This is because Discord former CEO and co-founder was replaced with a former Activision Blizzard executive to prepare for IPO last month.

Wi-Fi and 802.15.4/Bluetooth Classic/BLE use different modulation schemes so they are entirely different transceivers even though they almost operate entirely within the same ISM band. Bluetooth's frequency band is actually slightly larger than 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi for FCC/IC regions.

For single package/chip components that support both 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi and Bluetooth have two dedicated radio transceivers that will operate in co-existence mode when both are enabled for transmit, however both may receive at the same time.

The whole reason for Bluetooth, and even more so for Bluetooth Low Energy, is a low-power personal area network (PAN). So turning it off I would expect it to show little to no power usage impact for say a mobile phone or tablet that mostly communicates over Wi-Fi or cellular network. Now days we have BLE beacons used for tracking items that lasts for years on a single coin cell battery.

Additionally Disney removed their native Disney Plus app from Microsoft Store and replaced it with an Edge web browser app which is limited to 720p (same limitation applies to all web browsers on Windows).

The previous Disney Plus app on Windows provided native 1080P video at the very least.

So not only did they make a huge jump in subscription pricing they also gave us PC customers the middle finger.

For desktop, probably not common.

For data centers and any programs that are timing critical on predictability to where CPU frequency changing on the fly causes havoc, I could see why.

Pretty funny considering that 25 years ago XMPP (aka Jabber) came out that is heavily XML verbose based protocol and it actually performed rather well as both an instant messenger and IRC bridge and alternative chat medium.

Both Starsiege Tribes and Tribes 2 have always supported UDP discovery of LAN servers (via sending/receiving packets over subnet broadcast address) then found game servers showed up in the server browser. The games also support manual direct connecting to an IP address or resolvable hostname.

AT&T has been stating that they offer fiber (up to 5 Gbps) in my neighborhood since around 2018 (surprise surprise! A year after Google announced they'll start rolling out here, but still no show) according to , but in fact they don't have anything but ADSL2 service (up to 65 Mbps, for $55 USD!) anywhere on this 5 mile stretch of road.

Wyze isn't any better. They keep increasing their Cam Plus prices. Among other issues.

My cameras will randomly not be recognized as having Cam Plus subscription (not the Lite tier) and so it won't continuously record most events to the cloud. I do have samsung pro endurance microSD cards in the cameras, so I won't miss anything, however the app does take a long time to connect to cameras in order to playback the recorded video.

Going on two years now unfortunately the cameras will have gaps in video recordings (in both cloud and microSD card) after ~5 seconds into an event occurs where you'll lose 5 to 7 seconds. Such as an Amazon delivery you'll see a person walk to the front door, suddenly they've already placed the package at the door, and they're walking away. Face not clearly shown because the camera hiccuped while they were close by.

And the Wyze App will pester you to upgrade to a higher level subscription tier (Cam Protect), new products in store, etc... gah..

I would replace the cameras with something else, but they were very inexpensive to buy in bulk. Pros and cons, it seems they all have it.

What are you talking about? The Trump administration made a deal with the Taliban: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.congress.gov%2Fevent...

The deal was for the U.S. Military to pull out by May 2021: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.axios.com%2F2020%2F02%2F...

Yes, well, that's capitalism for you.

Most Americans have no choice in insurer. And their choices are controlled by a powerful cartel that colludes to keep prices high. There is no competition in the health insurance field.

No American gives a rats ass about the "choice" of insurer. They want a choice of doctors and services, but really, and I can not stress this enough, REALLY hate all insurance companies. More than they hate the government even!

And yet, taxes have been cut again and again and again. How do you reconcile that fact with your statement that "Because the people raising taxes will never reach a point when they say "the government has enough money now, let's cut taxes"."

Seems that it's very, very easy for the government to cut taxes, at least for the rich. Why are you afraid of "the people who want to raise taxes" when those people have never actually done so? Seems you are imagining a scenario that is not just unlikely, but counter factual.

No, people want to pay for things with their taxes. The are not, in fact, idiots. They don't want predatory capitalists taking a cut, and figure, correctly, that government is more trustworthy than a man with a profit motive and no morals.

People recognize that certain endeavors are just not well served by a capitalist free market. Health care is a primary one that simply doesn't work unless heavily regulated or run by the government. You do not know what is wrong with you. You do not know how to fix it. You can not shop around for a new liver.

As it is, we are basically running health care like a for profit government, and we are getting the worst of both the public and private worlds. Health insurance amounts to a system of taxation that forces the healthy to pay for the sick, and lets a third party take a huge cut. Replace health insurance with actual government taxation and what have you lost, except for the greedy bastard trying to mark up your heart medications? Nothing.

You showed no proof of anything.

You assholes have no problem with kids reading those same types of sex scenes if it's straight. Just ask Beverly Cleary. Most YA novels have sex scenes. Doesn't make them pornographic or unsuitable for kids.

You aren't American so stop talking as if you know us or our culture, asshole.