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ObsidianZed

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Microsoft Edge nags users with a 3D banner to change Windows 11's default browser (www.windowslatest.com)

Would you use Edge as your default browser on Windows 11 if Microsoft nags you with a 3D banner? Microsoft thinks you would. In a new experiment, which appears to be rolling out to Edge stable on Windows 11, Microsoft has turned on a banner that uses 3D graphics to promote the browser....

ObsidianZed ,

You could say "I'm thirsty" and though not explicitly asking a question, someone might still offer you a beverage as a solution, for which you would probably be thankful.

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So malware wasn't enough, Windows wants to be a ransomware too?

Edit: I can already see it now. "Locked out of your files? For a small fee or our premium subscription, you can restore encrypted files that we lost."

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Beat me to it

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I picked up an Onn 4k streaming Box from Walmart for $20 that uses Android TV. It supports Bluetooth for mouse and keyboard and with a usb hub can handle additional usb ports.

Also supports more advanced tinkering if you'd like to sideload apps such as SmartTubeNext for ad and sponsor blocking on YouTube.

I think you might also be able to load a third party launcher to de-google it more, but I haven't tried that yet.

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I mean that's already happening at some big companies now.

Will it last? My guess is no, but they'll enjoy saving the money that they would pay human beings in the mean time.

My hope is just that they'll suffer losses due to a drop in product quality and start struggling, but let's face it, the big tech companies are almost never the ones' that are actually hurt by their decisions.

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Well now's the time if TikTok gets banned.

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Yeah same. I was honestly surprised because I'm not the most advanced user of Linux but literally a few commands later, and boom. I don't believe I even needed to reboot. Just logged out and back in, selecting plasma wayland from gdm.

Autologin seems much smoother, now I'm just waiting for krdp or something similar, unless there's already another way to remotely login to desktop regardless of the remote client's platform. I'm open to recommendations.

ObsidianZed ,

Ah I've used that too for my Windows machine though it didn't occurred to me to try it for Linux. I also only just recently learned of Sunlight and was only using Moonlight with Nvidia's gamestream.

I'll have to give that a try. Thanks!

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I was a bit confused too. So all that's changed is a specific splash screen during new phone setup prompting the user to pick a default browser?

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Gotcha, but even in that case, what's convincing most of those average users from picking a different browser? The logo? "Ooh pretty lion?"

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Thanks, I forgot about that.

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Do you know if the smart doorbell is the same? Received one from the in-laws for Christmas but haven't done anything yet.

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I couldn't care fewer

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What are you basing that off of??

Google is 2TB for $10/month.

$8.33/month with the annual plan.

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I've stopped charging my phone overnight which I typically advise people against but also keep a charger at my desk. My phone actually has a battery saver setting that cuts charging at 85%.

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True, of course the simplest and easiest solution is the one that takes the least amount of thinking and effort.

My only issue is there are brands that try to build around this but it's incredibly difficult. I understand iPhones have some kind of smart charging that's supposed to charge slowly but stop until it learns when it thinks you'll need it and finish charging just before then. However, that relies on consistent data and consistent routine and I would think that could potentially be quite inaccurate if you have a more inconsistent routine. I don't think I've seen a better implementation yet unfortunately.

It's just become second nature to me to watch for and charge my phone so certain times. I feel like that's just a part of owning a mobile device.

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This is how I feel watching new CG trailers for each Elder Scrolls Online expansion. I already wanted to like it because I like the Lore and still enjoy watching the trailers because they look so cool, but I almost always say to myself "if only the game didn't suck so absolutely."

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Man, maybe I just grew up in a different time and/or environment but I still to this day manually save obsessively. I use VSCode most days and feel like I'm constantly hitting the save hotkey. With that said though, I am just not a fan of most autosaves. I like to know what the current contents are and whether or not I have unsaved changes.

That's just me though.

ObsidianZed ,

So out of curiosity, what did you move to and do you use autosaving? I'm always willing to try out other text editors but it'll take something impressive to make me start autosaving.

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Oh for what it's worth, I probably agree more with the fact that autosave should be on by default but also possible to disable.

But yes, I do have my preference and I admit it is just that, a preference.

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I've never actually used vim, though occasionally fallback on vi for remote admin. I may finally check it out now though. Thanks!

ObsidianZed ,

What the hell is the dialogue trying to say?

Taylor Swift is living every woman’s AI porn nightmare — Deepfake nudes of the pop star are appearing all over social media. We all saw this coming. (www.vice.com)

Taylor Swift is living every woman’s AI porn nightmare — Deepfake nudes of the pop star are appearing all over social media. We all saw this coming.::Deepfake nudes of the pop star are appearing all over social media. We all saw this coming.

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People have been doing these for years even before AGI.

Now, it's just faster.

Edit: Sorry, I suppose I should mean LLM AI

ObsidianZed ,

But could this also bypass dumb VoIP requirements for things like SMS 2FA?

I've tried using my Google Voice similarly but I'm faced with "I'm sorry but this number cannot be used for this."

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I don't fully know how these kernel level anti cheats work, but is it possible to setup a VM or some other container solely to run games like these?

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