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- Comment on Not allowed to work from home 2 weeks ago:
Most IT positions are salary so this makes sense and is reasonable for critical systems. If you’re not salary, yikes.
- Comment on Discord lowers free upload limit to 10MB: “Storage management is expensive” 2 months ago:
- Comment on Intel's stock drops 30% overnight —company sheds $39 billion in market cap | As of now, Intel's market value is a fraction of Nvidia's worth and less than half of AMD's 3 months ago:
You can move the drives. Just have your recovery key/password in hand. No problem.
- Comment on There is no fix for Intel’s crashing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs — any damage is permanent 3 months ago:
Tagging on here: Both the first model PS3 and Xbox 360 were hot boxes with insufficient cooling. Both suffered from getting too hot too fast for their cooling solutions to keep up. Resulting in hardware stress that caused the chips solder points to weaken until they eventually cracked.
- Comment on Forget security – Google's reCAPTCHA v2 is exploiting users for profit | Web puzzles don't protect against bots, but humans have spent 819 million unpaid hours solving them 3 months ago:
Solving too fast. I shit you not. Sometimes you have to go really slow. Like you’re 80 and can’t see very well trying to discern what’s in those boxes.
- Comment on Work from home 4 months ago:
No, they can still refuse to provide a device as my original comment states. Since my employer refused to do so, they came up with an alternative without any additional input from me. They completely side stepped the app requirement by using a little key chain once they reached out to Cisco.
- Comment on Work from home 4 months ago:
It doesn’t matter if it’s apps that use data or apps that don’t use data. If your employer requires you to install an app on your personal phone, you can refuse. It is your legal right. If you choose to exercise your legal rights, your employer must provide you with an alternative method that doesn’t involve your personal phone. Whatever they choose.
If you agree to installing a work related app on your personal phone, you must be compensated. If they refuse to compensate, you’re back to square one. They must provide you alternatives.
If your employer refuses to supply you with the tools to complete your job and/or refuse to compensate personal phone use for work related reasons, they are breaking the law. If they fire you for exercising your rights, it’s unlawful termination.
- Comment on Work from home 4 months ago:
My examples are the common scenarios. Apps typically use data. Even if in your case data isn’t used, your employer is still required to provide you with the tools necessary to complete your job. It’s as simple as that.
- Comment on Work from home 4 months ago:
No matter what app it is, if employers require one to be used on a smartphone, they are legally obligated to provide you with a work phone. If they refuse, they are legally obligated to provide reimbursement for your personal mobile plan. This can be as simple as $5 or $10 added monthly to a paycheck, or as detailed as actual usage down to the kilobyte.
Even if it’s as simple as clocking in and out. If they won’t provide a phone or reimburse, they must have some other method to complete the task. Whether it be a computer or paper. Failing that, they are not upholding the law of providing you tools necessary to complete your job. Which means if they terminate you for any of the above under “not able to do your job”, it is retaliation for you requiring them to do their job. You could potentially win a suit against them.
- Comment on Schools in America apparently have their own army recruiter 8 months ago:
I believe this particular communication is through Instagram messages.
- Comment on Microsoft in their infinite wisdom has replaced the Hide Desktop icon with Copilot. 8 months ago:
Point 4 is listed twice in the comment. So I used “4 (2)” to point out what I was responding to. The second point 4.
- Comment on Microsoft in their infinite wisdom has replaced the Hide Desktop icon with Copilot. 8 months ago:
That’s not a very strong argument.
When you started a job, did you understand it all? When you first started using Windows, Android or iOS, did you understand it all? No you didn’t. As with anything you’ve never used or done before, you won’t understand the ins and outs or know what to do in many situations. You learn about them. I certainly didn’t know much about Linux when I started using it. In an IT environment, I had to learn. I work with Windows and Linux on a daily basis. Both have their strengths and weaknesses. I use both on my personal devices.
- Comment on Microsoft in their infinite wisdom has replaced the Hide Desktop icon with Copilot. 8 months ago:
All but one of your points here appear to be your lack of understanding Linux and/or user error. Point 4 is understandable due to Windows just being the default and most popular choice.
- Comment on Toyota cars collecting and potentially sharing location data and personal information, Choice says 8 months ago:
Whenever you connect your phone to any car with a handsfree system, you have the option to allow it to access and store your contacts, phone call log, and text messages. If you install the companion app should your car have remote features, this app can collect even more data this way. If you say “call grandma” to handsfree or select her via the infotainment system, the car knows this and the manufacturer does too. The manufacturer can then save her number according to their policy and locate her. As a company they can perform a data sale/trade with their third parties and find out her real name if you don’t have it saved (Yes this is how companies have profiles on you even if you never used them.) Depending on the manufacturer, yes your car does actively send recordings back to the manufacturer from the microphone built in the cabin.
- Comment on Google Search is losing its 'cached' web page feature 9 months ago:
Depends. Not every site, or its pages, will be crawled by the Internet Archive. Many pages are available only because someone has submitted it to be archived. Whereas Google search will typically cache after indexed.
- Comment on Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight 11 months ago:
I can’t speak for the others, but the Samsung Galaxy Store does come pre-installed. However, Google paid Samsung for the Play Store to be the default action for app installs. So you get both stores and can pick which one you want.
- Comment on iMessage will reportedly dodge EU regulations, won’t have to open up 11 months ago:
I commented this further down, but I think you are confused with this bit:
RCS limits attaments to 100mb! What the hell, why? I can, today, send 100mb over SMS/MMS, on Verizon, to other Verizon phones. RCS would be a step backward.
This is not true by any means. See here: www.verizon.com/support/knowledge-base-14641/
The maximum file size for picture/video messages depends upon the device software and device’s network capability. View the signal indicator on your phone to determine which signal is being received:
4G / 4GLTE = 1.2MB image / 3.5MB video
5G / 5G UWB = 1.2MB image / 3.5MB video
Using Verizon Messages = 100MB over Wi-Fi
- Comment on iMessage will reportedly dodge EU regulations, won’t have to open up 11 months ago:
There is no such specification. It is solely up to the provider. For example, T-Mobile and ATT both state 100MB on their “Advanced Messaging” FAQ. I’m sure Verizon is the same though I couldn’t find the exact wording.
Photos and Videos through RCS use your data.
The spec does state there is an 8,000 character limit and a maximum of 100 participants in a group conversation.
- Comment on iMessage will reportedly dodge EU regulations, won’t have to open up 11 months ago:
Ah I missed that. Thanks.
In any case, I think this user is confused. See here: www.verizon.com/support/knowledge-base-14641/
The maximum file size for picture/video messages depends upon the device software and device’s network capability. View the signal indicator on your phone to determine which signal is being received: 4G / 4GLTE = 1.2MB image / 3.5MB video 5G / %G UWB = 1.2MB image / 3.5MB video Using Verizon Messages = 100MB over Wi-Fi
I think this is where the confusion stemmed from.
- Comment on iMessage will reportedly dodge EU regulations, won’t have to open up 11 months ago:
I have no idea what carrier this user is with and I agree that sounds absurd. Photos and videos are automatically downgraded before being delivered. The file size limit is typically below 5MB. Videos are like 480p and photos are 720p. I hate sending photos through MMS and would rather use data with a different messaging app if RCS isnt available.
- Comment on You can remove Edge and Bing Search on Windows 11 even if you don't live in Europe 11 months ago:
there is also a way to remove Edge on Windows by manually running the uninstaller from the terminal with some options
Well to this statement, no. Microsoft disabled that method with the release of 22H2. Attempting to do so now does nothing. I was aware of this and it was shared on Reddit and other forums all the time until it stopped working. In fact, just six months ago people were sharing it on Reddit and realized it wasn’t working. reddit.com/…/how_do_i_uninstall_microsoft_edge/
I do agree with the sentiment. It should be easy to uninstall these apps.
- Comment on You can remove Edge and Bing Search on Windows 11 even if you don't live in Europe 11 months ago:
On macOS it’s always been possible to remove built in apps. To do so now though requires disabling SIP and mounting as R/W. Then you can use something like this to remove all traces freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
- Comment on YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers 1 year ago:
IMO, one of the best Chromium based browsers is Vivaldi.
- Microsoft threw in the towel on Edge HTML.
- Opera gave up on Presto (the source code for this leaked at one point in time).
- Brave was a decent choice for a while. It’s controversial now.
- Avast and Comodo AV companies have their own Chromium.
- Amazon Silk is mobile Chromium for Amazon’s devices.
- Samsung Internet is mobile Chromium for Samsung devices.
- Yandex search has a Chromium browser.
There’s more than this but these are the big names.
- Comment on Apple calls Android a 'massive tracking device' 1 year ago:
From their own privacy policy they outline what they do:
For research and development purposes, we may use datasets such as those that contain images, voices or other data that could be associated with an identifiable person.
To provide location-based services on Apple products, Apple and our partners and licensees, such as maps data providers, may collect, use, and share precise location data, including the real-time geographic location of your Apple computer or device.
Apple’s websites, online services, interactive applications, email messages, and advertisements may use “cookies” and other technologies such as pixel tags and web beacons.
We also use personal information to help us create, develop, operate, deliver, and improve our products, services, content and advertising
At times Apple may provide third parties with certain personal information to provide or improve our products and services, including to deliver products at your request, or to help Apple market to consumers.
Literally all of this is what Google does. The only thing Apple does differently is hinder 3rd party apps to a greater degree. But to be fair, Google has been improving the Privacy features of Android with each version.
- Comment on Petition demands that Microsoft extends Windows 10 support 1 year ago:
Your statements made me believe the opposite. Though I wasn’t condescending. I said it was OK to not know.
Microsoft doesn’t say that. They state it adds to the security of your computer before Windows even starts. …microsoft.com/…/secure-the-windows-10-boot-proce…
Any device security is multi layered.
Having a mechanism that only accepts trusted boot binaries is pretty critical to fighting malware. Rootkits effectively have total control of whatever you decide to boot because of their persistence. When your hardware has its own security features (Secure Boot, TPM) why not take advantage of them to make the software you run more secure?
If you didn’t know, Android, macOS and iOS have their own TPM and Secure Boot implementations that have been enforced and present for over a decade.
- Comment on Petition demands that Microsoft extends Windows 10 support 1 year ago:
Your entire statement here stems from not knowing what you’re talking about. That’s OK. I’ll provide some insight.
Secure Boot is a security feature of UEFI that only allows trusted, cryptographically signed operating systems to boot. The nature of this prevents rootkits. Software that runs before the OS and injects itself. BIOS has many hard limitations and disadvantages over the modern standard that is UEFI. Your comparison going from 32 to 64 bit architecture is quite fitting. It’s not that different. There are many hard limitations and disadvantages to 32 bit. It’s unfit for today’s standards due to lack of features and security. All aspects of technology have to move forward.
- Comment on Google paid a whopping $26.3 billion in 2021 to be the default search engine everywhere 1 year ago:
It’s pretty wild how Google search has degraded. The push for SEO has really ruined useful results.
- Comment on The average car purchased in 2023 emits higher levels of carbon dioxide (CO₂) than its 2013 equivalent. This is due to the large proportion of SUVs in the mix, which tend to be bigger and heavier. 1 year ago:
No. Just for entering the zone it’s a flat rate unless you’re zero emissions. There’s additional charges if you don’t qualify as Ultra Low emissions.
- Comment on Apple will honor California's 'right to repair' rules nationwide 1 year ago:
What really makes him credible is he literally calls himself out in videos when information changes or he makes mistakes.
- “When I said, xyz, don’t listen to me. I was wrong/lied.”
- " changed their stance/policy and my previous statements are outdated."
He also tells viewers and readers all the time to come to their own conclusions and do their own research.
- Comment on Apple jacks prices to juice profits because $19.3B a quarter isn't enough 1 year ago:
Because prices rise every day? The cost of food in many countries has risen 10%-20% over the last 12 months. Do you think people should stop buying food?
l.o.l.
Can’t compare apples to oranges mate. An iPhone and a MacBook are wants and not needs.
We all know they’re overpriced and marketed at a premium. If you need a phone or laptop, there are dozens to choose from that are far less than what Apple offers. My phone was $600. My laptop was $800. Both have the same performance as Apple’s offerings. I’m quite happy with them.
Now if you need a connected device there are significantly cheaper options out there that again provide the same level of performance. You can even get government assistance for a new phone or laptop. Unsurprisingly, no iPhones or MacBooks. Will be low end Android and Windows devices just enough to do basic tasks.