Burrito of Peace wrote on Nov 12, 2019, 16:50:
You can schedule it for later, yes, but you cannot stop it completely within the OS itself. I know, we've tried. Either via GPO (which, conveniently, Win10 will flatout ignore if it feels like it even if said GPO is enforced) or straight up registry tampering. However, whether I can or cannot is irrelevant to the point that an OS should under no circumstances dictate to me when I do, or do not, choose to reboot it. Microsoft does not know better than I do about configuring and running my own machine.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Nov 12, 2019, 16:50:
True, and a fair point. I should have been more clear and specific. Linux has a monolithic kernel. Windows does not have a hybrid kernel, no matter what they claim. That's just marketing bullshit. They can't modularize their kernel to save their own asses.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Nov 12, 2019, 16:50:
I am going to guess that laptop has either a Broadcom or Atheros chipset in it for wifi. Maybe Realtek. While Mint does have driver manager, I wouldn't call it great. I'd suggest creating a Manjaro live USB and booting it with the nonfree selection and see if your wireless troubles remain. If they do, I'd be happy to help you troubleshoot it. My go to distro recommends these days are Manjaro for casual users and Fedora for professional users. Though if you really want to stay in that Ubuntu/Debian flavor, you can try straight Ubuntu or PopOS!, which is a more modern derivative of Ubuntu.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Nov 12, 2019, 14:51:
Windows on the other hand..."Reboot now or we will reboot for you and fuck your workflow.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Nov 12, 2019, 14:51:
Also, because we're using an archaic monolithic kernel, we can't do a single fucking thing in real time. Fuck you, peasant."

Burrito of Peace wrote on Nov 12, 2019, 14:51:
Also, I do not have time to tinker with my OS. I need to get out of my way, stay out of my way, and just let me get things done. I know Linux can do that and does do that. Outside of major kernel updates, I don't need to reboot my machine for weeks at a time. When I leave for the night and come back, it is exactly in the state I left it in. That's just one of many examples I have personally encountered of why Linux is a better OS than Windows.

Beamer wrote on Nov 12, 2019, 12:17:
I still feel like you need to be a masochist to use Linux. Granted, I haven't used it since the mid-00s, but I just want an OS that works without me needing to do a damn thing. Despite all of the articles here that paint Windows 10 out to be some dire failure, it really just works, and just works well.

I know, you guys love singing the Gospel of Linus, but Linux isn't right for a lot of users. You guys like tinkering with your OS. It's the last thing I ever want to do again.

eRe4s3r wrote on Nov 7, 2019, 20:25:
Still no weather events and no roadside events.... I love these kind of games, but I just want more depth in the simulation. Beyond the derpy AI cars.

SirKnight wrote on Nov 6, 2019, 11:42:
Not a huge fan of the new look TBH. At first I thought there was something wrong with the web server. The categories on the left are too wide so there's all this extra space and the text for the news stories is too big. It makes the site have a zoomed-in look where I can't see as much on screen so I have to scroll a lot more.

Now I'm not saying it's terrible though. It's still got that classic 90s look to it which I like. What I do find terrible is most modern web page design so this site sticking with a more old-school internet look is awesome to me.

But maybe things look too big and zoomed in b/c I'm still at 1080p. I would suspect that 1440p or 4K users probably see things differently, depending on their scaling settings.

You can disable wake timers altogether so that nothing wakes your PC

BIGtrouble77 wrote on Nov 5, 2019, 14:59:

jacobvandy wrote on Nov 5, 2019, 14:35:
Haha, yeah, major publishers always mention a grey market key site or two alongside the rest of their distributors in press releases. You know, just to make it fair...

GMG is not grey market.

But they are getting discounted keys and selling those keys is all they are doing- I'm sure some keys are loss leaders too. You can't say GMG has it figured out when Steam, EGS, GoG, etc have completely different businesses.

Kxmode wrote on Nov 5, 2019, 13:52:

jdreyer wrote on Nov 4, 2019, 15:27:
Surprised that no has protested that Epic is violating his "First Amendment rights."

I'm pretty sure most know cheating isn't a first amendment right. People aren't that stupid.

phinn wrote on Nov 4, 2019, 16:01:

You're talking about a pretty rigorously invasive tool to do that "lockdown" with. I mean, that's going to be more invasive than any of the DRMs we've seen in the past.

Yes I absolutely am talking something invasive. I'm talking something system-wide that puts Win10 into lock-down to play online games so that it's fair. Cheating is ruining the industry right now every competitive game people are flying around aimbotting and seeing through walls in every game. Your almost forced to console at this point. I'm talking about something as invasive a possible that suspends all other running tasks during "game mode" and then releases it after. I would love something like that at this point.

phinn wrote on Nov 4, 2019, 16:10:
Make sure you set Nvidia Ultra Low Latency to "on" and the monitor to 144Hz in NVCP also.

RedEye9 wrote on Nov 2, 2019, 13:08:

jdreyer wrote on Nov 2, 2019, 12:45:
Lots of Job Hunting, but No Job, Despite Low Unemployment.

What are people complaining about? Lots of jobs at Uber.

/S

Also, NYT has caught on to reading in private mode. I cut the page load halfway through to avoid getting blocked.

You sneaky devil. Worked like a champ.

saluk wrote on Oct 31, 2019, 16:22:

phinn wrote on Oct 31, 2019, 16:13:
Really don't understand why everyone throws a fit anytime something new comes out. Steam was and still is in need of a modern UI. This is a nice step forward, no complaints.

Modern UI design is terrible. It intentionally sacrifices usability, efficiency, and discoverability to optimize for engagement. A decade of making computing technology worse so that consumers look at the screen longer and click on more ads.

The_Pink_Tiger wrote on Oct 28, 2019, 19:40:
Of course, the real reason for this move has /nothing/ to do with "people watch[ing] weekly and look[ing] forward to the next episode and talk[ing] about it". It's all about making sure customers keep paying every month. If people binge watch an entire season in a weekend, they may not show up (or pay) for the service until the new season is available. If they spread that same season out over six months, those customers have to keep paying month after month.

Look, I'll grant you that maybe I'll have a better experience if I don't watch ten episodes in a row, that spreading a series out over a month or so would be more memorable. But that should be the customers' choice, and not something pushed on them. If you try that, people will just find other ways of enjoying the media that don't have these strings attached... like your competitors or piracy.