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5 minutes ago, Dixel said:
Where does Github write they only act accordingly to the US laws
The same place bottled water manufacturers write "WARNING: CONTENTS MAY BE WET!" Again,
33 minutes ago, 66cats said:a reasonable person reading the TOS of a US company understands that "any laws," in such a context, means US (not Canadian or fictitious) laws.
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2 hours ago, Dixel said:
Github declares it may act on any laws, not only US laws
Sure, and imaginary (made up) laws are also a subset of "any laws," and, thereby, actionable. Some would argue that such a literalist reading is absurd, complaining that a reasonable person reading the TOS of a US company understands that "any laws," in such a context, means US (not Canadian or fictitious) laws. Not i -- just tossing it out there for your consideration.
2 hours ago, Dixel said:[GitHub] may allow Russians to steal members' intellectual property
Not without running afoul of US law, no. Though a US company choosing to to comply with US law is, in this case, inconvenient, that's simply how our current reality is structured.
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3 minutes ago, D.Draker said:
Any user, who is going to join, needs to be warned in advance that he will be forced to adhere to the laws of the welcoming entity."
Sorry if i didn't make myself clear, i'll try again: why would you expect GitHub (a US company) to warn users that it may follow US law? Seems self-evident to me.
15 minutes ago, D.Draker said:translation software
A bit of an idee fixe (your native tongue?) for you. Let me reassure you, i'm a US national, posting from US.
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7 minutes ago, D.Draker said:
warned in advance
That a US company may comply with US law?
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1 hour ago, D.Draker said:
github works for the international market
US entities must comply with US (rather than Russian, Canadian, or Sharia) law. Simply how US law works.
2 hours ago, D.Draker said:they can't just throw away whomever they don't like.
GitHub may take down content violating US law and GitHub TOS -- legal and reasonable.
2 hours ago, D.Draker said:Or they would've needed to implement the only US members demand.
It is sufficient for foreign nationals to adhere to US law and GitHub TOS when using GitHub. Why would you want a more restrictive policy?
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16 hours ago, cc333 said:
MS took advantage of many of these new instructions, and, yet, they were simultaneously able to retain compatibility with older CPUs that lacked the new instructions.
Windows 3.1 didn't run on 8088, 95 wanted a 386, 98 wanted a 486, XP wouldn't install on a 486, etc., no one thought it unreasonable. When MS set the bar too low for Vista, that's when everyone complained. If we don't insist on official support, sticking 11 on older/unsupported HW is as simple as checking a couple of boxes in Rufus.
16 hours ago, cc333 said:dumping compatibility with 2-4 year old hardware
11 officially supports Coffee Lake (2017).
16 hours ago, cc333 said:an excuse to be lazy
Pouring time/money in outdated HW support is unlikely to result in higher profits.
17 hours ago, cc333 said:keep, at a minimum, higher-end Core2 Duos and all 1st gen Core i stuff (Nehalem and Westmere, etc).
C2Ds came out in 2006, currently in the hands of a few labs/businesses (gear that doesn't have drivers/software for newer OSes, so XP) & hobbyists (who got C2Ds specifically to run XP on "period correct" HW). 11 on C2D is doable (maybe not 24H2), though can't see anyone doing it out of necessity.
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19 minutes ago, VistaLover said:
They outright block
Chromium 86
360Chome 13.5, Windows 10, works here (without changing user-agent).
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8 hours ago, FantasyAcquiesce said:
Microsoft is making perfectly good hardware over 15+ years old artificially useless.
The alternative is to simply ignore new instructions, available on more recent CPUs.
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3 minutes ago, UCyborg said:
63/37
No opinion, it's supposed to melt all at once, instead of being semi-molten over a few degrees range like 60/40. By 60/40, i just meant basic tin/lead solder, not exact Sn/Pb ratio.
Re. your bad memory stick: have you tried all the usual stuff, like different slots/raising the voltage/loosening timings? BTW, generic 800MHz DDR2 sticks are still cheap/plentiful on US eBay, ~$5 shipped, "buy it now," for a 2GB stick.
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On 6/22/2024 at 8:52 AM, UCyborg said:
lead-free solder
Abomination, abhorrent to God. Since you're running into HW problems in another thread (which might involve replacing caps), get some regular 40/60 tin/lead rosin core solder. When you desolder, add some of this to the solder joints -- resultant alloy will have a lower melting point & make parts removal much easier.
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10 hours ago, Dave-H said:
any other tests I can do to compare them?
In Vista+ (where hardware acceleration works by default), for me, there's no difference. In XP, this progwrp.dlll allows HW acceleration.* With HW acceleration enabled, you should see measurable improvements in browser benchmarks like Speedometer 3.0, especially in graphics benchmarks like MotionMark (50 to 100% higher scores on my HW). Can't say the difference is immediately obvious outside of benchmarks.
*To enable HW acceleration, launch Supermium with --use-angle=d3d9 --ignore-gpu-blocklist. This setting won't work with older GPUs/may introduce additional issues (v1.2 is still "pre-release").
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32 minutes ago, Dave-H said:
1.2.0.5058
There's a new version for 124, 1.2.0.5065. Direct download here.
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58 minutes ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:
(do not need an account to test) -- https://reg.usps.com/login?app=HOLDMAIL&appURL=https%3A%2F%2Fholdmail.usps.com%2Fholdmail%2F
Just tested with with
some old360Chrome 13.5, seems to work (gives me "We do not recognize your username and/or password. Please try again.").1 -
19 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:
As far as I know, the codec of AVC1 or H.264
Found out too late, see edit. Correction to the edit: h264ify does do its thing, it just so happened that the vids i was clicking through, being new, were AVC1 by default.
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12 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:
Wayback Machine
Thank you. Worked.
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52 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:
To force YouTube using the H.264 format, you can install the extension h264ify which you then have to configure to your needs
How do i configure it? Installed on 32-bit Mypal 68.13.3b, all i get is 3 checkboxes, and Stats for Nerds tells me YT is streaming AVC1
Edit: Disregard, didn't realize h264 * AVC are the same thing. BTW, with h264ify disabled, i still get AVC1 with every video i try.
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Now that Mycroft Project's dead (the site's still up, but broken), how can i add custom search engines to Mypal?
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Bought a cheap new laptop for my dad, came with W11 home. Turn it on, expecting the setup to take ~10 minutes (all he needs is Chrome & Chess Titans installed). Created a new MS account (usual workarounds didn't work, though hadn't tried too hard, just wanted to get this done), went through setup, downloaded Chrome installer, clicked, and ... S mode, won't install.
No problem, takes a few mouse clicks to switch S off. Or, rather, it should. Clicking the "Get" button in MS Store brought up "We couldn't complete the upgrade," with "Try again" replacing "Get." Surprisingly, trying again solved nothing.
Googled workarounds -- found out command prompt & powershell don't work in S mode. Tried starting from scratch with "Reset your PC" (wasted another half an hour to net the same results). Finally gave up & installed a fresh copy of W11. This installed in normal (not S) mode, and even (verily, we live in an age of miracles) let me create a local account -- guessing because 11 didn't have a network driver for this laptop, so no viable way to connect. Finished installing, stuck in a USB WiFi dongle, let 11 update (bringing in WiFi & the rest of the drivers), after ~2 hours, everything works as it should. Two hours to set up a new laptop with 11 Home preinstalled. Reject modernity >:(
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3 hours ago, AstroSkipper said:
hardware acceleration in Mypal 68 and New Moon 28 works great
Edit: My mistake, the "use HW acceleration when available" box wasn't checked. Testing again now.
Another edit: Checking the HW acceleration box makes it slower.
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30 minutes ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:
hiding anything from us
Two pages of back & forth, debugging my HW issue (still unresolved). Didn't want to derail this thread.
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3 hours ago, IDA-RE-things said:
2 versions of adapter
Hi, thanks, check your PM.
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2 minutes ago, IDA-RE-things said:
. Can't reproduce on my side.
Can only show you screen recordings:
win32's (version 1.1.something)
Again, if you know of a better way to show you what's happening, i'll give it a shot.
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12 minutes ago, Dixel said:
we have a third, fully confirmed case!
I might have been too quick on the trigger, maybe that file itself is corrupt. Try https://bitmovin.com/demos/av1, see if it freezes for you with IDA-RE-things' progwrp.dll (it does for me), and plays normally with win32's (it does, for me).
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1 hour ago, IDA-RE-things said:
With AV1 only enabled with this extention, browser dont allow video from youtube at all. :)
3 minutes ago, Dixel said:prevents AV1 from loading
I think he meant the opposite, he only enabled AV1 (and the browser showed nothing, there being nothing to show). That's how i read it.
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Overall performance comparison between different computers under Windows XP
in Windows XP
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Late to the party. Surprised no one uses Passmark 8: [download page, scroll to "older versions" for "PerformanceTest 8.0] - small download, short run time, less gamer-centric, offers a friendly, detailed graph breakdown. This is the box i'm on now, XP 64 installed on NVMe drive / X99 i7 6800k. Fancy HW, though even overclocked, cooking grade i7 6700k (and even i7 4770k) outperform it in XP benchmarks, especially with older ones like 3DMark 2001 :'(