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AMD distributed a decoding wheel for their laptop chip naming this year.

Last time I checked (~half a year ago) Garage didn't have a bunch of s3 features like object versioning and locking. Does RustFS have a list of s3 features they support?


IIRC Windows still uses the sRGB curve for tone mapping of SDR content in HDR, so you have to toggle it on and off all the time.

KDE Wayland went the better route and uses Gamma 2.2


Most laptops have included Windows 10 or 11 licenses, which are valid for this use


Last time i checked a Windows 10 and 11 license does not permit running Windows in a virtualized environment.

That could have changed by now.


Last time I checked I did not agree to be bombarded with ads and have all my data tracked after paying 100+ for a piece of software...


You kinda did...

> By accepting this agreement and using the software you agree that Microsoft may collect, use, and disclose the information as described in the Microsoft Privacy Statement [...]

Doesn't make it okay, just legal

https://www.microsoft.com/content/dam/microsoft/usetm/docume...


There's a couple of terms in contract law, like fairness of obligations, unconscionability, disproportionate penalty, excessive advantage, etc. that the US seems to have forgotten. In the EU and other countries such... aberrations are struck down and unenforceable. People are still scared silly, but the ones that protest are usually left alone.


Those aspects of contract law mean that if MS included "you owe us your first born child" or "if you have not uninstalled this operating system within 2 weeks of installation, you owe Microsoft an additional one million dollars" then that clause wouldn't be valid.

They don't however mean that MS choosing to put adverts all over Windows is illegal, or a breach of the contract, just because users would prefer the OS be ad-free. The EU could legislate in various ways that would mean MS had to stop doing so, but they haven't yet and there's no aspect of general contracts law currently that prevents it.


Many countries have laws against "hidden defects".

One could argue that adding ads after some time from a system putchased without ads throuh updates is a defect that has been hidden at purchase time.


One could argue that, and like I just wrote in my reply to your sibing comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46087142) I would agree with you with regards to ethics, but it's not a valid argument from an actual legal perspective.

I'd love to be proven wrong about this, because I'm not blowing smoke up your ass I really do agree with you in that I wish MS could and would be sued over this, and lose, and have to stop making Windows shit like this. But I'm fairly confident that the only possibility would be for EU (or individual nations) to write new legislation addressing it.


If you bought and paid something (not a subscription) that was ad-free and then all of a sudden in a mandatory update you start to get ads, well, maybe someone already tried and failed to sue MS but personally seems pretty predatory.


From an ethical point of view I completely agree that it's predatory, I just don't believe any EU laws exist that mean anyone would have a chance of success trying to sue over that, I don't believe it to be illegal. And while I'm not all-knowing, nor am I someone who knows every single relevant law like the back of my hand, my opinion is somewhat backed up by the fact that I'm not aware of anyone with actual legal knowledge having ever suggested this behaviour of Microsoft's could be considered illegal the way you want it to be, it's only ever people who are users who think it should be considered breach of contract. (And considering how much money it would be worth if you could sue MS for this and win, if it were even a 50/50 question you'd get lawyers trying.)


A good chunk of EULAs are partially-completely unenforceable in US contract law as well.

It just doesn’t stop corporations from using them as a scare tactic.


Your fault for not letting your drink at the bar get chemically analyzed before drinking it


Doesn't necessarily make it legal either, but proving that in court would require pitting your own wallet against Microsoft's.


Umm actually, you did. You also waived off the right to name your firstborn, and if you disagree, you’ve waived off your right to anything except arbitration. Sorry, I didn’t make the rules.

(Friendly reminder that legality, once again, ≠ morality. Victimless crimes can be illegal, and Enron fucking shit up and filing bankruptcy can be legal.)


then it would be illegal to use hyper-v, since windows is then run under a hypervisor.


The FPP license does allow local vm access. But if u access it remotely then u need a SA or VDA license. If this thread is legit: https://community.spiceworks.com/t/whats-wrong-or-not-legal-...


In that case you are using a network protocol but one could argue you are still accessing the VM in the same local system the OS has been licensed for. It is a remote access from a software perspective but a local access from a user perspective.


RDP on the same system isn't remote access though.


You’re running it on the same fuckin machine you were originally licensed to run it on!

This is an ethics question, not a phrasing question.


That's an argument to reduce car usage and improve bike infrastructure


Not really because reducing car usage makes it worse. Less car congestion means higher potential and actual speed deltas. Increased likelihood of hitting a ped/bike rather than another car.


Long press on the image to get the alt-text on desktop xkcd


I've been following that webcomic for 15 years. How the crap have I never noticed that before??


You can likely put a 5800X3D or 5700X3D in the same motherboard and get a massive performance upgrade


I’m rocking an AM4 build still and very happy with the bump I got from going to a 5800X and maxing out the RAM (primarily for productivity use rather than gaming).


5700X3D is great for gaming, but for programming 5900XT will be nicer. You can run make -j32 :)


Great for when you're installing Linux from source.

I hope I'm never working on a project where -j32 on a 5900XT is noticeably faster than than -j16 on a 5700X3D.

Then again, -j1 is nice, when you need to time a break. (https://xkcd.com/303/)


Please enlighten me how the ip-network-using mattress in any way relates to a Matter and Thread network


>I can only speak to my experience, certified devices by the largest firms will mostly not interoperate (fails around authN).

>Apple: Keeps Thread credentials locked to HomeKit's border routers.

>Google: Shares some credentials, but only within Google Account environment.

>Amazon: TBD, but their Matter implementation is mostly cloud-tied.

>Samsung: Hybrid approach; still best when used inside SmartThings, their 1.4 update seems to support for joining existing Thread networks. Still have to test it.

>So, even though Thread theoretically allows full interoperability, no vendor wants to be reduced to a dumb router in someone else’s ecosystem.

>there is no easy way to bridge Apple Thread to Home Assistant or Google Thread, even though it is theoretically supposed to be possible from a protocol standpoint.

>If you have such solutions, let me know, because I would take full advantage of it, and will regale your contributions in multiple home automation threads.


You're even allowed to sell your game cheaper on other platforms (not Steam keys, separate keys for those platforms) so by all means charge the 30% more on Steam if you need to.


>You're even allowed to sell your game cheaper on other platforms (not Steam keys, separate keys for those platforms) so by all means charge the 30% more on Steam if you need to.

How many people would even bite, given the huge premium?


If you don't try,you will never know.


you are not allowed to sell cd keys cheaper than on steam


Do you have a source for that? I only know this [1] site laying out distribution of Steam keys

[1] https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/keys


"You should use Steam Keys to sell your game on other stores in a similar way to how you sell your game on Steam. It is important that you don’t give Steam customers a worse deal than Steam Key purchasers."

https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/keys


This only applies to steam keys sold off site, which is why the original comment specified non-steam keys.


Most of the issues with the database are old sins from Emby. With 10.11 the Jellyfin team finally managed to clean up that mess so they can move forward with a clean implementation. Their blog post on moving to EFCore [1] and version 10.11 release post [2] have more details.

[1] https://jellyfin.org/posts/efcore-refactoring [2] https://jellyfin.org/posts/jellyfin-release-10.11.0/


Yes, I agree. I’ve been eagerly awaiting this change for well over a year now.


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