Windows 10 is essentially 8.1 with a performance upgrade and a huge reduction in craziness. Having extensively used both, there's no legitimate reason to stick with 8.X over 10. It's just a silly decision.
The bizarre thing to me is that I can understand sticking with 7 over 10 if that's your thing, but why would anyone in their right mind stick with 8 over 10 when 10 was a free upgrade?
As someone who recently (two weeks ago) dumped PC & Android for all-mac (iPad, iPhone X, MacBook Pro), I can say definitively that the android ecosystem has nothing whatsoever on the apple ecosystem where "seamless integration" is concerned. Apple products are far from perfect, but the way the devices integrate with one another is phenomenal.
The real loser here are the employees of the company. They got an email from their boss manipulating them into leaving fake reviews (essentially threatening to shut down jobs if they didn't), and now they're virtually guaranteed to lose their jobs.
This is pretty much why I just dumped my Echo. The fact that I literally have no idea what it's transmitting at any given time makes me nervous. I love the idea of a voice driven assistant, but I also don't love the idea that MS/Amazon/Google could know anything I say to anyone.... I work from home and discussing sensitive business information within earshot of an always-on microphone makes me twitch.
The amnesia effect with that stuff is insane. Every time I've had it I remember being wheeled toward the OR, and then I'm sitting next to the nurse in recovery. Then for the next 6-12 hours, I may or may not remember anything that happens to me. I don't remember entering the OR, counting down, etc.
It kinda weirds me out that I was conscious and doing something at one point that I now have no recollection of at all.
I think instead of cancelling their drone business after a single lack-luster try, they should have come out with a V2 that didn't suck. Their strategy here makes no sense.
Can't argue with this. Their developer tools are lousy compared to Chrome/FF. I would give a slight edge to FF at the moment due to the fact that they support everything chrome does, and they also let you quickly and easily browse all events related to any element you're inspecting.
Over a million downloads so far. Haven't tried it though. Not sure if it's any good. (they have an iOS version as well, but we all know that's just a skin over the built in iOS browser...)
As an aside, the reason I haven't swapped to Firefox (their latest release is superb on the desktop) is that their mobile browser is a slob. The interface is decent, but I can't run more than 1-2 tabs without it just becoming totally unresponsive and/or crashing. If their browser ran as well as Chrome did, I would have swapped to FF and probably been pretty happy with it.
Edge is OK. Where I think it lacks, in the same way that the latest Firefox lacks, is in its integration support, mobile features, and plugins.
I use Google services a lot, and the fact that Chrome has native sign-in to Google, makes the integration really clean. Also the plugins on Chrome tend to be a lot more mature and stable than those for the "lesser" browsers. That's less of an issue with FF, but it's still present.
Edge IS quite fast, and does a good job with proper page rendering.
I think the problem is that Chrome is just a great browser. It doesn't matter if Edge is "just as great," or even "a little greater in this one area." A ton of people are embedded with Chrome now, and unless there's a REAL incentive to change, why would they?
I find it hard to believe that a virtual memory change will result in a 5-30% slowdown for Intel processors. Maybe for a few extremely specific (likely edge-case) tasks, but if there was a legitimate 5-30% performance decrease, you can bet there would be a far different solution in the works that would suitably fix the problem.
UPS, FedEx, and DHL offer a faster, more reliable, more technologically up to date, and less destructive service than the USPS does. I never choose USPS when I have another choice. USPS is a garbage organization filled with workers who despise their jobs, managers on power trips, and an economy that makes sense in NO setting. They have no taxpayer funding, lose billions a year, and still somehow they exist. USPS is a relic and it needs to die.
The cost of receiving mail should reflect what it costs to deliver it. The USPS's inability to accomplish that is why they're losing billions.
Also, the post offices already exist. No new structures would need to be built. The USPS is currently managed like a government entity, while not being funded by taxpayer money. It will forever be a money sink as long as that remains true.
There wouldn't really be any damages. The winnings are determined by the number of people who won. If almost everyone won, the winnings would be very small per person. The actual payout by the lottery wouldn't really be any larger overall.
The real culprit here is that actually FINDING it on amazon was a challenge, and their interface sucked. Amazon seems to be very much a "jack of all trades" company that does an "OK" job of a lot of things, but not enough to stand out and make them a "master" in a lot of fields.
Online retail is their bread and butter. Most of the other stuff they do is not as good as its competition.
That's selective reasoning. GWB nearly doubled the national debt and Obama turned around and doubled it again. Continuing the trend is bad, of course, but acting like this is anything other than normal at this stage is just willful ignorance.
Before assuming you'll be screwed over by the tax plan, I suggest using the nytimes' calculator to see what your tax changes will be. As it stands, virtually no poor or middle class citizens will see a tax increase. https://www.nytimes.com/intera... (I myself will see a few thousand dollar decrease in taxes)
I'm sure there are some instances where a handful of people will see increased taxes, but don't believe every front page post you see on reddit. There's no incoming middle class decimation along with this bill, and waving your arms and screaming about it won't make your statement any more true.
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Why are the tabs at the TOP of the window in the title bar? That's a HORRIBLE design.
Windows 10 is essentially 8.1 with a performance upgrade and a huge reduction in craziness. Having extensively used both, there's no legitimate reason to stick with 8.X over 10. It's just a silly decision.
The bizarre thing to me is that I can understand sticking with 7 over 10 if that's your thing, but why would anyone in their right mind stick with 8 over 10 when 10 was a free upgrade?
As someone who recently (two weeks ago) dumped PC & Android for all-mac (iPad, iPhone X, MacBook Pro), I can say definitively that the android ecosystem has nothing whatsoever on the apple ecosystem where "seamless integration" is concerned. Apple products are far from perfect, but the way the devices integrate with one another is phenomenal.
The real loser here are the employees of the company. They got an email from their boss manipulating them into leaving fake reviews (essentially threatening to shut down jobs if they didn't), and now they're virtually guaranteed to lose their jobs.
The games will continue to work for those who have already purchased them.
This is pretty much why I just dumped my Echo. The fact that I literally have no idea what it's transmitting at any given time makes me nervous. I love the idea of a voice driven assistant, but I also don't love the idea that MS/Amazon/Google could know anything I say to anyone.... I work from home and discussing sensitive business information within earshot of an always-on microphone makes me twitch.
The amnesia effect with that stuff is insane. Every time I've had it I remember being wheeled toward the OR, and then I'm sitting next to the nurse in recovery. Then for the next 6-12 hours, I may or may not remember anything that happens to me. I don't remember entering the OR, counting down, etc.
It kinda weirds me out that I was conscious and doing something at one point that I now have no recollection of at all.
I think instead of cancelling their drone business after a single lack-luster try, they should have come out with a V2 that didn't suck. Their strategy here makes no sense.
I'm curious what examples you have of issues with Edge. I've used it on and off, and I've yet to see a single page render improperly.
Can't argue with this. Their developer tools are lousy compared to Chrome/FF. I would give a slight edge to FF at the moment due to the fact that they support everything chrome does, and they also let you quickly and easily browse all events related to any element you're inspecting.
https://play.google.com/store/...
Over a million downloads so far. Haven't tried it though. Not sure if it's any good. (they have an iOS version as well, but we all know that's just a skin over the built in iOS browser...)
Yes it does. MS released it in 2017 and over a million people have downloaded it according to what it's saying in the Play Store at this moment.
https://play.google.com/store/...
As an aside, the reason I haven't swapped to Firefox (their latest release is superb on the desktop) is that their mobile browser is a slob. The interface is decent, but I can't run more than 1-2 tabs without it just becoming totally unresponsive and/or crashing. If their browser ran as well as Chrome did, I would have swapped to FF and probably been pretty happy with it.
Edge is OK. Where I think it lacks, in the same way that the latest Firefox lacks, is in its integration support, mobile features, and plugins.
I use Google services a lot, and the fact that Chrome has native sign-in to Google, makes the integration really clean. Also the plugins on Chrome tend to be a lot more mature and stable than those for the "lesser" browsers. That's less of an issue with FF, but it's still present.
Edge IS quite fast, and does a good job with proper page rendering.
I think the problem is that Chrome is just a great browser. It doesn't matter if Edge is "just as great," or even "a little greater in this one area." A ton of people are embedded with Chrome now, and unless there's a REAL incentive to change, why would they?
I find it hard to believe that a virtual memory change will result in a 5-30% slowdown for Intel processors. Maybe for a few extremely specific (likely edge-case) tasks, but if there was a legitimate 5-30% performance decrease, you can bet there would be a far different solution in the works that would suitably fix the problem.
UPS, FedEx, and DHL offer a faster, more reliable, more technologically up to date, and less destructive service than the USPS does. I never choose USPS when I have another choice. USPS is a garbage organization filled with workers who despise their jobs, managers on power trips, and an economy that makes sense in NO setting. They have no taxpayer funding, lose billions a year, and still somehow they exist. USPS is a relic and it needs to die.
The cost of receiving mail should reflect what it costs to deliver it. The USPS's inability to accomplish that is why they're losing billions.
Also, the post offices already exist. No new structures would need to be built. The USPS is currently managed like a government entity, while not being funded by taxpayer money. It will forever be a money sink as long as that remains true.
I'd prefer that they just privatize/sell the USPS and let it compete on even terms with UPS, FedEx, DHL, etc.
Ah, gotcha. I should have done a better job of RTFA.
There wouldn't really be any damages. The winnings are determined by the number of people who won. If almost everyone won, the winnings would be very small per person. The actual payout by the lottery wouldn't really be any larger overall.
The real culprit here is that actually FINDING it on amazon was a challenge, and their interface sucked. Amazon seems to be very much a "jack of all trades" company that does an "OK" job of a lot of things, but not enough to stand out and make them a "master" in a lot of fields.
Online retail is their bread and butter. Most of the other stuff they do is not as good as its competition.
That's selective reasoning. GWB nearly doubled the national debt and Obama turned around and doubled it again. Continuing the trend is bad, of course, but acting like this is anything other than normal at this stage is just willful ignorance.
Only the ones who trash talk the trump administration. >:]
Before assuming you'll be screwed over by the tax plan, I suggest using the nytimes' calculator to see what your tax changes will be. As it stands, virtually no poor or middle class citizens will see a tax increase. https://www.nytimes.com/intera... (I myself will see a few thousand dollar decrease in taxes)
I'm sure there are some instances where a handful of people will see increased taxes, but don't believe every front page post you see on reddit. There's no incoming middle class decimation along with this bill, and waving your arms and screaming about it won't make your statement any more true.