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GraphenePantson Not-so-great features coming soon to Windows 11

It's unclear that Microsoft providing up-to-date guidance on the continued leverage of various professional features included with your Windows license qualifies as "nagging". I would double-check if you actually have experienced this.

GraphenePantson Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access 3 times a year

Agreed. It's irresponsible that the homeless don't have $50 a year for Fastmail. It's worth going hungry to be the customer and not the product.

GraphenePantson Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access 3 times a year

The 3-2-1 backup strategy requires an offsite backup. It's unclear what advantage was forseen by the homeless when the decision was made to forgo this guidance.

GraphenePantson Adobe to acquire Figma for $20B

Please stop breaking the site rules by incorrecting assuming malice when incompetence is sufficient.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

GraphenePantson Email doesn't suck – it's email clients that need improving

It's incorrect to assume that a Windows application will open the Find interface via the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+F. In Microsoft Word that shortcut opens the Navigation interface, and Find is now Advanced Find, which can be opened simply and intuitively via Ctrl+H - Alt+D.

Frequent revalidation training in the leverage of Microsoft products is something that would have helped your person avoid looking unprofessional.

GraphenePantson Ask HN: 91-year-old's Hotmail account hacked, only automated support responses

It's unclear how the decision was made during the commissioning of your organization's email product that Hotmail met the requirements for validation. Is it the case that the offering of quality support was not included in the Requirements Trace Specification?

GraphenePantson Microsoft blocks Tutanota users from own service

A review of Tutanota's product was conducted and it was found that this service fails to scan emails for highly dangerous virus links. Therefore it stands to reason that Microsoft, which also provides an enterprise-grade email service, is making a professional decision to protect its users.

GraphenePantson Ask HN: Why do I struggle to follow corporate meetings?

Compelling evidence that defining the word omnichannel is within scope of this meeting has failed to be presented by your person at this time. A re-training activity has been added to your queue.

GraphenePantson Tesla owner breaks window to escape after car bursts into flames

Given that Tesla fires are so rare that they're a news story every time, it doesn't make sense to sacrifice Tesla families safety by giving children the opportunity to open doors while the car is moving.

GraphenePantson Preview, the Mac app people forget about

Correct, you get what you pay for. Acrobat Pro supports advanced rotations for only $14.99 per month.

https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/pricing.html

GraphenePantson When I tell the Windows Terminal team something is simple, I am "misguided"

It stands to reason that Microsoft, being a professional company, can better determine whether their writing is a great look or not. Unclear that your speculation is based on a higher degree of subject matter expertise.

GraphenePantson Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these days

Given Windows' market dominance it stands to reason that most people believe them to have taste. It also remains unclear how these issues would impact your ability to do work.

GraphenePantson You’re muted – or are you? Videoconferencing apps may listen when mic is off

Firefox is an unsupported browser - Teams works fine on Edge.

GraphenePantson Show HN: Just a Calendar: Simple Calendar to look at, no login, super light

Additional guidance is needed.

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        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException