NiveaGeForce

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CHM Live – Yesterday's Computer of Tomorrow: The Xerox Alto(youtube.com)
1 points by NiveaGeForce 8y ago|0 comments
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by NiveaGeForce 8y ago
If you select disable or disable its permissions in settings, it's disabled. The fact that there is a Search UI on your taskbar (which you can remove with right click), doesn't imply that Cortana's data collection is enabled.
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by NiveaGeForce 8y ago
That would be a downgrade.
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by NiveaGeForce 8y ago
It's not.
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by NiveaGeForce 8y ago
Windows is better for my kind of work.
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by NiveaGeForce 8y ago
Windows Phone ran on NT since version 8.
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by NiveaGeForce 8y ago
Telemetry is not spying.
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by NiveaGeForce 8y ago
Nothing of personal value is logged, when telemetry is set to Basic level.
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by NiveaGeForce 8y ago
Windows doesn't spy on you, especially when you have telemetry set to Basic level.
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by NiveaGeForce 8y ago
That's only when you have it set to Full level, which is not the same as Basic level, which is pretty harmless.
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by NiveaGeForce 8y ago
That's only when you have it set to Full level, which is not the same as Basic level, which is pretty harmless.
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by NiveaGeForce 8y ago
You can disable Cortana in every version of Windows 10 from regular settings, and it even asks you upon install. Telemetry can be set to basic in settings too, which is harmless, and it also asks you upon install.
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by NiveaGeForce 8y ago
Or a pen-capable tablet or 2-in-1.
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by NiveaGeForce 8y ago
Not really. While accidental complexity applies to every mainstream operating system, only on *nix, people seem to be proud of dealing with it on a daily basis.
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Alan Kay on Linux(youtube.com)
2 points by NiveaGeForce 8y ago|2 comments
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by NiveaGeForce 8y ago
This mentality is what led to the sorry state of this profession.
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by NiveaGeForce 8y ago
I like this description of Linux https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmsIZUuBoQs
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by NiveaGeForce 8y ago
I use a 2010 laptop running the latest Windows 10.
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by NiveaGeForce 9y ago
I'm well aware of the Surface issues, but that's what warranty and/or insurance is for. There is a lot more to programming than typing and displaying text with 1D syntaxes. There are plenty of DSLs that go beyond that. I reco
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by NiveaGeForce 9y ago
You have control over the privacy settings in Windows, and in the next version, those logs will be shown in the UI.
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by NiveaGeForce 9y ago
Some developers like me need to do a lot of pen & paper math. It's also much easier to brainstorm and draw diagrams using a pen.
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by NiveaGeForce 9y ago
I never loose time updating Windows, since I have it configured to update outside of active hours. Windows 10's window management is fine for the most part. I also don't use Emacs nor Vim. Also, I highly admire Stallman's ded
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by NiveaGeForce 9y ago
Only feature updates, (which come twice a year) can take hours to install. Cumulative updates (typically monthly) only take single digits minutes on most machines. How well do LibreOffice and Softmaker Office work with pen & touch in ta
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by NiveaGeForce 9y ago
There are also many developers who are forced to use GNU/Linux dev tools, while prefering to use Windows. Not to mention that Windows has better support for most hardware and modern form factors, such as pen & touch enabled 2-in-1s
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by NiveaGeForce 9y ago
Other than some dev tools and some games, all my software comes from the MS Store. It's also the best place to find touch & pen friendly apps that take full advantage of modern Windows 10 features, which are aimed at these devices.
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by NiveaGeForce 9y ago
Windows is better and more efficient than it ever was, thanks to many improvements since Windows 8. https://np.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/74xc2z/windows_an... Most default Windows apps are UWP with
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by NiveaGeForce 9y ago
Nonsense, any of such APIs are abstracted away in most game engines, and cover only a tiny fraction of a game engine codebase.
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by NiveaGeForce 9y ago
Like UWP on Windows.
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by NiveaGeForce 9y ago
Nowadays there are great alternatives such as Affinity Photo.
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by NiveaGeForce 9y ago
Chrome extension malware is very common * https://www.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/6fotke/the_great_su... * https://threatpost.com/seven-more-chrome-extensions-compromi... * http:/

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