Polls: Technology & Internet

Anime drawing included of my overall dress style. Casual but clean.

Cybersquatting (Domain Squatting)

Tom Cruise vs. Jeff Burgar: In a 2006 case, Tom Cruise took legal action against a cybersquatter who was using the domain "tomcruise. com" to make money from advertisements. Cruise argued he had "common law trademark and service mark rights" in his name, and a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel agreed, forcing the domain's transfer.

Nicole Kidman: An individual registered a domain name to impersonate Nicole Kidman, but the case was brought to WIPO, which determined the domain was used in bad faith and ordered it transferred to her ownership.

Dell: The computer company sued three website registrars in 2007 for registering and profiting from 1,100 domain names that were confusingly similar to Dell's trademarks. The company's successful lawsuit sent a message about its commitment to protecting its brand online.

ClintonKaine. com: When Tim Kaine was named Hillary Clinton's running mate, a lawyer who had registered clintonkaine. com for $8 tried to sell the domain for a high price. The website had previously featured political fan fiction, and the situation became a high-profile example of domain squatting for profit.

by the way you can also say which phone you are using

I was filling out an online form to get a product replaced. The company asked me to attach pictures showing the defect. I got an email back saying that one of the pictures contained "graphic nudity". Yikes! I had no idea I included something I shouldn't have. Now I'm wondering what they saw.

No I'm not a vlogger.

I realise for the purposes of this question, the irony of this GAG account and as an introvert (lol, yes, irony, again?). I was watching snippets or skippings of the Bieber vlogs on YouTube lately "as he's a streamer* and then I watched a bit of Kai Trump (I didn't know that relative existed or had a vlog via a YouTube channel, until tonight (yes that's a nod to the nostalgia of Recess Schools Out if you remember Principal Prickly says as much "until today" when he looks at this old peace sign pendant ✌🏻🕊️ towards the films conclusion). Classic Disney.

Anyways - what do you make of vloggers? Are you a vlogger? Doesn't it kind of become... too many eyeballs?

Hell i think it becomes too many eyeballs. While I'm running my mouth here, merrily and humbly as always, as an amateur observational comedian "how's about being a nobody - of course it's ruined now since that's been taken for two theatrical movies - yet I think there's a lot to be said for the joy of being a "actual nobody" - few socials, few presence online, and not vlogging or filming even point of view, every waking moment of our lives"

How' did i do there? Anyways. Peace 🙏🏻 ✌🏻👀😋🫣😈

Personally, unlike those films about "a Nobody" I for one just like being a standard stock character in real life, a nobody. I'm just another face in the crowd, or keeping to my own self. Yes, minus the irony of this GAG. Which I'll probably delete or leave anyways lol y'all know me, GAG, becomes tedious and publicity I'm not one for. Blah 😛🥳😶

I'm just curious on which AI is the best option 🤔🤔

Shortly after my divorce, at my ex-wife's suggestion, I joined a dating website and posted my profile, stating exactly what I was looking for, meeting women but not interested in anything long-term. Someone must have complained about that because the site banned me "for violating site guidelines." Oh well, I went to a different dating site, posted a similar profile, met several women who I dated over the next few years, and eventually met my wife there.

Have you ever been banned from a website?

Please vote in the poll and tell us your story.

As y'all may already know, 6 core consumer CPUs have been out since 2017 (FX Bulldozer doesn't count), and system requirements have risen over time. Before for a long time, 4 cores was enough to max anything out on PC, and then in the last say 5 years 4 cores became the minimum and 6 cores recommended. I've noticed in the last 1-2 years though that now it's 6 cores as minimum and 8 cores as recommended, but some new games like Borderlands 4 now lists 8 cores for both! Hell, I've been using 8 core CPUs for all my phones in the last near decade.

Clearly having a hexa core processor won't be viable for long, so obviously for a future PC I'm gonna skip that altogether. I currently have a quad core CPU as my gaming laptop is from 2019, and from previous post (s), I've indicated dying thermals, age of hardware, and OS overhead (24H2) has caused it to lose performance. Being the stubborn boi that I am, I'll just double down on my now potato until 2027 or 2028, even though I can literally build my own PC currently for about a grand. Due to the tariff wars, I'd rather save money and not waste it unless needed.

I know that octa core is gonna be good to have for the next few years, but since I like to multi-task and I'll be doing more than just gaming, I think 8 cores might not be enough. If I had the money to, of course I'd go for 16 cores or higher, although I don't atm and who knows if my laptop will suddenly die on me eh? So if that happens and I'm forced to "prematurely" transition to desktop, I'll have to choose either 8 or 12 cores. I've already set my sights on either the Ryzen 7 9700X or Ryzen 9 9900X as my top contendors. Won't consider Intel because Core 13th and 14th Gen have QC issues, and Core Ultra just sucks.

Apparently an Electronics company in Sweden is so sure their products are a new form of contraception, that if you fall pregnant within 30 days, you can keep their TV or Computer, and they will refund your money.

Would you trust this form of Contraception?

I know that there's cheaper options like RX 9060 and RTX 5050, but 8GB VRAM is a joke and those GPUs are basically rebrands of RX 7600 XT (with less VRAM) and RTX 4060 respectively. Obviously I'm gonna go for the 16GB variants of RX 9060 XT or RTX 5060 Ti for a future PC build, although if my startup does take off soon and I get rich, then I'll go for a more high end build. I would go for a GPU with 12GB VRAM, but the RTX 3080 and RX 6750 XT are a bit outdated now. Meanwhile RTX 4070 and their variants are expensive, and RX 7700 XT doesn't really have any RT gains over RX 6750 XT.

People tend to prefer one or the other without switching more than once. What’s your preference?

https://nypost.com/2025/09/30/business/amazon-unveils-new-ai-powered-ring-echo-kindle-devices-for-alexa/

Google Chrome is the world's most used browser, with about a 70% share.

If you now use Chrome most of the time, what browser did you use most often before you switched to Chrome?

Please vote in the poll, and only vote if Chrome is your main browser now.

I already updated iGPU, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and dGPU drivers manually (some other drivers Windows updated them); disabled or at least forced many new processes and apps to run manually instead of automatic; and I'm considering to bypass Optimus by connecting an external monitor via HDMI so the iGPU will no longer bottleneck my laptop due to some system resources being given to it instead of my CPU. Sadly my gaming laptop is almost 6 years old and it started to degrade in performance a bit over a year ago, with the thermals suffering from age and heavy use, along with me switching from Windows 10 to 11 as the latter has more CPU overhead and isn't fully optimized for older chips like mine. I previously mitigated performance loss by re-applying thermal paste, undervolting and power limiting both CPU and iGPU (dGPU can't because Acer locked those at vBIOS level), and use a cooling pad that also elevates the PC; sadly now with 24H2 adding even more overhead, I have to do everything else I can to save it.

My main desktop and laptop are already Running windows 11 but have a few older desktops and laptops that do not support Windows 11 that will be converted over to Linux only PC's.