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by qplex 9y ago
Drop all outgoing traffic by default in Windows firewall. Allow only apps that you need. No more unwanted updates, no more telemetry. Once in a while you might want to download a fresh .iso from Microsoft that has all the updates integrated
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by qplex 9y ago
>The discs work if computers still have their license and product keys available, and the license transfers with the computer, no matter who owns it. >The discs had labels nearly identical to the discs provided by Dell for its compute
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by qplex 9y ago
It's all good if you are in a position to say no. Eg. I've seen some housing communities use FB for their mailing lists. I think the best option is to create dummy throwaway accounts if there's something on FB you really need
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by qplex 9y ago
>"a staff member will approach the uninitiated customer whose laptop is open for more than a couple of minutes with a gentle but firm request “to finish up what you’re doing and close the laptop, please,” Agreed - I understand that
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by qplex 9y ago
Actually Windows is almost obsolete these days. Linux dominates the smartphones, servers and the supercomputers. It's the software development model and the ideological underpinnings that made Linux technically superior, so I'd be
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by qplex 9y ago
The people I know who still use Facebook are doing it less and less. What is holding them back are the friends who are not using any other social media.
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by qplex 9y ago
It's sad that Samsung cripples their good hardware with crap software. Thankfully many of their phones can run aftermarket operating systems.
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by qplex 9y ago
You are projecting human morality to natural processes. Viruses and bacteria don't have feelings and the vast majority of the biomass on Earth is not even capable of suffering.
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by qplex 9y ago
No. It's not okay to make devices obsolete by software. Arguing for the low cost of ownership per day is a strawman.
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by qplex 9y ago
It depends on what you are producing. Eg. For writing purposes a Chromebook or a pad with Bluetooth keyboard can be quite sufficient.
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by qplex 9y ago
It's an expression of speech for distaste of the malignant practice of making something redundant even if there was no need to do that; Much like even if a human soul would rather not perish but yet there was a class of malignant disea
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by qplex 9y ago
The overall quality of the taxi service _will_ go down with the price cuts. There isn't any way around this. It was obvious already when Uber was testing their service in Helsinki without adhering to any of the legal requirements. But
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by qplex 9y ago
Planned obsolescence is cancer. It's not just Apple that does it though.
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by qplex 9y ago
Qubes runs mostly on computers with Intel CPUs. It's good of them to admit that the layers-upon-layers approach just doesn't bring in any additional security if you have buggy/unsecure hardware.
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by qplex 9y ago
To further my point (in case of additional downvoting): You can get a quality 200W subwoofer for $150. Pair that Mackie or JBL studio monitors for another $150. One homepod costs $349. And you need TWO for stereoscopic sound. Its just anoth
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by qplex 9y ago
That's a lot of wasted energy. Most people sleep at night anyway - no need to keep the lights on.
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by qplex 9y ago
I'm quite sure a standard 2.1 setup will get you better sound than this at a fraction of the price. I also don't want my speaker to "run my smart home" or anything like that.
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by qplex 9y ago
What about the arrow keys? Home/End? Delete? Backspace? Seems pretty silly to key CTRL-something when there are dedicated buttons for the functions already.
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by qplex 9y ago
How does one inflate an uniform?
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by qplex 9y ago
Contrarian anecdote. I've had no issues with Origin. It downloads/updates the games and launches them, and hasn't failed at that yet. I don't much care for any other feature.
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by qplex 9y ago
I don't follow this at all. Eg. the authentication servers for online play (which I'd argue is the main component of HL/CS/WC3/...) are down. It's impossible to play these games now, so how there could be anyon
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by qplex 9y ago
This question doesn't make much sense given how these titles have evolved as player-made modifications to the originals (Half-Life, Warcraft 3).
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by qplex 9y ago
What is this ad campaign Microsoft is pulling? Porting simple UNIX tools from the 70-80s to Windows and making a big fuzz about it? Tar? unzip.exe or whatever equivalent with a gui has been around for ages. I just can't see how any sel
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by qplex 9y ago
The sad truth is that some great titles only run on Windows.
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by qplex 9y ago
Freelancer was a great game, I really enjoyed playing it. I'm not sure how much Chris Roberts had to do with the final product but I don't think Freelancer was a failure when it was released.
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by qplex 9y ago
Great. Microsoft. That's just great. Now could you please remove the spy/adware that is also included in Windows 10?
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by qplex 9y ago
What? Yes, but there is no reason you can't present the percentage after the transaction is complete. Also you don't usually buy beer for 20 million, hence the rates will be in the mentioned ballpark.
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by qplex 9y ago
If you store your coins in an exchange you don't have control over them. People don't understand this. Edit: And 5-8% transaction rates are absolutely insane for a payment system.
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by qplex 9y ago
It's marketing. Instead of explaining what Bitcoin actually is you compare it to something very simple that everybody knows and derive "digital gold" ...
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by qplex 9y ago
They list the current price of BTC at $2,456.15 on that page. Hope it's out of date and not the exchange rate they use ;-)

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