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The Management posted:has Microsoft done anything relevant in the last decade? They continue to make the Windows which is the worlds best operation system.
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the web has always been garbage but IE/Edge is the least bad way to use it
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Oct 8, 2017 03:17
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The Management posted:I'm looking for a specific answer here: does Microsoft has an iCloud equivalent that provides generic sync services to all your apps based on a single account? seems like the answer is no. yes, but the app has to use it
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Oct 8, 2017 18:51
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The Management posted:does the OS use it? when I enter my WiFi password on a device, are all of my other devices automatically able to use that network when they see it? are my notifications sent to all of them? is there even a windows cloud notification backend? can I locate my devices and wipe them remotely? yeah all of that is there.
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Oct 8, 2017 20:40
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Last Chance posted:I kinda wish normal iPhone app notifications (e.g. Snapchat) were forwarded to my Mac. windows phone notifications are forwarded to ur windows computers if you haven't already acknowledged them on the phone
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Oct 8, 2017 20:41
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also skype does SMS forwarding so you can send SMS from your computer thru ur winphone (and maybe android now too).
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Oct 8, 2017 20:42
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FMguru posted:i thought that was the current winpho iteration (windows 10 but scaled for phones), similar to how ios is just osx but for phones
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Oct 9, 2017 16:02
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OldAlias posted:also if there is a custom install option it is usually necessary, otherwise hope you like bundled malware (gently caress you oracle). and redundant libraries. linux has this poo poo better figured out ffs Linux installs from package repos will include random poo poo you don't need and/or will actively break your poo poo.
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Oct 9, 2017 20:54
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no when I install the same apps on windows they don't have the crap added by the Linux repo maintainers.
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Oct 9, 2017 20:59
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if you have to examine their work ahead of time then they aren't trustworthy. also it means you cant use your built in package manager
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Oct 9, 2017 21:12
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I love my dead gay phone os
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Oct 9, 2017 21:15
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qirex posted:unofficial microsoft pr company the verge has a sloppy drunk love letter about how win pho was a "glorious failure" that just happens to gloss over the fact that it was half baked when it came out and basically blames google for not making a youtube app and not, say, the three different sets of dev tools and architecture three times in four years with no upgrade path for devices effectively punishing all their early adopters it has nothing to do with dev tools since most stuff just worked from version to version if you were using it properly and migrating from one to the other is not a big deal. The problem was nobody bought the phones so nobody wanted to write apps for it which meant nobody bought the phones. also nobody cares about a youtube app, what they wanted was things like bank apps and airline apps that actually provide benefit over a terrible website and those were never on any version of win phone
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Oct 10, 2017 16:24
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the youtube app for ios was awful, idk anyone who used it over the slightly less awful website. nowdays they may be equally awful idk
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Oct 10, 2017 16:39
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Zam Wesell posted:not saying it is good (it isn't), but it's incredibly important to have on a platform that normal human beings are supposed to use. same with snapchat, etc snapchat sure because access to native APIs is critical for its functionality. youtube.app on ios was a dumpster fire worse than the website in every single way. even if it was identical to the website, it provides no benefit. The problem with winphone wasn't no youtube app, it was no Instagram app or updates for years.
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Oct 10, 2017 16:46
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it works better in Edge on winphone than in safari or the youtube app on ios. but its a bad example for what apps were missing was all I'm saying. its not an app people need where something like Instagram or snapchat need to be an app and on winphone they were never kept up to date.
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Oct 10, 2017 16:53
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yeah winphone should have been 1st party hardware from the start.
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Oct 10, 2017 18:04
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I cant imagine having the autism levels required to get angry at the all caps menus in vs
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Oct 10, 2017 19:01
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it was a cool idea but nobody wanted their apps to integrate w/ it cause that would mean lower BRAND ENGAGEMENT
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Oct 10, 2017 19:11
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nah it was that it would only support features users wanted vs features the app wanted like ads or tracking.
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Oct 10, 2017 20:08
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FMguru posted:windows is pretty much toxic as a consumer brand and has been ever since the malwarepalooza that was early versions of xp followed by the vista and 8 disasters and the fact that windows is synonymous with work which is synonymous with a creaky black plastic laptop that runs like a three legged dog and doesnt connect to webex half the time and you dont bother to fix it because 1) gently caress webex and 2) you dont want to deal with the weird smelling it guy who wears nothing but my little pony shirts to work and giggles to himself their idea was good, but the public facing marketing was really bad. their internal marketing that showed how you'd use it irl was good and did a better job of explaining why a user would want it
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Oct 11, 2017 15:12
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the skype redesign is weird cause the initial betas were good and then all of a sudden they did really stupid poo poo like weird settings dialog and the useless 50/50 split view of contact list + chat. its like some rear end in a top hat who really liked the terrible, terrible old skype chat UI wanted to try to bring that poo poo back instead of fully moving to a regular chat layout.
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Oct 13, 2017 23:18
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cinci zoo sniper posted:thats right, its outlook ui redesign time looks way better than the previous version, but it probably works the same underneath
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Oct 16, 2017 20:42
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focused inbox rules.
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Oct 16, 2017 22:53
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cinci zoo sniper posted:im legit excited about onedrive files on demand, security improvements, gpu in task manager, dpi improvements, updating improvements. emoji bar and fluent design system is nice too.
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Oct 17, 2017 20:40
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BangersInMyKnickers posted:Game mode does other stuff like suppressing AV sig updates or background installation/staging of windows updates which could make your game go lovely and you should just leave it alone id rather have windows updates than video games
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Oct 17, 2017 20:44
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I guess it was to prevent users from installing the update without getting approval via wsus but then they realized how few people properly maintain wsus so they just published it to everyone.
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Oct 17, 2017 22:34
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that means your phone is presenting a different network every time you tether
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Oct 18, 2017 19:51
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the intellimouse was great when it came out, but idk why anyone would want one today. like maybe if you just got a mac which means you need a mouse, but there are better ones out there (mostly from Logitech)
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Oct 22, 2017 16:11
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i had the wireless version of the mx500 and it was a good mouse. the mx revolution is the best mouse, but Logitech doesn't want to make good mice anymore
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Oct 22, 2017 19:29
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xps 15. the current model is the 9560. get the 4k touch screen.
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Oct 25, 2017 20:31
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yeah the surface book 2 might be good, but the price is a little silly. lol @ getting a mac book pro tho. those things are turds.
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Oct 25, 2017 20:35
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akadajet posted:once u go mac u never go back because ur stuck in the past where u had to go to get the mac book
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Oct 25, 2017 21:51
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if you get it from the Microsoft store its also $100 cheaper than from dell.
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Oct 25, 2017 22:04
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theres no reason to replace the wifi card afaik.
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Oct 25, 2017 22:49
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Oct 25, 2017 23:18
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the whitespace is there cause when you click on a thing in the exchange admin ui details show up there. if you expand the window the list expands w/ it so idk what the responsive is about
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Oct 25, 2017 23:26
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looks like those macs are really helping
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Oct 26, 2017 20:21
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apple iface is facial recognition where windows hello (atleast on my winphone) is iris scanning. iris scanning would be harder to defeat w/ a twin, where a twin would largely have the same general face. facial recognition is probably faster which is why apple is using it.
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Oct 31, 2017 23:49
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you shouldn't use any biometrics if you want to be secure and all of these are opt in afaik
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Boiled Water posted:Visual Studio question: What makes enterprise edition worth so much more ? it has additional tools and features for things like testing and debugging and probably some other things. whether they're worth it to you depends entirely on what you're doing and if you want to stick w/ stuff from Microsoft or use 3rd party stuff. like one of the things in enterprise is a data mock tool, but obv you can do data mocking without it. Unless you need a majority of the additional features its prob not worth it. also its probably the default purchase option for larger orgs so they don't even think about what they're actually getting.
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