else that Sony would need to strike a deal for if not to bulk up PS Now which hasn't managed to make any waves all these years later.
    3 points
  9. 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.
    3 points
  10. Biden capital gains tax plans hit cryptocurrency prices hard

    Amen! Testing this... Wargon, you make over 5 million a year? If not, this isn't your fight. Not yet. But if my crypto would by some small chance were to go to the moon, I would be annoyed getting taxed at 39.6% Well, if you're making over a million ... I'll play the world's smallest violin for your 39.6% capital gains.
    2 points
  11. Biden capital gains tax plans hit cryptocurrency prices hard

    Why? Also, there are no problems. The 'plunge' is a dip, that you buy. And it's normal, not the first time. Lastly, every market "crashed" after this, not just crypto. Funny how whenever it dips people spell 'doom'. Due to nonsense sell of so much mining, hardware and electricity. Government should be just banning all crypto which allows mining.
    2 points
  12. Biden capital gains tax plans hit cryptocurrency prices hard

    yeah but you don't have to buy a whole bitcoin, and there are other cryptos that are a $ (and not rubbish ones either)
    2 points
  13. Fox news is on there Well, then I take back what I said. Yup! You can get your Putin sponsored rightwing racist propaganda and lies from an entertainment outlet that isn't actual "news", since it's not based on facts and supported by evidence, right there on your desktop!
    2 points
  14. Alleged RTX 3080 Ti, RTX 3070 Ti launch dates have leaked

    Another graphics card you cant buy
    2 points
  15. How to force News and Interests to use your default browser

    Its beyond silly, "pathetic" is probably more accurate. Its emblematic of the "young kids" running amok at MS. "It's all about me." I have no interest in this app but... What's silly or pathetic about a news and interests app? What does it have to do with "young kids" or "it's all about me"? The only actual issue I see here is Microsoft not respecting one's default browser choice. yeah the forcing links to open in Edge despite default browser settings is what we're disputing calling silly/pathetic. In fact I'd almost go as far as to call it "anti-competitive" or "ant-trust" in which I'm surprised they haven't gotten in trouble in the EU for yet.
    2 points
  16. How to force News and Interests to use your default browser

    WTF? It's stuff like this that has me mostly using Linux these days.
    2 points
  17. Because they don't live in the United States of America. For 99% of the world, this feature is worthless.
    2 points
  18. How to turn off the News and Interest widget on taskbar in Windows 10

    Old schtick is old.
    2 points
  19. How to turn off the News and Interest widget on taskbar in Windows 10

    Jesus Christ another default bit of crap I have to turn off when I spin up VMs 🙄
    2 points
  20. I'm not impressed so far - it's mostly just a simple CLI for the traditional install methods. But that's not their fault. They can only work on something given the tools they have. And that missing tool is a full fledged package system with dependency management and all. Most of what we install on Windows since Windows 1.0 is still binary "something.exe" black boxes, so there's only so much you can do. The day you can tell winget to wipe all unused DLL's and it'll instantly know which ones are safe to delete is probably far away if it'll even ever come.
    2 points
  21. Hello Nick, I tested this for you in the latest 21364 Dev Windows Insider build which contains the latest version of News & Interests, and with my browser default set to Chrome, any link I clicked on in the News & Interest opened Edge (with the notice "Would you like to set Microsoft Edge as your default browser?") After installing EdgeDeflector https://github.com/da2x/EdgeDeflector/releases and rebooting, the first time I clicked on any link in the News & Interest panel, I was prompted which program I wanted to use to open the link, I was able to choose EdgeDeflector, which honors the default web browser (in my case Chrome) btw EdgeDeflector also 'fixes' a bunch of other link redirects to Edge from within Windows, such as help links and links from installed apps by redirecting to the default browser. Hope this answers your question!
    2 points
  22. I wouldn't have been this mad if the content was good. Microsoft News is a junk, clickbait and at best tabloid news aggregator that deserves to die.
    2 points
  23. Am I doing it right? (bought Dogecoin in January 2021)

    I started using the Revolut app on my phone and then switched to Binance as the fees were lower... I prefer the look of Revolut but Binance has lots more types of crypto available although they do seem a little slower paying out... Treat it as a game - Start off with a small amount like £20 or something and see if you can build it that's what I did - It's not making any interest in the bank so I put £500 in with the understanding that I could lose the lot! (Although this seems likely - Even if the value crashes you still own it you just have to hold on for it to come up again - A bit like buying property I guess?)
    2 points
  24. Just what we need. More webview junk in Windows shell. https://windows.msn.com/shell
    2 points
  25. Love these new editions of vaporware products...
    2 points
  26. I've put a little over 100hrs into the PC version of it, I'm waiting for more content to drop so I have more to do at this point.
    2 points
  27. I assume you forgot the /sarcasm designation... But if you were truly serious, then I don't think you understand how progress works. Back in the iPod days (or iPhone 1, same OS), there were practically no options; these days, the options are essentially "old way v. new way" real-world A/B tests. Based on feedback (read: not necessarily usage telemetry) or business incentives (or product management whims), they'll gradually phase out the Old Way and simply run with the New Way. I actually respect how Apple has been progressing with their iOS cadence; they're not in multi-year fits and starts (ahem, Microsoft) or annual break-fix-break cycles (ahem, Ubuntu) or release-and-let-die (ahem, Google Android). I prefer the WinMo UX, but iOS is polished and their app store is flush with options.
    2 points
  28. Alleged RTX 3080 Ti, RTX 3070 Ti launch dates have leaked

    Because GDDR6X and GDDR6 is not the same. i get your point but don't some textures just need more vram to even run, no matter what speed or type??
    1 point
  29. Biden capital gains tax plans hit cryptocurrency prices hard

    Why? Also, there are no problems. The 'plunge' is a dip, that you buy. And it's normal, not the first time. Lastly, every market "crashed" after this, not just crypto. Funny how whenever it dips people spell 'doom'. Due to nonsense sell of so much mining, hardware and electricity. Government should be just banning all crypto which allows mining. One: that's just pure nonsense Two: It's impossible to ban computers used for mining given the obvious and add the fact that crypto itself can't be banned or directly regulated. That's the entire point of it being decentralized.
    1 point
  30. Biden capital gains tax plans hit cryptocurrency prices hard

    The price is relatively low for larger investors given where it's projected to potentially go. To them, it's still cheap, anything under $50K is a buy. That said, you can buy fractions of a bitcoin - and bitcoin isn't the only crypo 'asset' available. So much information gets wrapped around the currency that started on the blockchain, but not enough goes into mentioning any of the other legitimate projects out there, especially in DeFi. All covered here on Neowin historically too (PayPal enables cryptocurrencies at checkout in the U.S. - Neowin).
    1 point
  31. Alleged RTX 3080 Ti, RTX 3070 Ti launch dates have leaked

    Man i've been looking for a low end 1650 for ages now. they were just available in december, and now they're out of stock. People are hogging them up even at like thrice the price.
    1 point
  32. How to force News and Interests to use your default browser

    Good question. If I recall, the reasoning was something like "It opens in Edge because the full/correct experience may require features that only Edge offers." I dare you to hit F1 on a File Explorer window. Oy, Microsoft.
    1 point
  33. How to force News and Interests to use your default browser

    "However, the popup widget works like most other app links within Windows, it completely ignores default browser choice." Why would they design things this way? It's confusing for the end user. And they need to download an unofficial app to correct it?
    1 point
  34. How to force News and Interests to use your default browser

    Steve, saw this in the other thread and couldn't get it installed fast enough. Thanks!
    1 point
  35. Why would anyone want to turn this off? It's one of the most requested feature by the community since Windows 10 launched.
    1 point
  36. Crew Dragon: Crew-2 mission

    Beautiful launch!! Crew 2 was a pre-dawn launch, so wet have "jellyfish UFO" pics...
    1 point
  37. There is a reason you need to be in an insider program (for the AppInstaller) to use Winget. Seeing as how they can't get something as simple as updating all icons to be consistent, I doubt this will ever happen.
    1 point
  38. Why? It's not 2022 when it'll be released. I never got why car companies do this too... why can I buy a 2022 model in 2021? There is already a 2022 992 911GT3. FFS, it is APRIL!
    1 point
  39. Neowin Community Minecraft Server

    Honestly I couldn't get in to this pack, it was just too big for me. I like something that has a bit of a story or Tiers of progress. I've been looking for a good pack to play lately too.
    1 point
  40. You clearly have not played it lately, and that's cool if it's not your thing, but many are happily following this project along and want it to succeed as fans of this genre. Also keep in mind that the single player experience is being developed right along with this.
    1 point
  41. 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. I want to get one myself but not in its present state. Mr. Mobile did a review you might want to see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi91mtbLgkY
    1 point
  42. Yep, some of the older Ford's we owned had this sort of issue (I think they've fixed it in the last number of years). Couldn't pair a Bluetooth device while driving. So you got a friend with you and they want to play music? Pull over to the side and put it in park while they pair their phone.
    1 point
  43. So regular, non subscription Office, is now Office LTSC? Well, not the worst way to rebrand them, just happy they are still an option
    1 point
  44. MediaMonkey 5.0.0.2338

    Fixed, thanks!
    1 point
  45. FPS Boost arrives in 13 EA games, up to 120FPS supported on Xbox Series X|S

    Yes, out of the 3 console companies, in my opinion, the one putting the most effort towards user experience is Microsoft.
    1 point
  46. a limited edition on a limited availability age. Probability to see one 0% probability to get one 0%
    1 point
  47. iOS 15 will reportedly include multiple notification modes and other improvements

    I actually prefer being able to customize it to my liking.
    1 point
  48. 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.
    1 point
  49. OnePlus Watch will soon have an always-on display

    They still settled
    1 point