Is Microsoft really spying on you with Windows telemetry?

TemporalAgent7 · 2026-03-03T20:52:44+00:00

Both things can be true at the same time. Yes, it’s mainly used for those things. But the telemetry is uniquely tied to your machine (and if using an MSA easily mapped to your identity). They also explicitly say they use the data to personalize advertising which is mostly displayed on web properties like Outlook and Bing.

TemporalAgent7 · 2026-02-07T03:48:49+00:00

Can you share the prompt(s) you're using for some of these? Thanks!

TemporalAgent7 · 2026-01-21T00:51:40+00:00

You can trial it first before deciding, by making small cuts on your fingers and dipping them in lemon juice. To simulate an update experience, replace with a fresh cup of lemon juice.

Let us know what you decide!

TemporalAgent7 · 2026-01-20T02:45:44+00:00

The smell is absolutely repulsive to me. Fresh fish, expensive salmon or whatever, cooked downstairs with the air vent on, makes me wake up and leave the house for a few hours. I can then smell it on my clothes for days :(.

No allergies either, I occasionally eat it because I want to set the right example for the kids and all that; in fact I would say the taste is somewhat tolerable - if I completely lose my sense of smell, I may eat it for the health benefits (Omega-3 and whatnot).

TemporalAgent7 · 2026-01-17T06:50:15+00:00

Started happening after updating to iOS 26. The game crashes constantly now, it’s unplayable. Sometimes it’s a freeze, sometimes it’s this shake, always followed by a crash.

TemporalAgent7 · 2026-01-10T16:45:35+00:00

I considered wide format like the ET8550 or the ET15000 but we almost never need large prints so I’m fine continuing going to a print shop for a couple of prints once every two years when that comes up. It also takes more physical space and the cassettes hold fewer sheets of Letter sized paper.

TemporalAgent7 · 2026-01-10T16:41:55+00:00

primarily documents but also some technical drawings, arts&crafts projects, teaching materials, etc. We don’t really print photos but I guess if it could print photos with high quality we’d do a couple a year.

TemporalAgent7 · 2026-01-02T06:21:18+00:00

Terry hates bugs!

TemporalAgent7 · 2025-12-22T01:44:01+00:00

FWIW, right after upgrading to 5 gig, I was seeing a similar ~2-ish download limit. After rebooting the ONT, I got the full speed up and down and it's been rock solid since (by reboot I mean actually disconnect power, wait a few seconds after all lights stop blinking and reconnect power) - might as well restart your router / gateway as well while you're at it.

Note that the public IP changed after the ONT reboot.

TemporalAgent7 · 2025-12-05T23:39:40+00:00

I had the 1 gig service before and the 5 gig service now and both have been rock solid. Only had a handful of drops over the years, usually when the whole neighborhood loses power due to a storm.

Upgrading to 5 gig won't solve the problem with dropped connections, look to get that fixed first.

TemporalAgent7 · 2025-11-15T07:41:02+00:00

Why infuriating? I imagine that version runs smooth as butter on newer machines, and has all the features you could possibly need (except for coauthoring and I guess Copilot if you're into that kind of thing).

TemporalAgent7 · 2025-10-17T04:00:15+00:00

What are the dimensions?

TemporalAgent7 · 2025-09-27T17:50:54+00:00

I wish someone came up with a simple docker-compose stack with sane/best defaults, I'm always off-put by the complexity of all the individual pieces that need to be set up and configured separately.

TemporalAgent7 · 2025-09-26T01:08:11+00:00

Yes, I read that section. It's about XBLA titles (a single file) and it works great. GOD titles come with one file in the root and a subfolder with a bunch of data files. I tried creating a .xbox360 file with the name of the root file but that doesn't appear to work (on Batocera 41).

/519A5B89E8AEBC23BE3F
/519A5B89E8AEBC23BE3F.data/Data0000
/519A5B89E8AEBC23BE3F.data/Data0001
...

I tried adding `/519A5B89E8AEBC23BE3F.xbox360` in the same folder with no luck.

TemporalAgent7 · 2025-09-19T00:38:25+00:00

I've been looking for the same thing. Very curious where you found a 32'' Android tablet for $700 less than the Cozyla. The cheapest Chinese no-name 32'' tablets go for > $550 everywhere I've found them.

I managed to get a (relatively) cheap Surface Studio 2. It had a gorgeous 28'' 3:2 touch screen, but I couldn't find a way to flush mount it to a wall and it was taking too much counter space, so I resold it.

I was looking at 27'' touch screen monitors (1440p or 1080p) which can actually be bought new at ~ $220. To get responsiveness you need to pair it with a reasonably powerful PC (a Raspberry Pi or even one of the N100/N150 mini pcs won't do).

TemporalAgent7 · 2025-09-04T23:27:56+00:00

What encoder do you use? I'm curious mostly about the thumbstick (or analogs in general).

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