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They may have disallowed it but you could still do it if you really wanted to.  You could transfer money from your credit card to your bank account / debit card, and then use the exchange.  At least you can in Australia as you can withdraw cash from your credit card and then deposit it into your bank account / debit card (not suggesting anyone should do this btw).

Most people who want to invest on these cryptos don't want to be off the grid, they just want to piggyback off the euphoria of a new market to make money. It just happens to be the case that this new market allows everyone and their mother to become an asset trader.
 
It's not unheard of that society as a whole adopts technologies that revolve around hiding your information, even though the argument that those benefit criminals more so than your average citizen. End-to-end encryption on messaging services is an example: it's about privacy, not about hiding your illegal activity, for most people at least.

I think that's fine though. You wouldn't want to gamble with credit card funds. And for most people getting into crypto is gambling because they don't understand the market or even what cryptos are / how they work. Let alone have any semblance of knowledge in technical analysis

amazon will most likely never accept bitcoin. Bitcoin in and of itself makes a very poor currency, it is slow, and extremely expensive. Alt coins such as ether are much more prone to being widely accepted. Bitcoin is the grand daddy, like the test mule, it tested how everything worked, and we are moving on from there. However bitcoin will never die imho.

Sure let's blame America for something that has been around since the birth of humanity...

What else? Unless it's for folding you either 1) don't need a high end card for it, for example for video editing, or 2) need more than one for some sort of physics simulation or something like that, in which case your employer would take care of that.
Pretty sure when you buy it and it's still in a sealed box that counts as new.
Then you're in a pretty weird situation... if you have the money now but won't have it 6 months from now you probably shouldn't spend it on something unnecessary. Or is someone else paying for it for your birthday or something, in which case it's not even your money you're complaining about?
Repeating it won't make it true.
How much did you even want to spend on this computer? If after buying all that you're left with 1000$ you had clearly budgeted over 2500$ which is more than enough to build a great pc, even if you paid 1400$ for the graphics card alone. "I had to go for a prebuilt" - you make it sound as if you got tortured and finally were forced to give in and buy a prebuilt... and what is the problem with that? Generally prebuilts are more expensive but if you found a better deal there's nothing wrong with it at all. This is one of the most mundane first world problems I've ever heard... <<the 2500$ custom rig I had budgeted would now be 3500$ if I don't make any compromises and I'm ""forced""" to buy a prebuilt>>...

Trading is not all there is to it by a long shot. Even if the speculation is bound to calm down eventually (which will be a good thing for cryptos) there will still be a very practical value in the research behind blockchain technology and its new applications. Blockchains don't work without miners. Cryptos are not just currencies, I wish people would inform themselves more before condemning the whole idea based on hearsay and personal frustrations.

This is a highly unlikely aspect. Most governments only want their cut, aka taxes. As well most big business, and government is adopting block chain technology to be put to use, also most big powers have stake in cryptocurrency. I know for a fact that both the Canadian and US governments own cryptocurrency. All the hype, and all the talk about bans/regulation is just hype about them wanting their cut. It would be difficult to stop mining all together, and even if an exhange is illegal in your country, it doesnt stop use of the currency, it means you have to go on a vacation to convert to fiat, or use the currency as is.

That's generally not the case, especially if you know what to buy and from where. Last generation nvidia cards in particular are a steal at the moment and have most likely not been used for mining. Either way, that's your problem, no matter how much you try to convince the industry it's theirs.
Which crypto are you talking about? Bitcoin hasn't been mined with GPUs since 2014 and there are dozens of projects emerging on a weekly basis. GPU miners don't have all their eggs in one basket and it's likely there will be some use for gpu mining for a long time. Either way, this concern is what's keeping manufacturers from just doubling their production. As I said, the market will stabilize once it's clear whether or not the gpu hoarding will be a long term trend. In the meanwhile, relax and enjoy what you have or can afford.

I don't see a correlation considering I don't mine and I play more videogames than I probably should. But sure, if reading the truth makes you hate miners that's your prerogative. Just don't bring the whole "gamers" category down with you, we've had quite enough of that I believe. As for Trump... again, what's the connection...?
Please, let's not act like suddenly we are unable to buy and play videogames on pc because the brand spanking new high end cards are too expensive. The used market is stil a thing and if we can't afford 4k ultra that's too bad, but we can probably survive...
Even if the number of people just giving up on pc gaming altogether was high enough to make a difference (it isn't and the market is growing constantly), game devs don't get a say in what tech giants do.
Yes, join us in the 2% of the desktop userbase... Microsoft doesn't care if individual tech enthusiasts buy windows or not. They make their money with prebuilts and enterprise customers who want ms office and 24/7 hotline support. And once again, even if they cared they don't really get a say in what nvidia, amd or their board partners do.
The demand does reflect in how high the manufacturers set their prices as well, it's not only in retail. Manufacturers also benefit from selling all their stock as soon as it's produced. They definitely aren't going to complain.
That doesn't matter if they sell 90% of their products to miners.
Yes, and this is the only reason you still see some retailers making an effort to appease to gamers, but you have to realize this is the best you're going to get for the time being.

Boohoo, my toys are getting too expensive because people use them for research and legitimate purposes... as much as you'd like to believe otherwise, the tech world doesn't care about the small minority looking to buy 600$ cards to play videogames. They'll cater to you if they believe you're the only one willing to spend that much on a toy, but don't think for a second they're in any way invested in offering special prices just for you. Sure, local retailers might be to retain costumer trust, but in the end your favorite time wasters are a luxury, not a right, and even an extra 1000$ from individual customers are peanuts to tech giants.
 
I understand and share your frustration but your attitude makes us all look like entitled children. We can either wait for the market to normalize, as it has always done eventually, or throw a fit, making us all look like idiots in the process and achieving absolutely nothing. Right now we can only rely on the good will of these companies if we want the situation to normalize faster, if we nag them too much they might just decide that maybe dealing with us is not worth the meager profit and to start marketing to miners specifically.

And it has been true every time.
I think most people don't fully understand the concept of "bubble". When we talk about "the housing bubble", it doesn't mean that houses will stop existing.
 
Not really, not at this point and in its current form.
There was a great article explaining this at length and much better than I could in a few sentences, but I cannot find it right now1 
 
This is indeed a possible, albeit incomplete way to view money
 
1PS: I found it!
https://blog.chain.com/a-letter-to-jamie-dimon-de89d417cb80

Turns out you can - or rather, you can know for sure that it is more than they have earned from doing it, since the impact of piracy on sales is negligible and in fact a net positive in some cases.
https://gizmodo.com/the-eu-suppressed-a-300-page-study-that-found-piracy-do-1818629537

Entirely agree regarding trying Linux if you are wanting an OS and are trying to reduce costs.  Different people I am sure will have different opinions, however I recently converted an old laptop of mine to Linux and found Ubuntu 17.10 really easy to setup and use.

OpenGL/Vulcan is for the graphic APIs, you still need a "foundation" that a program is develop on.
 
And all of those aren't the point of UWP. You want UWP to be cross platform. It isn't. It is Universal to Windows 10 Platforms, as the name implies. Meaning: Windows 10 IoT, desktop, laptop, tablets running Windows 10, Windows 10 Mobile (which is in end of life), HoloLens, and XBox One series of systems.
 
It is a sandbox platform that a developer can choose to implement their app in various ways. From Win32 container app. To a full native UWP app which includes GUI which is high-DPI aware, touch aware, pen aware, with pen and tip inking support, GPU accelerated.
 
Sure it does. It is different. He didn't explain any details why the new apps and Settings panel is bad from a design point of view.
 
Oh ok. I never knew that Windows APIs and Linux API are the same APIs coded by the same people, and works identically in every single way. Good to know.
 
Sure and the Linux network stack is the same as Windows. Same for the registry.
 
I can't find anything in the Feedback hub on this issue. But if you face a problem. Post it there with details, and maybe it might get fix in the future version of Windows.
 
Excellent, we agree that isn't a problem then.
 

I think this petition is putting the cart before the horse a bit: Other than the already failed Windows RT or whatever it was called, as long as you can keep using x32 and x32_64 apps normally there's nothing to complain.
 
Otherwise you sound like "Let's remove a optional new thing I don't like because I don't like it" well it's optional so don't use it.
 
Now if you want to make the argument that Windows wants to eventually phase out traditional apps in favor of UWP you'd be correct, but you have to wait until more overt measures are taken like "Microsoft just paid Adobe to stop supporting and releasing normal apps, it's all UWP now" or something equally bad like breaking current functionality of standard apps today.
 
The chromebook ripoff they're trying could be a potential, more overt move but even then it's hardware specific and you wouldn't want to run many non-UWP apps on such low specs anyways.

Sorry, you can't make that possible, unless you build Java. We have Java already, why build it again, which you know it will be inferior no matter who works on it, due to teh massive amount years Java is in the works.
 
Actually, doesn't mean you make a UWP app that it will run under ARM Windows either. It still needs to be compiled by the developer.
 
 
So you don't like change, just because it is different?  Not being mean, but that is what I am getting here.
The problem with the Settings panel is that it is all in the works as things are ported over. Once everything is ported, a better structure of where to place what can be better set, and you can see this with every version of Windows 10. Compare Settings panel from Windows 10 at release to now, and it now is better. I't snot excellent, as they are still many things to port and do, but better than before.
 
That has nothing to do with UWP
 
If Cortana bugs you, then I have some good news. Things will change. I don't know when if its next version or the following. But Cortana is being experimented to be in the Action Center instead of the search.
 
How so? You can make a Win32 ARM version of your program for Windows 10 for ARM.
 
I guess you mean across Linux and Windows, in that case, absolutely not. You are introducing a thick layer of API conversions. And Linux doesn't work the same way as Windows in so many different things that even API translations is not even enough on many things. And you don't have 1-to-1 API translation either.
 
 
Suspended state. Like your phone. Nothing is closed. The logic goes, why do you need to use your SSD or HDD when you leave the app partially loaded to accelerate future loading. You'll re-open the app eventually.
 
C:\Users\<Account Name>\AppData\Local\Packages
 
No. You can download and install UWP outside like normal Win32 programs. The option is in Settings > Update & Security > Developer Mode. You'll notice that Side-Loading is enabled by default.
 
UWP is more involved than Win32. They are a lot of layers, and uses the GPU as well to draw the interface. Yes, "it is more than a calculator needs", But you can say the same with Win32 app of calculator, compared to Win16 (Pre-Windows 95  platform), compared to MS-DOS
 
 
I care, I like the new features over the old one, and I actually it a lot. Easy once a day on average.
 
 
Default apps, as always, can't be removed officially. You can't remove WMP12, calculator, Notepad, Wordpad or IE on older versions of Windows.
 
It doesn't. It only does when your other app doesn't register the app properly following Microsoft documentation.
 
 
That won't happen for soo many reasons, but I'll challenge you: Is that a problem with your Android phone or tablet or iPhone or iPad?
 

Cool story, bro. Except when it comes to computers actually the opposite is true: things change much more slowly than they used to. Between 1985 and 1995 we went from 8-bit computers running from their ROM to PCs running Windows 95 in hard drives, all through DOS and booting from floppies in between. Between 2007 and 2017 we went from Core 2 quads running Windows XP/Vista on Sata HDDs to i7 quads running Windows 7/10 Sata SSDs.
As tends to happen with the life cycle of technologies, the rate of change in IT seems pretty concave to me.
 
Regarding OP: I don't understand the mania to "petition" to private companies (not that I'm all that positive about petitioning in general, but if at least was about public institutions...). Companies design products, which may succeed of fail depending on attracting some audience. Either way, you don't need to be part of that audience. Stop acting like everything is forced on you, you make your own choices, and it's no one's responsibility to make your choices "trade-off free".
Trying to force companies to stop doing something you are not interested in is going beyond your freedom to not use their products, and overstepping into others' freedom to use them if they like them. To each its own.
And if a company does something illegal or otherwise misbehaves, then turn to legal action or ask the relevant authorities for better regulation.
 

I listened to what Linus and Luke said in the WAN show and am really reassured by it.  My view is that censorship is almost always inherently bad (though I do agree with restricting content to people of a minimum age) and that it should be the individual watching to make the decision about whether to watch it or not.  I have found many times that by watching or listening to something I don't agree with that I have at least gained a better understanding of the entire topic.
 
 

Let me fix this. From A business standpoint its fucking stupid for retailers. 
 
AMD and Nvidia are not getting the extra money. Retailers are the ones raising the prices. AMD and Nvidia are most likely still charging the same amount they have always charged retailers. The reason why Nvidia is responding this way, is their reputation is going to shit. Its not people saying Damn best buy, new egg and amazon over these prices. Every one is blaming the GPU manufactures. The fact is, they aint going to build new factories because Cryto currencies is a crock of shit and is too volatile for them to trust that it will be here in the near future. With what South Korea, China and Brazil have been doing the last week or so. 
 
At the end of the day they have gamer's and miners. Who do you think is the most stable purchasers out of that group? Id say gamer's. Because what happens when the who crypto currency thing crashes big? All though people are going to stop buying cards. By gamer's not getting cards, they then look for alternatives. PC is not the only gaming platform, hell I recently picked up a Switch, with Zelda and Mario. While Nvidia makes the Tegra CPU for that, I guarantee they make more money on graphics cards. They are trying to not piss off the PC gamer's any more. 
 
But there are no way that retailers can reasonably stop miners from buying cards. Because the decade of customer service experience I have says people lie. Plus unless they are planing on taking down peoples ID numbers and having a data base, they cant stop people from going to multiple stores and buying a shit load of cards. 

Not really. Fake news is literally news that is fake. It would be a news report that is made up or factually inaccurate to the point where anything in it is dubious at best. Bringing the bs term into things just makes it political because is it a political term used by people to try and make a  news article seem untrustworthy,  regardless of the actual content of the article.

Umm, no it isn't. Its a PR stunt, but let's not bring retarded bullshit like "fake news" into things. Political bullshit does not belong. Nvidia said it, therefore it is real. Them not being able to enforce it (especially because retailers won't care) does not make it "fake news", it just makes it a PR stunt.

What are you talking about?  Gaming is literally 50% of nVidia's revenue:
 

 
https://wccftech.com/nvidia-second-quarter-2017-fy-18-analysis/

It really isn't 'Fucking Stupid', you're just short sighted.  In the short term, sure, sales are sales as far as nVidia is concerned.  But large companies like this aren't purely operating in the short term, they are running a long game and building their brand names and the recognition of those brands is critical to that.

Mining eating up sales and making GPU units more scarce can and will push consumers to other options.  Since AMD is also getting hit, the most likely move is to NOT upgrade at all.  This leads to game devs considering 'the state of the market's hardware' and if it's been stunted, they won't develop games to better utilize next generation hardware because too few are buying into that hardware.  So a year or two from now you could have your flagship 'GTX 1180' or 'GTX 1280' that too few own.  So now you have the demand from mining dropping off and consumers are like 'Should I upgrade to the NEW GPU now that it's affordable?' and so many people and tech channels and everything else will be all 'Probably not, game GPU demand has patented for three years.  Your 3 year old GPU is basically just as good as it was new.  Maybe wait another year for devs to get more aggressive again?'  A scenario like that, in the long term, is BAD for the plan.  ...You just have to think beyond 'right now' before you declare it 'fucking stupid'.

Our blatant integration of sponsors and shamelessness about monetizing our content is a big part of the reason we've been able to expand our team and grow at the rate that we have over the last 5 years.
 

 
Not everyone will agree with the creative choices we've made, and not every video is going to please everyone, but by and large things are going well.
 
With that said, we do take complaints like this seriously, and we'll keep this feedback in mind for the future.