Comcast's attempt to slow broadband customer losses still isn't stopping the bleeding as fiber and fixed wireless competition intensifies. In Q4 2025 alone, Comcast lost 181,000 broadband subscribers, even as it leans harder into wireless bundling and other business lines like Peacock and theme parks. Ars Technica reports:...
The 5G home internet hookups from TMobile and Verizon are surprisingly good. In many places, they are what are competing with Comcast and drawing away customers. I would start with whichever you have the better signal with in your area.
Unlimited data isn't a selling point. That is shit you always had that Comcast took away, only to realize customers really fucking hate that. Returning to a basic level of service isn't a boon; there is a looming Comcast threat they will fuck you again.
despite price guarantee
It's a 1-year-promo price. Comcast just delays raping your wallet for a year in hopes you will lie back and think of England when the time comes.
Windows is a core driver of many of the other services. Linux certainly isn't pushing OneDrive ads and Copilot ads like Windows is.
Hell, Microsoft doesn't even make a OneDrive Linux GUI for some reason; their share on Linux is probably trash. The more people switch, the more those customers move to Dropbox and other services that actually make a product.
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I have been trying to find a job for the past 2 years and I have not been able to go further than a round two interview of four. I have applied to multiple jon openings through LinkedIn, Indeed, SimplyHired, and other smaller platforms that I can't remember because I've been through so many. I have tried directly contacting...
I would like to join the single-day general strike that is being called for the US this Friday, January 30th, but I'm wondering exactly how to do this. I've never had the occasion to strike before and have now been researching online for a little while and not finding conclusive answers to my question:...
The whole point of a strike is the employer knows you are striking and that you want x to change in order for the strike to stop. What change is being achieved with your employer if they think you are sick?
If not even your direct employer is aware of a strike that presumably affects them, how the hell would a government five, ten layers removed be able to tell?
Not going to tell you not to take your sick day. I take sick days too...
Ubisoft is in the shitter and they, for some reason, have over 17,000 employees. A strike over layoffs will most likley result in that entire office being closed. Ubisoft simply doesn't have the sales to back up their overinflated head count.
Their stock is literally a penny stock right now. Down 95% in the last 5 years....
They appear to have multiple stock types (this is common for large companies). The interesting part there is not the dollar value of each, but the 95% loss of value their stocks have have experienced over the last 5 years. The company is in the shitter and drastic changes are needed to keep it out of bankruptcy.
Exactly. Every employee costs the company 1.5x-2x their salary (benefits, taxes, etc, etc). So, you are talking just a few months of personal costs covered (not to mention piles and piles of other, non-personnel, costs). $780M in the bank at is a terrifyingly small amount of money to work with.
I agree the best course of action was to not rehash the same stale games over and over for the last decade. Unfortunately, they kept that cycle going until there was nothing left in the tank. They let this massive problem fester until there is no longer any choice except drastic action.
About two months ago, I made this post looking for recommendations for a potential mobo replacement for my PC. Well, I'm happy to report that everything is back to normal. But while I have my PC disassembled, there are two unrelated issues that I wanted to take care of....
I have had bad experiences with onboard audio and bluetooth on desktop machines. Might be easiest just to get a USB adapter for both and just not worry about the motherboard issues.
I personally like this DAC. Can confirm it works out of the box on both Windows and Linux.
I would also check in the Sound screen to make sure the right output device is selected. Could be audio is going to a monitor or something silly.
I remember being excited for the Oculus Rift. Then Facebook bought it and my interest went to zero. Even now, whenever someone talks about different VR headests, everyone puts 'Facebook' in the negative column if it is from them.
I'm pretty excited about the new Steam VR heasdest that is fully self-contained, though. :)
Microsoft railroads you into this. Your Bitlocker key will get exfiltrated unless you do a bunch of bullshit to make sure it isn't.
And that's the thing with Microsoft, they just keep doing this everywhere in Windows. There is and endless torrent of shit to turn off. No reasonable person will keep on top of it. And if you fuck up a singular time, they just vacuum everything.
Curious on the experiences of those recently migrating to Linux from Windows 10, Intel-based MacOS, etc. How is it being on Linux? Anything surprise or frustrate you?...
Overall I'm damn happy. I'm surprised by how many basic things are faster, just opening and deleting files is fast. For some reason, something as simple as emptying the Recycle Bin in Windows is slow as hell; and I didn't realize how bad it was until daily-ing Mint.
Me and several of my friends have switched recently, with others showing interest or partly switching already.
Just make copilot it's own program that is uninstallable, remove it from everywhere else in the OS, and let it be. People who want it will use it, people who don't want it won't. Nobody would be pissed at Microsoft over AI if that is what they had done from the start.
It is pretty common to write unit tests for functionality that doesn't exist (test driven development). It gets you to think about, and test, everything that needs to exist in the program before writing the program. This approach doesn't always work, particularly in large code bases where you need to learn the structure of a module before you can even think about design.
'Freezing the results' is ok too, as long as you know the results are currently correct. The AI has no way of knowing this and poor programmers often don't verify either.
Every other platform is simply worse. The only one who even tries to be better is GOG, of which they do a good job for DRM free, which gets sales from me.
My question to you is: why would anybody buy something other than on those two platforms? There is not a single advantage to Epic's or Amazon's game store I can think of. They don't have good Linux support, they don't have a good review system, they don't have forums, they don't have mod delivery systems, they don't have any better sales, they don't have family sharing, they don't have in-home streaming.
Edit: And don't get me started on the Microsoft store....
Yeah, you need to install the Heroic launcher. Download the game, then in steam, add it as a non-steam game. This will let you access it from the nice UI.
Chinese technology companies are paving the way for a world that will be powered by electric motors rather than gas-guzzling engines. It is a decisively 21st-century approach not just to solve its own energy problems, but also to sell batteries and other electric products to everyone else. Canada is its newest buyer of EVs; in a...
why isn’t he waiting until Russia or China actually do something?
The thing is, Russia already has done something. Trump has a mandate from the people to fuck up Russia militarily by arming Ukraine. Why he chooses to not do this, while making statements about Russia taking land, is maddening.
Any middle-class person who puts their mind to it will become a millionaire. It involves living below your means, not buying cars constantly, and investing your money for decades. I can't stress enough how big of a difference those things make.
A huge portion of retirees are millionaires because they were responsible and didn't blow all their money.
Millionaires shouldn’t exist.
Why would you want responsible, middle-class retirees to blow their money instead? Why would you force them into a situation where they have to rely on others in their retirement rather than living comfortably off their own hard work?
While it won't be usable by consumers, lots of businesses will happily scoop up a rack for their own servers. Not only will a ton of demand vanish, but a ton of supply appears at the same time.
Today's game is Halo 3: ODST. Me and my friend were going to continue Halo 4 on the Masterchief saga, but another friend ended up joining us. So we decided to do ODST. We made it pretty far in, i forgot how long this game could feel though....
I have always liked ODST quite a bit for changing up the formula and being an overall solid game. I might do another run of that soon. :)
Though, I have spent more time playing CE than every other Halo combined. Much of that due to the fact only it and 2 were released for PC until somewhat recently, and Halo 2 got saddled with Games for Windows Live. But, mostly just because CE is damn good.
The hard parts of murdering someone you live with has always been: 1) people don't actually want to murder others; and 2) getting away with it. Clearly this kid was not concerned with either of these.
so much focus on the handheld videogames, and not the handheld gun
It isn't hard for anyone you live with to kill you if they make even a basic plan. The same effect can be accomplished with a knife, something readily accessible in any kitchen. The interesting part of this story is the murderous 11-year-old, which is why everyone is focusing on him.
The inability to use Adobe Creative Cloud on Linux is often cited as a major barrier for many users considering a switch to the platform. But perhaps, just perhaps, there has already been a breakthrough in that direction....
A Chrome extension called “Microsoft to Microslop” that renames Microsoft references in browsers as a protest against the company’s aggressive AI integration....
Mint is good. Avoid Ubuntu; snaps just make your life hard. You don't need to know what those are, and if you avoid Ubuntu you never will need to know.
Yes. Though the parts that make Ubuntu bad aren't the base code. The parts that make it bad are the Ubuntu-specific things Canonical puts on top, like Snaps. Mint doesn't include those poor choices.
When the bubble bursts, used computer components are going to be real cheap. Even just a few liquidated data centers will provide a ton of used supply. Even if they don't part them up, that is still a bunch of supply that won't be drawing on new supply.
Comcast keeps losing customers despite price guarantee and unlimited data ( arstechnica.com )
Comcast's attempt to slow broadband customer losses still isn't stopping the bleeding as fiber and fixed wireless competition intensifies. In Q4 2025 alone, Comcast lost 181,000 broadband subscribers, even as it leans harder into wireless bundling and other business lines like Peacock and theme parks. Ars Technica reports:...
Microsoft lost $357 billion in market cap as stock plunged most since 2020 ( www.cnbc.com )
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Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows ( www.theverge.com )
Microslop is going to spend 2026 improving Windows 11. It comes after Windows update quality issues and complaints about the operating system.
What To Do When You Can't Find a Job?
I have been trying to find a job for the past 2 years and I have not been able to go further than a round two interview of four. I have applied to multiple jon openings through LinkedIn, Indeed, SimplyHired, and other smaller platforms that I can't remember because I've been through so many. I have tried directly contacting...
[US General Strike January 30th, 2026] How to call or report strike day to employer?
I would like to join the single-day general strike that is being called for the US this Friday, January 30th, but I'm wondering exactly how to do this. I've never had the occasion to strike before and have now been researching online for a little while and not finding conclusive answers to my question:...
Ubisoft Employees Vote to Strike Against Proposed Layoffs ( insider-gaming.com )
GOG is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with C++ experience to modernize the GOG GALAXY desktop client and spearhead its Linux development
https://www.gog.com/en/work/senior-software-engineer-c-gog-galaxy
Bluetooth and Sound Problems
About two months ago, I made this post looking for recommendations for a potential mobo replacement for my PC. Well, I'm happy to report that everything is back to normal. But while I have my PC disassembled, there are two unrelated issues that I wanted to take care of....
Meta’s Reality Labs cuts sparked fears of a ‘VR winter’ ( digg.com )
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Highguard requires Secure Boot to play, which might not be a popular move ( www.pcgamer.com )
Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops: Reports | TechCrunch ( techcrunch.com )
Ubisoft shares drop 33% following its ‘major company reset’ announcement - The company’s share price has dropped 95% in total over the past eight years ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
Those who've switched to Linux in the last year, how is it going?
Curious on the experiences of those recently migrating to Linux from Windows 10, Intel-based MacOS, etc. How is it being on Linux? Anything surprise or frustrate you?...
Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it ( www.pcgamer.com )
Workers should learn AI skills and companies should use it because it's a "cognitive amplifier," claims Satya Nadella....
Epic Game Store’s free giveaways just cause a huge spike in Steam sales, reveals New Blood CEO ( frvr.com )
Trump Is Obsessed With Oil. But Chinese Batteries Will Soon Run the World ( www.nytimes.com )
Chinese technology companies are paving the way for a world that will be powered by electric motors rather than gas-guzzling engines. It is a decisively 21st-century approach not just to solve its own energy problems, but also to sell batteries and other electric products to everyone else. Canada is its newest buyer of EVs; in a...
What are different things made from the same thing/category?
For example, cheese is mold and mold that grows on food after it sits for a while is also mold, but that mold is disgusting whereas cheese is edible.
Trump in letter to Norwegian PM: "Feels no obligation to think purely of peace" due to Peace Prize rejection ( www.vg.no )
Dear Ambassador:...
Data centers will consume 70 percent of memory chips made in 2026 - supply shortfall will cause the chip shortage to spread to other segments | Tom's Hardware ( www.tomshardware.com )
Day 550 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing
Today's game is Halo 3: ODST. Me and my friend were going to continue Halo 4 on the Masterchief saga, but another friend ended up joining us. So we decided to do ODST. We made it pretty far in, i forgot how long this game could feel though....
11-year-old accused of killing his father after his Nintendo Switch was taken away ( www.uppermichiganssource.com )
Developer Claims Photoshop Installers Now Work on Linux Using Wine ( linuxiac.com )
The inability to use Adobe Creative Cloud on Linux is often cited as a major barrier for many users considering a switch to the platform. But perhaps, just perhaps, there has already been a breakthrough in that direction....
Make Microsoft's CEO cry by installing Chrome's 'Microslop' extension ( www.pcworld.com )
A Chrome extension called “Microsoft to Microslop” that renames Microsoft references in browsers as a protest against the company’s aggressive AI integration....
Hard drive prices have surged by an average of 46% since September — iconic 24TB Seagate BarraCuda now $500 as AI claims another victim ( www.tomshardware.com )
https://serverpartdeals.com/products/seagate-exos-st28000nm000c-28tb-7-2k-rpm-sata-6gb-s-512e-cmr-3-5-recertified-hard-drive...