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Microsoft has gone too far: including a Game Pass ad in the Settings app ushers in a whole new age of ridiculous over-advertising ( www.techradar.com )

Windows 11 is getting out of hand with its push for advertisments, frankly - remember the recent full-screen pop-up to persuade users to install Edge or other Microsoft services? Then another advertisment was placed in the Start menu, and now Microsoft has finally worn my temper thin - with a new Game Pass ad coming to the...

foofiepie ,

I third Mint. Very easy setup (just check your system is compatible before you try).

Also it’s ‘laser’ (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation).

foofiepie ,

No worries. Thought it was a typo. Bizarre correction for it to make.

foofiepie ,

I know right. I wonder if there are any other words that are unexpectedly acronyms.

foofiepie ,

Feature flags baby. This is how we do it.

Make it live but disabled, have an env prior to prod with them on, for any regressions.

Launching your already comprehensively tested and actually live feature? An easy deployment.

Can someone please tell me how to do this for the BE. Ta.

foofiepie ,

Just my take but:

Like them or not (and IMV they are a serious threat), China’s system enforces a strategic view, long term, more like a 100yr plan.

We don’t. It’s by election cycle or quarterly earnings report.

These things all make more sense if you see them impassionately, and without an ethical filter, from a long term POV.

China will do what’s best for China in the long term. Irrespective of ‘politics’ that are like ripples upon a rising tide.

Tesla is recalling its Cybertruck for the fourth time to fix problems with trim pieces that can come loose and front windshield wipers that can fail | The new recalls each affect over 11,000 trucks ( apnews.com )

The company says in the documents that the front windshield wiper motor controller can stop working because it’s getting too much electrical current. A wiper that fails can cut visibility, increasing the risk of a crash. The Austin, Texas, company says it knows of no crashes or injuries caused by the problem....

foofiepie ,

No problems yet in 5 years with my posh Toyota.

OP: "This is my most advance moon photograph EVER it consist of 81000 images and over 708GB of data." (see comments.)

From the other place: https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/1dmibwd/this_is_my_most_advance_moon_photograph_ever_it/...

Extremely high res moon photo, with enhanced colours. The surface is pockmarked and traces of different elements are apparent across the surface.
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foofiepie ,

Pasted from the Reddit thread:

The colors don't match what a human eye would see, but without going into a philosophy tangent, color is extremely complex and a huge part of what a human sees is your brain doing representations and mapping that isn't perfectly represented in the physical object being observed.
In this photo the saturation has been increased (versus a human eye) because it helps show the geological differences on the lunar surface. The reddish areas are high in iron and feldspar, and the blue-tinted zones have higher titanium content.
Instead of thinking of the color as "real" or "fake" it's probably better to think of it as a tool, to simulate if you were a super human with the ability to adjust saturation and detect metal composition with your eye.
Usually when a photo like this is shared by researchers and scientist all this nuance and exposition is included, but then journalist and social media get a hold of it and people start crying "fake" without an understanding of what the image is trying to accomplish.
TL;DR - The image isn't what a human eye would see but it isn't just art to look cool, the color and modifications have physical meaning and serve a purpose.

foofiepie ,

Following the Latin root, and it being singular would it not be Pawparazzo?

foofiepie ,

No need to get salty about it sheesh.

foofiepie , (edited )

Ahem. Salt. Nucleation.

I’ll get my coat.

Edit: You are clever and nerdy, cheers for teaching me something new today.

foofiepie ,

Electric jets? Is that a thing? How do they work?

foofiepie ,

FYI you can text the police (or any emergency service) in the UK if you pre register. Took me less than a minute to do.
https://www.police.uk/information-and-advice/reporting-crime/

foofiepie ,

It is normal to disrupt and jam all communication ahead of an invasion.

IEDs, tactical comms etc.

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