Romkslrqusz
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- Comment on 21 hours ago:
👋 Repair shop owner
Between the three issues you mentioned, charge port are the most common I see with Acer whereas hinge issues are actually on the rarer side compared to other manufacturers.
With Acer, charge ports are pretty memorable since they’re soldered to the mainboard rather than being on an easy to replace daughterboard or cable.
Ultimately, charge ports issues are usually a user problem rather than a quality issue. There should always be extra slack on the cable when charging, the systems should be on a flat level surface, and the device should never be transported with the charger connected to the port.
Someone who has had repeat problems related to their laptop’s charge port is going to have a real bad time if they switch to a system that uses Type C ports.
- Comment on Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me" 23 hours ago:
Or perhaps it could be something other than malice?
This person is putting up with a misbehavior they don’t have to live with. They’re presenting the perception that it’s due to the nature of the operating system.
My Toyota engine dies when I idle, therefore all Toyotas and fundamentally flawed.
Flawed logic, no? And yet, when it comes to tech, plenty of folks apply the same type of thought pattern.
You’re right that one would think the issue is as it seems on the surface. Computers are actually a bit more complicated than that.
One fail mode of memory is the occasional bit flip silently corrupting data in the background. As time goes on and new data is written to a disk, things can get weirder and weirder over time.
We don’t know if Windows and Linux are sharing a physical disk (I hope for their sake they aren’t) and we don’t know how old the Linux deployment is, so it’s possible it hasn’t had the opportunity to get progressively messed up enough yet.
Another key variable is that the Linux environment might not be interacting with every single piece of hardware, or that the structure of those interactions could result in symptoms manifesting differently or not at all.
I’ve had situations where a MacBook’s keyboard and trackpad were completely functional in Linux and Windows, but absolutely dysfunctional in any MacOS based environment. The fix? Replacement trackpad cable.
At the end of the day, the situation they’re describing is not common for the OS and indicates something is very wrong.
A device with those symptoms coming through my shop is statistically likely to be leaving with replaced parts, a component level repair, or at the very least a complete OS and Driver reinstallation after passing extensive diagnostic testing and behavioral isolation.
- Comment on Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me" 1 day ago:
5 to 10 minutes before the mouse pointer decides to cooperate with mr
This is not a typical experience, you have some kind of hardware issue or corruption / incongruities in your OS deployment.
- Comment on Alberto Mielgo defends the Marathon cinematic as "not AI," denies his team touched Bungie’s plagiarized material and calls the art theft incident a genuine mistake that was "blown out of proportion" 1 day ago:
Well, I stand corrected, I hadn’t been in the loop as to how deep this really ran.
They probably would have saved a ton of money and bad PR by just paying ANTIREAL for this work.
- Comment on Alberto Mielgo defends the Marathon cinematic as "not AI," denies his team touched Bungie’s plagiarized material and calls the art theft incident a genuine mistake that was "blown out of proportion" 1 day ago:
How does one […]
This is the key element. I don’t think this is a case where a team collectively chose to steal someone’s art.
If the theft was deliberate, it was probably an individual, with how big these projects are it’s not hard to consider how that may have flown under the radar.
I could also see one team member collecting assets to serve as inspiration and another implementing them without realizing they weren’t created in house.
With how exhausting the current state of the world is, I could even see a burnt out employee tossing something together without remembering where the asset came from.
Not trying to excuse what happened, the original artist is definitely owed for this, but there are other potential explanations for this beyond intentional malice.
- Comment on If Microsoft ended Windows 10 support, why is it still getting updates like every other day? 2 days ago:
If you opted into ESU, those would be the security updates that you opted to receive.
- Comment on Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam Frame 1 week ago:
Having both on a different connection is essential!
If you have a spare router, you could connect it via ethernet to the host and then connect your client to that WiFi.
Host would then be able to maintain its internet connection over WiFi and there would be a separate dedicated LAN just for the stream.
- Comment on Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam Frame 1 week ago:
Gigabit ethernet to the host, WiFi 5 or better for the client, QoS configured to prioritize both devices in the router settings?
- Comment on Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam Frame 1 week ago:
With a strong internet connection and more capable desktop device, you can already stream for hours with high fidelity graphics, 60+ FPS, and no fan noise.
With that in mind, buying a new Steam Deck is probably going to be multiple generations off for me.
- Comment on Try the Final Sentence demo (competitive typing game... and psychological torment) 1 week ago:
Game is pretty fun, it had me typing out some pretty silly stuff that had me chuckling
- Comment on Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2 October Update Triggers BitLocker Recovery 2 weeks ago:
This 49 minute video ends with the presenter saying that fixes for what they demonstrated were shipped in July’s patch Tuesday
The recommended mitigation is the use of TPM and a PIN, which is going to apply to any machine where the user went “with the flow” during Windows 11’s OOBE
- Comment on YSK before you buy a replacement for your cellphone that has stopped charging, buy the $10 cleaning kits and spend the time deep cleaning the phone's charging port. 2 weeks ago:
You’re not going to short anything.
The power pins (VCC) on your phone’s USB-C port aren’t “live” at all times, the standard requires communication over CC1 and CC2 to negotiate which side is receiving power and at what voltage. Otherwise, a specific value of resistor needs to be in place between those pins and GND to get “dumb” charging at the original 5V usb standard.
- Comment on Nine-Tails Kurama 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Google Messages is rethinking how link previews work, but we're not sure it's for the best 3 weeks ago:
Correct
- Comment on How to minimise the space taken up by windows partition? (dual-boot) 3 weeks ago:
No additional software necessary
sudo dd status=progress if=Windows.iso of=/dev/sdXX is the letter assigned to your USB device, visible in
lsblk - Comment on Google Messages is rethinking how link previews work, but we're not sure it's for the best 3 weeks ago:
TL;DR
This beta version of the app makes it so that when you send just a URL, the recipient only sees the preview (primary image, page title, primary domain of web address)
- Comment on How to minimise the space taken up by windows partition? (dual-boot) 3 weeks ago:
Windows’ installation assistant only runs on Windows
Well, yes, but all that is a GUI to simplify downloading and writing the Windows installation ISO to USB media. You can download the ISO image to Linux and write it to USB yourself. The option to download the ISO is on the same page you’ve been getting Media Creation Tool.
You could get Bedrock edition from the Google Play store and run it via an Android emulator.
Otherwise, based on your other comments, it seems like you’re trying to trudge through manually trimming down a preexisting OEM install of Windows. For such a minimal use case, you would probably benefit from a clean reinstall and should consider exploring something like Tiny11, ReviOS, or AtlasOS
- Comment on Why do video game leaks (such as the huge GTA VI videos leak) cause "low morale" for the staff working on it? 4 weeks ago:
Ever had someone looking over your shoulder providing feedback to something that you’re in the middle of writing the first draft of?
- Comment on Cry Havoc for this open world cyberpunk dog-fighter inspired by G-Police 5 weeks ago:
Article doesn’t make this clear, but there’s a next fest demo you can check out right now if you want
- Comment on People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads 5 weeks ago:
Don’t Kindles have multiple tiers though? Ad-subsidized or pay more for an ad-free model
- Comment on Steam Autumn Sale 2025 Has Begun 1 month ago:
I don’t feel like it’s fair to compare the newer DOOM games to one another. They’re more like different games than sequels.
DOOM 2016 is an excellent reboot, fairly grounded.
DOOM Eternal is a movement shooter / platformer with a ton of verticality in the areas.
I haven’t played it yet, but I get the impression Dark Ages is even more grounded and geared towards wide open arenas. Almost gives me Serious Sam vibes.
I’ve had a ton of fun with Eternal and I’m sure you’ll get more than your $4 worth!
- Comment on Old games with high GPU requirements (and look great) 1 month ago:
What’s your threshold for “old”?
Couple more demanding games that come to mind for me:
Cyberpunk 2077 is about to be 5 years old (2020)
Red Dead Redemption 2’s PC Port is about to be 6 years old (late 2019)
Metro Exodus is coming up on 7 (early 2019)
If this is your first foray into Ray Tracing capable cards, Control makes good use if that feature (Mid 2019)
Shadow Of The Tomb Raider was used as a benchmark for years (2018)
As you start going older than that, even the Steam Deck ends up being very capable.
People had a rough time with Batman Arkham Knight, still looks pretty IMO
If you’re looking for games that are coming up on 15-20 years old, like Crysis:
S.T.A.L.K.E.R Metro 2033 Rage Doom 3 Elder Scrolls Oblivion
- Comment on Trump says TikTok should be tweaked to become “100% MAGA” 1 month ago:
Most of Gen Z are in their twenties and capable of thinking for themselves. Generally speaking, they’ve grown up accustomed to and accepting of neurodivergence, gender fluidity, and the spectrum of sexualities.
It’s the younger and older generations I’m more worried about.
- Comment on Firefly, the shinest damn show in the 'Verse 1 month ago:
Opening scene is the battle of Serenity Valley, it cuts away to the crew collecting illegal salvage and having a close call with the Alliance, they pick up Shephard and Simon as passengers / commuters on Persephone which I think is the scene you’re referring to.
- Comment on Firefly, the shinest damn show in the 'Verse 1 month ago:
The original pilot / first episode, Serenity (not to be confused as the movie of the same name), is an hour and a half long and sets up a ton of context for the rest of the show.
Instead, Fox aired the second episode, The Train Job, as a pilot.
Serenity was ultimately aired as a series finale / 11th episode, the show was cancelled before he three remaining episodes were aired.
If you haven’t seen Firefly, I strongly recommend that you start with the Serenity Episode. You’ll know by the end whether or not this show is for you.
- Comment on Nintendo Wins $2 Million Lawsuit Against 'MiG Switch' Distributor 2 months ago:
At launch, the original Switch was incredibly difficult to get. I had to use BrickSeek and out in a fair amount of effort to get one, calling in late to work and going out if my way to pick one up.
In the first two weeks after Switch 2 launched, I had multiple opportunities to buy one off the shelf and I wasn’t even looking for them.
The strong launch supply is the key contributing factor to the sales figures here, I’ll be curious to see how the sales compared after a longer period like one year.
- Comment on Good news. :) 2 months ago:
Quite a few of the folks I know consider BC just as big / important a part of the PNW as Bellingham, Seattle, Olympia, Portland, Salem, Eugene, etc.
- Comment on Battlefield 6 dev apologizes for requiring Secure Boot to power anti-cheat tools 2 months ago:
Why not enroll a key for your second OS?
- Comment on Battlefield 6 dev apologizes for requiring Secure Boot to power anti-cheat tools 2 months ago:
There a particular reason you wanted Legacy / BIOS mode?
MBR2GPT makes the conversion easy and can even be run from the OS while it’s running. We get an image backup first, but we’ve never had to use it. There are occasionally complications getting it to actually run, but those are usually when the disk is full when folks have a really weird nonstandard partition arrangement.
- Comment on Battlefield 6 dev apologizes for requiring Secure Boot to power anti-cheat tools 2 months ago:
I really don’t understand the aversion to Secure Boot, can somebody share some perspective?
It’s a setting that you toggle in BIOS and is found on virtually every motherboard from the last 12 years. Some platforms are slightly counterintuitive, requiring you the manually switch to custom keys and then back to factory key in order for it to install/activate. For booting alternative OSes, enrolling a custom key takes 5 seconds.
It hardens security of the boot process, and It’s already a requirement for Windows 11, the primary OS that most PC Gamers are already going to be choosing.
I feel like there’s a ton of bitching going on over the most minor of inconveniences that will actually prove to be a net benefit overall.
