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FancyZones, Workspaces and Snap Layouts:  Indeed, a lot to discover.  Thank you for discussing how they all work together.

Huh, odd.  I get linked to a list that includes: Description, Features, Dimensions, Materials and Support.  I also get links to purchase the products using ShopPay, GPay, PayPal, and Venmo.  I don’t know if it makes a difference, but I’m using Firefox.

Likewise, I agree with you that they don’t seem organized.  On the other hand, I guess that makes them the ideal substitute storefront for Microsoft.

Looks like they recently added descriptions, e.g., https://www.incase.com/products/wireless-mobile-mouse.  Not many colors: As Henry Ford supposedly said, “Any color the customer wants, as long as it’s black.”

Thanks for pointing out the Kanban board loop for OneNote; I didn’t know that was an option.

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Thank you again for an informative and useful article!  I had no idea that PT Run was so powerful and useful, unlike the usual “features” added to Windows by Microsoft.

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Mary Branscombe

Thank you for the concise and useful summaries –excellent work as usual!

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Mary Branscombe

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us; the information is very helpful!

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Mary Branscombe

I’ve been using Total Commander for decades (from back when it was called Windows Commander, before they got a cease-and-desist from Micro$oft).  It’s a dual-pane interface, which I like and others may not (I started with Norton Commander, so I’m wedded to it), and I can do everything from the keyboard without needing the mouse.  And they don’t add or remove features without telling you first, or asking for feedback.  And right-clicking on a file brings up the old context menus.  And they’re pretty lackadaisical about licensing.  I had to go out of my way to purchase extra licenses.

The original author of PasswordSafe is Bruce Schneier, so that program has a lot of cred.  He still recommends using it.

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rizzquery

Thanks for mentioning that, rc primak.  I use KeePassXC.  I find it easier to use than KeePass, and it is more secure and more stable.  Remember those exploits last year that hit many password managers?  KPXC was not affected.

Vivaldi is my default browser.  Edge is a good application.  However, I resent Microsoft trying to force me to use it, and I don’t trust them to responsibly use the data from their telemetry mechanisms.  I have Edge set up so all cookies, cache, passwords–everything, is deleted when I close it.  But I bet there’s some back door that isn’t closed.

I guess you could say that Intel is keeping an “i” out for us.

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Cybertooth

I’ve been using WinCompose (https://github.com/samhocevar/wincompose), which has many intuitive features, both portable and installer modes, and an assignable compose key (default is the right <Alt> key).  However, this looks like it might be easier to use, especially as I am familiar with AutoHotKey — thanks, Brian!

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geekdom

I use Edge for testing and for having another option when having issues with specific web pages or links.  I have set Edge up so everything (or so Micro$oft says) is deleted when I close it–browsing history, download history, cookies, cached files, passwords, autofill, site permissions, all data from the previous version, media foundation data–for “All time”.  I also turn off all the services (especially the “follow creators” BS), “diagnostic” data,  and everything that looks like it might be related to telemetry.

No doubt there’s a back door somewhere that allows M$ to eavesdrop, but I feel a little better using it this way.

Thank you, Max Stul Oppenheimer for another stimulating article.  As he states at the end:

… Imposing liability for damaging falsehoods might be the incentive required to build more reliable AIEs.
Sometimes responsibility is a good thing.

Along similar lines, lawyers for public (and various) figures are claiming that any evidence against their clients could have been faked through AI.  NPR has a good article about this trend.  Elon Musk & Tesla are being sued by the family of a man who died while using the self-driving feature of his Tesla.  Video evidence shows Musk saying that autonomous self-driving is safer than driving the car yourself.  According to the judge in Huang v. Tesla Inc., 19CV346663:

“What Tesla is contending is deeply troubling to the Court…Their position is that because Mr. Musk is famous and might be more of a target for deep fakes, his public statements are immune… In other words, Mr. Musk, and others in his position, can simply say whatever they like in the public domain, then hide behind the potential for their recorded statements being a deep fake to avoid taking ownership of what they did actually say and do.”

This also means that anyone who can afford the lawyers, can use the deepfake defense to drag out proceedings and make it impossible for a not-rich individual to win a lawsuit, since trying to get to the bottom of such garbage will be prohibitively costly.  Perhaps the answer here, too, is to impose liabilities.

What a virtual can of virtual worms is this thing called AI!  This seems to be true for all its aspects.  For example, medical companies say brave new medicines can be designed more easily with AI.  But, so can biological and chemical weapons… and on and on.

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