The thing I remember most about reading Pokey was a curious link on their page to a fictional band with a detailed history. I enjoyed the comic too and even made my own fan comics which I have somewhere. Good times.
Hmm, I don't think social media apps are as social as you think, they're more designed to give you the feeling of being social with a small fraction of the actual experience
Fully mitigated if you deny the app internet access. I block any games from the internet on my son's tablet, no ads, no annoying notifications, no busy background processes, and saves on battery.
Even if they were to hire more people it would be from outside the country. Whether hiring stalls or is accelerating it doesn't make a difference to americans.
Either way you are still trying to access the service you paid for as a resident of that country. You should be able to do so from wherever, just as if you buy a DVD from your home country and brought your player you'd be able to play it wherever you could plug into a TV.
Yes, it's if you don't go through MS to run Linux that you have to worry. That's a nice cluster you got there... shame if it should get tangled in some unfortunate litigation...
Giant Bombcast and Giant Beastcast.... these are some of the first people who ever did it before podcasts and youtube were a thing, they're up front about their affiliations in that they try not to have any and have full disclosure about who/what they are involved with and I appreciate their forthrightedness, also they are close to my age so I can relate, and have an appreciation for retro stuff
Geekbox, Retronauts, Player One Podcast - I enjoy following those who have been through Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine and 1UP the companion website, now defunct.
The Comedy Button - same kind of people as above but for when you really want your brain to turn off (stress etc)
Unfortunately that's the price you pay to be an early adopter. Perhaps these customers should do more research when picking components, especially waiting when different standards are competing and being ratified (4k input, HDR, audio, etc), and also stop firmware updates (and disconnect these devices from the network so they don't get compromised) when their gear reaches a state of "just works." I suggest waiting until these devices are more consumer ready before adopting them. This is why I don't bother jumping on new tech, it always goes through a few iterations, regardless if it has DRM or not.
Namely the inability to do business without going through MS. Even if Steam can be distributed through Windows Store, can it still perform transactions without giving any money to MS, implement its own DRM scheme, and load 3rd party executables (i.e. the games downloaded)?
In addition, though Win32 apps can be distributed through the Windows Store, this does nothing for the many apps that are no longer in active development, including older versions of applications preferred by some users. Any apps that go against Windows Store policies won't be available, which includes many useful utilities, emulators... and I guess doing software development is out of the question here as well.
I see, my bad. Assumed that this was like back in the day when my copy of Game X flat out refused to start if there was no nVidia GeForce 2 driver detected.
But for example right-click menus change with context, actual options available to use change on context (you can't use drawing tools to manipulate text or add spreadsheet rows to a drawing) so instead of activating different toolbars or turning them on/off to reclaim screen space, some users prefer the ribbon. Sure you can get used to a certain style, but some users gravitate towards one and some another. That is why there are options to use either ribbons or traditional toolbars and menus on both office suites now. Options are good. I'm sure if it was an unpopular idea LibreOffice devs wouldn't have bothered and it would have disappeared from MS office (or wouldn't be the default).
Not always, drop down menus encourage keyboard shortcuts and looking for text that matches the option you want, ribbons are more visual and contextual as users expect now from using phones and tablets... So it depends what you're used to and what your mind is geared towards.
People who work in an office or go to school are used to the ribbon now, and have a hard time finding what they want among the various drop down menus.
The quality of amateur productions is hit or miss, and sometimes unfinished for a long while, I usually stick to commercial titles because there are enough to keep me busy without looking for mods, they receive more attention from critics so I can find ones that I might like more easily, and are more consistent in production from start to finish... and indies cover more amateur productions on consoles anyway. I just prefer a plug and play experience.
Anyway I respect what modders are doing and like how this exploits the open nature of PCs, a lot of good stuff comes out of there but a bit too much effort for me to deal with everything else that comes with it like troubleshooting and dealing with Windows
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Agreed as far as it applies to OSes, free services online not so much, you get what you pay for
It shouldn't be collecting data of any kind unless you opt to submit crash reports
The thing I remember most about reading Pokey was a curious link on their page to a fictional band with a detailed history. I enjoyed the comic too and even made my own fan comics which I have somewhere. Good times.
Hmm, I don't think social media apps are as social as you think, they're more designed to give you the feeling of being social with a small fraction of the actual experience
But all Cogent has to do is resolve the names and update their block to reflect it, this could be automated
Apple, once founded by tinkerers, is now fighting the tinkerers
Fully mitigated if you deny the app internet access. I block any games from the internet on my son's tablet, no ads, no annoying notifications, no busy background processes, and saves on battery.
Even if they were to hire more people it would be from outside the country. Whether hiring stalls or is accelerating it doesn't make a difference to americans.
Either way you are still trying to access the service you paid for as a resident of that country. You should be able to do so from wherever, just as if you buy a DVD from your home country and brought your player you'd be able to play it wherever you could plug into a TV.
I don't even want a phone at all, I just communicate over IP or IRL
Thank you :) TIL...
"If you're doing nothing wrong then you've got nothing to hide"... is that how the saying goes?
If it evaporated, wouldn't it have stuck around as part of the atmosphere? Where would it have gone, carried off on fragments doesn't sound so likely?
I think we already knew this type of bullshit was happening under the hood but it's nice to see a detailed explanation. Gross though.
Yes, it's if you don't go through MS to run Linux that you have to worry. That's a nice cluster you got there... shame if it should get tangled in some unfortunate litigation...
...then they can identify you 72% of the time, otherwise the trail is cold. Brilliant!
Giant Bombcast and Giant Beastcast.... these are some of the first people who ever did it before podcasts and youtube were a thing, they're up front about their affiliations in that they try not to have any and have full disclosure about who/what they are involved with and I appreciate their forthrightedness, also they are close to my age so I can relate, and have an appreciation for retro stuff
Geekbox, Retronauts, Player One Podcast - I enjoy following those who have been through Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine and 1UP the companion website, now defunct.
The Comedy Button - same kind of people as above but for when you really want your brain to turn off (stress etc)
Unfortunately that's the price you pay to be an early adopter. Perhaps these customers should do more research when picking components, especially waiting when different standards are competing and being ratified (4k input, HDR, audio, etc), and also stop firmware updates (and disconnect these devices from the network so they don't get compromised) when their gear reaches a state of "just works." I suggest waiting until these devices are more consumer ready before adopting them. This is why I don't bother jumping on new tech, it always goes through a few iterations, regardless if it has DRM or not.
Namely the inability to do business without going through MS. Even if Steam can be distributed through Windows Store, can it still perform transactions without giving any money to MS, implement its own DRM scheme, and load 3rd party executables (i.e. the games downloaded)?
In addition, though Win32 apps can be distributed through the Windows Store, this does nothing for the many apps that are no longer in active development, including older versions of applications preferred by some users. Any apps that go against Windows Store policies won't be available, which includes many useful utilities, emulators... and I guess doing software development is out of the question here as well.
I see, my bad. Assumed that this was like back in the day when my copy of Game X flat out refused to start if there was no nVidia GeForce 2 driver detected.
Correction appreciated
So if I want to keep playing my game I can't upgrade my GPU.
But for example right-click menus change with context, actual options available to use change on context (you can't use drawing tools to manipulate text or add spreadsheet rows to a drawing) so instead of activating different toolbars or turning them on/off to reclaim screen space, some users prefer the ribbon. Sure you can get used to a certain style, but some users gravitate towards one and some another. That is why there are options to use either ribbons or traditional toolbars and menus on both office suites now. Options are good. I'm sure if it was an unpopular idea LibreOffice devs wouldn't have bothered and it would have disappeared from MS office (or wouldn't be the default).
Not always, drop down menus encourage keyboard shortcuts and looking for text that matches the option you want, ribbons are more visual and contextual as users expect now from using phones and tablets... So it depends what you're used to and what your mind is geared towards.
People who work in an office or go to school are used to the ribbon now, and have a hard time finding what they want among the various drop down menus.
The quality of amateur productions is hit or miss, and sometimes unfinished for a long while, I usually stick to commercial titles because there are enough to keep me busy without looking for mods, they receive more attention from critics so I can find ones that I might like more easily, and are more consistent in production from start to finish... and indies cover more amateur productions on consoles anyway. I just prefer a plug and play experience.
Anyway I respect what modders are doing and like how this exploits the open nature of PCs, a lot of good stuff comes out of there but a bit too much effort for me to deal with everything else that comes with it like troubleshooting and dealing with Windows