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rand49an··on “Microsoft Pluton Hardware Security Coming to Our CPUs”: AMD, Intel, Qualcomm
All apps on Xbox run in as VMs in a modified HyperV environment so that should be pretty straightforward.
rand49an··on Britain to ban new petrol cars and vans by 2030 on road to net zero emissions
Not bad in the global scheme of things but hundreds of millions of global refugees isn't going to be good for anyone.
rand49an··on Britain to ban new petrol cars and vans by 2030 on road to net zero emissions
Nothing did need to change, but since we've decided that we want no part of the single market or any regulatory alignment things will have to change unless we decide otherwise. Because of our own foolishness for 4 years, we have created a deadline for ourselves.
rand49an··on Designing an Overkill workbench for home office
You still need to have multi gigabit switching and cabling to supply those WiFi6 points though!
rand49an··on BitTorrent v2
Unless you work for that ISP though, you don't know what the limits to their network are or how many people you actually share that line with.

It's gigabit speeds until all your neighbours suddenly want to download something too.

rand49an··on BitTorrent v2
That would probably increase the amount of storage space people would end up buying which would greatly increase the electricity demands on the end user.

I would bet this is already the most efficient way of it working.

You can setup a proxy service to cache internet requests too, but they're getting less useful due to greater use of HTTPS.

rand49an··on Google announces Pixel 5, Pixel 4A 5G, and Pixel 4A
Had a Nokia 7.1 for a few years now. Really nice phone, still very quick and the battery easily last 2 days (still). Cost £190 when new. Not sure why people pay more really.
rand49an··on Google announces Pixel 5, Pixel 4A 5G, and Pixel 4A
To counter that though, it's not nearly as efficient and the additional heat definitely puts more stress on the battery possibly lowering it's lifespan.
rand49an··on When a customer refunds your paid app, Apple refunds its 30% cut [edited]
They absolutely have the ability to do that though, they clearly have the ability to shut a device down entirely too based on the iOS activation system.

I probably wouldn't go as far as 'dystopic' either.

rand49an··on Banks are slow to increase rates on savings accounts, but quick to reduce them
I've switched banks 4 times over the last few years to take advantage of different deals offering a few hundred pounds or so for join-ups. Never had an issue.
rand49an··on When you type realty.com into Safari it takes you to realtor.com
Windows hasn't required confirmations for deletions in years. And the Documents vs My documents folder makes me think it's your organisations setup that is to blame for much of this.

Don't use classic start either. Just remove the pinned stuff from the start menu and it's like your using Windows 2000 again.

rand49an··on Linux is Most Used OS in Microsoft Azure – over 50 percent of VM cores
Office 365, Outlook and Xbox Live definitely aren't run on Azure.
rand49an··on Pi-hole 5.0
Either a switch or an injector.
rand49an··on Let's Stop the 5G Hysteria: Understanding Hoaxes and Disinformation Campaigns
I think the increased energy usage mostly comes from the increased number of base stations required to service a population.
rand49an··on Google bans Zoom from employees' computers
All these things can be stopped with the Teams policies which can be set by the Teams owner (probably the teacher).

Better education regarding these tools is required for sure.

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