Intoxicus

No.  

It can be possible for Steve to use valid criticisms as a basis for an attack piece.
 
It's a classic play where you take a partial truth, or even a full truth, and reframe it into an ad hominem attack.
 
Steve has been taking an increasingly adversarial and overly critical stance over the past few years. And it seems like he has the bias of "big equals bad."
 
I saw the early brewing of this with the "Trust Me Bro" video he did.
 
He feels threatened by Linus and Labs and this is his way of trying to level the playing field.
 
Linus is correct. It's a dick move to not fact check this properly and blindside Linus like this.
 
Steve knows this. And he did it intentionally.
 
Steve wants drama and division. It's literally strait out of the 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene. You attack a larger entity to gain attention and social leverage. It's an old power play tactic, you see it all the time.
 
Linus fucked up. Yeah.
 
But Steve is going out of his way to blow it out proportion to effectively sabotage LMG and Labs.
 
Labs is a massive threat to GN in Steve's mind. Which is toxic competition. He's brewing unnecessary drama out of fears and insecurity.
 
If it really truly was about the high horse ethical considerations he would have approached this very differently. And much more respectfully.
 
 

It can be possible for Steve to use valid criticisms as a basis for an attack piece.
 
It's a classic play where you take a partial truth, or even a full truth, and reframe it into an ad hominem attack.
 
Steve has been taking an increasingly adversarial and overly critical stance over the past few years. And it seems like he has the bias of "big equals bad."
 
I saw the early brewing of this with the "Trust Me Bro" video he did.
 
He feels threatened by Linus and Labs and this is his way of trying to level the playing field.
 
Linus is correct. It's a dick move to not fact check this properly and blindside Linus like this.
 
Steve knows this. And he did it intentionally.
 
Steve wants drama and division. It's literally strait out of the 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene. You attack a larger entity to gain attention and social leverage. It's an old power play tactic, you see it all the time.
 
Linus fucked up. Yeah.
 
But Steve is going out of his way to blow it out proportion to effectively sabotage LMG and Labs.
 
Labs is a massive threat to GN in Steve's mind. Which is toxic competition. He's brewing unnecessary drama out of fears and insecurity.
 
If it really truly was about the high horse ethical considerations he would have approached this very differently. And much more respectfully.
 
 

Exactly.
 
Steve new what hew was doing and did it intentionally.
 
 

It can be possible for Steve to use valid criticisms as a basis for an attack piece.
 
It's a classic play where you take a partial truth, or even a full truth, and reframe it into an ad hominem attack.
 
Steve has been taking an increasingly adversarial and overly critical stance over the past few years. And it seems like he has the bias of "big equals bad."
 
I saw the early brewing of this with the "Trust Me Bro" video he did.
 
He feels threatened by Linus and Labs and this is his way of trying to level the playing field.
 
Linus is correct. It's a dick move to not fact check this properly and blindside Linus like this.
 
Steve knows this. And he did it intentionally.
 
Steve wants drama and division. It's literally strait out of the 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene. You attack a larger entity to gain attention and social leverage. It's an old power play tactic, you see it all the time.
 
Linus fucked up. Yeah.
 
But Steve is going out of his way to blow it out proportion to effectively sabotage LMG and Labs.
 
Labs is a massive threat to GN in Steve's mind. Which is toxic competition. He's brewing unnecessary drama out of fears and insecurity.
 
If it really truly was about the high horse ethical considerations he would have approached this very differently. And much more respectfully.
 
 

It can be possible for Steve to use valid criticisms as a basis for an attack piece.
 
It's a classic play where you take a partial truth, or even a full truth, and reframe it into an ad hominem attack.
 
Steve has been taking an increasingly adversarial and overly critical stance over the past few years. And it seems like he has the bias of "big equals bad."
 
I saw the early brewing of this with the "Trust Me Bro" video he did.
 
He feels threatened by Linus and Labs and this is his way of trying to level the playing field.
 
Linus is correct. It's a dick move to not fact check this properly and blindside Linus like this.
 
Steve knows this. And he did it intentionally.
 
Steve wants drama and division. It's literally strait out of the 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene. You attack a larger entity to gain attention and social leverage. It's an old power play tactic, you see it all the time.
 
Linus fucked up. Yeah.
 
But Steve is going out of his way to blow it out proportion to effectively sabotage LMG and Labs.
 
Labs is a massive threat to GN in Steve's mind. Which is toxic competition. He's brewing unnecessary drama out of fears and insecurity.
 
If it really truly was about the high horse ethical considerations he would have approached this very differently. And much more respectfully.
 
 

It can be possible for Steve to use valid criticisms as a basis for an attack piece.
 
It's a classic play where you take a partial truth, or even a full truth, and reframe it into an ad hominem attack.
 
Steve has been taking an increasingly adversarial and overly critical stance over the past few years. And it seems like he has the bias of "big equals bad."
 
I saw the early brewing of this with the "Trust Me Bro" video he did.
 
He feels threatened by Linus and Labs and this is his way of trying to level the playing field.
 
Linus is correct. It's a dick move to not fact check this properly and blindside Linus like this.
 
Steve knows this. And he did it intentionally.
 
Steve wants drama and division. It's literally strait out of the 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene. You attack a larger entity to gain attention and social leverage. It's an old power play tactic, you see it all the time.
 
Linus fucked up. Yeah.
 
But Steve is going out of his way to blow it out proportion to effectively sabotage LMG and Labs.
 
Labs is a massive threat to GN in Steve's mind. Which is toxic competition. He's brewing unnecessary drama out of fears and insecurity.
 
If it really truly was about the high horse ethical considerations he would have approached this very differently. And much more respectfully.
 
 

It can be possible for Steve to use valid criticisms as a basis for an attack piece.
 
It's a classic play where you take a partial truth, or even a full truth, and reframe it into an ad hominem attack.
 
Steve has been taking an increasingly adversarial and overly critical stance over the past few years. And it seems like he has the bias of "big equals bad."
 
I saw the early brewing of this with the "Trust Me Bro" video he did.
 
He feels threatened by Linus and Labs and this is his way of trying to level the playing field.
 
Linus is correct. It's a dick move to not fact check this properly and blindside Linus like this.
 
Steve knows this. And he did it intentionally.
 
Steve wants drama and division. It's literally strait out of the 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene. You attack a larger entity to gain attention and social leverage. It's an old power play tactic, you see it all the time.
 
Linus fucked up. Yeah.
 
But Steve is going out of his way to blow it out proportion to effectively sabotage LMG and Labs.
 
Labs is a massive threat to GN in Steve's mind. Which is toxic competition. He's brewing unnecessary drama out of fears and insecurity.
 
If it really truly was about the high horse ethical considerations he would have approached this very differently. And much more respectfully.
 
 

I'm too simple for Linux and too complicated for a Mac. Windows needs to be a sweet middle ground for Not Quite Power Users like myself.

I want the feeling like I know what I'm doing without actually having to truly become an expert in the OS.
I want to be able to tweak my OS and break it at my will.
Stop trying to protect me from myself Microsoft.

Also stop trying to be an OS for both desktop and mobile all in one.
Who even uses Windows for tablets? Your mom?
There's those Surface things I guess?

At the end of the day I'm a Gamer, bro.
I want my shiny RTX reflections so I can watch me bang your mom in those glorious Ray Traced Reflections.

I don't need mandated centered Start Menus.
I don't need simplification.

I need customization and options.
Give me choice.
Give me agency.
I can follow a guide that tells me exactly what registry entry to change, and still get it wrong.
So let me do whatever the hell I want to my OS I didn't pay for.

And don't treat me like a Mac user. 
I'm using Windows because PCMR, all day, every day.

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Sarcasm and flippantry aside as much as I kinda get why Microsoft keeps trying to make Windows more like Mac OS I also hate that they keep doing that.

Truly I feel like I am losing my middle ground between Mac and Linux with the way Windows keeps dumbing down in the belief it will bring people from Mac back to Windows.

Like Epic and others I say the same: Don't try and rely on tricks and gimmicks. Make a quality product that solves problems for people.
Nothing about Windows 11 explicitly solves anything I've had issue with on Windows 10.

If anything Windows needs to be more like Windows again. In that middle ground sense.

If there was a "Power User Mode" that turned off the hand holding annoyances I would not have much to complain about.

I *want* to like Windows 11. I truly do. 

But so far it leaves me skeptical and doubt filled.

Serisouly, I have to change a registry entry to have a uncentered start menu?
How about options instead of forcing on us what they think is best for us.
Which is indicative of the problem I have with modern Windows.

*Don't decide for me, let me choose.*

I'm too simple for Linux and too complicated for a Mac. Windows needs to be a sweet middle ground for Not Quite Power Users like myself.

I want the feeling like I know what I'm doing without actually having to truly become an expert in the OS.
I want to be able to tweak my OS and break it at my will.
Stop trying to protect me from myself Microsoft.

Also stop trying to be an OS for both desktop and mobile all in one.
Who even uses Windows for tablets? Your mom?
There's those Surface things I guess?

At the end of the day I'm a Gamer, bro.
I want my shiny RTX reflections so I can watch me bang your mom in those glorious Ray Traced Reflections.

I don't need mandated centered Start Menus.
I don't need simplification.

I need customization and options.
Give me choice.
Give me agency.
I can follow a guide that tells me exactly what registry entry to change, and still get it wrong.
So let me do whatever the hell I want to my OS I didn't pay for.

And don't treat me like a Mac user. 
I'm using Windows because PCMR, all day, every day.

________

Sarcasm and flippantry aside as much as I kinda get why Microsoft keeps trying to make Windows more like Mac OS I also hate that they keep doing that.

Truly I feel like I am losing my middle ground between Mac and Linux with the way Windows keeps dumbing down in the belief it will bring people from Mac back to Windows.

Like Epic and others I say the same: Don't try and rely on tricks and gimmicks. Make a quality product that solves problems for people.
Nothing about Windows 11 explicitly solves anything I've had issue with on Windows 10.

If anything Windows needs to be more like Windows again. In that middle ground sense.

If there was a "Power User Mode" that turned off the hand holding annoyances I would not have much to complain about.

I *want* to like Windows 11. I truly do. 

But so far it leaves me skeptical and doubt filled.

Serisouly, I have to change a registry entry to have a uncentered start menu?
How about options instead of forcing on us what they think is best for us.
Which is indicative of the problem I have with modern Windows.

*Don't decide for me, let me choose.*

Okay, so just shouting LINUX isn't a good solution here. I run Windows on my main rig (with a couple of VMs for older OS). I also have a second rig (made of all my older components) on which I have Linux and Windows dual booting. On my laptop I have actually tried to daily drive Linux.

I've tried distro after distro, and the problem is Linux is limiting. Your choices, like it or not are limited by using Linux. There's always some program or feature that I want to use and inevitably is either unwilling to work with Wine (or similar), or requires you to go through an extensive list of things in the console to get up and running, which even then usually fails. I would love to be using Linux all the time. I really like Mint, I think it works really well and is pretty user friendly. I even got my Nan using Ubuntu when her laptop when hinky and I needed a stopgap because windows wouldn't activate on her new hard drive. I've tried Pop OS, I've tried Clear, I've tried Arch, I've tried Puppy, I've tried Solus. I can see the benefits of Linux, but I also see the real world disadvantages. I've not yet come across a Linux distro that after two months of daily driving I could stick with.

Now, I'm sure I'm missing something and lack knowledge of Linux. The point here is that I have tried and tried with a lot of linux distros and ultimately, it just doesn't stand up to the hype for me. Linux diehards always seem to hail it as an obvious answer. For some of us out here, it's not. Pretending Linux is the solution for every just isn't a good response I'm sorry.

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As to the OP's post, I disagree with your phrasing and can see a purpose for a lot of the features. I do, however, agree with the conclusion. I actually thing LTT, Linus and Luke on WAN show, got some stuff hinky when looking at things. The last time Microsoft tried to appeal to the Macs OS users out there (which I do think they're trying to do), we ended up with Windows 8, Windows RT and the Surface Tablet. At the time I actually remember thinking that if Windows 8 were kept as a Tablet/2in1 version of windows and not rolled out at large, it was a fairly decent system. It just wasn't going to work for the everyday user. I have major concerns about Windows 11, and just can't see a reason for it looking like a good upgrade. Maybe it's the cynic in me, but Windows 11 just looks pointless to me if it is intended to replace, or eventually overtake Windows 10. It's where I honestly think Microsoft have missed the point. Apple have it right developing separate platforms for mobile and desktop platforms. Ultimately, I fear that the major issue is user expectation. Any time Microsoft release a version of Windows there are user expectations. Apple had no such similar issues when launching the iPad and iOS to a larger user pool. They marketed it well as essentially, a bigger version of an iPhone without the calling features. 

Maybe I'm getting it all wrong, but I do think Microsoft are too keen to appeal to Mac users. 

Nothing but there's 2 in 1 and that was basically a tablet
Linux
Linux
Linux
 
if you don't "want" the win 11 then just don't install the damn thing, easy, as simple as that
 
Nobody force you to do it, fbi will not knocked on your door and arrest you if you decided to stay with win 10 even after 2025...
 

The 2in1 market is huge. There's no point in having a 2 in 1 if you have to reboot constantly when you switch modes.
 
 
It's not. It moves to the left of you sort the taskbar to left.
 
People keep saying this, but I don't get it.
Just because the taskbar and start menu are center to start with, or because they want it to be ealisy usuable for the vast majority of their users does not mean it's made like macos. To be honest, it looks more like chromeos than MacOs.
 
 
 
 
 
You need to remember that the majority of windows users do not know how to do a lot of stuff, even like using control pannel, it's why the settings app is a thing.
The majority of people don't know how to use a 3rd party app store, or don't want to deal with Downloading all of their apps manually. It's why the MS store exists.
 
Because at the end of the day, most people will never know as much about computers as most people here do. And it's Microsoft's job to make a product for the general public
 
 
Also, if you don't like 11, use 10 for 5 more years.
Or use Linux mint.

Nobody is forcing you to use anything, lmao. Windows 10 still has support until 2025 and, as much as you shit on them in your post, you can always switch to MacOS or Linux.

* your thread was moved to the Windows section, please always post in the appropriate section *

" I told her I thought she should go ahead and fix this immediately since UPS is their contractor, not mine. At this point she (no joke) issues that refund she said she couldn't do earlier and I get an e-mail about it right away...the funds were in my account within a few hours."

In general the person that paid for the shipping handles the insurance if something goes wrong.
She must have been corrected by someone that actually knew how things worked.

I say keep it. 

I signed up for Floatplane and titles are what they should be.
It sucks they have to make the titles like that because YouTube.
You really truly have to though. A good title and thumbnail is crucial for any YouTube content.
I guess at the end of the day blame the majority of humans that clickbait works on.

" I told her I thought she should go ahead and fix this immediately since UPS is their contractor, not mine. At this point she (no joke) issues that refund she said she couldn't do earlier and I get an e-mail about it right away...the funds were in my account within a few hours."

In general the person that paid for the shipping handles the insurance if something goes wrong.
She must have been corrected by someone that actually knew how things worked.

I say keep it. 

Okay one more time.
 
Physical simulation in video games is not PhysX. PhysX was original a poorly utilised propriety engine with hardware acceleration. 
 
It did not put physics on the map, it came later and delivered no significant industrial changes to games.
 
Again. It's only practically used in only 40 games. It's failed.
 
Physics in games has not. And they're are quite a few engines (havok) that preceded PhysX by over and produced far better acceptance and adoption of physics in games.
 
 PhysX survives only as a software accelerated physics engine in supporting game engines. Completely devoid of its original intent of hardware accelerated game physics. Nvidias attempt at cornering that market failed.

Watercooling is overrated.
Paying for Windows is paying a company to sell your telemetry. (Well... Not an opinion, but not something I do.)
Cherry MX switches are annoying.
RGB is tacky. (I set mine at one color or off.)
There's a time and a place for both 144Hz and 60Hz, neither is superior at an appropriate resolution.
The 30 Series Nvidia cards are a waste of money at MSRP.
 

They do not - you're just ignoring what everyone else is telling you and trying to fear monger.
 
Then why not do what all those same people do and configure it per device???
*snip*
 
Having been a Comcast customer, they do not block anything just like Shaw is not blocking anything. I was given a choice just like everyone else - rent their shit or buy my own.
 
You chose and are paying EXTRA for a product (the bluecurve @ an additional $7/m) and are not happy with it, and blaiming the service (shaw). That's $84/yr for hardware you do not like - whose fault is that?
 
 
 
Trying so hard to remain civil. I never thought I would be defending an ISP but I also can't stand misinformation. My only hope is that any other person who thinks this is a legitimate issue reads through the comments and understands it is not. The complaint in this thread is the equivelant of trying to ride a bike in a river and blaiming the river. 

Got mine today and was shocked by what they're doing and not telling customers about.

First we have only 2 ethernet ports, the other were converted to...
Phone Jacks!

That's right! In 2019, the age of mobile and smartphones, Shaw thinks we need not one, but two hardline RJ-11 phone jacks. And obviously 4 ethernet ports is too many. I wonder how much it cost them to convert standard ethernet ports to outdated connectors. If you want a phone jack then make it *additional* to the 4 ethernet ports.

But it gets better!

Like to use Google DNS or 1.1.1.1? 
Not anymore. BlueCurve takes away the inconvenience of setting your own DNS for privacy and speed. Big Brother Shaw can now monitor your internet traffic and catch you torrenting and you can't stop them. Just what every customer always wanted! I always want to receive more copyright takedown notices!

And your favorite VPN you pay monthly for? Time to save some money because you can cancel that subscription to Tunnel Bear or Nord VPN. Blue Curve doesn't allow VPNs because you need to spoof your DNS to be able to VPN. Locked DNS means no VPN.

/sarcastic rant over

Ivory Tower disconnected decisions that are unethical and anti consumer seem to be the norm these days. The people that made these decisions did so at extra expense to do non standard things that only serve to anger customers that know what they're doing. It will also cost them in making reparations to people that are upset about being lied to by omission. Reasonably it is expected that non standard configurations and/or removal of standard featured should be disclosed to the customer. I would never have considered BlueCurve if I knew about the DNS settings. I could live with a network switch and 2 ports if I had to, but no DNS settings is too much.

The frakking manager that trains people on BlueCurve agreed with me and told me they also had strong negative reactions when they got there hands on it. She did also suggest the more people that let Shaw no how upset they are about this will most likely result in change. And also she said the more complaints about Blue Curve the faster that change is likely to happen.

If you do jump on Twitter or call Shaw try to be respectful(I know) and don't yell at them or anything.

I would love to stick with BlueCurve and all it would have taken is being able to set the DNS to 1.1.1.1

 

This varies hugely between PSUs. If only 150w could be drawn from a PSU connector, how can many units share a connector type for EPS and PCIe?
 
Energy = power * time. Temperatures can't go high enough within the time of such a spike
Not in a PC context (or really, most)... Voltage stays constant(ish), current draw changes
Except you will as any losses made in the cable will be made up for by increased draw from the PSU.
?????

partly disagree, my single 8 pin 1070 ti is power limited because of it. but to get on this specific card. I would still run with 2, it might be refusing to start up without it

From my experience thus far a stuffed animal blows ASUS's customer support out of the water, because a stuffed animal can at least look like it's paying attention.