From Euromast. Rotterdam, the Netherlands. By Kei Chung Chiu.

Most of the relevant settings are presented automatically during the install process. To be fair, if MS made them all opt-in, they would get zero data (because nobody would bother opting in) and that would not help them advance their OS at all.

Actually, to be fair, they did ask you if it was okay—most of these options are presented during the installation. They’re just turned on by default (and don’t explain what they do in a ton of detail).

Personally, I’m with you. Computers and smartphones exist to make our lives easier, and that’s what most of this stuff does. I do wish Microsoft would have refined some of their language, particularly on that one setting, but I personally have no problem with the rest of this.

The less you let the system know about you and your habits, the more generic an experience you will get. Some people want this. I want a customized environment.

My cat is always the most precious thing in the world, but she is never more loving and adorable than in the 5 minutes where I have to either get out the door NOW or be late to work.

I think if you’re not a morning person, no amount of internet articles are going to help you. I am a morning person, and I hate to be rushed for anything, so I tend to wake up 2-3 hours before I have to leave for the day. This gives me time to work out, take my dogs on a walk, clean a little, watch the news, have a…

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I hope the knights drive cars dressed as knights. Like, there are police cars for knights. And there is a knight-driving-cars chase sequence with the police knights shooting out the windows as they’re in hot pursuit. There should be walkie-talkies, too that the knights hold up to their helmets.

When World of Warcraft was first released the plan was to do a new expansion pack every year, but that of course changed. If they can get back to that they’ll at least enjoy the expansion spikes on a more regular basis, which will be good for the more dedicated players in the long run.

Did FFXIV pick up another 1.5 million recently? I’m not saying FFXIV is bad, but I suspect that more and more people are just getting tired of MMOs and that’s why they’re leaving WoW.

Back when Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle Cars it was a free PlayStation Plus game, they showed up on IGN’s Podcast Beyond to promote it and talk about how much they wanted people to try it.

Fun fact: Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars was ALSO a PS+ freebie back in the day.

Hopefully it’s because everyone’s joining the FFXIV hype train! Easily my favorite MMO ever.

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