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I’m hoping not only prosecution, but an actual outcome such that they (and other companies) are afraid to try this again.

If all they get is a small fine that’s just a business expense to them, then of course they’ll continue doing sh** like this.

Is there a Firefox fork already with mouse gestures built in (working globally)?

First time hearing of Helium, thanks for mentioning. Sounds interesting, will be keeping an eye on it.

Paid early access? I think I’ll pass…

Noted: if I ever get the chance to shop at Best Buy, I won’t.

That’s strange - I had some of the same symptoms and it ended up being a completely different thing - a dying (and then eventually completely dead) SSD (the Phison controller fiasco).

Other than that the CPU itself seems fine and it’s only shown very minor degradation over the 4-5 years I’ve had it - i.e. it used to boost up to 4975 or 4950 single core, now it only goes up to about 4900 (no PBO, no CO); and I’ve also had to fix the SoC voltage because of the memory - but I haven’t touched that in like 3 years, so not sure it’s even degradation.

I’m getting worried, 'cause I’ve got the same. What killed yours?

Data you only have one copy of is data you don’t mind losing.

Mine had Philips screws and was easy to open, but the switch that was broken proved impossible to find as a spare part. It’s a shame that I have to bin something that should’ve been easy to repair.

You’re part of the problem.

If you buy from scalpers, you’re part of the problem.

My problem with buying used is that some things barely survive the warranty period, so if I can get those two years of warranty, I will. I usually aim towards buying the latest thing and using it for at least 3-4 years for the things that go old the fastest (CPUs, mobos, RAM, GPUs). Other things might last longer - i.e. I just retired a case and a PSU that are 10+ years old (bought new).

I somewhat agree with your sentiment, but indeed it seems like the more we want to vote with our wallets, the further we stray from practicality.

The impulsive guy in me is thinking that I should cancel AMD over something like this while the rational one remembers that (at least for non-Apple PCs) it’s basically a duopoly and if I cancel the other player over something stupid that they do, I’d be out of choices.

What do you guys think?

Not a scientist, but from what I know it’s all linked and proportional to a species’ lifespan, so dogs are growing up faster, but also aging faster than humans in general. If a human reaches sexual maturity at 15, a dog does so at 1 or 2.

So “xkcd” is now a genericised noun for any comic? Also, is this xerox a Canon?

Hopefully not just humans. Many dogs for example suffer from the very same issues when they get older.

Yeah, hopefully something bigger hits them.

I admire this guy’s stubbornness. Sadly, even if he ends up winning, Samsung probably won’t feel this at all.

Same here. I’m an Opera refugee so to say (and I had high hopes for Opera actually). I’ve been using Vivaldi since its first public alpha/preview/whatever they were calling it.

I’m wondering what the decision making was when they were starting (which is now 10 years ago already, time flies, yo).

From today’s perspective, a Firefox fork sounds way more logical. Back then maybe things with Blink/Chromium weren’t looking so grim, maybe they were relying on the experience of that part of the team that moved over from Opera…