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Ekpyrosis reacted to BondiBlue in You don’t need a new PC
This was overall a pretty disappointing video. Really, using a 7th gen system as the "obsolete" PC? That computer is perfectly capable of running a full copy of Windows 10, no debloating necessary. If the machine came with a mechanical hard drive then an SSD would be a no brainer, but I see zero reason to bother with a modified copy of Windows that could potentially introduce a lot more headaches.
My office computer that I use daily still has an old Core i7-2600, and with a cheap SSD it has zero issues running a full copy of Windows 10 Pro. If this hardware can handle lots of heavy tasks without a hitch then a Kaby Lake machine should do even better. Heck, an old Core 2 Duo will do fine with a regular copy of Windows 10. I just find it silly that Linus thinks a 7th gen machine is super outdated.
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Ekpyrosis got a reaction from Frogster03 in Steam selling adult anime games & not having a full proof way to make sure adults are playing them?
No please don't do that. Not every adult has a credit card.
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Ekpyrosis got a reaction from Roll_Like_Rollo in Experiences with non-techies
My stepfather works in tech support and his clients are generally not the most tech-savvy persons on the earth.
Some dialog that actually happened to him:
(client calls him, seriously alarmed)
"Mr. __, I have deleted the internet."
ironically "I see! So that was you."
It turned out, he actually deleted the desktop shortcut for IE.
(he was standing behind a client, giving her instructions)
"Alright, close the window."
confused "The door as well?"
"Ok, but what does it say on the screen?"
"Dell."
"Mr. __, my printer doesn't work anymore."
"Is it turned on?"
"Of course it is turned on!"
"Ok then, turn it off, please."
"Now... now it's working again."
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Ekpyrosis got a reaction from Roll_Like_Rollo in Experiences with non-techies
A friend of mine called me and asked "Dude, how do I open a .gif? When I open it with Windows Photo Viewer, it won't move."
I answered "Just open it with a browser. You use Chrome, right?"
"Yeah, but what if I don't have internet?"
"Doesn't matter, you don't need internet to browse your local files."
"But, ehm... Chrome doesn't work without internet."
"It does in this case."
So the conversation went on a little bit, but he didn't get it, until I came over and showed him how to browse local files in Chrome. (Rightclick, open with ... and selecting a program is hard it seems, so is drag and dropping something from Windows Explorer into Chrome.) That completely blew his mind, and when I thought that he got it, he asked: "But does this mean that everyone who has Chrome can access my files?"
I couldn't resist to facepalm in this situation.
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Ekpyrosis reacted to LAwLz in Modders already breaking Oculus exclusivity (updated- June 24th 2016)
Can you please stop spewing garbage lies like that? Read the licenses I linked above. They are the legal documents that developers has to follow.
Valve has next to 0 control over OpenVR. Any developer is free to do copy and modify the SDK however they like. With the Oculus SDK however, Oculus has a massive amount of control despite the SDK being open source. An example is that you are not allowed to modify the SDK to work with other headsets, such as the Vive, unless Oculus/Facebook approves of it.
What are you on about? Of course they can make the changes to make the Oculus SDK support the Vive. Do you have any knowledge of software development at all? It doesn't sound like it. How do you think these modders got Oculus games to work on the Vive? It was not by modifying the Vive. It was by intercepting the calls from the Oculus SDK and changing them.
1) Palmer did not confirm it in that post.
2) A Reddit post from a person with vested interest is not a valid source.
3) Palmer is not the one in charge anymore.
4) There is nothing in the licensing agreement (again, the legally binding contract, which is what actually matters here) preventing Oculus from doing it.
You can quote however many statements you want, but the fact still remains that there is absolutely nothing stopping Oculus from doing it. When you develop software you follow the license, and I have already linked the license and it does not prevent Oculus from doing anything. The Oculus license on the other hand, does prevent Valve from making the Oculus SDK work on the Vive. I don't understand how you can find this so hard to understand. All you have to do is look at the legal documents and you will see that Valve aren't preventing anyone from doing anything. It is Oculus who has are blocking things. It is right there in the legally binding documents that I have linked earlier.
Not necessarily. Have you never seen an open source project before? If there are compatibility breaking changes made to the original version of OpenVR then those changes can be incorporated in the forks as well. Nothing in the license prevents it.
When did I say Valve were saints? You are putting words in my mouth and then calling me a fanboy.
I don't want you to criticize Oculus. I want you to stop lying and spreading misinformation. I want you to actually read the licenses for yourself instead of parroting what an employee for Facebook says on Reddit.
Next time you post I would like for you to use sources which are actually legally binding documents. Not a Reddit post from a person with vested interests implying things.
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Ekpyrosis reacted to Yog in Nintendo NX: new rumours
Nintendo is still very relevant to a lot of people. They might not have a lot of third party games, definitely not any important ones, but their first party games are some of the most popular out there and a lot of people still feel it worth buying the consoles for those. Heck, even Luke thinks having a PC and a Wii U is ideal (I'm pretty sure I'm not lying and have heard him say this multiple times). Makes sense to me, considering most third party games eventually make it to the PC and Nintendo probably has the most first party content (and depending on the type of game you like they might have the best).
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Ekpyrosis reacted to LukeTim in FBI backs off of Apple
I so hope that the third party is John McAfee
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Ekpyrosis got a reaction from matrix07012 in Microsoft Has Just Blackmailed Linux Twice in One Single Week and the Media Didn’t Notice or Just Ignored It Because of Microsoft’s Charm Offensives
It's not about insulting, it's about stating things as "facts" that are not facts.
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Ekpyrosis got a reaction from Castdeath97 in Microsoft Has Just Blackmailed Linux Twice in One Single Week and the Media Didn’t Notice or Just Ignored It Because of Microsoft’s Charm Offensives
It's not about insulting, it's about stating things as "facts" that are not facts.
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Ekpyrosis reacted to zMeul in want another reason to keep ADBlock active? how about ransomware .. yep!
please give me all call when someone makes a bootloader out of JAVA
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Ekpyrosis reacted to Curufinwe_wins in Google's Deepmind AI ALPHAGO Hands Historic Second Consecutive Loss to World Champion Go Player
Are you kidding me? You have no idea how insanely impressive this is...
NO ONE IN THE ENTIRE AI COMMUNITY THOUGHT THIS WAS POSSIBLE FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS!
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Ekpyrosis reacted to Deli in Dutch court rules in favour of Samsung, consumers not entitled to updates
Won't buy any Samsung phone. There are other Android phones that have better support.
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Ekpyrosis got a reaction from Dabombinable in Microsoft Has Just Blackmailed Linux Twice in One Single Week and the Media Didn’t Notice or Just Ignored It Because of Microsoft’s Charm Offensives
It's not about insulting, it's about stating things as "facts" that are not facts.
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Ekpyrosis reacted to Prysin in AMD Zen 8 Core 95W Summit Ridge CPUs Launching In October – Already Going Through Validation
oh you're just salty that there is good news about AMD.
Grab an iron and straighten out your panties.
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Ekpyrosis reacted to Nineshadow in Tesla Model S owner fined for high emissions.
If you own an electric car and you have to pay for the emissions generated by the national grid , then if you have a normal car , why don't you also pay for the emissions generated by the extraction of petrol and other processes which bring it to its final form?
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Ekpyrosis reacted to BuckGup in [Confirmed False] Spotify hates WIndows Phone and will stop updating their app for it.
Dang 3 people won't be able to use spotify anymore
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Ekpyrosis reacted to Paralectic in A Regular Inkjet Printer Can be Used to Spoof Galaxy S6's & Honor 7's Fingerprint Sensor
Yeah and they can waterboard you too, nice shitpost.
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Ekpyrosis reacted to ZetZet in Laptop with good screen 800 Euros
http://www.amazon.de/Asus-Zenbook-UX305CA-FC022T-Notebook-M3-6Y30/dp/B017U9H3CG/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1457267759&sr=8-9&keywords=ux305
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Ekpyrosis reacted to Beskamir in New Windows 10 Ads... Highlight What Macs Can't Do
"Search function's so good" lol, someone should tell Microsoft that it's not April 1st.