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  1. Facebook now asks you to read an article before sharing it

    When I see a post that reads "comment the number 8 and sees what happens" and then I see that 64,000 people actually did it, I start to think maybe they do need a nanny!
    11 points
  2. England's NHS app to be used as vaccine passport from next week

    Vacine passports - crap. You can still be contagious after vaccination
    6 points
  3. Looks kind of like HP’s Stream laptops.
    5 points
  4. Facebook now asks you to read an article before sharing it

    That's going to mess with people who only read the headline. Probably. I don't know, I only read the headline.
    5 points
  5. Now all we need is covid-19 to blow over and Bitcoin to crash.
    4 points
  6. England's NHS app to be used as vaccine passport from next week

    The UK is among the best vaccinated countries, so you might as well stop complaining. Most countries have it way, way worse.
    3 points
  7. 99% of all consumer-level camera users are doing so via SD card. This allows for that.
    3 points
  8. Facebook now asks you to read an article before sharing it

    People still comment on a service that they don't use? What a waste of time.
    3 points
  9. Most of the time, the one who say that they don't need it is the one that need it the most.
    3 points
  10. What was the last movie you watched? (2021 edition)

    The Classic Blazing Saddles.
    3 points
  11. Windows Holographic version 21H1 rolls out with a bunch of new features

    MS has more confidence and dedication in Hololens than they had in Windom mobile
    2 points
  12. HTC announces the 5K Vive Pro 2 and Vive Focus 3 VR headsets

    There's no good reason any typical consumer would/should pay $1400 for this over an Oculus. VR isn't the future at this price point.
    2 points
  13. I was hoping to see 21H1 released today, i guess we will have to wait longer.
    2 points
  14. 1909 is ideal for me as 2004 has the horrid broken Explorer search box which can't be reverted to the good old one and also Connected Standby is forced with 2004 and later.
    2 points
  15. How can they not do Space Grey. That alone would stop me buying one.
    2 points
  16. YouTubers? Sure but this is my go to... https://www.anandtech.com/
    2 points
  17. England's NHS app to be used as vaccine passport from next week

    So what do you propose, let's just stay at home until someone comes up with a 100% efficient vaccine for all current and future variants?
    2 points
  18. I don’t foresee that being an issue. I mean I guess it could be, but even on Windows laptops, I’ve not heard of that being a thing. Have you? Honest question.
    2 points
  19. Computer is getting power, but will not turn on

    Correct, but using a screw driver rules out, a bad power button, or the power switch plugged in incorrectly on the motherboard.
    2 points
  20. Facebook now asks you to read an article before sharing it

    I find it annoying when apps try to be my nanny. I'm an adult. I do not need or want a nanny.
    2 points
  21. Pink? For business use? Are we selling Avon? /jk.
    2 points
  22. Anker Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pro review: The perfect earbuds for business use

    Anker Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pro Damn that name just rolls off the tongue doesn't it?
    2 points
  23. Falcon 9: StarLink 26

    Date: May 15, 2021 Time: 1858 Eastern (2258 UT) Pad: LC-39A Booster: B1058.8 Booster landing: ASDS Of Course I Still Love You Fairing recovery: MV Shelia Bordelon Recovery support: GO Quest The Capella 5&6 secondary payloads just got their license issues worked out and may move to StarLink 28.
    1 point
  24. England's NHS app to be used as vaccine passport from next week

    Sure if you go to another country then fine, but should not need it in my own country. But then I have refused to have the vaccine. You have the right to not get the vaccine and the private business also has the right to deny entry. if you wait long enough, the requirement of the vaccine will pass and then you will be allowed to join in with the rest of us. As for voter ID, just buy a passport, you need it to leave the country anyway and its valid ID even when expired as long as its an adult passport. I used it for the last vote we had when ID's were required, a lady looked at the picture, my face and my name and gave it back along with my voting slips. It's nothing to be scared of.
    1 point
  25. That's probably because they extended support for 1703, 1803, and 1809. Also, 1703 and 1803 got 30 months of updates, while 1909 - for consumers - just got 18 months of updates.
    1 point
  26. Gaming notebook with 32GB... useful, handy or overkill?

    Seems fine to me.
    1 point
  27. Are we really missing out on much?
    1 point
  28. Also a Black/Space Grey version please
    1 point
  29. The quick resume bit is welcome but I wonder if they could do more system wise. While posting a list of what's in QR is fine, but how about a section where I can manage what I want to be in there? The more games you jump between the more odds are something will be dropped since the space for it is limited. There might be 1 or 2 games people would want to always be in QR while others can be managed by the system for example.
    1 point
  30. England's NHS app to be used as vaccine passport from next week

    This. To +Ryster, this isn't new whatsoever - various countries in the world have for decades asked for proof of vaccination against various diseases as a condition of entry. Literally the only new aspect of this is that it'll be displayed in the NHS app, which when you register currently lists your current vaccinations, medications, prescriptions and other GP information anyway. People are so ignorant when using that comparison. The NHS, National Health Service which the "vaccine passport" app runs through is for people of the UK, not the world. It's not like a "passport" at all. This isn't for traveling. It's used within the UK with the intention of restricting access to events, stores, pubs, etc. as rollout continues for people who haven't received the shot. This system which separates vaccinated from unvaccinated people through these "health papers" isn't backed by science. This is however a form of coercing people, which is quite unethical (Coercing Def: persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats). Especially since there is a large amount of vaccine "hesitancy", fear, and people who simply will never be getting the vaccine for their own reasons. Adding additional restrictions, while most of the world is removing restrictions is against what the majority of people want. More than 70 MPs from across the political spectrum have voiced their opposition to the idea of these "health papers" and described it as "dangerous, discriminatory and counterproductive". The whole idea of pushing towards herd immunity of 90%+ vaccination is insane, as that would require forced vaccination. Other countries like China which is the origin of the virus, have mostly returned to normal many months ago while removing lockdowns, curfews, masks mandates, all without "vaccine herd immunity". As many have learned to live in a world with Covid-19 and how to properly deal with it without restrictions by the government.
    1 point
  31. Got to give Epic credit here, they've opened up a right can of worms lol.
    1 point
  32. Personally, I hate the fact that nVidia is fracturing the card base by introducing so many different iterations of a new chip when it can't even produce enough for themselves or other AIB's for the typical 3070, 80 and 90 series... what's the point?
    1 point
  33. Pack your things and go. Just go. 🤢
    1 point
  34. Sd Cards are a garbage tech, way too slow, way poor life, less reliability & durability, high failure rate. I'm not sure Apple wants people to buy a 128gb mac and expand it via SD cards instead of purchasing more storage giving them more profits
    1 point
  35. People buy Apple products because they see it as a status symbol.
    1 point
  36. Yes, this is correct. Facebook has 2,700,000,000 monthly active users which is a third of the world's population.
    1 point
  37. Facebook now asks you to read an article before sharing it

    In the next version you’ll have to pass a test on questions re: the article:
    1 point
  38. What was the last movie you watched? (2021 edition)

    watched Tenet. nowhere as bad as some people say.
    1 point
  39. Computer is getting power, but will not turn on

    send her a snap shot of my comment and say "SEEEEEEE!!! He's suggesting the same thing!!!" Are you not getting fan spin?
    1 point
  40. SpaceX Super Heavy and Starship updates

    I think the main issue is the downtime for the site. When they do flights and static fires the whole site is shutdown, stopping work on other projects (SN16-20,BN3,Launch Tower, ground support, etc). If the re-flight has a large learning opportunity then they will do it, but if it is going to shutdown the site too much, then they will move on. However if reflying it is the same as flying SN16-19, then it would make sense to re fly than build a new one then fly it. If they stick SN16 I would suggest they may scrap 17-19 and move to orbital prototypes(20+) and re fly 15 and 16 to test landing options until they blow.
    1 point
  41. Better? Then it only runs on one single kind of hardware - the kind you built yourself and no one else. Wouldn't it be wonderful if Microsoft could do that? No, it wouldn't... Oh this BS argument, again Correct me if I'm wrong but all WoA devices, at least as of now, are running on just a few Qualcomm chipsets...
    1 point
  42. Darn. I guess i'll wait for the PS5 Pro, instead. perhaps it's just my age, but is there really any excitement for this new generation of consoles? it's been 4yrs since the launch of the Switch, and i couldnt care less. it's been 6mo since the release of the Xbox/PS, and i still dont care...
    1 point
  43. Microsoft Azure icon gets a Fluent Design makeover

    Mine says AutoCAD Civil3D https://www.google.com/url?sa=...Nj5xo-IuvACFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD
    1 point
  44. Microsoft Azure icon gets a Fluent Design makeover

    I keep reading the story, and keep looking at the Microsoft Azure text next to it, but my brain keeps saying "that's Adobe"... and I don't know why 😟
    1 point
  45. SpaceX Super Heavy and Starship updates

    And we have out fire suspect...a thermal blanket. Just as SN-15 landed it looked like one came loose on the engine bay camera.
    1 point
  46. SpaceX Super Heavy and Starship updates

    SN-15 may fly again...
    1 point
  47. SpaceX Super Heavy and Starship updates

    SpaceX, ULA, Blue Origin, Arianespace, Russia, most all the majors, are moving to methane.This is being done because it's cleaner burning, efficient, and delivers a pretty good punch. Mechane is a C1 simple hydrocarbon, 1 carbon atom per molecule. Combustion product: CO2 and water. RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene) is a C10 - C16 complex hydrocarbon which produces a chemical factory's worth of pollutants. Solid rocket fuels, like the Shuttle, Ariane, Indian & SLS boosters , also produce noxious compounds along with hydrochloric acid vapors and unburned chlorates. Many Chinese rockets burn toxic hypergolics like nitrogen tetroxide and monomethyl hydrazine. Yuk. Starship, During pre-launch activities there is little to no methane release; methane tank vapors are collected and sent back to the tank farm where a recondenser re-liquifies it for later use. Their use of methane extracted from natural gas is a temporary practice. As it is now, SpaceX is buying methane from a local supplier but they've acquired a natural gas well near the build site. They will be purifying to methane and liquifying it for launches at the well site. Also going in near the well site is an oxygen condenser for making their own liquid oxygen. Future methane for Starship launches will be "green," made from CO2 extracted from the atmosphere. A good thing, yes? This tech would serve double duty; producing launch fuel on Earth, and producing return fuel on Mars (which has a CO2 atmosphere) or wherever. SpaceX's baseline CO2 --> CH4 chemistry is the well known Sabatier reaction, invented in 1897. On Earth it'd be powered by wind and solar. The Musk Foundation is also funding a $100 million Carbon Removal X-Prize to evaluate other carbon capture processes, which could also be used to make methane. https://www.xprize.org/prizes/elonmusk
    1 point
  48. SpaceX Super Heavy and Starship updates

    The problem with methane is when it gets into the atmosphere, like when cows fart, rather than rockets burn it, turning it into water and carbon dioxide. Like plastic, the real problem is not the use of but improper disposal of the stuff, as long a it is handled with a little thought, the harm is minimal.
    1 point
  49. What was the last movie you watched? (2021 edition)

    Wonder Woman '84. Didn't like it, although I love Gal Gadot.
    1 point
  50. Jetsam. https://developer.apple.com/do...e_with_jetsam_event_reports
    1 point