GrandPapillon

waiting a bit before investing in the US, waiting for another 20% drop, I know pipe dream, but Putin should be deploying his nukes anytime soon now ????

otherwise I am back in the Thai Stock Market with the SET, a lot of bargains ????

23 hours ago, RedBackman said:

Really the only superfluous part is animations/UI design - but those are relatively low overhead and designed at making things more visually appealing for users

actually it's the other way around, core OS ops usually don't take much resources (though Windows tend to make a simple OS task even more complicated LOL)

it's the UI space that's taking a lot of resources, so much now, that your onboard GPU is needed to run a simple browser so that the CPU can run other valuable OS things. The UI and UX is the resource hog.

My Windows XP feels to run much faster than my current Win10 with 4 core and a GPU ????

Same with my Windows 2000, feels like lightning fast ????

23 hours ago, RedBackman said:

There is always this misconception that an OS using more ram is a bad thing but only using 2 GB of 32 GB would be the real waste

the only reason that OEMs put so much RAM is for pure commercial reasons, nothing to do with needed specs and engineering. So encouraging waste to justify a commercial reason is not good for software efficiency, which should be the main concern IMO. Smaller RAM footprint, better performance.

On 5/13/2022 at 12:45 AM, BritManToo said:

I always assume people working streets and beaches are criminals waiting for their opportunity to prey on me. So far this assumption has never let me down.

amen to that,

it's easy money for lazy people, perfect for petty and retired criminals,

that and the bike rental business ????

after 2 years of COVID, they are looking for revenge and punish tourists for not coming ????

19 hours ago, fdsa said:

I mean that dedicating 1GB RAM out of 16 total to a Windows 7 virtual machine is much better then dedicating 2GB+ to a Windows 10+ virtual machine for running the very same tasks. Newer Windows versions just uselessly waste the system resources.

While wasting 20GB extra HDD space might be not that significant for some, I consider wasting an extra gig or two of RAM as significant.

I agree with that, but the western state of mind is to waste resources and to oversize everything

ridiculous,

2 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Why did you feel it was necessary to state his place birth ?

who said it was necessary? ????

1 hour ago, placeholder said:

There is one significant error in my post above. Under Delaware Law, the verdicts at corporate trials are decided by a presiding judge. So this is further bad news for Musk since a judge is far less likely than a jury to be persuaded by proofs that twitter undercounted bots since twitter routinely offered a disclaimer as the accuracy of its estimates. A judge will be familiar with the technicalities of corporate law as it is established in Delaware.

the problem is going to be Federal, not local. That's what you keep missing but never mind ????

if I am not mistaken, jury are only for criminal courts in the US, with some special cases for civil cases awarding compensation. I will let you hurry up and check out that little detail for us all here ????

let's have another lockdown, with all the usual idiots cheering up at the idea ????

2 minutes ago, placeholder said:

I'm making assumptions? Gee, I'm the one basing my arguments on a "feeling"? A "feeling"? Really?

love your typical passive aggressive argument ???? that's your trademark ????

yes, a strong feeling based on experiences, but you knew that ????

2 hours ago, Berkshire said:

Because most right wing nutters are racist.  Oooops!  Couldn't help it.  I hope he can prove me wrong and explain why he would mention something so incredibly irrelevant to the conversation.

how is that right wing racist? please explain, I am curious ????

kettle? ????

3 hours ago, placeholder said:

Your argument here is just another way of stating anything's possible. But the issue isn't one of possibility but probability.

again you are projecting, and I stand by my comments about the SEC, I have a feeling they will look into this if the numbers are significant. You are trying to downplay the whole thing with assumptions and weak arguments, as usual.

10 hours ago, Dario said:

Because here I can get the channel(s) I want for free. Takes no time to select your favorite channel.

can do that for free now, no need to pay

On 5/18/2022 at 7:11 AM, ajnamoon said:

Anyone know  if there are Data Recovery Labs in Thailand  preferably in Chiang Mai   or reliable software to recover Data  from windows 7  Hard Drive 

After reinstalling Windows 7 all data on drive disappeared

probably got formatted at install, might a bit too late, the new system files have probably overwritten a lot of your old data

I think you are done, but there is a free tool that recover old files on NTFS partition for Win7/10/11, it can take forever to run, and sometimes, if the File Allocation Table is gone, it will do a raw dump of the file without the filename or the right extension.

Always backup your data when installing a new windows on your existing Windows, or disconnect any USB or external drives in case you get confused during the installation process.

These words have been said for over 50 years by IT professionals, and yet people still don't listen ????

38 minutes ago, placeholder said:

There isn't some magical "abracadabra" that will melt the heart of a judge or jury. If it goes to court, the trial will take place in the State of Delaware under Delaware state law.

indeed, there is not, but Delaware is not a "free for all" state either. You will find a lot of legal experts discussing details, but at the end, it's a court to decide, and despite legal opinions being strong, the court can choose otherwise, a Delaware court will not be different, in particular for protecting investors, and Elon is an investor in case you forgot.

1 hour ago, placeholder said:

Only if the numbers were hugely off would Musk have a case.

and that's what he is trying to do. How cooperative the "Indian born" CEO will be to "reveal" the true nature of the fake accounts is the real question. And if it turns out they knew the numbers were vastly under-estimated and significant, then they were clearly misleading their investors since usage and number of users, not profit, is the main benchmark of those investors. And the SEC will join the fray. Mark my word.

1 hour ago, placeholder said:

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-05-13/elon-musk-trolls-twitter

The answer to that final rhetorical question was negative.

it's only an opinion, not a court result. In a court, anything is possible with the right arguments.

Twitter case could become very interesting if they misled Elon Musk with the fake accounts,

he might be forced to buy the company, but then he will need to sue back previous investors and the board for concealing such deception. Twitter is a regulatory time bomb IMO.

I am sure the SEC is also on the case, because lying to investors in your 10Q and 10K about the size of your future business and the state of your user counts to "validate" that future business is a clear case of investor deception, and that could be criminally charged.

Remember that Liz Holmes misleading investors with a simple PowerPoint and then proceeding with fake "LoI" from big pharma, pure investor deception and the SEC is now watching Silicon Valley practice of "overstated" numbers to lure new investors. The SEC is not amused by Silicon Valley creative practice.

3 hours ago, lkn said:

Let me just remind people that Michael Saylor’s company paid a $11 million fine to S.E.C. to settle fraud charges back in 2000 and that his 4 billion dollar debt financed bitcoin investments is in the negative.

 

So yeah, definitely go listen to this guy! ????

people are fools, guys like Michael Saylor is the perfect predator for the world of digital retards ????

Think of him as the T-REX in Jurassic Park ????

4 minutes ago, tubby johnson said:

 

A rocket scientist  Ooh, he knows a bit about rockets, .... must be an expert on investing and economics. Let's go ask him! 

????

priceless bias

the victim will never see that money back,

the thief knew it wasn't hers, but still took the opportunity, and thought it was a sign of good luck

like finding a bag full of cash in the street,

you take the money and run, and buy a ton of gold, which is easy to keep and hide ????

1 hour ago, fdsa said:

great, you've got the point of the cryptocurrencies, at last!

When you own crypto they belong to _you_ not to some "nation" or "FRS"

but money needs to be "universal" to be exchanged, if everyone was to issue their own "currency" like the cryptos guys, it would be impossible to conduct exchange and commerce, there would be no trust, no "common" value to agree on. That's the basic principle of money you guys keep missing. In the middle ages, some small War Lords tried that and it failed. Exactly like cryptos.

You being Russian and born under a communist system with no formal education on financial matters, I can understand why would you miss that, but for all the western millennials out there, they have no excuse except poor education.

Zero covid was always a pipe dream, couldn't work from day 1, yet Asian fools thought nothing could stop them

there was also some rumors about the Chinese Premier and his handling of the strict lockdowns that didn't go well with the rest of the CCP, so maybe the decision is purely for internal politics

1 hour ago, fdsa said:

Is it official? Could you share any announcements or documents from SWIFT regarding this?

Do I understand correctly that p2p SWIFT transfers are over now?

it's a US Treasury change for ALL transactions in USD, even for broker accounts, they have increased regulatory scrunity.

I had one of my Futures (CFTC) account shutdown because they wanted all kind of stupid new documents I never had, and yet I had run that same Futures trading account since 2010 without a problem. 

1 hour ago, fdsa said:

After I have cryptos in my wallet _I_ decide what to do with them, not some clerk in the bank.

in absolute terms, you never own currency or money, they belong to a nation, not to you. You are always the temporary holder, not the owner. Legally, all the USD notes all belong to the Federal Reserve.

when the school headmaster is driving a Porsche Cayenne and change it every 2 years, you know something is not adding up ????

used to know one UK guy who had 2 kids there ????

basically he would work his ass off to pay for school here, when it's free in his own country

I mean, what's the point

I think he left eventually ????

1 hour ago, Hummin said:

 

Im sure you read this one before, but could be interesting for others. 

https://www.investopedia.com/tech/three-people-who-were-supposedly-bitcoin-founder-satoshi-nakamoto/

yeah, saw that long time ago, and yet went completely over the head of the usual crypto enthusiasts ????