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I would like to see a location in Salt Lake City UT. My wife might disagree though. 

My local district uses chrome books too. And I wish I could just provide them with a laptop that was actually useable. Although our district lets the kids keep them if you pay the tech fee for 4 years. My oldest just got through her first one. 

Allow me to put my tin foil hat on for a moment.  
 

Given California’s very staunch anti-2A stance, this was done on purpose to give access to anti gun groups but with an easy way to cover it up. 
 

back to reality. This is really bad and I don’t see any calls for whoever discovered the issue to be prosecuted like in Missouri. At least not yet I suppose. 

I think they are seeing some writing on the wall in terms of possible legislative action. It’s better to get ahead of this now than wait for the courts to get involved. And especially with the FTC having said new laws weren’t really necessary for right to repair, just actual enforcement. 

1 hour ago, Eigenvektor said:

The tape workaround would be easy to fix. No image? No game. I wonder if it requires an "always-on" camera, or just a one-time image to unlock. If it's an always on camera you'd have to tape the image to your forehead

I actually think ATMs work this way. I had one on a college campus that would refuse to accept the correct pin because the camera was blocked by my hand. It was by accident at first but then on purpose to see. Once I moved my hand the same pin magically worked just fine. 

While I like and enjoy my current Apple Watch. That new potential design looks good to me. 

Looks like it’s time to fire up vpn and get some updates done

4 minutes ago, RainfallWithin said:

There have already been a number of huge fines handed to organisations by regulatory authorities over data breaches due to insufficient security and encryption since GDPR's implementation date on 2018-05-25. It would be ironic to see more organisations experiencing data breaches if a new law forced backdoors, which would lead to more huge fines.

I want personal devices not so much organizations. Like the raunchy sexting photos sent between them and their spouses or mistresses. Messages about back door dealings. Expose everything! 

18 minutes ago, WereCat said:

Again? They just won't stop until it eventually passes won't they?...

 

Look...the only way we get this to stop is for it to actually go through. And then have their personal devices compromised directly as a result of it and all their dirty dealings and secrets openly published. Then point to their legislation and show them how they fundamentally Allowed it to

happen to themselves. At that point they either repeal the law. Or they never have privacy again and are forever under public scrutiny 

6 hours ago, sub68 said:

This is why I like digital copies (ie the file mp4 or what ever) or physical copies.

not viewing though said app

Exactly right here. I can work with digital downloads. Long as I get the file to store and back up. If I lose the file then that’s on me. 

6 hours ago, Monkey Dust said:

DVDs & Blurays may be old school, but they have their advantages. 

Such as they can be ripped to digital versions?

20 hours ago, manikyath said:

how is 30% of ice cream machines in new york broken? do they not do maintenance at all?

A lot of time it’s “broken” is likely for maintenance. Especially if you go there the same day of the week and roughly the same time. Our machine had two maintenance cycles. Daily was done automatically at 2am. And weekly tear down and deep clean I did on Thursday at 9pm. 

17 hours ago, DeScruff said:

• Cleaning these things is a pain in the ass, and is a time consuming process.
• Usually there is only like 1 or 2 people in a place who actually know how to take the thing apart, clean it, and put it back together.
• Those who do know how to "clean" it, only know how to do a barebones cleaning. (So its always really nasty)
• These machine have a 'warm up' time that takes 10-20 minutes.

I have worked McDonald’s. And I was one of the few at my McDonald’s who knew how to tear it down. Clean it. Sanitize it. And reassemble. I still got calls from crew for almost a year after I quit asking for help to put it back together. It would take me 2 hours minimum every Thursday starting around 9pm to do the weekly maintenance. And then I would have to spot check the syrup lines to ensure shake calibration was correct. I also handled the McCafé machines...let’s just say you don’t ever want to see the drain for those two machines

This actually is infuriating. I have Minecraft accounts for all 3 of my kids. And now I have to go make all three new accounts to link to. Wtf

3 hours ago, FloRolf said:

Meanwhile my 3900X heats up like a motherf#cker with a 240 AIO. Maybe it's just my Chip but I really wouldn't want another 50% power pumping through my sad loop. 

I had that issue when I first put my 3900x into my system. Took cooler off, remounted and problem went away luckily. And I only use a 120mm AIO

Part of me thinks they are blaming yields to make investors...content with the reduction. But I wouldn’t be surprised to find out it was because they expect lower demand given the pandemic

2 minutes ago, EridanusSV said:

Might be able to get a complete 64GB RAM set instead of waiting for the next paycheck. This is dope.

For real! I’m always down for cheaper hardware that still performs great. Might be time to plan that server build and start snagging parts 

1 minute ago, TheTechWizardThatNeedsHelp said:

Also, if Epic does win the lawsuit, I wonder if you could finnaly buy stuff through the Amazon apps on a iPhone, instead of going through safari.

Literally so annoying. Like I wanna rent this movie. Oh I have to log in somewhere else to rent it so I can watch it on my phone

3 minutes ago, The89Lunder said:

But all the server capacity Apples has backing the App Store.

Fast downloades and updates, notifications and so forth. Apple has expenses too, and they are also a company that wants to make money. (Or rather steal them these days, but that is a topic for another thread)

 

Something I have thought about. What if Apple had tiered approach. 30% and Apple will let you list it. And will host the app file. And handle updates etc. 
 

but you can opt for say 10% instead and you have to handle the app file download and updates. Apple just lists it (think torrent tracker) so users can fairly easily find it. The small time basement dwelling devs will probably start at the 30%. But companies like epic could easily handle the infrastructure for their apps and opt for a lower fee

2 minutes ago, Jet_ski said:

Can someone clarify if Epic is paying 30% fee on the in-app purchases etc? I thought the fee drops to 10-15% after the first year.

Only in the case of recurring annual subscription charges

12 minutes ago, RorzNZ said:

Third party app stores without a jailbreak do exist, and you can install web apps just fine. You would have to define an application as being explicitly a program from the App Store. 

Please do tell of these iOS app stores that don’t require a jailbreak to acquire 

10 hours ago, AdrianMstr said:

This also applies to Floatplane.

 

The reason why floatplane on iOS hasn't been updated for months is because Apple wants them to add a in-app purchase for the subscription in the App,

 

This wasn't enforced until now

 

They could add it. And then all of us just never pay for it in app

Am I the only one who wants an iPad Pro feature set but in the iPad mini form factor? No? Great. Apple can you just get on that already

6 hours ago, RejZoR said:

Damn, 2 years already for RTX cards? I'm forgetting how old my GTX 1080Ti is becoming...

I have a 980 Ti at home. And a 970 in my rig in the work truck. I’m due for upgrades myself too. End of the year or early next year hopefully. I’m just now getting my FX8350 upgraded at home...

Ooooh finally! This will be the reason I get an iPad. and probably the pro model. Just be one more reason you don’t need a full laptop. I doubt this makes it to iPhone though, to me that would be to small of a screen for any useful work. 

I haven’t even upgraded to a platform requiring DDR4 yet