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Comment Re:In-office work is a necessity for some (Score 1) 66

You don't have time to sit around without anyone noticing in retail unless there's not a business case, in which case there's no customers. That business has (at least) two problems.

If there's work to be done, it's immediately noticeable when you aren't doing it, to anyone who understands the job. No one else is qualified to manage people doing it.

Comment Re:That was fast (Score 1) 171

It sounds like the same marketing wank that everyone uses to hype their products.

It is also the same marketing they use for their claims in chip making.

Right now the main issue with F35 export sales is that everyone thinks the US has a kill switch, and is an unstable wannabe dictatorship.

And what does that have to do with the fact that according to China the J-20 is the same as a F-35 and that a generation older J-10 can defeat both? Nothing. That is a red herring argument.

Comment Re:Fragmented? You don't need to say that... (Score 1) 23

In addition to the setups, MS makes dumb decisions when it comes to their UI. For example, in the new Outlook 365, they removed the Decline option for meetings if you open a meeting invite. They only two options are "Accept" or "Decline and Propose New Time". To decline a meeting outright you have to Decline using through the Calendar view not the meeting details. That is dumb on so many levels because details like location and subject factor in whether I decline a meeting.

Comment Re:That was fast (Score 1) 171

Being newer doesn't make the J-20 invincible, especially if the pilots are still learning how to make best use of it. The are countless examples of superior weapons losing to ones they were supposed to dominate, due to human factors.

You missed the point entirely. China has claimed their J-20 are the next generation stealth fighter to rival the F-35. At the same time their next generation stealth fighter can be shot down by an older generation fighter which they call a "stealth killer". You don't see how those statement contradicts what China is selling. "Buy our latest fighters which are invisible to radar. Also buy our older fighters which can defeat stealth."

Comment Re:Hinting at Hardware Dominance. (Score 1) 25

My original comment was referring to Microsoft as the anti-trust experts. It was a tongue-in-cheek reference to their history. And their known power and dominance within the corporate space. Point is if they wanted to try and force "Professional" versions of their OS onto some specific hardware (which they happen to currently be all tooled up to make and do,) it sure as shit wouldn't be coming from an unknown place of profit (cough, Apple). And it would eliminate most problems of hardware compatibility and make IT easier with a single platform.

Point is MS trying to force hardware onto corporate customers would lead to widespread revolt. Point is MS does not make ANY desktops today and barely make any laptops. The suggestion is absurd at its face that MS would leverage hardware they don't make.

Would they piss off a lot of 3rd party hardware vendors? Sure. But there's always the Home market for them.

No they would piss off their corporate customers. Their corporate customers who will not use Home.

And as GenZ's name becomes more "Boss" and "Sir", we'll see what the break room morphs into. The LAN party might be the new smoke break.

You must be smoking something if you think corporations will buy gaming machines because Gen Z employees want to game.

I chose a Mac over Windows in 2008 regardless of my Windows needs at the time. Because virtualization. Yeah. I'm well aware of the 5% of fringe cases in business.

Your experience is from 15 years ago. Today Macs are making inroads into corporations more than ever.

Comment Re:The Consumers (Score 1) 24

Rationalize it however you want.

You presented no actual data other than a relative ranking which does not indicate anything. Again, Call of Duty BO7 was 80% less than BO6 when compared to the exact timelines.

Indie games never sell more than AAA. Expedition 33 has sold 5 million units in all of 2025. Battlefield 6 has sold 10 million in just one month.

And you just ignored Mindseye and Call of Duty BO7 combined is less than Expedition 33. Cherry picking numbers does not help your case.

Comment Re: Why they are more expensive (Score 1) 76

It's been a while so I can't really direct you. When licensing became very uncertain I backed away and haven't done one in a while.

My best advice is to get a good flight controller kit up front so everything works together without a lot of screwing around. Also to read lots of build logs before you do one. And maybe start with a cheap type to build familiarity.

Also any design where you just have arms connected to a central board tends to be flimsy. I started with a SK450 and it's kind of floppy

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