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GasBandit
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We hate China so much we're trying to be exactly like them.
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VPN Users Risk 20-Year Jail Sentences in the US Under New RESTRICT Act
A bill dubbed the 'RESTRICT' act was submitted to Congress and could have severe consequences for VPN users in the United States.
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Here's your chance to get a modernized model F, if you're willing:
--Patrick
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figmentPez
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The latest patch to Windows Defender fixes performance issues with Firefox.
For at least the last 5 years Windows Defender has been causing higher CPU usage with Firefox than other web browsers because of a bug that was causing it to make calls more often than it should. The fix is now going out in a patch.
For at least the last 5 years Windows Defender has been causing higher CPU usage with Firefox than other web browsers because of a bug that was causing it to make calls more often than it should. The fix is now going out in a patch.
GasBandit
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I've found a way to get around Reuters and AP discontinuing their RSS feeds. Thanks to google news, you can get them back. Add the following "feeds" to your RSS reader:
Google creates the XML on the fly, and they ingest nicely into The Old Reader (and probably do for Feedly and other RSS concatenators)
Ostensibly this could be used for any news source, just replace the allinurl: argument with the domain.com of the news site in question.
Code:
Associated Press
https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:24h+allinurl:apnews.com&ceid=US:en&hl=en-US&gl=US
Reuters
https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:24h+allinurl:reuters.com&ceid=US:en&hl=en-US&gl=USOstensibly this could be used for any news source, just replace the allinurl: argument with the domain.com of the news site in question.
figmentPez
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Mercedes-Benz is going to offer extra horsepower on a subscription model in their electric vehicles
60 extra horsepower for $60 a month, and 80 extra horsepower for $90.
I hate this world.
60 extra horsepower for $60 a month, and 80 extra horsepower for $90.
I hate this world.
figmentPez
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I'm wondering how far this subscription model for electronics is going to go. Will we see washing machines that lock out the delicate cycle if you don't pay a monthly fee? Dryers that require a subscription in order for the sensor drying to go all the way to extra dry? (It's an environmentally conscious choice, we swear. 0.1% of net profits go to buying carbon offsets because our end users are so wasteful to be fully drying their clothes.) Refrigerators that charge a monthly fee to enable the ice maker? Ovens with a special, high heat, pizza mode that costs $2 per hour to use? Smoke detectors that charge you $100 every time you want to shut them off after you burn dinner?
You’re probably not that far off. How long until all the automobile dealers are run by the insurance agencies?
—Patrick
Capitalism can only survive via gatekeeping.
GasBandit
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Rivian's circling the drain with a 1.3 billion net revenue loss for the quarter
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Rivian Falls Apart – 24/7 Wall St.
Rivian continues to move toward the car model junkyard graveyard. People who buy a Rivian will end up with a collector’s item.
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GasBandit
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The Bolt EUV (the kind of EV I own) just set a record - 560 miles on a single charge (it is rated for 248 miles, and that is about what I get in the real world)
The catch is you have to stay at 21mph and not use the heater, heated seats, or A/C. But it's possible!
The catch is you have to stay at 21mph and not use the heater, heated seats, or A/C. But it's possible!
figmentPez
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Has anyone posted about how AMD chips are just exploding, especially on Asus motherboards?
I'm still watching videos, and I haven't been able to concentrate well enough to understand all the details, but basically shit is bad, and Asus is handling it horribly. The worst move being releasing a beta BIOS for the affected motherboard that voids your warranty if you use it, even though it's meant to fix an issue that could cause your PC to catch on fire!
It's a shame, I've had quite a few Asus products that I've liked over the years, but I won't be trusting them in the future.
I'm still watching videos, and I haven't been able to concentrate well enough to understand all the details, but basically shit is bad, and Asus is handling it horribly. The worst move being releasing a beta BIOS for the affected motherboard that voids your warranty if you use it, even though it's meant to fix an issue that could cause your PC to catch on fire!
It's a shame, I've had quite a few Asus products that I've liked over the years, but I won't be trusting them in the future.
ASUS has a track record of "juicing" (slight overvolt, slight overclock, whatever) so their boards perform better than others, and they also have a history of proprietary/encrypted BIOS so you can't tune them (or see what their baked-in tunings settings are). I think this is mostly a case of their performance enhancement strategy backfiring on them and rather than just admit that they've been doing this sort of thing for decades now, they're trying to frame this as a one-off. Any punishment they get should probably be based on how they're handling this situation (poorly) rather than the products themselves. Their products have historically been high-quality, it's just their customer service that sucks.
--Patrick
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figmentPez
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Update:
TL;DW Asus has been shamed into honoring warranties better (at least on the model in question) and is reaching out to anyone who might have a motherboard that needs a firmware update. So they're reluctantly doing the right thing now.
There's also a segment talking with a lawyer about how vague and self-contradictory Asus's terms of service / EULA is, but I was distracted during that, so I'm not sure what all was covered.
If anyone wants to give a better summary, please do.
MSI! MSI! MSI!