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Nic

Alpha Member Since Jun 2016

6 Posts
117 Comments
Upvotes 78%
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    Spring Sale Email
    By Nic, 4 years ago
    2 Replies
    Forum: Premium
    Category: Uncategorized
    Nic Premium Uncategorized 4 years ago 2 Replies
    Move the notification bell
    By Nic, 4 years ago
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    Forum: Community Feedback
    Category: Dev
    Nic Community Feedback Dev 4 years ago 0 Replies
    Oh hey cool, another version of Windows 10
    By Nic, 4 years ago
    7 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Windows
    Nic Microsoft Windows 4 years ago 7 Replies
    Renewal Email
    By Nic, 4 years ago
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    Forum: Support
    Category: Uncategorized
    Nic Support Uncategorized 4 years ago 6 Replies
    X-Box Gold and game discounts
    By Nic, 5 years ago
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    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Games
    Nic Microsoft Games 5 years ago 0 Replies
    Forums Replies Not Working
    By Nic, 5 years ago
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    Forum: Support
    Category: Uncategorized
    Nic Support Uncategorized 5 years ago 8 Replies

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    Given Atlassian's apparent service problems, I'm not sure I'd want to trust them with my source control repos.

    Posted 1 month ago on Ask Paul: April 6 (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Lost me at the 16GB max memory and I remained lost at the lack of dedicated home/end keys. Guess I'll make my

    Posted 1 month ago on Lenovo Yoga 9i 14 Review – 15 Comments

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    Part of the problem there, is that Apple sell a product that doesn't come with the requisite components (charg

    Posted 2 months ago on From the Editor’s Desk for Monday, April 11 – 14 Comments

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    If this is using a VPN under the covers, that would indicate that using an actual VPN client (ExpressVPN or ot

    Posted 7 months ago on Hands-On with DuckDuckGo App Tracking Protection – 28 Comments

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    There is always so much talk about the theoretical speeds you can get from these networks. Every story conveni

    Posted 11 months ago on AT&T is Moving its 5G Mobile Network to the Microsoft Cloud – 28 Comments

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    Got some bad news for you. The AirPods Max and AirProds pro don't support the codec allowing you to listen to

    Posted 1 year ago on Lossless Audio and Dolby Atmos are Coming to Apple Music for Free – 74 Comments

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    I cannot get OneDrive to work on any of my systems. Not going to lie, it's annoying as Office puts such a

    Posted 1 year ago on What I Use: OneDrive Folder Backup (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Oddly, while this title is in praise of the iPad air, the majority of the praise is more about the exchange po

    Posted 1 year ago on In Praise of the Apple iPad Air (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Link Discord in with the XBox and allow people to stream games where others can watch and comment...I'll

    Posted 1 year ago on Report: Microsoft in “Exclusive” Talks with Discord – 18 Comments

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    In reply to crunchyfrog:The Clone Wars animated series is the best thing to come out of the Star Wars universe

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: March 26 (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    I've been using Brave for many months now. For the most part it just works the same as Chrome (already us

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: March 5 (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    In reply to jchampeau:I block the DNS with a PiHole so phone-home doesn't happen for my printer.

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: January 8 (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    "Brave automatically generates that stream from hundreds of popular RSS feeds using an algorithm that it says

    Posted 1 year ago on Brave Adds an Integrated News Reader – 6 Comments

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    *grab the popcorn bowl*

    Posted 1 year ago on U.S. Government, Most States Seek to Break Up Facebook – 38 Comments

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    If only Microsoft had a streaming platform for gaming that would be a natural fit for the kind of content prod

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Acquires Esports Platform, Smash.GG – 9 Comments

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    Ah, were that you could still use a custom domain with Outlook.com. Would save me a lot of headaches.

    Posted 1 year ago on Email (Re)Consolidation (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Thanks for the phone response. I've an OP 7 Pro right now. The only thing to dislike is the camera situat

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: November 13 (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    This is related to your premium post on "Inconsistency". I've been a contented user of OnePlus phones for

    Posted 1 year ago on [CLOSED] Ask Paul for Friday, November 13 – 17 Comments

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    This is the reason I'll be moving away from OnePlus after having their handsets for years. I like the han

    Posted 1 year ago on Inconsistency (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    In reply to MartinusV2:You could go to Amazon. Not many players in the game at this point.

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Play No Longer Sells Music – 41 Comments

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    Never ceases to amaze me how OneDrive is so well touted and beloved by many and I can't even get the damn

    Posted 1 year ago on SMB Tip: Never Lose a Document or Other File – 17 Comments

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    You've reviewed a whole lot of laptops over the years - what is the one machine you most regret having to

    Posted 1 year ago on [CLOSED] Ask Paul for this Friday, September 25 – 13 Comments

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    In reply to fishnet37222:+1 for TortoiseGit

    Posted 1 year ago on Git ‘Er Done with GitHub (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    In reply to train_wreck:Doesn't mean that they aren't though. It would be silly of them to say they

    Posted 1 year ago on Damned if You Do (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    There are some reports coming out this morning that state that Apple may also be interested in TikTok. While y

    Posted 1 year ago on Damned if You Do (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    The main reason I use signal (alongside the relative strength of security) is that I can also use it on Window

    Posted 1 year ago on Let’s Chat About Signal (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Will this change end up being problematic for folks as Apple walks away from x86? There is mention of potentia

    Posted 2 years ago on The Opportunity for Apple (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:I agree with this. The biggest problem with the device, for me, is that I don't

    Posted 2 years ago on OnePlus 8 Series Specs Leak – 4 Comments

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    What's seems odd to me is that this rebranding and adjustment to Microsoft 365 does not appear to include

    Posted 2 years ago on Welcome to the Microsoft 365 Era – 39 Comments

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    In reply to Marvyn:I have it on my Charge 3. It only monitors it at sleep time. I'm not sure if the updat

    Posted 2 years ago on Fitbit Announces Fitbit Charge 4 – 12 Comments

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    In reply to davidD:It could be their attempt to replace it. Although, if the quality of it matches what is pro

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Announces Consumer Version of Microsoft 365 – 37 Comments

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    The iPadOS cursor appears as a circular gray dot onscreen when you’re not using it, instead of the arrow cur

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Finally Gets Serious About the Post-PC Era (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    And this is why I pay $15 a month to Microsoft. It's a serious pain in the rear. In particular because I

    Posted 2 years ago on When Office 365 Commercial Makes Sense for an Individual (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Privacy Badger is great, right up until sites break because you are using it. First you have to realize that&#

    Posted 2 years ago on What Tracking Protection Can’t Protect Against (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Dang. I thought the 3 year thing was a long time at the few places I've worked

    Posted 2 years ago on The New Normal (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Do you feel the typical 3 year business laptop replacement cycle plays any part in the numbers?

    Posted 2 years ago on The New Normal (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    For $30 I picked up https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EHSX28M/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&am

    Posted 2 years ago on Rethinking Whole-House Audio (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Fingers crossed.

    Posted 2 years ago on [CLOSED] Microsoft’s Windows Weekly Giveaway: Surface Pro X, Pro 7, and Laptop 3 – 2573 Comments

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    It'd be nice to expand the game library with this.

    Posted 2 years ago on [CLOSED] Microsoft’s Windows Weekly Giveaway: Xbox Game Pass Ultimate – 653 Comments

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    This is likely the only way that Fitbit would continue to be a brand. It's not that their products were n

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Acquiring Fitbit for $2.1 Billion – 32 Comments

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    Maybe, if you get super-keen, you could write your own markdown editor so that you don't have to jump thr

    Posted 2 years ago on From the Editor’s Desk (Monday, October 14) – 49 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:I experience this problem frequently. Hackaround is to dump a page break and then do all

    Posted 2 years ago on Living with Chromebook: Android Apps (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    I genuinely like the idea of attempting to live with the cheap laptop. From a budgetary perspective there are

    Posted 2 years ago on From the Editor’s Desk (Wednesday, September 11) – 80 Comments

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    I would like to win a Huawei MateBook 13.

    Posted 2 years ago on [CLOSED] Win a Huawei MateBook 13! – 769 Comments

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    Strange thing is how it is as easy to replace a broken fitbit as it is a broken band. It's like they are

    Posted 3 years ago on When Customer Support is Your Achilles Heel (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    And they are out of stockB and H audio still have them - you can get them for $15 each (up to 2, after that th

    Posted 3 years ago on Google is Killing Chromecast Audio for Some Reason – 57 Comments

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    Surface GoUgly Windows sweater (Extra-Large)

    Posted 3 years ago on [CLOSED] Microsoft’s Windows Weekly Giveaways, Part 3: Surface Hardware – 2088 Comments

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    In reply to BeckoningEagle:One of the things I like to do is to have an SSD for the game that I'm playing

    Posted 3 years ago on Ask Paul: January 4 (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    XBox Game Pass

    Posted 3 years ago on First Ring Daily Live: The Giveaway [GIVEAWAY CLOSED] – 663 Comments

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    How far do you think sandboxing will go? It seems that limiting it to Pro/Enterprise editions pushes it out of

    Posted 3 years ago on [CLOSED] Ask Paul for this Friday (December 21) – 16 Comments

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    I had this problem. Ended up being because a Ftibit dongle was plugged into a machine in the house. Pulled the

    Posted 3 years ago on When S%^t Don’t Work (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    "If history is any guide, and I think it is, this shift should happen seamlessly, too." IIRC Apple shafted the

    Posted 3 years ago on This is How Apple Will Transition Macs to its A-Series Chips (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    In reply to Vladimir:The XBox X going on sale with $100 off the next week is nice and I can justify that, but

    Posted 3 years ago on Xbox in Transition (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    "Apple’s Biggest New Product Under Tim Cook? Your Privacy"* * provided that you don't live somewhere li

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple’s Biggest New Product Under Tim Cook? Your Privacy (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Earbuds that will only work with Pixel devices...that's some Apple level rankness right there.

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Pixel USB-C Earbuds First Impressions – 32 Comments

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    Maybe if they were removing the jack to put in quality stereo speakers I could get behind it, but I'm pre

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Jacks Another Victory (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Great way to utilize the CPU and memory on your machine is their Chrome extension is anything to go by.

    Posted 3 years ago on Grammarly is Coming to Google Docs – 5 Comments

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    That's a UK link, that doesn't show the free games. Changing from en-gb to en-us shows a discounted

    Posted 3 years ago on Deal: Xbox Game Pass + Forza Horizon 3 + Forza Motorsport 7 for $99 – 2 Comments

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    I see this as a brilliant move on their part and helps move people towards the subscription model that we see

    Posted 3 years ago on Xbox All Access Looks Like a No Brainer Game Changer (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Survey limiting to just one version of Windows in use should really be multiple selections.

    Posted 3 years ago on Take Our First Survey for a Chance to Win a Surface Go – 41 Comments

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    Sad that To-Do is useless when you are stuck on Windows 8.1. Working with that stuff in a browser just doesn&#

    Posted 3 years ago on Brad’s Productivity Workflow to Avoid Distractions – 0 Comments

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    In reply to dfcrone:I'm with you on the quality of Nova. I've tried the MS one a couple of times but

    Posted 4 years ago on The Microsoft Launcher Challenge (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    I mean I'm not going to say Brad's hardware things are untrustworthy, but Elite controller at E3? lo

    Posted 4 years ago on Carmel, Libra, and Andromeda are the next wave of Surface Devices – 81 Comments

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    In reply to davidD:Most of them tend to be a case where the passwords were phished somehow and as these folks

    Posted 4 years ago on Ask Paul for this Friday, June 1 – 25 Comments

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    In reply to StudBen:I wasn't familiar with that device, it looks really cool, but the PDF only limitation

    Posted 4 years ago on Ask Paul for this Friday, June 1 – 25 Comments

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    I have been pondering your statements on the Andromeda device, and thinking about use cases. As I was sitting

    Posted 4 years ago on Ask Paul for this Friday, June 1 – 25 Comments

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    When I saw this I just figured it was an issue with the April update for Windows 10 and browser incompatibilit

    Posted 4 years ago on All Premium Articles are FUBAR – 17 Comments

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    In reply to VancouverNinja:Sadly I see it all the time. A serious bug I reported has yet to be fixed because t

    Posted 4 years ago on Is it really that difficult or are developers just lazy – 16 Comments

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    And it stands in sharp contrast to Apple’s position with developers, where you are required to own a Mac to

    Posted 4 years ago on Ask Paul: April 13 (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    I believe Office is worse. Every time I open it I seem to see the box at the top bitching that there are updat

    Posted 4 years ago on Meanwhile outside the Microsoft cafeteria… – 17 Comments

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    It's usually not the developers, rather it is an edict that comes down from the User Experience (UX) team

    Posted 4 years ago on Is it really that difficult or are developers just lazy – 16 Comments

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    RE: Thurrott Now - my concern with moving this to the Forum area is that I'll no longer be able to get to

    Posted 4 years ago on Ask Paul: April 6 (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Other option might be a SQL express local database that you could share to folks.

    Posted 4 years ago on Office 365 Home Online Database? – 5 Comments

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    Bargain! /sarcasm

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Introduces New $299 iPad Geared Towards Education – 84 Comments

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    O365, Nova Launcher Prime (Android), Dark Sky (Android), Write! (Windows), Lightroom, Spotfy (Family Premium),

    Posted 4 years ago on What software do you pay for? – 26 Comments

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    Headline states why it's not Facebook's fault, and then lists multiple reasons why it's Faceboo

    Posted 4 years ago on Cambridge Analytica Isn’t Facebook’s Fault – 109 Comments

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    "Apple Magazines is the best thing to come to iPad since it launches. Another great Apple innovation!" will re

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Acquires Digital Magazine Subscription Service Texture – 9 Comments

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    Now they just need to keep the service up so you can actually sign in.

    Posted 4 years ago on Xbox One’s Spring Update to Bring 1440p Support, New Mixer Features – 10 Comments

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    Spring Sale Email

    There's some real CRM borkage over at BWW. Getting an email offering a discount for the first year of premium when I'm already a premium subscriber is a waste of bits. Please think of the blockaging that you are causing on the series of tubes that make up the internet when you do these things.

    Posted 4 years ago on Spring Sale Email – 2 Comments

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    In reply to jlv632:I think your time may be better spent at the computer museum http://www.livingcomputers.org

    Posted 4 years ago on Questions for 2/23? – 20 Comments

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    In reply to seapea:It was happening in Wordpress as well. I only use Chrome (except when sites only support IE

    Posted 4 years ago on Shouldn’t Microsoft buy Grammarly? – 23 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:An example would be using Tweetdeck. Ultimately everything would grind to a halt in

    Posted 4 years ago on Shouldn’t Microsoft buy Grammarly? – 23 Comments

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    I tried Grammarly, but the impact to my system was more than I was willing to bear. Everything written on the

    Posted 4 years ago on Shouldn’t Microsoft buy Grammarly? – 23 Comments

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    Move the notification bell

    Ideally it would stick to the top of the page, otherwise have it scroll with the content.

    When looking at the frontpage of the the forums you can either see the forum posts, or see the notification icon, but not both, because of the large icon set for the various forums that exists between the two.

    It would make the page more functional for this to be visible at all times.

    Posted 4 years ago on Move the notification bell – 0 Comments

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    The thing that's funny to me is that I just purchased a new laptop and I didn't even truly consider

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Promotes Survey That Shows Big Preference for Macs (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Like many here I find the premium comments to be, generally, of a higher quality, and a better signal to noise

    Posted 4 years ago on Feedback on Comments Being Split – 37 Comments

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    In reply to shameermulji:I must be mistaken, I could have sworn you just equated Beats headphones with a high-

    Posted 4 years ago on HomePod Initial Impressions – 45 Comments

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    In reply to IanYates82:Good luck. I've been mired in a somewhat similar situation with MS and live accoun

    Posted 4 years ago on Leaving G Suite (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Surely you cannot have a single party work in collusion, as such this just makes no sense. I think it's t

    Posted 4 years ago on EU Fines Qualcomm $1.2 Billion … But What About Apple? (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    I have a 4 year old Samsung laptop with 32GB RAM and a 500GB M2.SSD. I'd not replace it, but the number k

    Posted 4 years ago on How frequently do you upgrade? – 22 Comments

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    The hooks that Cortana have into the OS appear to be quite significant. This would require them to open up pri

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft, Please Open Up Windows 10 to Other Assistants (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Dedicated camera button would be nice, but double click the power, then click volume up or down and it takes t

    Posted 4 years ago on OnePlus 5 Review – The Android Phone (Remaining) Windows Phone Users Should Switch To – 16 Comments

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    Try wearing it on the other wrist.

    Posted 4 years ago on Help with FitBit – 10 Comments

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    Amazon are movers and shakers, and now looking to get into the data center (as was mentioned on Wednesday'

    Posted 4 years ago on Ask Paul for this Friday (January 5) – 13 Comments

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    Every machine with an Intel CPU.

    Posted 4 years ago on What tech do you regret buying? – 63 Comments

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    In reply to ianceicys:I don't see how this would help ARM as performance on that platform would still be

    Posted 4 years ago on Good start of the year for AMD – the Intel CPU flaw… – 33 Comments

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    This is going to be really bad. Database admins are ready to storm Intel.

    Posted 4 years ago on Good start of the year for AMD – the Intel CPU flaw… – 33 Comments

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    What does not help Edge is the nigh on abusive way that Microsoft attempt to push the browser on us. Setting i

    Posted 4 years ago on Edge Battery Life Claims May Be Bad News for Windows 10 on Snapdragon (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Throw some VPN software on your phone and connect to a Canadian server. Usually that will get you the updates

    Posted 4 years ago on OxygenOS 4.7.6 OTA for the OnePlus 5T – 1 Comments

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    In reply to bfarkas:Strangely I've not had that problem. I also switched to British English on the device

    Posted 4 years ago on This is the Most-Needed Change for All Digital Assistants in 2018 (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    I would argue that the Mac business is ticking along just fine. People are still buying machines, despite the

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Follows in Microsoft’s Footsteps. Again (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    In reply to jimchamplin:You ever tried to pay a cellphone bill at a store with cash? They haven't accepte

    Posted 4 years ago on A tale of two stores – 15 Comments

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    Depends, is it something I am buying for someone, or is OP gifting it to me?

    Posted 4 years ago on Which one is your best choice for 2017 christmas gift? – 9 Comments

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    What does it take to get a consistent marketing strategy across the company? And how can messages be correctly

    Posted 4 years ago on Questions for Microsoft CMO Chris Capossela – 30 Comments

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    This machine has my interest.

    Posted 4 years ago on HP ENVY Laptop (2017) First Impressions – 30 Comments

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    In reply to Chris_Kez:I can see carrier lock in coming to these devices (or "Verizon exclusives") which damage

    Posted 4 years ago on The Always Connected PC is the Future of the Platform (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    In reply to Harrymyhre:In theory that may be the case, in practice I've yet to see a company do that for

    Posted 4 years ago on The Always Connected PC is the Future of the Platform (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    What's going to kill this segment is the ~$30 a month fee to [insert cell carrier here] to be Always Conn

    Posted 4 years ago on The Always Connected PC is the Future of the Platform (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    I think the bigger issue is the artificial restriction manufacturers are putting on the maximum amount of RAM

    Posted 4 years ago on PC makers skimping out on RAM – 20 Comments

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    I don't feel that the phones are overly expensive given what you get from them on specs and the heavy usa

    Posted 4 years ago on Much Ado About Nothing on Smartphone Pricing (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    The display comparison concerns me. Equating the AMOLED to the iPhone 7 IPS doesn't make a lot of sense,

    Posted 4 years ago on OnePlus 5T Review: We Have a Winner – 50 Comments

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    Yeah, really looking forward to this, because I did not want to take 522 at any point in the next 10 years.

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Unveils Multibillion-Dollar Campus Overhaul – 24 Comments

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    In reply to daveevad:I'm pretty sure that a ball of yarn would be found to be infringing on Apple's

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Pushes HomePod Release to 2018 – 28 Comments

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    If I hadn't picked up a OnePlus 5 on launch day I would have jumped at this. Features, performance, and a

    Posted 4 years ago on OnePlus Officially Launches the OnePlus 5T – 15 Comments

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    In reply to jgoraya:Sadly not

    Posted 4 years ago on OnePlus 5T Leaks Ahead of Launch, and It Looks Great – 20 Comments

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    In reply to ben55124:I've been okay with the OP5 camera, it was better than my old Moto X Pure, and I gue

    Posted 4 years ago on OnePlus 5T Launch Set for Next Week – 16 Comments

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    > I really liked Apple Pay with iPhone X—having to double-click on the side button and then use Face ID w

    Posted 4 years ago on Here’s What the Reviewers are Saying About iPhone X Facial Recognition – 113 Comments

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    How many limbs would it cost a person to purchase a rig such as this? Several I would assume?

    Posted 4 years ago on AMD Ryzen Threadripper: Back to my Roots – 40 Comments

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    The limited rollout of the Key feature is a little disappointing, although understandable. I've been look

    Posted 4 years ago on Amazon May Have Just Cracked the Smart Home Nut (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    In reply to Simard57:Has to be graphic novels. At least for me that is the one drawback of the kindle, wish I

    Posted 4 years ago on Amazon introduces a waterproof Kindle Oasis – 3 Comments

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    Because it wasn't bad enough to just have Edge on Windows...

    Posted 4 years ago on Surprise! Microsoft Edge is Coming to Android and iOS – 68 Comments

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    You'll pry my Logitech M570 trackball from my cold dead hand, and not a moment before.

    Posted 4 years ago on What keyboard & mouse does everyone use? – 28 Comments

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    And to make things even worse you ate Taco Bell.

    Posted 4 years ago on Didn’t win – 8 Comments

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    I figure it's pretty simple. Edge takes over your machine in Windows 10, and trying to salvage it so that

    Posted 4 years ago on 330 Million Microsoft Edge Users? – 95 Comments

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    Sure, but Motorola promised Nougat for many phones, and have not delivered on that promise, as such don't

    Posted 4 years ago on Motorola reveals which phones will get Android 8.0 Oreo – 2 Comments

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    In reply to Orangeguy:I've been using podcast addict on Android, and not experienced any problems. On tha

    Posted 4 years ago on First Ring Daily RSS Feed (Premium Links) – 55 Comments

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    In reply to Jules_Wombat:Probably worth considering what you'll do when that phone eventually dies, and t

    Posted 4 years ago on OnePlus 5 Review – The Android Phone (Remaining) Windows Phone Users Should Switch To – 16 Comments

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    In reply to Natasha112:Contacts and photos should move over on their own (cloud ftw), as for other stuff there

    Posted 4 years ago on OnePlus 5 Review – The Android Phone (Remaining) Windows Phone Users Should Switch To – 16 Comments

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    In reply to brad-sams:Have you checked in with Paul to ensure that he's not had a stroke or something at

    Posted 4 years ago on Oh hey cool, another version of Windows 10 – 7 Comments

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    Oh hey cool, another version of Windows 10

    Paul must be delighted. Windows 10 pro for Workstations. Rolls right off the tongue.


    It doesn't seem to bother Brad in the slightest (at least that's not how the post reads)

    Posted 4 years ago on Oh hey cool, another version of Windows 10 – 7 Comments

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    Apple Services - runs on AzureNetflix - runs on AWSApple cannot maintain their own infra for these things, des

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Services is now a giant – 15 Comments

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    Now we just need Fox Sports, NBC Sports, XFinity, and many more, to stop forcing you to have Flash installed t

    Posted 4 years ago on Adobe to Kill Flash in 2020 – 16 Comments

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    How about using Tweetdeck in Chrome, and using the Add To Desktop option to give it that more app like look an

    Posted 4 years ago on Twitter on Windows 10 – 3 Comments

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    In reply to Paul_OFlaherty:They say that they are committed to providing frequent updates, but then Motorola h

    Posted 4 years ago on OnePlus 5 Review – The Android Phone (Remaining) Windows Phone Users Should Switch To – 16 Comments

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    Good review. I'd add that the vibration is weak. Most times I'll miss notifications when in vibrate

    Posted 4 years ago on OnePlus 5 Review – The Android Phone (Remaining) Windows Phone Users Should Switch To – 16 Comments

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    In reply to brad-sams:Have done so, thanks

    Posted 4 years ago on Renewal Email – 6 Comments

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    Renewal Email

    Much to my surprise I just received a renewal offer email for my membership, despite it already being renewed a few weeks ago as a part of the whole "whoops processing" kerfuffle.


    In checking my membership (to confirm that I did not renew) I see that my renewal date matches up with when I signed up, not when premium started last year.


    So can you check the process that is sending those emails, and the one for renewal dates? Not sure that things are all that accurate there.

    Posted 4 years ago on Renewal Email – 6 Comments

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    X-Box Gold and game discounts

    Given the significant savings that are going on right now I thought of picking up a few games.

    The whole family account thing is really messed up for XBox. With one kid away at college, it has become impossible to have games running in multiple places when owned by the families account, so I thought that I would just pick up the games I want on my account. The downside is that the Live account is based on our shared account, which would then require me to login as that account when playing games, which just doesn't work for a larger family.

    My question is, could I sign up for a month of Live, buy the games I want at a discount, and then not actually use that Live account, but continue to use the games even when that month has expired? I don't see any reason why that would not be the case, but MS does some really strange and random things with X-Box.

    Posted 5 years ago on X-Box Gold and game discounts – 0 Comments

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    To be fair I've found Outlook search to be abysmal (same goes for OneNote). It's fine with a single

    Posted 5 years ago on Epic Problems with Outlook Search – 1 Comments

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    Ordered my 128GB yesterday, eagerly await delivery on Friday.

    Posted 5 years ago on The OnePlus 5 is Here – 11 Comments

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    I can understand the sentiment on MS missing out on the AR train here, but I'm not sure that there is any

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Just Lost the Augmented Reality Wave (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Agreed. It's coming down to this or the Essential for me, so June 20th cannot come fast enough.

    Posted 5 years ago on Exclusive: This is the OnePlus 5 – 2 Comments

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    In reply to davidD:Swiftkey is a solid go to for this. It's overtaken Swype in the last couple of years f

    Posted 5 years ago on We Help Wednesday 5/30 – 7 Comments

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    I'm not sure that 4GB RAM is premium, I would expect 6GB for that to be the case on Android. And no SD su

    Posted 5 years ago on Andy Rubin Reveals His Essential Phone – 23 Comments

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    In reply to SRLRacing:Duolingo has been on Android for years.

    Posted 5 years ago on Duolingo Can Now Teach You Japanese – 8 Comments

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    In reply to MutualCore:At this point are there even cool new features that can be developed that aren't a

    Posted 5 years ago on Google Reveals Some New Features Coming in Android O – 16 Comments

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    Right when I was considering dropping cash on the 3T this news comes out. Love the timing, I'll wait a co

    Posted 5 years ago on Confirmed: OnePlus 5 is Coming This Summer – 14 Comments

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    In reply to gregsedwards:But what if you want a browser that works?

    Posted 5 years ago on Making Sense of Windows 10 S – 138 Comments

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    This will make for interesting discussion I think. Speaking to the MS piece, I find that once you start paying

    Posted 5 years ago on Making the Right Personal Technology Choices (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Dongles so that all the old micro-USB charging cables owned by most Android users aren't just garbage wor

    Posted 5 years ago on Samsung Galaxy S8+ First Impressions – 66 Comments

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    I'm not even sure that premium Android devices are worth it given that they have similar slow down proble

    Posted 5 years ago on Thank You Paul, for Reviewing the Mid-Range – 3 Comments

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    In reply to robinwilson16:Tne Location services were enabled, but still no diceI ended up spinning up a VM on

    Posted 5 years ago on Xamarin Challenge – 313 Comments

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    I’ve been trying to work my way through the challenge, and have spent many hours getting frustrated, and now

    Posted 5 years ago on Xamarin Challenge – 313 Comments

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    In reply to Glyn:Thanks for posting this. I spent a half hour scratching my head and double checking my work w

    Posted 5 years ago on Xamarin Challenge – 313 Comments

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    Now if only MS would do something about the massive bloat that is %systemroot%Installer.....

    Posted 5 years ago on The Essentials: Freeing Up Space, the Smart Way (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    In reply to Nic:I restarted from scratch, and found that if I started off with VS running as administrator the

    Posted 5 years ago on Xamarin Challenge – 313 Comments

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    In reply to jeffpro:Given my constant failures with the first attempt at this I started a new project and get

    Posted 5 years ago on Xamarin Challenge – 313 Comments

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    In reply to mickeygousset:I get the same thing. Also a warning around needing to have Microsfot.Bcl.Build inst

    Posted 5 years ago on Xamarin Challenge – 313 Comments

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    In reply to anchovylover:This is what happens when I get behind on my First Ring listening.

    Posted 5 years ago on Forums Replies Not Working – 8 Comments

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    Forums Replies Not Working

    Tried to view and post into the Xamarin thread tonight but the thread would not load (in fact showed zero comments). Checked the other posts and the same thing was happening there. There were also warnings about the site trying to load insecure content.

    Same behavior in Chrome 56 (64 bit) and Edge.

    Posted 5 years ago on Forums Replies Not Working – 8 Comments

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    I was a fan of Handcent and Textra, but they are too fat nowadays, and I wanted something with a level of secu

    Posted 5 years ago on Best Android SMS messenger? – 3 Comments

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    In reply to jlv632:Mango? http://gph.is/2aYMtWw

    Posted 5 years ago on thurrott.com font needs to be changed because of a Chrome issue – 9 Comments

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    "I wish I could tell you that reading this book will make you a SQL Server database administrator, but the tru

    Posted 5 years ago on 20 Years of Visual Studio: Visual InterDev 1.0 – 14 Comments

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    In reply to spacecamel:Pretty sure that it requires something much stronger than beer

    Posted 5 years ago on The Essentials – 5 Comments

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    How much enterprise content can we expect Mary Jo to deliver to Petri, and what sort of content will she be lo

    Posted 5 years ago on Q & A for Mary Jo Foley (Premium) – 4 Comments

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    32GB of RAM max makes this an interesting play. So many machines top out at 16GB (including the HP Spectre). W

    Posted 5 years ago on Dell XPS 15 (2017) First Impressions – 22 Comments

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    Windows 10? I had to fight at work to get Windows 8.1 on my machine, and that was 3 months ago.

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft brings the Windows Insider Program to IT Pros – 6 Comments

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    In reply to JudaZuk: Yes, working notifications would be fantastic.

    Posted 5 years ago on What do you want to see from us in 2017? – 75 Comments

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    Windows Cloud Edition. Says to me that everything runs through a browser on your laptop (or other device), and

    Posted 5 years ago on What’s in a Name? (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    In reply to Shorinsean: Here's the thing though, if it's salted and hashed why would there be a 16 character l

    Posted 5 years ago on First Steps: Secure Your Online Identity – 15 Comments

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    2017 is a few hours away, is there a book running on whether or not MS will support passwords longer than 16 c

    Posted 5 years ago on First Steps: Secure Your Online Identity – 15 Comments

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    Wonder if Apple employees use the same negging tactic to pick up people at the bar.

    Posted 5 years ago on Satya Nadella Toasts Tim Cook – 52 Comments

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