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Touchscreens Are Out, and Tactile Controls Are Back in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago

Touchscreens are cheaper UI part too. It saved money and "looked cool"... Win-win for shareholders

Touchscreens Are Out, and Tactile Controls Are Back in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The book cover would be a photo of Musk 😆

Touchscreens Are Out, and Tactile Controls Are Back in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Feeling for a 2cm x 1.5cm button is way different than trying to read braille.

Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I find it funny they've been trying to kill the Control Panel for 12 years now and still haven't been able to do it. Microsoft, here's an idea you can have for free: Put an "Other" section in the Settings app that opens the Control Panel inside the app, QED.

Netflix mulls introducing free ad-supported tier. The circle is complete in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 64 points 4 months ago

"The enshittifucation will continue until profits improve." --CEOs of Publicly Traded Companies

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 in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Idk even the more egregious defects usually don't get discovered this close to launch. The accelerator petal debacle should not have happened to begin with. It's a solved technology!

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 in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

It's fine, just keep it in Car Wash mode all the time 😎

I was explaining to my daughter about the differences between Gimp and Photoshop and saw that Adobe had a page that claimed to compare the two. It never compares the two. It barely mentions Gimp. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 108 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How is Photoshop different from Gimp?

Photoshop is a subscription-based...

Oh, so Gimp is better then, thanks Adobe!

Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combined in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Were they using cryptocurrency? Maybe that's how they thought they could get away with it. The article doesn't say

Pocket 386 is a mini laptop for retro computing with support for DOS and Windows 95 - Liliputing in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I know, you make valid good points, but people who are interested in purchasing this want to run the software on bare metal.

Pocket 386 is a mini laptop for retro computing with support for DOS and Windows 95 - Liliputing in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Yes, obviously. You know, I wonder how many instances of Windows 95 you can simultaneously emulate on an Android smartphone? The point is this is for retro PC enthusiasts/hobbyists. For many, emulation just isn't the same experience as running it on real hardware.

Pocket 386 is a mini laptop for retro computing with support for DOS and Windows 95 - Liliputing in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

If you have to ask, it's not for you. It's for retro PC enthusiasts