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This stinks of "bro culture". Both the clip I watched with the joke, and some of the replies in this thread.
 
My opinion is that it is very poor taste to joke about these kinds of things in general, and especially when you work at a company accused of sexual harassment. It's not a good look and comes across as
1) not taking the situation seriously (maybe they think everyone has forgotten?) and
2) lacking self awareness. 
But I also find the overall humor of LTT to be very cringe and boring as well so maybe I am not the target demographic. "haha they said the same joke for the 100th time xD" "LOL 69, that's the sex number!", "lttstore.com lttstore.com lttstore.com xD". 
 
 
Anyway, I am getting pretty fucking sick and tired of the "watch something else" responses. It's such a cop out answer because you could say that about basically anything, and it doesn't address the actual complaints. People use it as some kind of card they pull when they can't actually respond to the criticism raised but they still feel like they need to defend some company/person. If you don't like this thread then stop reading it. See how stupid it is? It's basically like telling someone "shut the fuck up". It's not a clever responsive, it doesn't address anything said, and it is rude. 
 
 
People need to stop thinking that people who complain are some kind of enemy. Complaints oftentimes comes from a place of love. OP is an LTT viewer and raised their opinion on how LTT can improve their content. That's not something you do maliciously. It's the people who don't think any criticism is valid and will always lick the boots of whichever company or person they have an unhealthy obsession with that are the real danger. You might not agree with their opinion, but if that's the case then say that. Don't say "you are not welcome here if you don't like the same things I like, and I like everything X does". 

Well, further adding to confusion of what Apple's change of policy means, on Sunday Apple approved a Game Boy Emulator (https://www.macrumors.com/2024/04/14/game-boy-emulator-in-app-store/) but then pulled it for violating the company's App Review Guidelines related to spam (section 4.3) and copyright (section 5.2), but it did not provide any specific details (https://www.macrumors.com/2024/04/15/apple-removes-igba-from-app-store/)
 
Apparently the GB emulator in question was a ripoff of GBA4iOS, so the copyright violation in question may, or may not, have been of the emulator itself.
 
Personally, the fact that it was initially approved makes me think they're opened up to 3rd party emulators,  but it's certainly not cut and dry that that's the case.

I don't see this as a big deal.
You're already handing away biometric data and seem to be fine with that, and I believe the fingerprint to be more sensitive data than your face.
 
I also see this as possibly speeding up the process compared to fingerprints.
 
Sadly, i also see McDonalds as being a place where employees are less than trustworthy and could use some more monitoring. A lot of young teenagers who try to cheat a bit.
 
Outside of some wording (which is hard to tell without reading the full contract) I see this as a non issue.

I don't see this as a big deal.
You're already handing away biometric data and seem to be fine with that, and I believe the fingerprint to be more sensitive data than your face.
 
I also see this as possibly speeding up the process compared to fingerprints.
 
Sadly, i also see McDonalds as being a place where employees are less than trustworthy and could use some more monitoring. A lot of young teenagers who try to cheat a bit.
 
Outside of some wording (which is hard to tell without reading the full contract) I see this as a non issue.

I don't see this as a big deal.
You're already handing away biometric data and seem to be fine with that, and I believe the fingerprint to be more sensitive data than your face.
 
I also see this as possibly speeding up the process compared to fingerprints.
 
Sadly, i also see McDonalds as being a place where employees are less than trustworthy and could use some more monitoring. A lot of young teenagers who try to cheat a bit.
 
Outside of some wording (which is hard to tell without reading the full contract) I see this as a non issue.

I don't see this as a big deal.
You're already handing away biometric data and seem to be fine with that, and I believe the fingerprint to be more sensitive data than your face.
 
I also see this as possibly speeding up the process compared to fingerprints.
 
Sadly, i also see McDonalds as being a place where employees are less than trustworthy and could use some more monitoring. A lot of young teenagers who try to cheat a bit.
 
Outside of some wording (which is hard to tell without reading the full contract) I see this as a non issue.

The idea that this is to comply with the DMA doesn't make much sense. The DMA, if anything, would require them to make it easier to change the browser. Not harder. 
 
This is just Microsoft trying to block programs from making it easy for users to change their default browser. They want it to require as many clicks as possible. 
Firefox and Brave found a way to set themselves as the default without having to go through the defaults app settings page (where Microsoft asks you multiple time if you are reeeally sure you don't want Edge as the default). Instead in Firefox and Brave you just had to click, inside the programs, "set this as my default browser", similar to how it worked before Windows 10.
Microsoft doesn't want to make it easy for users to change. They will say that they do it for security reasons, but that is bullshit. They time and time again try and make it hard to change. Even if there was some legitimacy to their security argument (which I personally don't think there is), it's pretty clear that security isn't their driving motivator. It's control and making people use Edge (and Bing) that is. 

My concern here is that copyright law already abused by the holders. I still wonder why generative AI is held to a different standard than humans. As humans, we consume copyrighted content all the time, but we're not prevented from generating works in areas where we have seen copyrighted content, with or without royalties. It is inevitable that seeing those would have contributed however little. As long as the AI system doesn't have perfect memory, how is it any different? That is, it learns the concept of a cat rather than memorises a specific picture of a cat. Systems that require specific and exact knowledge it could make some sense.
 
I look forward to a chatbot not telling me "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."

The idea that this is to comply with the DMA doesn't make much sense. The DMA, if anything, would require them to make it easier to change the browser. Not harder. 
 
This is just Microsoft trying to block programs from making it easy for users to change their default browser. They want it to require as many clicks as possible. 
Firefox and Brave found a way to set themselves as the default without having to go through the defaults app settings page (where Microsoft asks you multiple time if you are reeeally sure you don't want Edge as the default). Instead in Firefox and Brave you just had to click, inside the programs, "set this as my default browser", similar to how it worked before Windows 10.
Microsoft doesn't want to make it easy for users to change. They will say that they do it for security reasons, but that is bullshit. They time and time again try and make it hard to change. Even if there was some legitimacy to their security argument (which I personally don't think there is), it's pretty clear that security isn't their driving motivator. It's control and making people use Edge (and Bing) that is. 

Replying to you, but I think everyone interested in the timeline of Asus f**kery is welcome to read this reply.

Advertised or not, the feature existed:


 


I personally ordered my Zenfone 9 after that:

 
I didn't use the bootloader unlocker immediately because:

 
My original plan was to unlock it after Asus stopped pushing out updates.
I was fully aware it was going to receive only 2 years of updates, and I was ok with that as long as I could unlock my bootloader and load something else.

~Mid 2023 the unlock device app stops working, because it relies on Asus backend to operate.
A mod on the Asus forum (zentalk.asus.com) then says:

 
Also:

 

 
Anyhow, Q3 passes and:

(which is a huge pile of BS if you ask me)
 
This is what the "broken promise" refers to, they gave the tool, took it away, said it would be coming back and then it didn't.

Oh, but there is more... An unofficial way of unlocking it was found out and shared on XDA.
Next Zenfone 9 updated removed that option:
They went above and beyond...
So much so that I will not be buying anything Asus for a very, very long time.

Was this an advertised feature/function? The article says it was a broken "promise" but with the (very limited) Google searching I did I never really found any promise from Asus regarding this.
 
I think it is also worth noting that he didn't win the court case. Asus decided to settle.
Basically, instead of actually taking this to court Asus just gave him a refund. It would probably have been more expensive for Asus to hire a lawyer and have that person represent them in court than to just pay the guy who tried to sue them. The total settlement was less than 1000 dollars.

The idea that this is to comply with the DMA doesn't make much sense. The DMA, if anything, would require them to make it easier to change the browser. Not harder. 
 
This is just Microsoft trying to block programs from making it easy for users to change their default browser. They want it to require as many clicks as possible. 
Firefox and Brave found a way to set themselves as the default without having to go through the defaults app settings page (where Microsoft asks you multiple time if you are reeeally sure you don't want Edge as the default). Instead in Firefox and Brave you just had to click, inside the programs, "set this as my default browser", similar to how it worked before Windows 10.
Microsoft doesn't want to make it easy for users to change. They will say that they do it for security reasons, but that is bullshit. They time and time again try and make it hard to change. Even if there was some legitimacy to their security argument (which I personally don't think there is), it's pretty clear that security isn't their driving motivator. It's control and making people use Edge (and Bing) that is. 

The idea that this is to comply with the DMA doesn't make much sense. The DMA, if anything, would require them to make it easier to change the browser. Not harder. 
 
This is just Microsoft trying to block programs from making it easy for users to change their default browser. They want it to require as many clicks as possible. 
Firefox and Brave found a way to set themselves as the default without having to go through the defaults app settings page (where Microsoft asks you multiple time if you are reeeally sure you don't want Edge as the default). Instead in Firefox and Brave you just had to click, inside the programs, "set this as my default browser", similar to how it worked before Windows 10.
Microsoft doesn't want to make it easy for users to change. They will say that they do it for security reasons, but that is bullshit. They time and time again try and make it hard to change. Even if there was some legitimacy to their security argument (which I personally don't think there is), it's pretty clear that security isn't their driving motivator. It's control and making people use Edge (and Bing) that is. 

The idea that this is to comply with the DMA doesn't make much sense. The DMA, if anything, would require them to make it easier to change the browser. Not harder. 
 
This is just Microsoft trying to block programs from making it easy for users to change their default browser. They want it to require as many clicks as possible. 
Firefox and Brave found a way to set themselves as the default without having to go through the defaults app settings page (where Microsoft asks you multiple time if you are reeeally sure you don't want Edge as the default). Instead in Firefox and Brave you just had to click, inside the programs, "set this as my default browser", similar to how it worked before Windows 10.
Microsoft doesn't want to make it easy for users to change. They will say that they do it for security reasons, but that is bullshit. They time and time again try and make it hard to change. Even if there was some legitimacy to their security argument (which I personally don't think there is), it's pretty clear that security isn't their driving motivator. It's control and making people use Edge (and Bing) that is. 

The idea that this is to comply with the DMA doesn't make much sense. The DMA, if anything, would require them to make it easier to change the browser. Not harder. 
 
This is just Microsoft trying to block programs from making it easy for users to change their default browser. They want it to require as many clicks as possible. 
Firefox and Brave found a way to set themselves as the default without having to go through the defaults app settings page (where Microsoft asks you multiple time if you are reeeally sure you don't want Edge as the default). Instead in Firefox and Brave you just had to click, inside the programs, "set this as my default browser", similar to how it worked before Windows 10.
Microsoft doesn't want to make it easy for users to change. They will say that they do it for security reasons, but that is bullshit. They time and time again try and make it hard to change. Even if there was some legitimacy to their security argument (which I personally don't think there is), it's pretty clear that security isn't their driving motivator. It's control and making people use Edge (and Bing) that is. 

Quality content for all ages.

PS
Mods, I know this image might fit "Post Linus Memes Here" thread, but I believe it would be out of context there.
Also, I feel like some of the members here need visual aids. 😆

You aren't going to learn anything if we just do the homework for you.
 
What part are you having trouble with?
 
Or completely re-explaining the theory behind IPv4 subnetting.
 
It's one of those things that seems absolutely baffling until it just "clicks".
 
One hint: A /25 netmask has half as many available IPs as a /24, a /26 has half as many as a /25, and every subnet loses two available addresses to the broadcast address and gateway no matter how big it is.

ASUS do have a UK store, but the article doesn't mention whether it was bought directly from there.
 
The fact that they settled doesn't set a *legal* precedent, but it does set a precedent - that they are likely to settle similar cases.
 
Unless they have thousands of people all trying to get refunds, I imagine ASUS will probably just do the same thing they did for this case.

That's a good point. With a big IANAL there are some factors that leave questions open. This is based on my limited understanding of UK law.
 
Do Asus sell directly? Generally a consumer contract is between a buyer and seller. If a product does not perform as claimed, you go back to the seller, which is not necessarily the manufacturer.
 
The loser of a case will pay the winners reasonable costs. So if Asus needed a lawyer, and they were confident of winning, they could claim the cost back. This might not cover all costs though, I'm not sure how it would work on indirect costs or things that are harder to quantify. So Asus settling could be for one or more of many possible reasons: 1, they were not confident of winning, 2, presumably the entity was Asus UK, and they might not be well set up to fight such a case and just want it to go away as quickly as possible. 3, they may have thought the publicity resulting from this would be worse than settling.
 
The article in OP said it sets a precedent. It doesn't, at least not in a legal sense of the term. I think a ruling from a higher court would be required. The Small Claims Court is probably the lowest tier, meant to be accessible and low cost for "small" disputes.

It would be very difficult to help you with this assignment without just doing all the work for you.

Was this an advertised feature/function? The article says it was a broken "promise" but with the (very limited) Google searching I did I never really found any promise from Asus regarding this.
 
I think it is also worth noting that he didn't win the court case. Asus decided to settle.
Basically, instead of actually taking this to court Asus just gave him a refund. It would probably have been more expensive for Asus to hire a lawyer and have that person represent them in court than to just pay the guy who tried to sue them. The total settlement was less than 1000 dollars.

Was this an advertised feature/function? The article says it was a broken "promise" but with the (very limited) Google searching I did I never really found any promise from Asus regarding this.
 
I think it is also worth noting that he didn't win the court case. Asus decided to settle.
Basically, instead of actually taking this to court Asus just gave him a refund. It would probably have been more expensive for Asus to hire a lawyer and have that person represent them in court than to just pay the guy who tried to sue them. The total settlement was less than 1000 dollars.

Was this an advertised feature/function? The article says it was a broken "promise" but with the (very limited) Google searching I did I never really found any promise from Asus regarding this.
 
I think it is also worth noting that he didn't win the court case. Asus decided to settle.
Basically, instead of actually taking this to court Asus just gave him a refund. It would probably have been more expensive for Asus to hire a lawyer and have that person represent them in court than to just pay the guy who tried to sue them. The total settlement was less than 1000 dollars.

Was this an advertised feature/function? The article says it was a broken "promise" but with the (very limited) Google searching I did I never really found any promise from Asus regarding this.
 
I think it is also worth noting that he didn't win the court case. Asus decided to settle.
Basically, instead of actually taking this to court Asus just gave him a refund. It would probably have been more expensive for Asus to hire a lawyer and have that person represent them in court than to just pay the guy who tried to sue them. The total settlement was less than 1000 dollars.

This stinks of "bro culture". Both the clip I watched with the joke, and some of the replies in this thread.
 
My opinion is that it is very poor taste to joke about these kinds of things in general, and especially when you work at a company accused of sexual harassment. It's not a good look and comes across as
1) not taking the situation seriously (maybe they think everyone has forgotten?) and
2) lacking self awareness. 
But I also find the overall humor of LTT to be very cringe and boring as well so maybe I am not the target demographic. "haha they said the same joke for the 100th time xD" "LOL 69, that's the sex number!", "lttstore.com lttstore.com lttstore.com xD". 
 
 
Anyway, I am getting pretty fucking sick and tired of the "watch something else" responses. It's such a cop out answer because you could say that about basically anything, and it doesn't address the actual complaints. People use it as some kind of card they pull when they can't actually respond to the criticism raised but they still feel like they need to defend some company/person. If you don't like this thread then stop reading it. See how stupid it is? It's basically like telling someone "shut the fuck up". It's not a clever responsive, it doesn't address anything said, and it is rude. 
 
 
People need to stop thinking that people who complain are some kind of enemy. Complaints oftentimes comes from a place of love. OP is an LTT viewer and raised their opinion on how LTT can improve their content. That's not something you do maliciously. It's the people who don't think any criticism is valid and will always lick the boots of whichever company or person they have an unhealthy obsession with that are the real danger. You might not agree with their opinion, but if that's the case then say that. Don't say "you are not welcome here if you don't like the same things I like, and I like everything X does".