The latest ota on my lenovo p11 5g broke 5ghz tethering. Lenovo support tried to tell me it was Google's fault and they are not responsible for software issues at all.
Posts by skalamanga
65 publicly visible posts • joined 2 Aug 2012
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Reported as a bug
Issue: the windows 10 web browser download tool is broken
Steps to recreate: open browser download tool, navigate to browser website of choice, run installer.
What should happen?: browser download tool should not be a whiny bitch about being ignored and not taken seriously.
What does happen?: browser download tool is a whiny bitch about being ignored and not taken seriously.
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Microsoft Visual Studio C++ Runtime installers were built to fail
EU wants one phone plug to rule them all. But we've got a better idea.
Screw plugs, I want magnetic contacts
Something like hdbaset or thunderbolt, but using pogo pins and a magnetic locator. Make it flat and round with 4 pairs of terminals so it can connect in four different axes and handshake each pair on connection. Put a hole in the centre so it can be permanently locked in plac with a screw.