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tojikomori, to technology in Windows PCs can't sleep properly, and Microsoft wants it that way
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Like the other replier and GP, my Linux and Mac desktops run for months at a time without a restart. I only restart when there's a software update that demands it. I don't have much experience with modern Windows, but I expect that's the norm from a modern OS.

If you're running into runaway resource issues like this then you may want to spend a few minutes hunting them down and maybe replace the programs responsible. Daily restarts shouldn't be necessary.

tojikomori, to technology in Windows PCs can't sleep properly, and Microsoft wants it that way
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Apparently not in Windows settings:

If the BIOS says it supports Modern Standby, Windows takes it at its word and completely disables the ability to enter S3 sleep (classic standby). There’s no official or documented option for disabling Modern Standby through Windows, which is incredibly annoying.

Side note: for a while, there was actually a registry setting you could change to disable Modern Standby on the Windows side. Unfortunately, Microsoft removed it, and to my knowledge, has never added it back.

I'm not a Windows user, so I can't confirm one way or the other, but toward the end of the end of the article the author gives vendor-specific instructions for disabling the S0 Low Power Idle capability from BIOS.

tojikomori, to apple in Apple is using machine learning everywhere in iOS
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I had the same experience with News.

I use RSS very selectively, though. General news sites are too much of a firehose: instead of RSS I just picked a few favorite sources and check them occasionally – usually once in the morning/evening. I also read The Economist's briefs (requires a sub) to catch up on stuff I missed.

tojikomori, to scifi in Favorite Scifi Food?
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Always been very curious about Mimosian banquets, but I doubt I'd get the hang of antimatter chopsticks.

Perhaps I'm better off with the answer I know to be true: Old Cap'n Janeway's Finest Organic Suspension.

tojikomori, to ukcasual in BBC Launches A Mastodon Instance - fediverse - Project Segfault Kbin
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For anyone as confused as I was: yes, this is indeed a link post on lemmy.world pointing to an article on kbin.social hosted by kbin.projectsegfau.lt and ultimately linking to social.bbc.

The old Fedi switcharoo.

tojikomori, to apple in iPhone battery capacities compared: all iPhones battery life in mAh and Wh
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I like the mini but this table highlights its major disadvantage. I still find its battery ample for a typical day, there's just not a lot of headroom for degradation.

tojikomori, to apple in Apple Again Fails to Save Classical Music
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From the title I was hoping for an investigative piece on Apple's payment model and whether it treats classical musicians any better, but it's just a comparison to other streaming services padded with trademark New Yorker bloviation.

tl;dr: they don't like Apple's editorials, prefer Idagio's search results, and everything invented after the phonograph was a mistake.

tojikomori, to technology in Google is working on essentially putting DRM on the web
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Alex Russell is a good read on React. His position gives him a broad view of its impacts and has kept him from being sidelined. This Changelog podcast is a decent distillation of his criticisms – it was recorded earlier this year, a few days after his Market For Lemons blog post.

(Sorry for the late reply! I've been a bit swamped lately and away from kbin.)

tojikomori, to technology in Google is working on essentially putting DRM on the web
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"Good vibes only" seems to be embedded in the culture of web development today. Influential devs' Twitter accounts have strong Instagram vibes: constantly promoting and congratulating each other, never sharing substantive criticisms. Hustle hustle.

People with deep, valid criticisms of popular frameworks like React seem to be ostracized as cranks.

It's all very vapid and depressing.

tojikomori, to technology in Google is working on essentially putting DRM on the web
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Thanks for this. I skimmed the proposal doc itself and didn't quite understand the concern people have with it – most of the concerns that came to my own mind are already listed as non-goals. The first few lines of this comment express a realistic danger that's innate to what's actually being proposed.

tojikomori, to apple in Dear Diary: Day One of using an iPod Classic in 2023
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It's funny that the author didn't think to try Music.app instead of doinking about in Finder. I just did this a couple of weeks ago with my own iPod Classic: Music supports iPod sync just fine. (Yes, still!)

tojikomori, to nintendo in Pikmin 4 Review MegaThread!
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"Casual rescue mission" is a fun phrase. It fits, though. The first bloke I "rescued" in the demo was snoozing like Gulliver when I found him.

tojikomori, to nintendo in Pikmin 4 Review MegaThread!
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Just tried the demo yesterday. The tutorial's integrated into the gameplay in a way that didn't feel obstructive to me. It's less like an old-school sandbox tutorial and more that the game makes it obvious what you have to do for the first mission. And it seems to focus on the new mechanics since the basic stuff is already made obvious by overlays showing the controls.

There will be people who have no capacity for nuance and see this as a boolean thing, and for them: the tutorial's not skippable, no. But for most people, it shouldn't be an issue.

tojikomori, to nintendo in Miyamoto wonders why Pikmin hasn't sold more and why people think the games are difficult
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Pikmin 4 may be worth a look, then. The time limit's been removed for this one.

tojikomori, to apple in US Cyber Trust Mark will boost smart home security, says White House
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It's surprising that Apple isn't listed (among those backing the scheme) given that the company designed the HomeKit standard with security and privacy as key objectives.

I think that's the conflict: Apple has its own certification programs. From Apple's perspective, a successful government-backed trademark would compete with Apple trademarks for consumer mindshare and the certification would add new overhead to Apple's own product launches.

Other brands backing this program have more to gain than lose from it, e.g. because their own certifications aren't as well marketed, or because it simplifies product screening, or sets up new hurdles for competitors. Apple's in a unique position where none of those benefits are relevant. It only sees the costs.

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