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Comment Re:A microscopic quartet of violins, plays. (Score 1) 34

Those are all private universities and chances are those endowments can only be used for very specific purposes. Well at least the principal. That leaves the schools to just the interest to spend which is still a lot of money.

These are the same schools with super expensive tuitions and some very high salaried administrators, coaches, etc.

Compare them to the public universities and colleges that don't have big names and endowments to fund their 'ventures'.

Comment Re:Not even MS thinks it's ready (Score 1) 287

I want to know what percentage of the Win10 computers are eligible for Win11? If most of the folks running Win10 have computers that can run Win11 and are choosing not to then that is a big deal. if they are running old unsupported hardware then it just means they are not willing to buy a new computer yet.

Comment Re:In other words, shit (Score 1) 48

"Based on your feedback around the deletion experience, weâ(TM)ve made improvements to Add to OneDrive feature. In the past when you deleted a shortcut to a file that was created with the Add to OneDrive feature, it deleted both the shortcut and the file in SharePoint.

An update to this formerly frustrating experience is rolling out now. Moving forward, when you delete a file or folder shortcut to shared content, OneDrive will only remove the shortcut from your OneDrive, keeping the shared files intact for everyone else to use. And, in the case that you want to remove the shortcut and the shared file, you can do that in the File Context Menu."

Why would customers be frustrated that a company puts out different products with opposite behaviors ? I find it hard to believe there wasn't at least one person that pointed out this issue a long time ago yet leadership decided it was still a good idea at that time to go ahead with it.

Comment Re:happens all the time in my area so why is this (Score 1) 220

In this case the RR company is in a win win situation. Their funding is secured by government backed bonds. This funding enabled them to lay that second track, upgrade a few bridges, improve RR crossing safety, etc.

If the high speed rail doesn't work out there is no collateral to repay the taxpayers. However, the RR company now has more track to run more freight. Did I mention the Miami port was recently upgraded to receive the bigger ships that come through the larger Panama canal now?

Many South FL locals think it is a nice idea but in reality it is too expensive and just a scam by the RR company to get their system upgraded.

Comment It wasn't exactly called Chat (Score 4, Informative) 60

They may have called it Chat but it also showed up as Teams with a slightly different icon. A tiny white T on a tiny purple square ("Work or School") vs a a tiny purple T on tiny white square. And no it is not simple to disable/hide the personal Teams / Chat program.

These are the same folks that brought us Skype and Skype for Business as well as OneNote and OneNote for Windows 10.

Comment Re:Post-secondary education is a ripoff in the US (Score 2) 222

Disclaimer: I work in public higher ed.

Using the average is misleading. Private and high priced specialty programs (like medical and law) throw the average off. They should be using more 'typical' numbers like median but those don't make it as disturbing. I'm sure there are some people getting degrees that have no direct correlation to a job except for teaching in their field of study. However, a degree of just about any kind can usually help you get a job but if you can't then maybe it isn't the degree that is the problem.

Also, there are plenty of lower cost options for getting a college degree if you are willing to attend public colleges and universities (preferably local). However, if you insist on going to specific schools because they have a great team, greek life, family alma matter, etc then you are probably gonna pay more... a lot more.

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