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    Derangel got a reaction from Mark Kaine in Elon Musk tells Tesla workers to return to the office full time or resign   
    The way the emails are worded is incredibly shitty and arrogant (as expected), however I don't really see anything wrong with requiring workers to be in office. If Tesla is seeing reduced productivity with most of their office staff working from home, then it makes sense to have people work in the office. One thing I do find interesting/troubling (but, also, unsurprising) about the emails is the mention of a minimum of 40 hours and saying that it's less than they expect of faculty workers. This seems to mean that both office and factory workers are being required to work more than 40 hours a week. I hope they're all being adequately compensated for all the mandatory overtime being put in, and if they are not I hope they all sue Tesla.
     
    On another note: The tone of the emails certainly say a whole hell of a lot about how Musk feels about his employees and likely how he treats them. I have to wonder what moral is like at Tesla and how that plays into the QA issues related to the vehicles. I've seen a lot worse from companies regarding employee treatment, but it really doesn't feel like something that's going to increase employee engagement or make them happy to come into work.
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    Derangel got a reaction from da na in Introducing RX 6900XT Liquid Cooled Edition with 18Gbps G6 Memory   
    PNY is only partnered with Nvidia for GPUs.
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    Derangel got a reaction from LAwLz in EU Parliament agrees on proposal to force Apple to use USB-C on all devices (including iPhones), only allows small devices like watches to go portless   
    Here's the thing: We don't want individual companies coming up with their own proprietary crap. This does nothing to stifle innovation as any new charging standard will be developed by consortiums, like all modern cable standards are. It has been a long time since any singular entity created their own connector that became an industry wide standard. The USB-IF won't stop working on new versions of USB due to this ruling, the IEC won't cease adopting new cable standards due to it either.
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    Derangel got a reaction from LAwLz in EU Parliament agrees on proposal to force Apple to use USB-C on all devices (including iPhones), only allows small devices like watches to go portless   
    They could try to fight it with a lawsuit, but I’m not sure how effective that would be. This ruling won’t allow them to use dongles to get around it. They really can’t redesign the phones to make them too thin to have a port. They can’t go portless. There really aren’t that many options left that aren’t just going along with it.
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    Derangel got a reaction from RockSolid1106 in EU Parliament agrees on proposal to force Apple to use USB-C on all devices (including iPhones), only allows small devices like watches to go portless   
    Only if they want to watch their stocks crumble and lose many, many, tens of billions of dollars in revenue. Apple made over $80b from the EU in their last fiscal year. There's zero chance of them refusing to sell products in the region.
     
     
    Theoretically, there is nothing stopping them. I'm not sure how much sense it makes practically, however. Apple can be petty at times, but I'm not sure if they'd be that petty. More likely, they'd make the change and then try to market it as something "brave and innovative" to make themselves look good, or they'd sell it at another "we're trying to save the planet" thing like they did when ditching the charger. Maybe they'll throw in a super cheap USB-C to Lightening adapter for a generation or two.
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    Derangel got a reaction from HanZie82 in EU Parliament agrees on proposal to force Apple to use USB-C on all devices (including iPhones), only allows small devices like watches to go portless   
    Only if they want to watch their stocks crumble and lose many, many, tens of billions of dollars in revenue. Apple made over $80b from the EU in their last fiscal year. There's zero chance of them refusing to sell products in the region.
     
     
    Theoretically, there is nothing stopping them. I'm not sure how much sense it makes practically, however. Apple can be petty at times, but I'm not sure if they'd be that petty. More likely, they'd make the change and then try to market it as something "brave and innovative" to make themselves look good, or they'd sell it at another "we're trying to save the planet" thing like they did when ditching the charger. Maybe they'll throw in a super cheap USB-C to Lightening adapter for a generation or two.
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    Derangel got a reaction from tikker in Bethesda.net Launcher Says Goodbye   
    It really wasn’t competition. No single-publisher launcher is ever going to be competition to Steam. EGS is the closest we have and even that is a pretty far 2nd place really only surviving because Epic has bottomless pockets. While Epic continues to do the bare minimum to improve their store it’s going to remain that way, no matter how much they spend on timed exclusives.
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    Derangel got a reaction from The Blue Cryptid in Bethesda.net Launcher Says Goodbye   
    If you bothered to reply to my entire statement you would see that I already addressed EGS. Also, EGS is not a single-publisher store and is irrelevant to the part you were quoting. Try again.
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    Derangel got a reaction from The Blue Cryptid in Bethesda.net Launcher Says Goodbye   
    It really wasn’t competition. No single-publisher launcher is ever going to be competition to Steam. EGS is the closest we have and even that is a pretty far 2nd place really only surviving because Epic has bottomless pockets. While Epic continues to do the bare minimum to improve their store it’s going to remain that way, no matter how much they spend on timed exclusives.
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    Derangel got a reaction from CTR640 in Apple prematurely ends IOS 14 updates and claims it never promised to support IOS 14 in the long term   
    Don't play the victim here. If you wanted to actually make a real point about security and updates, you could have replied solely to the original person stating you disagree with them and calmly explaining your point. When it became blindingly obvious that they weren't going to budge from their position that's the end of the conversation. Harping on it and getting pissy with every single other person that isn't just toeing your opinion  makes the topic worse and makes you look bad. Flying off the handle with claims that were never made in the post you're replying to doesn't help either, by the way.
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    Derangel got a reaction from CTR640 in Apple prematurely ends IOS 14 updates and claims it never promised to support IOS 14 in the long term   
    Oh for fuck's sake dude. Drop it. No one fucking cares and you're doing nothing but making this topic even worse. You're only making yourself look bad.
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    Derangel got a reaction from Cyberspirit in Target lost - European Parliament approves initial proposal to ban some targeted ads   
    Let's put this in more perspective: If you use one of their mobile apps or use scams like the Honey extension, then they're not just using data gained from you browsing their sites or clicking on ads to feed you ads. They're using EVERYTHING you do on your device or on your browser. Google doesn't need to mine and purchase off-site data to feed your relevant news articles. They could easily just let you set topics and sites you want to see news from and then use on-site information like what articles you click on or topics you search to further refine your news feed.
     
    My FB account exists solely to look at local marketplace stuff and occasionally sell items. It's never followed anyone, never had anything posted to the feed, never liked a single page, never done anything except engage with markeplace. Yet today I'm seeing ads for vision stuff. Why? Because last night I was researching lasik, on my tablet that has NEVER been logged into FB nor even had the FB app installed on it. Yet in the slightly more than 12 hours between me looking at that and now Google has sold my search and browsing data and I'm being fed personalized ads. Fuck that shit. Also, despite having no personal information on FB they've still managed to mine enough data on me to recommend I follow family members despite there being literally nothing on my FB linking me to them, I've even seem them recommend former classmates and current and former co-workers despite that info, again, not being on FB and not even being easy to find online. And it's not like I have an uncommon name either, it takes some very specific searching to even find myself on Google because my name is rather common. That is the level of data mining these fuckers engage in to deliver you personalized ads.
     
    Oh, you think you have to actively engage with that shit to get it fed to you? No no no. Look up a controversial or trending topic on Google? Not only is Google itself going to feed you links to conspiracy theories, but they're going to sell the search info to social media sites. From there It gets automatically added to the algorithm, then matched to you, and suddenly you're being fed it because the algorithm believes it will drive you to engage further with the site. Happen to follow family members on social media that post about conspiracies or controversial topics? Welp, that's all in the algorithm as well and factors into what topics you're fed. This is even more common if the algorithm believes you will get angry about certain topics because an angry person is far more likely to engage with both the topic itself and the other people replying.
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    Derangel got a reaction from Colty in Apple prematurely ends IOS 14 updates and claims it never promised to support IOS 14 in the long term   
    Oh for fuck's sake dude. Drop it. No one fucking cares and you're doing nothing but making this topic even worse. You're only making yourself look bad.
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    Derangel got a reaction from xAcid9 in Apple prematurely ends IOS 14 updates and claims it never promised to support IOS 14 in the long term   
    Oh for fuck's sake dude. Drop it. No one fucking cares and you're doing nothing but making this topic even worse. You're only making yourself look bad.
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    Derangel got a reaction from Mihle in Target lost - European Parliament approves initial proposal to ban some targeted ads   
    Why do you want targeted ads? The fact that these companies have so much data mining is terrifying. You do realize that they use it for more than just ad targeting, right? They also use the data to feed you topics, especially ones they believe will drive engagement. You think people accidentally stumble on conspiracy theories or other topics that either anger them or make them believe stupid things? Nope, social media companies feed this shit to drive clicks and engagement. The more that they’re banned from doing the better.
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    Derangel got a reaction from mr moose in Apple prematurely ends IOS 14 updates and claims it never promised to support IOS 14 in the long term   
    Oh for fuck's sake dude. Drop it. No one fucking cares and you're doing nothing but making this topic even worse. You're only making yourself look bad.
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    Derangel got a reaction from dalekphalm in Apple prematurely ends IOS 14 updates and claims it never promised to support IOS 14 in the long term   
    Jesus Christ this topic…..This entire “news” post was making a mountain out of an ant hill. Then it got worse, by people doing the same thing to a (kind of dumb) poorly worded post. How did this nonsense survive not being locked?
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    Derangel got a reaction from Blademaster91 in Apple prematurely ends IOS 14 updates and claims it never promised to support IOS 14 in the long term   
    Oh for fuck's sake dude. Drop it. No one fucking cares and you're doing nothing but making this topic even worse. You're only making yourself look bad.
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    Derangel got a reaction from WhitetailAni in Apple prematurely ends IOS 14 updates and claims it never promised to support IOS 14 in the long term   
    Oh for fuck's sake dude. Drop it. No one fucking cares and you're doing nothing but making this topic even worse. You're only making yourself look bad.
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    Derangel got a reaction from mr moose in Apple prematurely ends IOS 14 updates and claims it never promised to support IOS 14 in the long term   
    Exactly how common are those accidents? Less than 1% of the time? Maybe even as high as a couple percent? You make it sound like people are constantly dropping their phones in deep water or accidentally letting them sit in water for hours all the time. Higher IPC ratings are nothing more than marketing gimmicks. It’s just another thing that’s useless to 99.9% of people, but it sounds good so companies use it to make their devices look good. And if a person is routinely taking their phones places where they can fall in deep water or go unnoticed for hours at a time, they’re still better off with a water proof case over.
     
     
    The, utterly stupid and pointless, thinness race has lead to phones being far less structurally reliable. There is absolutely no way to deny this. I could bend my iPad Pro with my bare hands! I’ve seen cheap keyboards that have more resistance to flex than this tablet. Lets not even get into the myriad of phones that bend incredibly easily. Yes, there are things that can be done to mitigate some of the structural issues caused by making devices overly thin, but it doesn’t make the thinness race any less dumb nor can you completely eliminate all the drawbacks.
     
    Also, I wouldn’t exactly call MBPs “one of the sturdiest family of laptops”. They used to be incredibly strong, but that’s definitely changed over the last few years. They’re better than a lot of other similarly thin laptops, but nowhere near the sturdiest models on the market (even if we ignore the laptops specifically designed to be tough). Thin aluminum is not exactly the strongest material.
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    Derangel got a reaction from IkeaGnome in Apple prematurely ends IOS 14 updates and claims it never promised to support IOS 14 in the long term   
    Jesus Christ this topic…..This entire “news” post was making a mountain out of an ant hill. Then it got worse, by people doing the same thing to a (kind of dumb) poorly worded post. How did this nonsense survive not being locked?
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    Derangel reacted to leadeater in Apple prematurely ends IOS 14 updates and claims it never promised to support IOS 14 in the long term   
    With enough CPR something can be kept alive a decently long period of time. Remember chest compressions, chest compressions, chest compressions to the beat of "Staying Alive".
     
    Also are you even surprised? Literally every Apple topic ever.. sighhhhhhhhh
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    Derangel got a reaction from Stahlmann in LG says next-generation OLED EX technology delivers improved brightness and accuracy and slimmer bezels   
    Long term burn-in tests have shown that the risk tends to be over-stated. Not that it can’t happen, but OLEDs are nowhere near as prone to it as Plasma was in the past. I’ve had a CX as my monitor since Jan and the only thing I do to reduce the risk of burn-in is to turn it off when I’m going to be away from the computer for a while.
     
    That said, if you turn off all the auto-dimming, brightness limiting, and other features LG uses to reduce burn-in risk you will need to be A LOT more careful and diligent with your usage.
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    Derangel got a reaction from dalekphalm in Meta ordered to sell Giphy by UK regulator   
    Incorrect. Any company that does business in a country MUST abide by the laws of that country. That is how international commerce works. Outside of challenging the ruling in court, Meta can either do what they’re told or cease doing ANY business in the UK. Ignoring the order will make the government levy fines at Meta, which they will have to pay.
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    Derangel got a reaction from WkdPaul in Dbrand pulls PS5 "darkplates" from sale entirely then goes on a Twitter rant   
    I cannot believe this has to be explained but memes are not legal arguments nor do they prove anything.
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