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New windows update for October is deleting files off systems win no recovery being possible. The update has been pulled and MS is looking into the issue.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/6/1794 ... ate-paused

Thanks to everyone who showed up, and to those who wanted to but couldn't. Nice to blow the dust off the gaming mice, and it was sure nice to have something to distract me from the sameness of a hospital room. I wasn't feeling too well - that's why I disappeared for 20 minutes at the beginning of the gaming session. It happens every time I try to make plans. Hopefully the operation will help that.

Three more days until the operation!

Running Ubuntu VMs on Windows just got a whole lot more streamlined

Desktop image is configured to offer particularly tight Windows integration.



Microsoft and Canonical have been working for some time to make Ubuntu and Windows play nice with each other. Ubuntu was the first distribution supported in the Windows Subsystem for Linux, and now an Ubuntu image is available through Hyper-V Quick Create, which offers three-click creation of Virtual Machines.

The system image has Ubuntu Desktop 18.04 LTS configured and ready to go, and this showcases some of the other Linux integration work that Microso [...]

Yeah, as much as you don't like those companies, you don't get too heated up about it. I would actually appreciate hearing about any other bs EA pulls. Really hoping they don't ruin Anthem for me. The new fallout game already looks like a non starter, and the last one was a pre-order. The only other game I've ever pre-ordered was the Battlefield series.

Gonna need a new game at some point. Would be nice if we could find a multi-player coop...wonder how long before they put out a new BORDERLANDS game.

Wish I could get out of here and get home so I could start a project, any project. It sucks [...]

Flash Memory Prices Could Be Headed for Collapse

If you’ve been planning a new SSD purchase, it might be best to hold off for a while. There are signs that the market could be headed for a significant downturn, with some experts predicting NAND prices could collapse as low as $0.08 per GB during 2019. That would put NAND flash within striking distance of HDD pricing — certainly far closer than the two have come before.

The collapse, if it occurs, would be driven by several factors. First, manufacturers have been investing heavily in NAND flash production, with new factories coming online around [...]