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Microsoft has a big Windows 10 problem, and only one year to solve it
  • I've just installed it on my Dell Latitude E6330. It's great, but am I the only one who gets his laptop restarted instead of powered off? It happened both on Mint and Zorin OS, never on Windows.

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    Sony will cut around 250 jobs from the recordable media business manufacturing hub and will gradually cease production of optical discs, including Blu-ray discs.
  • If I wanted to watch movies destroyed by compression, I'd go streaming. Blu-ray allows for way less compression. There's a reason Blu-ray remuxes aren't DVD-sized. Heck, some movies don't even fit on a single layer Blu-ray! Do you want to compress that to 4.7 GB? And that's only main title, without extras!

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    Tesla is banned from driving schools because of new turn signals
  • You take the exam on cars provided by either the examiner or your driving school.

    The second option usually happens only if you wanna get an automatic-only car driving license (B78), like me. I had to pay my instructor for renting me his car for the exam's duration – standard practice, especially since it was his "daily" after working hours.

    If you’re super lucky you get to take it on the car you used the most while learning

    If you want to get the full driving license (B) and have no disabilities, you learn on a driving school's manual and take an exam on an examination center's manual. They're separate entities, so you never get the same physical car. At least the model should be the same – driving schools usually match their fleet with whichever model local examination center picked. E.g. in Warsaw it's Hyundai i20, so most (if not all) schools teach on Hyundai i20.

    depends how cars get allocated

    Like I've said before, examination center's cars are never used for teaching. That's driving school's job.

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    T-Mobile sued after employee stole nude images from customer phone during trade-in
  • Is the last one an absolute requirement?

    No, but it must match capacitive reader's performance.

    I've just checked the 2023 version of Moto G Stylus and... IPS? Seriously, Motorola? Sorry, devil wears Prada and flagships wear AMOLED.

    Oh, yeah. I forgot that G Stylus isn't supposed to be a flagship. Duh.

    Thank you for suggesting something anyway. Guess I'll stick to the Note 9 and keep fixing it until the world dies.

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    VW Is Putting Buttons Back in Cars Because People Complained Enough
  • it’s frequently 10 Fahrenheit or lower in the winter

    Fair enough, we don't hit such temperatures regularly in Warsaw (Poland).

    a literal freezing steering wheel

    Is it that bad? Wow. Didn't know that. I though the cage would provide at least some thermal insulation.

    hold on to it for 10 mins until the heat kicks on

    If my colleagues lived in a climate as cold as yours, they'd have mounted parking heaters (e.g. Webasto) by now. Electrics struggle in cold, but they can preheat themselves before the ride, using just the electricity.

    I’m assuming you live in a warm place

    Warsaw is at the same latitude as Edmonton in Canada, so shouldn't be really that warmer.

    or don’t drive a car

    Winter 2022/23 was when we still were in our previous office. It was ½ hour long commute with my Xiaomi M365 electric scooter. This winter 2023/24 we moved to an office further away, so I was forced to change my daily vehicle to a motorcycle, maxiscooter SYM MaxSym 600i ABS. At least you have the goddamn cage.

    Wish I had public transportation.

    I miss having good alternative commute via metro and tram to our old office. Took almost the same time as e-scooter. But our new office? Public transit takes 2x as long as a motorcycle commute, according to Google Maps Timeline, so might as well not exist. So now we're in similar situation. Wish you luck...

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    What is the worst case of keeping up with the Joneses that you have seen?
  • And you have to edit almost all of the pictures afterwards since neither DSLRs nor mirrorless cameras have automated post-processing that smartphones have. I'd love to upgrade my small Fujifilm X-T100 with GCam algorithms and I'd F-KING KILL for pairing it with DxO DeepPRIME denoising algorithm. Heck, these two would be fine additions to my Galaxy Note 9! No wonder @CherenkovBlue@iusearchlinux.fyi uses Pixel 6, it's perfect for a quick snap in good light.

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    VW Is Putting Buttons Back in Cars Because People Complained Enough
  • wear gloves when driving

    For example?
    If it's so cold that you wear gloves, then get your AC fixed because it should've been running by the time you drive off.

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