Welcome to the 1%. 😋
Yes there are some that switch, and also kudos to those who try, even when they find it’s not for them.
I’m just sad that the problems with Windows isn’t enough for more to abandon it? I simply don’t get “normal” people.

Backlash is actually losing business, what they are really getting is a lot of whining from people who never do anything anyway.
It was the same with Windows 95, XP, then Vista, then 8 and 10 and now 11.
Very few who are used to Windows will abandon it just because it’s becoming a surveillance hellscape of forced updates, advertising and other annoyances.
Microsoft is posting record profits on their way down, just like Intel did 10 years ago.
That said Microsoft is still in a better position, and while Windows may lose relevancy, Microsoft has way more revenue coming from other sources than Intel had without X86.

Rear camera: Wide (main): 50 MP, f/1.8, 24mm, 1/1.56"

That’s not a very big sensor for a premium phone main camera.
Seems like we now get cheaper camera to compensate for more expensive SOC?

Display: 6.78" LTPO AMOLED, 1B colors, 165Hz, PWM

PWM at what frequency? PWM is awful if it is not very high frequency as it creates flicker in the display. The only advantage to PWM is that it is dirt cheap to make and very easy to work with from a hardware perspective.

Not exactly a phone I’m getting excited about. I would have preferred better display and a higher end Camera system, and then a slightly slower SOC.
High end SOC’s are so fast now, that they are not a real limitation in my use of a modern phone, even if they are not the top model.

Just look at the Pixel phones, their SOC is about half as fast as top Snapdragon and Dimensity , and AFAIK nobody I have heard of is complaining about them being slow. It only shows on benchmarks, but is irrelevant for 99% of users.

Edit PS:
The 99% number is a very accurate statistic number I pulled from my…
Oh never mind. I hope you get my drift.

AFAIK nobody has died in a Waymo, and they have a very low accident rate, lower than human drivers. Calling it a suicide carriage is just not reflecting reality in any way.

I don’t understand the purpose of that, or how that would be irony.
Looks just like a dumb comment to me.

What a moronic question to ask on a Steam Deck sub?
Of course I have, and Steam deck was priced very aggressively, but info on who makes this Steam Machine and how it will be priced is 100% absent here.
There was a pretty massive attempt at launching steam machines years before Steam Deck, and that it didn’t go well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_Machine_(computer)

Following a two-year testing period, Steam Machines and its related hardware were released on November 10, 2015. By 2018, many Steam Machine models were no longer offered on the Steam store.

How does that raise the question whether I’m aware of Steam Deck???

There’s an LED strip, y’all!

Cool, I hope they keep that idea. 😀

Anyways it all depends on price/performance is good.
Previous attempts at 3rd party Steam Machines were not good in that regard.

Yes we are, Trump is building up Hitler/Putin style. Taking control of secret and security services and using ICE too against both judges and police that object.
USA will not remain a democracy unless something serious is done within 3 years.

But even dictators with strong police and military backup can be overthrown if the people rebel in big enough numbers.
No security system can hold against the masses of the population.
It looks more an more like that’s where USA is heading. Maybe Trump is too stupid to see it, he may actually just be manipulated by people around and behind him, who really wants STRONG leadership, which they imagine means fascist dictatorship.

It’s scary how a country that for many many lifetimes claimed democracy as one its biggest virtues, can fall so far so fast.
It’s also scary how a country that consider the constitution almost as holy scripture, doesn’t give a shit about the most crucial cornerstones of that constitution.

Originally it was all based on the ideals of the declaration of independence:
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights

And now weer have Nazi America.

IDK, I haven’t used a tablet for years now.
I have a 6.7" Phone which is great for portability and easy to read, and when I want the bigger screen I use a “real” (old fashioned) computer, either laptop or desktop.
I still prefer the desktop format of a (Linux) PC. 32" desktop monitor is great IMO, and super for gaming.
The tablet fills a hole that doesn’t exist for me anymore.

The ruling class is decided by the majority, USA could change it any time they want to.
And I don’t mean by election with only 2 options.

IDK, this reeks of: Now we won a bunch of elections, so no need to continue the fight.
I would think the massive victories Democrats enjoyed, would have shown that the population support when the Democrats are fighting.
But apparently Democrats are incapable of staying the course, and are doomed to be trampled by the Republicans every time.

David Hogg was 100% right, Democrats need change, and to “to take on “ineffective” Democratic incumbents.” And the Democratic leadership preventing his efforts were a travesty.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/11/hogg-vote-new-election-dnc-00401673

Seems like USA has zero democratic parties represented now, as in parties that actually support democracy.

You are the only one here claiming anything about genocide. The research was on forced labor.

Oil production is lowest in 4 years it’s down to half now, and so are the prices. Meaning that Russia only has a fourth the revenue that they had 4 years ago.

I don’t think tomorrow is what most have claimed, but maybe “any time now”, which has kind of been true for the past year.
The signs have been clear for a couple of years now, that the Russian economy can’t handle the war effort against Ukraine in the long run. But the time scale is very hard to predict, if not outright impossible. But in the beginning we knew that when the war chest Putin had saved up was dry, it would only be a matter of time before the Russian economy would see a steep downturn, those early predictions have come true.
But if for instance we get an extremely mild winter, Russia might actually push through it this year too.
But the way it looks, the infrastructure is collapsing, one aspect is that Russia commonly has centralized heating plants, that supply hot water to apartments. These are often based on waste heat from electricity production. And we known in many areas they are behind on maintenance of those, which potentially can leave people without both electricity and heat.
How bad this goes is hard to predict, but we are seeing problems already, despite we are only just out of maintenance season!
The Russian economy, infrastructure and population have been stretched beyond their limits for some time now, the real question is when the parts begin to snap.
I am pretty certain this winter will do it to a big enough degree on the economy and infrastructure for the population to snap too.
The story from the power plant where the workers strike is an example of it. Remember this is GRU (KGB) country, workers don’t complain unless they have really really serious reasons to do so. If you complain you risk going to prison, and going to prison is almost like a death sentence in Russia.

All the Scandinavian countries support Ukraine more than Canada.
So although we appreciate the help from Canada, canadianaffairs.news can fuck right off with this moronic rhetoric.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/total-aid-to-ukraine-by-country

Norway has given 14 billion against Canada 13 Billion.
And Canada is a country of about 40 million while Norway is only 5½. So per capita Norway is giving 7 times more than Canada!

I agree, Those 2 are connected, because Putin knows he won’t survive politically if he ends this war at a point where Russia has gained almost nothing, at extreme cost to the country.
And for Putin, not surviving politically is probably the same as simply not surviving.

I think they will. Russia has had revolutions 2 times before.
As they say, third time is the charm. 😀

The Russian economy was already strained by the war and sanctions. But now the Russian economy is outright collapsing. Ukraine’s attacks and sanctions have cut Russian oil exports in half compared to the beginning of the war, and in the same time the price has dropped to half.
That means that oil exports are only worth a fourth now compared to the beginning of the war!
But it is not only oil, it is EVERYTHING!

Russian oligarchs overall are estimated to have lost about half their net worth!:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_billionaires

As shown in my original post, Russian companies are now at a point where they can’t pay workers, transportation is failing, and some people can’t even get food reliably.

There were recent stories about how Russians in certain regions wouldn’t have power or water or heat due to “planned” maintenance. Except this is not possibly planned maintenance, because that is ALWAYS done in the summertime!

Russia is out of options to cover the deficits in creative ways. From now on they will have almost immediate effect, and old deficits will catch up too, and the whole thing will probably collapse over the next 3-6 months, or earlier if the Russian people decide they’ve had enough.

Seems to me that Russia is already unable to handle the current level of attacks. But of course if the attacks on Russia were escalated, the end of the war would come sooner.

I included a very thorough post with documentation that the story is actually true.
I admit the headline is clickbaity, but if you read my comment I absolutely do provide information on what it is about, with 2 other sources confirming it.