ToniCipriani

Arguably HP open-sourced webOS, but they did also got backlash because they killed that entire product line without warning.

Same here, I had a working IPv6 setup previously with my DSL provider, but now that I moved to a fibre connection, the new one refuses to support it.

Came here looking for the Smartpipe reference, left satisfied.

Doesn't look like there's an official way to, most seem to involve hacking the search bar engines or installing an extension.

https://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-turn-off-ai-overview...

SmartTube Next is GOAT.

IIRC there's some patent on how the pointer accelerates based on the pressure on the nub. This was why the other pointing stick devices (I've used ones from Toshiba, HP, Dell) don't work quite well as a Lenovo/IBM TrackPoint proper.

The web version of Office apps still is not the same as the full-featured fat desktop version, which only runs on Windows and Mac OS.

You can't use the web version offline, they are not a PWA, for instance.

So this is real-life bluffball.co.uk...

Did you see that ludicrous display last night?

One step forward several steps back though, with all the other terrible crap like copying your entire drive to OneDrive by default then attempting to make you subscribe when it fills up, adding all kinds of telemetry and ad tracking, shoving Copilot in your face whenever it can, just to name a few.

You mean Spectre? Heartbleed was the SSL bug.

It made me think that Microsoft's Certified Refurbishers actually take a large hit on these, they are the most likely to have inventory that all of a sudden take a sharp loss of value, just because those didn't make the cutoff.

Corporate has been replacing systems even without this anyways, most large companies lease the machines for their warranty life.

Reminds me of my old Corsair Voyager. "Rugged" USB stick housed inside a fully rubber enclosure, which constantly causes the USB plug to snap off. Forgot how many times I had to RMA that thing.

That started with Windows 10 actually, the moment they made it a free upgrade from 7/8/8.1.

I just installed Windows 10 on a VM and laptop, both are getting non-stop "suggestions" to "finish setting up my device" with Microsoft 365 subscriptions.

You mean HDCP? I would be shocked if computers stopped getting IP addresses just because it doesn't have DRM, lol.

Entry level ThinkPads aren't really ThinkPads, the E-series in particular. Those ones were previously known as ThinkPad Edge, which were designed by a different team.

Gotta cash in the buzz word somehow.

> Short term ad revenue comes from lurkers.

Except that's what startups are about these days, CEOs pump and dump the company onto Wall Street, then jump the crashing plane with their golden parachute.

Sounds to me they want to double dip: charge you AND track you.

And precisely what is wrong with gun control and mixing it into partisan politics. It's easier to address the means but not the root cause on why the crime was committed in the first place.

Actually it's not just them. I have it for my local area hydro company in Canada, it's the same thing. I can't find where to cancel at all.

EDIT: So I did some digging, and it's confusing to say the least. In the app, it points you to the Google store page when you tap more info about the program. A search points to a page that tells you to contact your hydro company. On my hydro company's page, there is ZERO information about this, then a second search that landed me on Google Support page, which finally mentions the program is administered by some company in the US that is "partnered" with my hydro company, hidden deep inside the terms and conditions. And on that page, it says I actually have to call Google to unsubscribe.

The real problem is, these features have been supported by old phones, they're part of wireless standards. Just that the carriers are creating artificial problems for you to switch phones and extend your contracts. My BlackBerry Priv sold directly by BlackBerry Canada has perfectly functional VoLTE when it is travelling, even with a prepaid SIM in Asia. Yet no carrier here will enable it, just because it wasn't sold by them.

> Automotive has a very strong track record of 3rd party parts being available shortly after genuine parts become hard to obtain or not-affordable

With the exception that the car doesn't throw error codes and disable the power windows if I use a third-party brake pad.

I suppose it's the common knowledge that Mac OS doesn't support MST properly and author assumed it applied to Thunderbolt docks as well. This is on Apple for not implementing that, because it's not the hardware. Intel Macbooks work perfectly fine with regular DP Alt Mode docks in Boot Camp.

Is it though? My Canon printer takes chipped cartridges, but all the third party ones I buy come with it.

Uncle Roger's favourite science experiment.

While you're there get some elbow grease to lubricate and seal the reservoir after topping up your blinker fluid.

If only it also had a Thunderbolt for an eGPU.

Seeing how there is now the Aya Neo and the Onenotebook Onexplayer, this might actually work. Have a handheld with a powerful enough laptop chip and a Thunderbolt, when at home it sits in an eGPU dock and use it like a traditional desktop, and on the go either connect the game controllers or a keyboard to use as a laptop.

IP laws is one thing, but such systems are rarely well implemented and almost always subject to abuse. Remember how the Verge tried to use YouTube copyright strikes to silence criticism of their horrible PC build video.