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Comment on Netflix is letting go of some of its best indie games in ~games
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Comment on I need advice, which laptop would you buy now? in ~tech
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentI'm kind of confused, I don't see this issue. I've never seen windows even care what program you're using to open a file when renaming it. Just now change the extension of a file to test and it...rename it from the ribbon
I'm kind of confused, I don't see this issue. I've never seen windows even care what program you're using to open a file when renaming it. Just now change the extension of a file to test and it just went straight to renaming the same as when you right click first. There some way to replicate the issue?
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Comment on Most US exhibition execs think traditional moviegoing has less than twenty years as ‘viable business model,’ according to new survey in ~movies
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentThose are the only ones I go to anymore. I have a couple theaters nearby that sell real food where you order from your seat and they bring it to you. The food is good, with a menu similar to a...Those are the only ones I go to anymore. I have a couple theaters nearby that sell real food where you order from your seat and they bring it to you. The food is good, with a menu similar to a pub, with less cramped seating than a typical theater and a counter that runs the length of the row of seats attached to the seats in front of you. They're not perfect, but it's not a bad setup and loads better than normal theaters.
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Comment on Spaceballs 2 | Announcement in ~movies
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentI just assumed the animated series is to Mel Brooks as the Star Wars Holiday Special is to George Lucas. Either that or he forgot about it, which isn't unexpected given he will be 99 years old by...Also the trailer lied about there only being one Spaceballs.
I just assumed the animated series is to Mel Brooks as the Star Wars Holiday Special is to George Lucas. Either that or he forgot about it, which isn't unexpected given he will be 99 years old by the end of the month. lol
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Comment on How do you celebrate your birthday? in ~talk
SteeeveTheSteve LinkWith chocolate cake of course! As long as there is cake, I'm quite happy, even if it's a bit delayed. Given I can make it myself rather easily, it would be hard to ruin my birthday. Usually I...With chocolate cake of course! As long as there is cake, I'm quite happy, even if it's a bit delayed. Given I can make it myself rather easily, it would be hard to ruin my birthday.
Usually I visit my mother for dinner on the nearest weekend and she will cook whatever I ask for (within reason), including a cake for desert. Otherwise there's nothing special, usually just go about my day like normal.
I've never really been big on birthday celebration and parties are just a "nope". I'm the type to show up to a party and either disappear shortly after, zone out or latch onto someone I know that makes a good focus to help me ignore the crowd. The idea of having one where I'm the center of it all sounds like torture. If someone were to throw a party for me, the only way for it not to go poorly would be to disguise it as someone else's party or a party for another reason (i.e. "randomly" throwing a BBQ that day).
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Comment on A huge outbreak has made Ontario the measles centre of the western hemisphere in ~health
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentTotally agree on stopping religious exemptions. Measles is nasty, surviving is no guarantee it's done with you even if you don't have long term symptoms. It can take decades before it pops back up...We should probably stop that exemption.
Totally agree on stopping religious exemptions. Measles is nasty, surviving is no guarantee it's done with you even if you don't have long term symptoms. It can take decades before it pops back up and kills you. It's just not worth the risk, I'd even call it child abuse not to vaccinate your children. Might as well allow someone to spread plagues because they worship the Peryite.
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Comment on Starlink is surprisingly good, actually in ~tech
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentThat's a good point, I'll have to mention that to her. They have a lot of power outages due to all the trees in the area and an abnormal number of people hitting power lines. The phone line is...That's a good point, I'll have to mention that to her. They have a lot of power outages due to all the trees in the area and an abnormal number of people hitting power lines. The phone line is underground so the only thing that seems to bother it is lack of proper maintenance and the one time someone ran into the box.
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Comment on Starlink is surprisingly good, actually in ~tech
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentThat's an understatement if my mother's situation isn't unique. She isn't that far from a small city (in USA), but still has bad cell coverage and is currently having issues with her landline...there’s a lot of parts of the US that are well beyond the range of any cell towers where the best thing available is slow, unreliable ADSL or even 56k dial-up. For the people living in such areas good satellite internet must be a godsend.
That's an understatement if my mother's situation isn't unique. She isn't that far from a small city (in USA), but still has bad cell coverage and is currently having issues with her landline because, according to the people doing the repairs, they are being forced to use scavenged parts. Which means even when they repair it, the parts fail quickly. Her line has been basically unusable, full of static and dropping calls, for a few weeks now.
They started with a process of checking her home wiring, which alone took a week to get someone out there (not 5 miles from the city), and from the repairman's own mouth they know it's at the box down the road, but are being forced to check the house anyway (he was apparently not too happy with not being able to just fix it). The company, who sells fiber internet/voip in the city nearby, bought her previous provider not that long ago. We're thinking they are trying to get rid of their landline customers, but for some reason can't just drop them.
Safe to say she's working on getting satellite internet with voip. I'm hoping they get the landline repaired just in time for her to cancel her service. 😈
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Comment on Text Formatting in Notepad begin rolling out to Windows Insiders in ~tech
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentWas that always there? 😅 Apparently I need to re-read things when I'm more awake before commenting.you can disable support for formatting entirely
Was that always there? 😅 Apparently I need to re-read things when I'm more awake before commenting.
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Comment on Text Formatting in Notepad begin rolling out to Windows Insiders in ~tech
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentThanks for trying to explain. This is why I like this place, lots of great people who can help get ideas through my thick skull. :) Sorry, all that explaining and I do know what markdown is (a...Thanks for trying to explain. This is why I like this place, lots of great people who can help get ideas through my thick skull. :)
Sorry, all that explaining and I do know what markdown is (a very simple markup language). It's just too easy to see Microsoft storing that in an RTF format even if it defeats the entire point. Glad it sounds like it will be stored in plain text though.
Being stuck in "markdown mode" was my other concern. It sounds like you are saying notepad will allow you to toggle between plain text view and markdown view? If that's all it is, I can live with that. I can leave it toggled off if need be, that way I won't have to worry about accidentally formatting something.
Hope I can find a video of someone using it soon, or at least pictures showing the menus.
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Comment on Text Formatting in Notepad begin rolling out to Windows Insiders in ~tech
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentOooo shiny, thanks for the info! I just know if I used something with markup I'd accidentally format some text and then be working for an hour trying to figure out why it broke. Q_Q Depending how...Oooo shiny, thanks for the info! I just know if I used something with markup I'd accidentally format some text and then be working for an hour trying to figure out why it broke. Q_Q
Depending how they implement the Markup, I might just be using Notepad++ for everything at home and remove all the notepad shortcuts out of spite. >:)
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Comment on Text Formatting in Notepad begin rolling out to Windows Insiders in ~tech
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentThose examples of markup are not plain text, they're rich text. If it has hidden elements, it is no longer a text editor which only edits using characters. It does not matter how it's saved, you...Those examples of markup are not plain text, they're rich text. If it has hidden elements, it is no longer a text editor which only edits using characters. It does not matter how it's saved, you can't view how it is saved anymore since you'd need a plain text editor to view it, which notepad can no longer do.
Wordpad could save in plain text btw, which is why I wouldn't put it past them to use RTF. So I'm a bit curious if you've tested it or found info somewhere saying how it's saved?
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Comment on Text Formatting in Notepad begin rolling out to Windows Insiders in ~tech
SteeeveTheSteve LinkSo, they're turning Notepad into a gimped Wordpad, after they removed Wordpad, and they're advertising it as "modernizing" Notepad. Even though they already had a "modernized" notepad called...So, they're turning Notepad into a gimped Wordpad, after they removed Wordpad, and they're advertising it as "modernizing" Notepad. Even though they already had a "modernized" notepad called Wordpad.
This is getting old. All they do is poorly copy Apple & Google and mangle their products for only gods know what reason.
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Comment on What is a non-problematic word that you avoid using? in ~talk
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentThat seems very bad for PR as it makes the hospital seem like a soulless corporation and you're nothing more than a walking moneybag. Leave "client" to the Lawyers, Accountants and business to...“client” instead of “patient.”
That seems very bad for PR as it makes the hospital seem like a soulless corporation and you're nothing more than a walking moneybag. Leave "client" to the Lawyers, Accountants and business to business relations.
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Comment on So how do I know my passwords are safe? in ~tech
SteeeveTheSteve (edited )Link ParentNo, there's nothing stopping an OS from stealing passwords. At any moment a programmer could slip in some code capable of collecting login info from keystrokes or video from everyone into an OS...No, there's nothing stopping an OS from stealing passwords. At any moment a programmer could slip in some code capable of collecting login info from keystrokes or video from everyone into an OS update. It's one of the reason Microsoft Recall wasn't received too well. Even a browser could secretly record keystrokes, I would not be surprised if Chrome already does that. So it's best just to assume your password will be hacked.
This is why authentication was invented, always activate it if given the option. Authenticator apps and key files were invented because anyone rich enough to afford the hardware can reroute your texts and emails are too often hacked. I suppose Android could hack my phone and with that get into anything.
I had my passwords on lastpass, I wasn't even alarmed when I heard they'd been hacked because anything of value has authentication attached and I'm not rich or famous enough for someone to go thru the effort of rerouting phone numbers or hacking my phone to get into my accounts. I did change the passwords of a lot of stuff though and I use Bitwarden now, for the convenience of in browser and in phone access. Password managers do the typing for you, it's harder to record that way. My brother uses keypass on his phone, he's a bit more paranoid than me and doesn't want his info in the cloud.
Edit: Oh and "the cloud" is usually in a highly protected environment, at least using encrypted communication with far more security than the average home or small business computer. You're data is less secure on your home computer. The main issue with it being in the cloud is the bigger trove of data and popularity a company has, the more of a target it will become.
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Comment on YouTube’s new ads will ruin the best part of a video on purpose in ~tech
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentI'm hoping someone makes an AI to remove ads, even deeply embedded ones. >:)I'm hoping someone makes an AI to remove ads, even deeply embedded ones. >:)
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Comment on YouTube’s new ads will ruin the best part of a video on purpose in ~tech
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentLike most corporations, it's all about the stockholders. If the CEO doesn't give them an increased profit from the previous year then their job is at stake. Making the same profit is not enough....Like most corporations, it's all about the stockholders. If the CEO doesn't give them an increased profit from the previous year then their job is at stake. Making the same profit is not enough. The Stockholders don't care about anything else, so the the CEO resorts to any short term money grab to show an increasing profit.
Edit: This is an old problem, been around for decades. Only recently are we really feeling the affects.
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Comment on What is a misconception you are passionate about and would like to clarify? in ~talk
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentYup horses originated from North America, but they went extinct so long ago that they just don't have a place in the wild today. A lot would have to change for that to work out, humans being a big...Yup horses originated from North America, but they went extinct so long ago that they just don't have a place in the wild today. A lot would have to change for that to work out, humans being a big factor in that.
Just to include the whole story... we could make it work with only a few negative aspects. However, it'd either require allowing humans to cull the herds or a fast change in the human impact on the environment and some predators, likely wolves, would have to learn to or evolve to take down horses.
That human impact is, and this is sure to turn into a rant, mainly Cattle which have a far more devastating impact on the environment with irresponsible ranchers allowing their cattle to graze until there's no food left, sometimes leaving areas barren, and the BLM has little they can do about it as they're bogged down in bureaucracy requiring multiple warnings that by the time they can take action the damage is done and even then, when they do take the cattle away, they can end up being forced to give them back to the rancher or paying the ranchers for them. It's a ridiculous system that greatly hinders the management of BLM land far worse than horses. Though, just a note, I'm assuming nothing changed since my father retired from the BLM around 15 years ago. The BLM would do something like reseed after a wildfire and ranchers would let their cattle out on the newly seeded areas which ruins the entire purpose of the project (these seeding projects can cost millions). Ranchers will cut fences that protect ponds from being trampled to death then say the fence broke despite the wire being obviously cut. While I feel for those ranching where it's their culture, I really can't wait for lab grown meat and leather to decimate ranchers and vertical farming to make open air fields obsolete.
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Comment on What is a misconception you are passionate about and would like to clarify? in ~talk
SteeeveTheSteve Link Parent2: You protect it all like an impenetrable fortress... only for some idiot to give their key to a random guy who says he's there to fix the plumbing, even going so far as to lower the drawbridge...2: You protect it all like an impenetrable fortress... only for some idiot to give their key to a random guy who says he's there to fix the plumbing, even going so far as to lower the drawbridge over the alligator infested moat and help the guy past the rental scanner and maze of invisible, deadly laser beams.
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Comment on What is a misconception you are passionate about and would like to clarify? in ~talk
SteeeveTheSteve Link ParentEvil things are like a curse, the inflamed one are such a pain in the ass.Evil things are like a curse, the inflamed one are such a pain in the ass.
Wow, I was expecting SMOL to be an acronym, but the characters are actually smol! 🤣
Thanks for pointing this one out!