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Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by badsectoracula »

marcosdumay wrote: post #109
godelski wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do graphics, but on the scientific side, we all use Linux. Except when the lab provides us Macs, then we get frustrated and just remote in. I'm just trying to detangle the type of graphics being mentioned. I do wish Nvidia drivers were better, but maybe that'll happen with ROCs coming out soon.

> I do wish Nvidia drivers were better Get AMD. Why do people insist on getting Nvidia cards and then complain that those aren't aimed at them? Get the one that is selling to you.

Because Nvidia has faster hardware (assuming you want that) and the best and most complete OpenGL implementation.

At least that is the reason i get Nvidia GPUs.

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by marcosdumay »

jchw wrote: post #2

The duality of modern Microsoft is absolutely astounding. How they can simultaneously do incredible things for Github, and open source Windows components, while continuing to not fix the most user hostile Windows ever produced, is completely bonkers. My litmus test for whether Windows is finally fixed is whether of not it’s possible to install it without Candy Crush, but unfortunately without killing the network and…

> How they can simultaneously do incredible things for Github, and open source Windows components, while continuing to not fix the most user hostile Windows ever produced, is completely bonkers.

Developers, developers, developers.

When they stopped singing that, they nearly failed. Now they are back. It doesn't include being nice to end-users.

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by badsectoracula »

ryanianian wrote: post #94
AnIdiotOnTheNet wrote: post #90

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Why not? We live in a world where the latest processor from Intel still boots into 16 bit real mode, and we have emulators and virtual machines.

There is a real cost to supporting old architectures and associated risk in telling users they can run production workloads on them.

There is also a real cost to dropping support for software working perfectly fine.

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by polotics »

Razengan wrote: post #43
ctrl-j wrote: post #37

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I love the idea of Apple being more privacy focused, and helping us keep our data more secure. I have a touchbar macbook pro, and a headphone-jackless iphone. I just wish they wouldn't beat me with their opinionated hardware and software choices. Deprecating open gl. Eliminating 32-bit support. Forcing me to use dongle after dongle (ethernet, usb-A, HDMI, and SD card) Magic mouse has such a terrible sensor, not to me…

Perhaps we should all keep and maintain a Linux machine in the event that Apple and Microsoft both decide to screw us over.

Well thank you captain obvious! And Qubes at that...

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by jimmaswell »

la_barba wrote: post #87
iforgotpassword wrote: post #40

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> This trend will continue until Linux Desktop people stop underestimating what users actually do with computers. Nothing. They use apps on their Linux phones, or happily use any OS that runs a browser since everything is web based today. Oh and for gaming there is consoles of course, which crushes the PC gaming market in pretty much any discipline. The only people remaining dependent on desktops (or laptops) will be…

You are discounting a very very large professional worker segment that relies of domain specific tools. We need more than a netbook with a browser. For e.g. In pharma, we wouldn't get any work done if we didn't use Windows. All of our software requires windows - analysis software, control software, automation software etc, etc. In our labs we're using software made for Windows XP on Windows 10, because it just works,…

I wonder if WINE will ever be enough to cover all these cases. Though the cost of Windows licenses is generally trivial for businesses and they want support. I don't know how good RHEL for Workstations is but maybe that'd get more adoption in business if WINE was perfect and that desktop experience was as good as/better than Win10, or even had a DE made to be as similar as possible to Win10 to make it easier for employees to switch.

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by kofejnik »

emsy wrote: post #46
ctrl-j wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love the idea of Apple being more privacy focused, and helping us keep our data more secure. I have a touchbar macbook pro, and a headphone-jackless iphone. I just wish they wouldn't beat me with their opinionated hardware and software choices. Deprecating open gl. Eliminating 32-bit support. Forcing me to use dongle after dongle (ethernet, usb-A, HDMI, and SD card) Magic mouse has such a terrible sensor, not to me…

I agree that the lack of hardware choice (or different "opinions" like a matte screen or smaller phones) is probably Apple's biggest flaw. But they're on a different level. One is an inconvenience, the other is utter disrespect of your privacy.

>> lack of hardware choice (or different "opinions" like a matte screen or smaller phones) is probably Apple's biggest flaw

it's a strength, not a flaw

choice fatigue is real, just go dell.com and try to pick a laptop

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by AJ007 »

semi-extrinsic wrote: post #82
chefandy wrote: post #63

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Linux machines are fantastic if you don't need to use commercial software for things like graphics, as many web-focused developers do.

Between Gimp, Inkscape and Krita, what are the things not covered in this domain?

It’s worth mentioning Blender 2.8 too. This is software people are leaving top tier commercial 3D apps like Maya for because it is better. The stereotype of unfriendly UI and UX in open software is breaking down and does not have to be a given.

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by Filligree »

marcosdumay wrote: post #109
godelski wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do graphics, but on the scientific side, we all use Linux. Except when the lab provides us Macs, then we get frustrated and just remote in. I'm just trying to detangle the type of graphics being mentioned. I do wish Nvidia drivers were better, but maybe that'll happen with ROCs coming out soon.

> I do wish Nvidia drivers were better Get AMD. Why do people insist on getting Nvidia cards and then complain that those aren't aimed at them? Get the one that is selling to you.

Because you simply can't do much ML experimentation on AMD; it lacks the entire CUDA ecosystem. I'm sorely tempted to run two GPUs, but also worried they'll probably clash.

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by raxxorrax »

blahyawnblah wrote: post #71
parliament32 wrote: post #52

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Enjoy having them silently re-enabled on the next update. Enterprise is the only version where you can actually disable and it'll stay disabled, because most regulated corps would consider "telemetry" a data breach.

I check them periodically and have never seen any of the settings turned back on.

Me neither from updates, but I have random components of my system fail. Like the start menu search if you disable some telemetry services.

It is telling that deactivating telemetry is the most significant feature of the enterprise edition.

Re: Anomalous CPU utilization on Windows build node caused by ads

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Post by jrockway »

parliament32 wrote: post #52
dzink wrote: post #16

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I’ve seen less on the Windows 10 Pro version (switched off all datasending features on install).

Enjoy having them silently re-enabled on the next update. Enterprise is the only version where you can actually disable and it'll stay disabled, because most regulated corps would consider "telemetry" a data breach.

There was one update that turned Cortana back on. I think it was the major feature update before the "Creators Update". It was the one where everyone (or at least me) thought they got hacked like in a movie. My computer was randomly turned off. I turned it back on and instead of the login screen, it just was a glowing "All your files are exactly where you left them..."

Took me like 5 minutes of not being able to use my computer to get through, only to find that I wasn't hacked... but that was something Microsoft hired and paid employees to do.

With that in mind, they haven't done anything like that since. Hopefully people are super mad about it.

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