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30 TO 50 FERAL HOG: Mar 2, 2005

infernal machines posted:

that's the default unless you have location services turned on.

why it exists in the first place is beyond me

[in extremely office team voice] wait what, something can be undefined??????

# ? Jul 5, 2018 16:55

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# ? Jun 5, 2024 08:13

30 TO 50 FERAL HOG: Mar 2, 2005

one of our internal apps that i do some occasional development on was misbehaving, it turns out that a GPO setting a registry key had a zero width space in it

i dont know if i want to blame unicode or microsoft so im gonna go with both

# ? Jul 5, 2018 16:57

Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

infernal machines posted:

that's the default unless you have location services turned on.

why it exists in the first place is beyond me

for people who go outside weather is nice 2 have on calendar.

# ? Jul 5, 2018 17:53

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

there's also like a bajillion other ways to get the weather on your computer, including, by default, just opening the loving start menu

# ? Jul 5, 2018 19:28

eric: Apr 27, 2004; Lipstick Apathy

anthonypants posted:

lol they're making the halo tv show again https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/06/28/showtime-amblin-television-and-343-industries-bring-halo-to-television/

we're in a tv bubble where every stupid idea is getting greenlit by companies looking for anything to offer on their future streaming service

# ? Jul 5, 2018 20:51

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

microsoft made a low cost surface that isn't arm, for some reason

# ? Jul 10, 2018 14:37

akadajet: Sep 14, 2003

quote:

Microsoft Surface Go Is a Cheap, Tiny Tablet That Might Just Beat the iPad

uh yeah... sure.

# ? Jul 10, 2018 14:38

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

it might. i mean, it doesn't, but it might

# ? Jul 10, 2018 14:39

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

also the review is basically "i thought this thing was going to be unusable poo poo, but it was slightly better than i expected"

# ? Jul 10, 2018 14:40

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

akadajet posted:

uh yeah... sure.

if you grab it with both hands and swing

# ? Jul 10, 2018 14:45

univbee: Jun 3, 2004

infernal machines posted:

microsoft made a low cost surface that isn't arm, for some reason

quote:

The sample I played with stayed securely in every position I stuck it in. There was no floppiness.

# ? Jul 10, 2018 15:08

anthonypants: May 6, 2007; by Nyc_Tattoo; Dinosaur Gum

infernal machines posted:

microsoft made a low cost surface that isn't arm, for some reason

quote:

The immediately luxurious look of the thing and that appealing hinge almost distracted me from the specs. Those specs are far less appealing than the price. $400 will get you just 64GB of storage, 4GB of RAM, and a wimpy Pentium 4415Y processor.

That�s pretty average for the price point, and generally means a machine that is deeply slow and frustrating to use. Yet Microsoft insists it worked hand in hand with Intel to optimize software for the CPU. Specifically it�s been optimized to work better with Windows and Microsoft Office.

I obviously haven�t had time to benchmark the Surface Go, but

now that's some good tech journalism

# ? Jul 10, 2018 15:09

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

no one like a flaccid kickstand

# ? Jul 10, 2018 15:09

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

anthonypants posted:

now that's some good tech journalism

gotta go (to press) fast

# ? Jul 10, 2018 15:10

champagne posting: Apr 5, 2006; YOU ARE A BRAIN
IN A BUNKER

it has two ports: usb c and a surface hole

$399 (pen and keyboard not included, $99 each)

# ? Jul 10, 2018 15:37

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

not only do i really want to use a stylus with my tabletputer in tyool 2018 and beyond, i want to pay a hundred earth dollars to do that

# ? Jul 10, 2018 15:46

FMguru: Sep 10, 2003; peed on;
sexually

Boiled Water posted:

it has two ports: usb c and a surface hole

$399 (pen and keyboard not included, $99 each)

wrap it up ipadailures

# ? Jul 10, 2018 15:50

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

flakeloaf posted:

not only do i really want to use a stylus with my tabletputer in tyool 2018 and beyond, i want to pay a hundred earth dollars to do that

well why on earth are you buying a tablet pc to begin with, if not to use a stylus?

and also, why on earth are you buying a tablet pc to begin with?

# ? Jul 10, 2018 16:51

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

infernal machines posted:

and also, why on earth are you

you missed one

i don't know that either

# ? Jul 10, 2018 17:16

univbee: Jun 3, 2004

no floppiness? two ports including a surface hole? this just keeps getting better

# ? Jul 10, 2018 17:18

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

FMguru posted:

wrap it up ipadailures

big
and slow
and bad and clunky
the toy for ipadailures is junky
and when it boots
the bad computer goes

*47 second delay, followed by a stuttering, tinny rendition of the windows startup sound*

# ? Jul 10, 2018 17:22

FMguru: Sep 10, 2003; peed on;
sexually

flakeloaf posted:

big
and slow
and bad and clunky
the toy for ipadailures is junky
and when it boots
the bad computer goes

*47 second delay, followed by a stuttering, tinny rendition of the windows startup sound*

excellent, currently my second favorite version of the song

(this is my fave, ofc)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQis9xkYkg0

# ? Jul 10, 2018 20:11

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

why does this exist and why is it 900 loving dollars?

# ? Jul 11, 2018 01:22

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

quote:

with a perminent connection to the internet when in cell-tower coverage

with a what

and it'll stay on forever as long as it's plugged in to a working outlet

# ? Jul 11, 2018 01:39

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

flakeloaf posted:

with a what

not a copy editor, evidently

# ? Jul 11, 2018 01:40

El Mero Mero: Oct 13, 2001

surface hole

# ? Jul 11, 2018 06:33

30 TO 50 FERAL HOG: Mar 2, 2005

whats the loving deal with microsoft web pages taking ages to load? do they just have so much garbage on the backend that it needs to redirect 800 times?

# ? Jul 16, 2018 16:50

anthonypants: May 6, 2007; by Nyc_Tattoo; Dinosaur Gum

NEED MORE MILK posted:

whats the loving deal with microsoft web pages taking ages to load? do they just have so much garbage on the backend that it needs to redirect 800 times?

yes

# ? Jul 16, 2018 17:03

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

and also integration with liveid and god knows what else, so if you have the wrong cookies you can end up being blocked from seeing a public web page

oh and they completely shitfucked all their technet stuff a couple years ago so none of their links to documentation or reference materials work on their own loving website.

# ? Jul 16, 2018 18:49

hobbesmaster: Jan 28, 2008

infernal machines posted:

and also integration with liveid and god knows what else, so if you have the wrong cookies you can end up being blocked from seeing a public web page

oh and they completely shitfucked all their technet stuff a couple years ago so none of their links to documentation or reference materials work on their own loving website.

i love clicking a "get help on this error" link in a program and it going to a 404

# ? Jul 16, 2018 19:13

Chris Knight: Jun 5, 2002; me @ ur posts; Fun Shoe

I love clicking the help icon in a program and all it does is do a web search on that topic lmao

# ? Jul 16, 2018 19:38

pseudorandom name: May 6, 2007

Chris Knight posted:

I love clicking the help icon in a program and all it does is do a web search on that topic lmao

using bing, to add insult to injury

# ? Jul 16, 2018 19:57

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

does bing still give blatant scam ads top placement?

# ? Jul 16, 2018 19:59

FMguru: Sep 10, 2003; peed on;
sexually

infernal machines posted:

does bing still give blatant scam ads top placement?

i mostly use bing to search for the chrome downloader on a new wandows install, and it always fills the top of the screen with pleading microsoft ads touting how awesome edge is

in other words, yes

# ? Jul 16, 2018 20:02

Fiedler: Jun 29, 2002; I, for one, welcome our new mouse overlords.

infernal machines posted:

does bing still give blatant scam ads top placement?

just searched "google cloud" on bing. top ad was for cloud.google.com. so yes, it does.

# ? Jul 16, 2018 20:03

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

i'm thinking like where you search an error code and the top results are "windows error fixer 2018 pro download"

# ? Jul 16, 2018 20:07

OldAlias: Nov 2, 2013

Chris Knight posted:

I love clicking the help icon in a program and all it does is do a web search on that topic lmao

proper docs? that shits for nerds

# ? Jul 16, 2018 20:07

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

the code documents itself

# ? Jul 16, 2018 20:08

qirex: Feb 15, 2001

agile development and release processes have pretty much made accurate documentation impossible

# ? Jul 16, 2018 20:34

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# ? Jun 5, 2024 08:13

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

they've also made developing a functional product impossible, so might as well fire your qa people and just let the devs run free

# ? Jul 16, 2018 20:42

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