I HATE Dropbox.

I tried to use them recently and their service had some problems.

They have an option to “stream” files when you need them. The only problem is you need an internet connection to access them. I did not trust this kind of system and I actually need to access my files even without internet.

So there is a way to make the files available offline. Great! Problem solves. NOPE! They offer an option to have your files available offline, but they might remove the files and make them only available in the cloud if you local storage gets low.

That is really all they say about it and there is no option to turn this off. I was uncomfortable about their vagueness and my inability to disable this.

Within 24 hours of paying for their service I learned of this and they refused to refund my purchase.

PLEASE NEVER WORK WITH DROPBOX

The main think about the cpu is having a tpm. You can add one to the motherboard via pci, or your mobo may have one built in.

It’s been a while but I’m pretty sure it was 8th gen intel that included a tpm in the cpu by default.

Hello from a third would country 👋

Most people here buy computers used that are already pretty old. I can’t see windows cutting off support without offering some kind of upgrade path to this old hardware. Otherwise there will be millions of people used unsupported devices.

Yeah it’s what the other person said essentially.

If your computer is more than 4-5 years old, then you likely can’t upgrade to windows 11.

My computer made the cut by a single cpu generation. If it were a year older I’d be out of luck.

My computer is still way more power than I need and will have it for years to come.

If my computer were just a year older, I’d be in the same boat if not needing a new computer for years, but not have access to a secure system.

In addition, i can afford a new computer, but I wouldn’t spend the money on a new computer just to have security updates.

I live in a 3rd world country and I can promise you that this is going to lead to a large percentage of the population using an insecure version of Windows 10 or just using mobile devices.

I doubt many people here will switch to Linux, but I can only hope. Maybe businesses will do that instead of buying new hardware. Recently, I saw a shop using Banana Pis as their checkout terminal.

Also consider the people who have needle phobias. My heart starts to race before getting a vaccine. If I have to give a blood sample I will faint.

I’m getting woozy talking about this.

Why are democrats winning? The republican voter base makes decisions that directly affects their health in a negative way.

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They mentioned something about authentication changes. So I’m guessing it’s related to that.

I work freelance but occasionally needed to partner with artists and other stuff. But I now use various “ai” projects and no longer need to pay people to do the with as the computer can do it good enough.

I’m not some millionaire, I’m just a guy trying to save money to buy a house one day, so it’s not like a large economic impact, but I can’t be the only one.

I’m sure you know, but I want to add to this in case others do not.

These product lines are usually really poor quality. They might look like the original and have a similar model number, but a TV, for example, will have less ports, lower resolution screen, or a lower quality screen.

So, if it is an electronic, look up the model number and if you can’t see a lot of reviews for it, then this is why.

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I was going to play around with it, but it wasn’t part of the standard ffmpeg and I would need special build flags to use it.

That’s above my understanding, so I didn’t move forward.

I’ll have to check to see if it can be done at this time.

I agree that compression has advanced steadily. I’m really referring to a break though. Something that gets 1080 videos down to 100mb.

But more realistically, I think storage is where we need to look. If I can get a 100tb ssd for not too much, then I can more realistically host a video library.

Bandwidth can be paid for, it’s fast enough. It’s just that the companies charge a ton for faster speeds.

I’ll admit that those features are useful, but it’s not enough for me to switch to chrome and give Google more control over the web.

It’s like giving up the house to play with some toys.

Video is hard because it requires a lot of space and bandwidth. We really need a storage and/or compression breakthrough.

We also need the internet providers to stop being so stingy with network speeds and bandwidth limits.

Imagine, 100 people trying to load a video from your single hard drive, it’s not fast enough for that. It’s not like a picture where the entire thing can be sent at once. So, it will require a decent tech upgrade across the board before that can be federated successfully.

A large creator could do something like that and invest money into it, but it will still really be controlled by a small group of people.

Peertube, but it’s not great yet. I’ve not tried to use it for a few years, so maybe it’s gotten better.

At least 2-3 times I would get an entire K-pop music video as an ad.

Sure I can be skipped, but it will play when I’m in the shower listening to a podcast.

I don’t speak Korean or listen to kpop, so it’s weird it’s being advertised to me as I’m not the target audience.

I’ve used it very briefly and had no problems.

Honestly, the differences between browsers performance is almost nothing. I’ve been a long time Firefox user and only ever encountered a compatibility issue once, but that was on a 3rd world countries government webpage for a small neighborhood.

It was more likely that it was a bug.

What is wrong with him? I think he legit needs psychiatric help.

Maybe the people who get this rich due so at the cost of their mental health. Maybe it’s not healthy for a single person to hold so much wealth.

Deep down, does he know what he is doing is wrong? Is his Twitter behavior an expression of some negative feelings he can’t cope with?