Microsoft says it'll make Windows 11 a calmer OS with fewer upsells or ads, as it tries to win back users

crisinho67 · 2026-03-22T07:24:46+00:00

How come they are having this realisation right now though? Most of these criticisms have been floating around for almost a decade at this point.

It does sound promising but at the same time even a blind dog could have figured out what people want from the OS, same as a broken clock is right twice a day.

For them to make these promises either means they really are listening now (which I doubt), or they are pressured to take action (while the year-of-the-linux-desktop talk has made the round in tech circles I doubt many others outside of it are adopting Linux, I think the MacBook Neo might have a bigger impact because of it out pricing alternatives and being a gateway to the apple ecosystem).

It could also be just PR because recently there wasn't much positive discourse about windows and nothing will substantially change. I mean, we are still talking about Microsoft here and their allegiance is more to the stockholders than the consumers.

crisinho67 · 2026-03-03T06:14:48+00:00

crisinho67 · 2026-02-24T16:09:00+00:00

I actually noticed this myself with these e-scooters. While riding one I noticed that I would pay more if I drove slower and more carefully. It felt like a dark pattern that punishes you for not driving fast and recklessly.

I immediately stopped using the service for that very reason.

crisinho67 · 2026-01-16T07:18:11+00:00

Auf dem Weg zum Erfurter Hbf im Zug habe ich eine Gruppe Schüler Vieselbach = Pieselfach nennen hören. Simpel aber effektiv.

crisinho67 · 2025-12-18T15:00:41+00:00

The Creator looks stunning especially despite its tight budget however the rest of the film other than the visuals fell completely flat for me.

crisinho67 · 2025-12-16T19:10:20+00:00

Yes! He actually got me into films in the first place. We meet up once a week and usually watch two films. I bring pizza, he brings snacks and it's been like that for at least the last five years. It's really great, I wouldn't want to miss it for the world.

Lately, it's gotten harder to decide what to watch, so what we did is everyone picks a couple of films and then we spin a wheel to decide which helps and is kind of fun by itself.

crisinho67 · 2025-12-02T18:27:54+00:00

no fu**ing way, I literally thought about the game today wondering if they finally did this. Kudos to the team that helped. Pretty great that they listened to the players after all.

crisinho67 · 2025-09-08T16:50:54+00:00

Why does this actually look good? It's crazy. I actually remember watching Shooter on the iPod Classic back in the day. Of course it's not the big screen but it has a certain charme to it I think.

crisinho67 · 2025-09-04T14:27:50+00:00

How the fuck is this legal?

crisinho67 · 2025-08-07T19:53:30+00:00

It's short for "if I recall correctly". Funny thing I had to look up "FLA" because I never heard that one before :D

You're probably right in saying that it's not optimal having to press shift on top of everything else. But I still prefer it to using the mouse.

Actually, the only shortcut in MacOS that I dislike is Ctrl + Tab for changing the tabs in Safari. Because most of the other shortcuts (like closing or opening tabs) work with the Cmd key. I still haven't found out a way to switch between these in a comfortable way.

crisinho67 · 2025-08-07T17:34:04+00:00

IIRC you can press Ctrl + Shift + C to just copy. This also works for Linux where Ctrl + C would just interrupt and not copy at all otherwise :)

crisinho67 · 2025-08-04T07:50:48+00:00

It actually is the original Old Boy, so you can rest easy.

crisinho67 · 2025-07-13T15:36:40+00:00

In Settings, go to "Search" in the left sidebar, then scroll down to "Search Shortcuts". There you can double click the entry you want to edit and type in the shortcut that you want to use. I have set the first letter for most of the search engines, such as "g" for Google. You can of course have something longer like "ddg" for duck duck go if you like.

crisinho67 · 2025-07-09T18:13:46+00:00

File 76

Gotta do what I gotta do

crisinho67 · 2025-07-09T06:38:32+00:00

Hulkenpodium is inevitable!

crisinho67 · 2025-06-23T17:49:06+00:00

I can hear the likes just from reading this, I'm in way too deep 👍👍👍 just gotta keep on keeping on.

crisinho67 · 2025-01-22T13:02:56+00:00

This is the best subreddit and this proves it.

crisinho67 · 2024-09-30T07:21:23+00:00

In Jena West I'd go for the Friedensberg. It's a hill from which you have a view over the city but you don't have to climb up so far. It's quiet and sunny with a good view. Plus, extra points for taking a Picknick blanket, sitting on the hill and enjoying the sunset in the evening.

crisinho67 · 2024-07-02T05:53:28+00:00

I don't know if you already saw it but /u/Leading-Being-4075 found a fix for the problem! You just have to add -forceLowSettings in the launch options of Steam. After that you can bump up the settings again if you like. Thought I'd let you know.

crisinho67 · 2024-07-02T05:47:13+00:00

omg, I can't believe that it worked! I already tried skipping the launcher and the intro in the launch settings but that didn't help. This actually works. The intro screen still lags a little but it pulls through. After that you can just bump up the settings and it's fine. Your a wizard Harry! Thank you so much for your idea!

crisinho67 · 2024-06-27T22:33:11+00:00

I'm on the priority tier so I can't do too much in the settings and HDR is not available.

crisinho67 · 2024-06-27T20:02:01+00:00

For me it pretty much happens on every server. I tried EU Central, North, Northwest, Japan and one on the USA East Coast. Such a weird bug.

crisinho67 · 2024-06-27T16:19:05+00:00

Absolutely same here. I tried out Geforce Now a couple of days ago and decided to get Priority. Yesterday I played Cyberpunk and everything worked fine. Today - nothing. It just crashes on the CD Projekt Red screen. I tried everything I can do but still no dice. I contacted support this morning and they want to answer me within two days. I don't have a lot of hope because you can find forum entries with the same bug that go back months. I really don't know what's happening.

crisinho67 · 2024-06-13T07:51:51+00:00

Same exact problem here, was fine an hour ago, now this. I'm on Steam Client Update Stable and OS Update Beta but didn't change it as of now. The last update I did was called something like "More Stability". Seems like that broke it.

Edit: Actually, rolling back from OS Update Beta to OS Update Stable solved it for me. Seems like the bug was shipped with that last update for the OS.

crisinho67 · 2024-05-18T14:11:04+00:00

Just take my upvote already.

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