fucking finally!

The post. The email in the screenshot.

I call bullshit. I hate Microsoft as much as the next guy, but this seems fake to me.

Edit: I initially assumed OP created the fake email deliberately for ragebait. But most other people are assuming OP thinks (or thought) this email was real, meaning it’s a scam email and OP’s friend might be actively falling for the scam. I now agree with this interpretation. Sorry my initial comments were a bit rude.

I assume Windows is inexplicably a typo of QI?

I totally agree. I believe they make some effort to get their facts right, but it’s not their highest priority by any stretch. I also suspect they might sometimes leave crucial details on the cutting room floor.

In this instance I get the impression that Sandi actually meant the arms are still swung but just kept straight, like a Minecraft run. But then Bill interpreted it as the arms kept straight and motionless, like that one Seinfeld episode, and Sandi didn’t correct him.

once you’re up to a steady speed it doesn’t make so much difference.

[Citation needed]. You’re still fighting gravity so being lighter makes each step easier. There is also less air drag (but I don’t know how much difference this makes).

I have seen claims that this isn’t actually true, swinging our arms to counterbalance the legs is less efficient than just keeping them in place.

Where did I see this claim? Why, it was in this peer-reviewed scientific paper: https://youtu.be/-QW25fJ34nA , where by “peer-reviewed” I mean filmed with a live studio audience, and by “scientific paper” I mean segment of a TV panel show.

So uhhh yeah I’m not buying it but I can’t be bothered to check their sources.

I think (not 100% sure) that UEFI is a replacement for BIOS. All modern computers use UEFI.

People still colloquially call it “BIOS” because it serves a similar purpose, but there is a technical difference.

It appears that your habit for pedantic comments is as strong as ever!

Even your title isn’t the true beginning. Before the terminal, there was just a printer. Teletype, was it?

(Comedy answer)

Seems like you have a tendency to get terrible jobs. Try the George Costanza method: whatever your instincts tell you to do, do the opposite! You’ll be working at the New York Yankees in no time.

Nebula mirror: https://nebula.tv/videos/tomnicholas-why-youtubers-hold-microphones-now

I wanted to link to this video myself but you beat me to it

Why not?

It’s mostly a big desert so no land of great value is lost. And it has to be on land, doing this in the ocean would be impractical and crazy!

February 32nd, 1765

I still don’t understand why and how this TV show ever existed

Like the other comments, you lost me at “designed” and somehow went even more downhill from there.

This is obvious trolling/ragebait.

Edit: reported to the mod team as this breaks Rule 5.

Can the universe handle two tech celebrity Linuses in the same room?

I’m in the same boat. What I’d give to keep contact with my family without being forced to use the WhatsApp app.

Just out of curiosity: what do you need that the newer versions have but the version on Mint is missing?

Oh, I hate a lot about Android/Google too. One particular pet peeve of mine is that WebAPKs are still exclusive to Chrome (and, on Samsung devices only, Samsung Internet) despite the FAQ promising that “We are working on it. We are committed to making this available to all browsers on Android and we will have more details soon.” (Last updated 2017-05-21)

There is no good option in smartphones, you have to choose the lesser evil. For me that’s Android. I can appreciate that for some people it would be iOS. What drives me up a wall is that people defend these awful practices.