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Even if you start dreaming up ludicrous salaries/options, the cost to hire them would be only a fraction of the hit Microsoft would take in the market if not for this play. Satya could comfortably let them name their price and say yes to anything.

This hand was played well by Satya.

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Cinnamon challenge. How has it not been mentioned yet??

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If it follows the same pattern for all MS features, there will be a check box to turn it off, but it will be on by default. So if you don't like it, turn it off and save your outrage, like me, for the absence of a vertical taskbar in Windows 11.

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There are some dark patterns in the setup experience that might cause that.

Turn off the "Show me the Windows welcome experience after updates..." and the "Suggest ways I can finish setting up..." options in settings.

I bet if you're having preferences change on you, it's because you're clicking ok or next without reading during these nag screens.

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I almost feel like they listened. Was this you, Deiter?

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I think the issue is that Keep isn't the default. If you use Assistant and create a shopping list, I assume that right now it will default to Tasks, and we all know that there's significant inertia that comes with default settings.

To change it to Keep, firstly you need to know that it's even an option to change it, then you need to figure out how because it's non-obvious.

Talking to Assistant (via Nest for me) to add items to your shopping list in Keep works amazingly well. If you geotag lists, you can have your shopping list pop up automatically when you get to the store. It's the future! (and it's been here for years if you knew how). It's crazy how few people know to do this.

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One of the lesser-known gems of Windows Phone was Contact-based reminders. You could tie reminders to people and be reminded whenever you interact with them. I used it regularly. Has this been copied anywhere else??

The specifics of their keyboard implementation were also really great. And that UI! The well-designed apps which followed their design language were so goddamn clean.

WP had many unique ideas but was always on the outside looking in.

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No. Edit: Wait, COVID. I took COVID home.

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And don't forget that you need to demonstrate that it's producing a current. Just get a light bulb, right??

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It seems that AI without human guidance is mostly useless. So far we've seen that you need a human operator, and typically one with decent domain-specific knowledge/skill to get an AI to produce anything worthwhile. That guidance is essentially human authorship.

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You can do what Mark Rober did to the guy who volunteered to host his porch thief trap, then stole the trap himself. Rober bought some scientology books directly from scientology in the thief's name and had them sent to their address. Apparently, scientology are relentless in seeking ongoing engagement.

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Full redundant JBOD backup. It's unfancy and safe.

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I don't divulge my security practices publicly, online. That would be incredibly dumb.

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They did and I'm perfectly prepared to double down.
If I told people I used a password manager, and which one, I give a bad actor a target. I give a social engineer a thread to pull.
If I told people I had a bitcoin at an exchange, secured using a certain method, I'd be painting a target on me.
If I told people about a rock with a key under it, then I've given out far too much info. Sure you don't know where I live, but small pieces of info can add up quickly. It's flat out dumb telling people the details of your security. What form it takes, and what products or procedures you use. Just telling them what you're protecting is too much. Don't. It's bad security practice. Like it or not, I'm actually trying to be helpful.

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Should we take a moment to recognise that battling climate change with air conditioning is not a long-term winning strategy??

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If your aim is to convince the users still on the platform to leave the platform, then calling them morons is not a great strategy.

What would be the cheapest way to get a hot-swappable wireless standard bottom row 96%/1800 decent/ish ANSI keyboard that charges through type C (with Akko V3 Cream Blue Pro)?

my initial plan was to get an Ajazz K992 and buy the switches separately but it seems the bottom row is non standard so getting keycaps for it would be harder

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You're asking for a great deal of specificity. If there are any products that match that list, then that is likely the cheapest option.

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I wouldn't mind if the revolution paid me for the content that I produce. Would it be so bad??

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Welcome to the expensive world of mechanical keyboards.

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