Recent content by fool20

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    News How to Open HEIC files in Windows 11

    The worst how-to guide when one step is 'click on buy'. Like others said, there are HEIC codecs like CopyTrans that are free for personal use. Windows explorer thumbnails and even Irfanview is able to view them after installing CopyTrans' codec.
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    BenQ SW271 27-Inch Monitor Review: Nearly Perfect

    Nice monitor. The weight in kg might be 10.5 instead of 105.kg.
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    Most Face Authentication Systems Can Be Bypassed By 3D Models Of Facebook Photos; Now What?

    I wholly agree with the article. Keeping it real.
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    Linksys PLEK-500 Powerline Networking Adapter Review

    This one's really crap compred to the TP-Link when you look at the graphs and the price, but it's never mentioned anywhere in the article that it's crap.
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    The Great Oculus Rift Hype Machine, Continued

    There aren't any big publishers in the VR "tank" yet because the Rift is PC only, and most companies have shifted to consoles first and PC last approach.
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    Stop, Thief! Why Using an Ad Blocker Is Stealing

    There's extensive statistics of clicks vs views, dropping prices of ads, etc. The most important stat (from the heading) IMHO, the percentage of users using adblocker is conveniently ignored. This article is a scare tactic.
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    Is there any benefit to defragmenting before migrating to an SSD?

    Disk defragmentation is to avoid the mechanical head from moving back & forth too much, hence prolonging it's life. SSDs have no moving head or parts. So the short answer is no.