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FractalAudio said:
Sounds like my story. I invented a phased-array sonar for this company. Their sales went from $3M to $18M overnight. They sold the company to a big conglomerate who then froze my pay, cut my office in half and reduced our benefits (along the old HR person trying to tell us with a straight face how the new health care was better even though we got less benefits).

The last straw was when, with a wink and nod, they strongly suggested who I should donate to and vote for in the upcoming Senate race. I tendered my resignation and started Fractal Audio.
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That's why we're all here man. It's not difficult to tell that you give a shit about what's important.
 
FractalAudio said:
Sounds like my story. I invented a phased-array sonar for this company. Their sales went from $3M to $18M overnight. They sold the company to a big conglomerate who then froze my pay, cut my office in half and reduced our benefits (along the old HR person trying to tell us with a straight face how the new health care was better even though we got less benefits).

The last straw was when, with a wink and nod, they strongly suggested who I should donate to and vote for in the upcoming Senate race. I tendered my resignation and started Fractal Audio.
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Sounds like a perfect name for a preset in the next update batch
 
FractalAudio said:
I invented a phased-array sonar for this company.
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Hopefully not used for warfare, but perhaps medical applications?

Seriously though, it must be a truly satisfying thing to know you've invented products that have had a real and significant impact worldwide...
 
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iaresee said:
Latest macOS is a tragedy.
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I'm going to give Linux a shot. Reaper claims to run well on it. I also know some vst plugins do too. Don't know about audio interfaces, video cards, hardware, etc. I've learned over the years that I don't need nearly as much as I thought I did to get work done. It might be a waste of time, but it will be interesting to try at least.
 
Cliff: "Sounds like my story. I invented a phased-array sonar for this company."

Then why isn't Phased Array a phaser preset yet...? :p

Oh ok... -- bad vibes from the past...? I can see how that must have phased you... ;)
 
AlGrenadine said:
Hey Ian, haven't tried it yet but can you elaborate?
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The UI Kit changes for “liquid glass” are honestly abhorrent. I don’t know who thought this was a good idea. It’s a visual car crash.

It’s even worse on iOS and iPadOS.

And the Apple Watch OS release to align with it is buggy as hell.

I’ve been a Mac user for 20 years now and I’ve never thought a release was this bad. It’s truly terrible.

They’re lucky the M-chips and kick ass. That’s the thing saving them right now.
 
I just installed the latest "Cumulative Security Update" and it wiped my wallpaper. Now I have a black desktop. Not a big deal but still laughably incompetent. Apparently my photo of ducks was a "Security Threat".

It got me thinking about some aspects of Windows as of late and I realized that the main problem is that Microsoft has changed Windows so that it does what is best for Microsoft not what is best for the user.

Case in point: OneDrive. The concept of cloud storage is a good one. You can save files in the cloud and then access them on any computer connected to the internet. I don't use it, though, because I don't trust MS with my data. I imagine buried somewhere on page 739 of the User Agreement gives MS the right to "analyze" your data.

The main problem is how OneDrive is implemented. The correct way to do it would be to simply have it be a virtual drive on your machine. But no, MS went and fundamentally changed how Office worked to try to force you to use it. And then nags you about saving your file to OneDrive.

Instead of the old File -> Save As -> Explorer dialog (where the default is the original location) we now have this convoluted thing where OneDrive is forced down your throat and you need to do twice as many steps to accomplish what the old method did.

Why? Because MS wants you to buy extra storage when you inevitably run out of space. They'll charge your credit card every month until you die.

And you know all this forced CoPilot sh*t is just setting the stage for when they will start requiring a monthly fee to use it. "You have currently exceeded your monthly query quota. Would you like to upgrade to CoPilot Premium? Click OK to upgrade your account."
 
FractalAudio said:
I just installed the latest "Cumulative Security Update" and it wiped my wallpaper. Now I have a black desktop. Not a big deal but still laughably incompetent. Apparently my photo of ducks was a "Security Threat".

It got me thinking about some aspects of Windows as of late and I realized that the main problem is that Microsoft has changed Windows so that it does what is best for Microsoft not what is best for the user.

Case in point: OneDrive. The concept of cloud storage is a good one. You can save files in the cloud and then access them on any computer connected to the internet. I don't use it, though, because I don't trust MS with my data. I imagine buried somewhere on page 739 of the User Agreement gives MS the right to "analyze" your data.

The main problem is how OneDrive is implemented. The correct way to do it would be to simply have it be a virtual drive on your machine. But no, MS went and fundamentally changed how Office worked to try to force you to use it. And then nags you about saving your file to OneDrive.

Instead of the old File -> Save As -> Explorer dialog (where the default is the original location) we now have this convoluted thing where OneDrive is forced down your throat and you need to do twice as many steps to accomplish what the old method did.

Why? Because MS wants you to buy extra storage when you inevitably run out of space. They'll charge your credit card every month until you die.

And you know all this forced CoPilot sh*t is just setting the stage for when they will start requiring a monthly fee to use it. "You have currently exceeded your monthly query quota. Would you like to upgrade to CoPilot Premium? Click OK to upgrade your account."
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Yes to everything you just mentioned. I don’t use copilot for anything. For coding, uploading and deciphering some technical data, performing gap analysis, and generally being my “helper”, for me the choice is easy Super Grok and Claude.

Yes, I pay for Grok (my company provides Claude), but unlike Microsoft, it’s worth every penny.
 
FractalAudio said:
I just installed the latest "Cumulative Security Update" and it wiped my wallpaper. Now I have a black desktop. Not a big deal but still laughably incompetent. Apparently my photo of ducks was a "Security Threat".

It got me thinking about some aspects of Windows as of late and I realized that the main problem is that Microsoft has changed Windows so that it does what is best for Microsoft not what is best for the user.

Case in point: OneDrive. The concept of cloud storage is a good one. You can save files in the cloud and then access them on any computer connected to the internet. I don't use it, though, because I don't trust MS with my data. I imagine buried somewhere on page 739 of the User Agreement gives MS the right to "analyze" your data.

The main problem is how OneDrive is implemented. The correct way to do it would be to simply have it be a virtual drive on your machine. But no, MS went and fundamentally changed how Office worked to try to force you to use it. And then nags you about saving your file to OneDrive.

Instead of the old File -> Save As -> Explorer dialog (where the default is the original location) we now have this convoluted thing where OneDrive is forced down your throat and you need to do twice as many steps to accomplish what the old method did.

Why? Because MS wants you to buy extra storage when you inevitably run out of space. They'll charge your credit card every month until you die.

And you know all this forced CoPilot sh*t is just setting the stage for when they will start requiring a monthly fee to use it. "You have currently exceeded your monthly query quota. Would you like to upgrade to CoPilot Premium? Click OK to upgrade your account."
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My son just got his first laptop w/Windows 11. By the end of the setup process I was cursing the whole experience... it FORCES you to use an online Microsoft account to login to your own g*d****m computer. No local logins unless you install Windows Enterprise edition and join it to a domain. And since I was setting it up for a child, the 1 hour "screen time limit" was reached DURING THE SETUP PROCESS and hard locked me out for 24 hours.
 
FractalAudio said:
Case in point: OneDrive. The concept of cloud storage is a good one. You can save files in the cloud and then access them on any computer connected to the internet.
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Been using it since times immemorial, when it was called SkyDrive and even before that with Groove.

Awesome stuff.
 
SonVolt said:
My son just got his first laptop w/Windows 11. By the end of the setup process I was cursing the whole experience... it FORCES you to use an online Microsoft account to login to your own g*d****m computer. No local logins unless you install Windows Enterprise edition and join it to a domain. And since I was setting it up for a child, the 1 hour "screen time limit" was reached DURING THE SETUP PROCESS and hard locked me out for 24 hours.
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When you ask Google how to install Windows 11 without an account, it gives three methods.....did you try any of them?
 
Trying linux again for the first time in about 20 years. I'm not a zealot- I just want stuff that works and doesn't twist my arm too much.

I don't want to feel like I'm renting my computer. I don't want to turn on my computer and find fresh new nonsense hoisted on me that I didn't ask for or approve. I don't want to have to worry about whether a company will decide that I no longer qualify to be a customer so they just deleted all my stuff.

I'm willing to sacrifice some conveniences.
 
Chris Hurley said:
Trying linux again for the first time in about 20 years. I'm not a zealot- I just want stuff that works and doesn't twist my arm too much.

I don't want to feel like I'm renting my computer. I don't want to turn on my computer and find fresh new nonsense hoisted on me that I didn't ask for or approve. I don't want to have to worry about whether a company will decide that I no longer qualify to be a customer so they just deleted all my stuff.

I'm willing to sacrifice some conveniences.
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All the above, except there's not that much music software for Linux. Don't know what I'm doing much on it either, but I'd probably get used to it. Music is one of my major non-work things for a computer though, so it's a tough sell.
 
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