That sounds awful. You get someone who doesn’t really know the company or product, they take a bunch of decisions that fundamentally affect how you work, and then they’re gone.

… actually, that sounds exactly like any other company.

This is the plan all along. It’s not about porn, it’s not even about control. It’s about teaching Americans a second language. You know who’s behind this? Duolingo and Big Language.

It’s still there, but turning it off still won’t let you associate txt files with the old notepad.

Simply uninstalling the app works fine though, then it defaults to the old one.

“I want to start with a blank slate”

There’s a setting for that.

“I don’t want tabs”

This one’s trickier: there’s only a setting to open existing files in a new window; you’ll still have tabs.

While we’re griping, and speaking of Console-Itis, does every PC game now need to have an unskippable message telling me that this game has auto save and urging me **not to turn off my PC** when the icon is being displayed? Really? Nobody’s going to do that. Tell me your game is a shitty console port without telling me your game is a shitty console port.

This one, along with “press any button to start”, annoy me so much. There is absolutely no reason to have to press a button before even entering the main menu. If you need it to determine the type of input device, that can be the first press on the menu.

Treat PC games as PC games, even if you make them cross platform.

Completely off topic, but I hate when articles appear to link to original sources, but only link to their own site.

“Microsoft admitted that …” -> link to Microsoft’s admission? Nope, to a neowin article.

“Nvidia released a patch …” -> links to a neowin article instead of the patch.

“Microsoft KB 0000” -> surely this will link to the actual KB? Nope, neowin article.

I make babies.

GW1 and GW2 are very different games. Don’t expect an MMO if you try GW1. You only see other people in cities, the world itself is made up of instanced zones. Only your party is there, and there’s a well-defined mission in each zone. Think of each zone as like a dungeon in an MMO.

That said, it is a great game. I prefer it to GW2, but I would guess that MMO players could be disappointed if they don’t go in with the right expectations.

CF

I did a double take; thought you said OF.

Either way, he recommended that everyone “freak the fuck out for the next few days and speculate as much as possible until they announce something,”

Advice after my own heart. Freaking out and speculating are always the best move.

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Ironically, that’s definitely something AI could check for.

What does Q&A stand for?

The best part was: this was even in the installer! When setting up your sound card, there was a test button. If it worked, you heard “your sound card works perfectly”. But if you kept pressing it, eventually it would say “enjoying yourself?” And if you kept going after that, in an angry voice, “it doesn’t get any better than this!”

Ah old Blizzard, when even the installers had character.

I also love how reincarnation is a fact of life in that world, and souls are a real, almost physical, thing that can be manipulated and used.

Donald’s compensating room.

About thirty years ago I was a teen. I remember talking with a girl only a few years younger than me, and being astounded that she didn’t know how to read an analogue clock.

Exactly as you indicated, this is nothing new.

The only thing that comes with a straw in the restaurants I visit, is cocktails.

To me as a European, posts and comments about US politics can be very confusing. There’s the different interpretation on the word liberal you mentioned. There’s also the fact that the colours are reversed: here red is for the left - socialists and communists - while blue is the liberal right (not so much conservative right, though there are conservative subgroups of the “blues”). And there’s the fact that they often assume familiarity with political events and people unknown to me.

Somewhat related: posts and comments from the far and extreme left are often even more incomprehensible. They seem to have their own language entirely.

Using “streaming” instead of “broadcasting” struck me as an odd choice for someone old enough to remember it.

It’s fine of course, it just stood out to me.

I blame the shoes for looking so throw-up-on-able.