WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:07.240 I love computers I love them so much I even make videos about loving computers 00:00:05.400 --> 00:00:11.200 but every once in a while they just grind my gears like when you're typing 00:00:09.920 --> 00:00:15.320 and then you go to press enter and then a dialogue box pops up and you press 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:20.279 enter and it goes away and you're like oh my gosh what did I just agree to and 00:00:17.720 --> 00:00:25.760 I am not the only one around here we've got a huge list of problems so why don't 00:00:22.880 --> 00:00:29.840 you join us in this therapeutic exercise and let it all out who knows maybe 00:00:28.400 --> 00:00:34.079 you'll even find a solution to one of you your problems for example here's a 00:00:32.160 --> 00:00:40.440 problem you want to change the subject solution you segue to our sponsor ug 00:00:37.239 --> 00:00:43.600 green there Nas sync dxp 4800 plus 00:00:40.440 --> 00:00:45.399 supports up to 112 terab of storage 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00:01:22.240 --> 00:01:29.000 to have Gmail go you mean you want to find people with the name MSI okay gmail 00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:36.720 how about we get Boolean on this business no dice there either I mean I 00:01:32.960 --> 00:01:39.360 guess asterisk msi.com could technically 00:01:36.720 --> 00:01:47.840 be an actual person so fine I'll use the search at the top of the page and come 00:01:41.720 --> 00:01:50.759 on I was so specific with quotes even no 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:54.960 no if you want to find all of the emails from a particular domain you need to 00:01:52.920 --> 00:02:01.360 make your way all the way to Advanced Search and filter by incoming address 00:01:58.159 --> 00:02:03.159 now to its credit this does finally work 00:02:01.360 --> 00:02:07.599 and it even adds the Boolean operators for you but I still think it could be 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:12.440 more streamlined and so could spam management coincidentally right as I was 00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:16.720 sitting down to write this up I found a very important email in my spiced ham 00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:21.680 folder from none other than snazzy Labs inviting me to do a collab I'd be happy 00:02:19.319 --> 00:02:26.280 to by the way Quinn um I'm sorry for the slow response but I assure you there's a 00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:29.440 good reason you see first of all even though we've corresponded before and 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:34.319 I've even shared you on internal documents your email was sent to the 00:02:31.640 --> 00:02:39.400 bowels of my spam folder second as you can see I organized my inbox with unread 00:02:36.920 --> 00:02:45.239 at the top to help with prioritization well thing is when I marked your email 00:02:41.840 --> 00:02:48.879 as not spam it sent it back to my inbox 00:02:45.239 --> 00:02:52.239 so far so good but as a read 00:02:48.879 --> 00:02:55.159 email that's not technically wrong I 00:02:52.239 --> 00:02:58.840 have read it but I haven't responded to it yet and now it's buried with old 00:02:57.239 --> 00:03:04.200 stuff and I would only ever find it again if I man manually searched for it 00:03:01.480 --> 00:03:08.200 ah the good news is that in theory it'll never happen again a message came up 00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:13.080 when I moved to the inbox indicating that I only need to mark your email as 00:03:09.879 --> 00:03:15.040 not spam one time but in practice I 00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:19.920 found a lot of issues with that function fortunately though there is another way 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:24.280 and again it's filters for each person that you want to never show up in your 00:03:21.400 --> 00:03:28.879 spam you can create a filter yes it takes a lot longer than just clicking 00:03:26.440 --> 00:03:32.760 one button but hey maybe you can use this tedious busy work time to think 00:03:30.920 --> 00:03:37.360 about how other filters could enhance your life like maybe a filter for local 00:03:35.280 --> 00:03:40.959 concert promotional emails or those Google calendar invitations that are 00:03:38.959 --> 00:03:45.360 clogging up your inbox you can even use or and and operators if you want to try 00:03:42.959 --> 00:03:50.480 to catch more types of emails like maybe you want to block out buy tickets but 00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:55.120 not see your tickets seriously filtering your email is a GameChanger and worth 00:03:52.519 --> 00:03:58.879 every minute spent customizing them totally unrelated but I've still got 00:03:56.959 --> 00:04:02.640 about 30 seconds left uh Google drive sucks for navigating folders with no 00:04:00.640 --> 00:04:07.040 obvious way to access a full folder tree structure and by the way why does this 00:04:05.079 --> 00:04:12.280 button not jump to the parent folder for a file ah also I hate that YouTube music 00:04:10.360 --> 00:04:16.400 can't be signed into a separate account within the same browser it's not a ton 00:04:14.480 --> 00:04:21.600 of work to sign into my personal email where I have YouTube premium in another 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:23.880 browser but just why okay I'm not like a 00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:28.000 ux designer and I also know nothing about making operating systems and I'm 00:04:25.400 --> 00:04:31.440 sure it's very very difficult and I respect the hell out of all all of the 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:36.400 devs down in the trenches making sure that the 1991 version of Turbo Tax will 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:41.000 still run on my system in 2024 but Microsoft what the hell is wrong with 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:47.120 you I mean Windows 11 is a mess and nothing irks me more than your unhinged 00:04:44.320 --> 00:04:51.000 settings menu first off why can I only open one settings window if I want to 00:04:49.479 --> 00:04:57.479 adjust bluetooth settings and audio settings I got to bounce between two separate sections the operating system's 00:04:54.960 --> 00:05:00.280 called Windows give me Windows why don't you have Windows you know what sucks 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:05.759 about your settings menu the power saving menu how come all of the real power settings aren't there I have to go 00:05:03.880 --> 00:05:08.720 to the old control panel and go to Power plan to find that stuff there that's 00:05:07.280 --> 00:05:12.560 where all the useful stuff is is there an easy way to get there from the power 00:05:10.400 --> 00:05:17.160 section of the settings app of course not and also what the hell is the 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:21.080 difference between a power mode and a power plan and how come when I'm on a 00:05:19.479 --> 00:05:25.639 certain power plan I can't change my power mode why aren't they one thing 00:05:23.520 --> 00:05:28.680 also the related support sections are useless at the bottom of the power page 00:05:27.080 --> 00:05:32.360 we have a link that says changing power mode and if you click on it it takes you 00:05:30.440 --> 00:05:36.400 to a page that tells you how to get to the page you're already on I mean at the 00:05:34.759 --> 00:05:41.000 very least it gets me an answer that's from Microsoft other questions send me 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:45.800 to Bing search where the top result is from a third-party website that could 00:05:42.600 --> 00:05:48.039 never be hijacked by evil SEO websites 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:52.039 and a response from co-pilot that doesn't even give the correct answer I 00:05:50.520 --> 00:05:56.039 mean Google has been lowering their search engine bar but Microsoft you're 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:59.280 treating it like a limbo competition speaking of limbo how come my battery 00:05:57.840 --> 00:06:02.720 life's in limbo whenever I turn on the battery saving mode you replace the 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:08.240 dynamic icon that shows me the remaining life left on my battery with a leaf a 00:06:05.560 --> 00:06:12.919 leaf at the time where I want to know how much power I have left I cannot see 00:06:10.400 --> 00:06:15.880 it easily because you want to make me feel good for doing my part for the 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:21.360 environment while I'm racked with anxiety about whether I'm going to get to the next bench in Hollow night I'm on 00:06:18.599 --> 00:06:27.759 a 75 WTH hour laptop draining it uses half as much power as it takes to boil a 00:06:23.720 --> 00:06:29.160 cup of water a cup 250 ml and you're 00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:32.759 telling me I need to watch my carbon footprint when you are happy to cut down 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:36.560 another hectare of the rainforce so co-pilot can hallucinate XL functions 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:41.160 that don't exist oh well it's a good thing that I'm doing my part like I get 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:45.680 it I'm supportive of reducing waste and consumption but the whole concept of the 00:06:43.160 --> 00:06:50.080 carbon footprint was popularized by BP an oil company in 2004 to take the onus 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:53.360 of change off of them and put it onto you focus on your own minuscule 00:06:51.880 --> 00:06:56.440 contribution to the world and feel like you're doing your part and while you're 00:06:54.880 --> 00:07:00.879 looking at yourself the oil companies will continue destroying the environment for profit think about it like this if 00:06:59.280 --> 00:07:04.120 we all was murdered a little bit less then there would be no more murder says 00:07:02.280 --> 00:07:07.479 the man with the massive murder machine like come on sorry that was a big 00:07:06.080 --> 00:07:11.440 problem these are supposed to be small problems let's go back to annoyances I 00:07:09.440 --> 00:07:15.639 have with the settings tray why do the Ethernet and audio icons act as a single 00:07:13.680 --> 00:07:18.879 button with a left click but two separate buttons as a right click it's 00:07:17.440 --> 00:07:22.599 confusing and it's not how it works literally anywhere else even the 00:07:20.479 --> 00:07:25.599 combination clock notification button that's directly beside it acts as a 00:07:24.400 --> 00:07:28.759 single button whether you're right or left clicking and while I do enjoy the 00:07:27.479 --> 00:07:33.560 redesign of your quick settings menu could we make the button buttons just a little bit smaller I also appreciate 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:37.520 that you finally put a sound mixer in the Quick Settings but why did you do it 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:41.720 in such a not quick way I don't need spatial sound options above the mixer 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:44.840 sure there are alternative Solutions like ear trumpet which are great but now 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:48.319 that you've made it so that I can't hide the audio icon like I could in every 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:51.720 version of Windows before not even through a group policy setting I got to 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:55.639 sit here with two different icons in my tray sadly we don't have any real fixes 00:07:54.120 --> 00:07:59.599 for these problems but as a thank you for listening I'll give you a few cool 00:07:57.319 --> 00:08:03.120 configuration tools Chris Titus text Windows utility it's an easy to ous guey 00:08:01.759 --> 00:08:06.680 that allows you to quickly install programs that you'll actually like and 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:11.520 you can do a ton of quick tweaks like removing Telemetry removing Adobe bloat 00:08:09.520 --> 00:08:15.560 web search from the start menu and so much more you can even use it to set up 00:08:13.479 --> 00:08:18.520 a custom Windows ISO that's debloated and stops trying to trick you into 00:08:16.840 --> 00:08:22.120 linking a Microsoft account if you're more interested in just changing the way 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:25.599 things look check out wind Hawk it's a collection of visual andux tweaks like 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:30.840 middle click to close Windows from the taskbar adjusting the height and icon 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:33.479 size of the taskbar or the look and feel 00:08:30.840 --> 00:08:37.919 of the Windows 11 start menu my personal favorite is modernized folder picker 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:41.240 dialogue we always recommend exercise and caution with these tweaks because 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:45.120 changing system level stuff can present risks to your system security and 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:50.720 stability but maybe they'll lower the risk to your sanity unlike modern games 00:08:47.959 --> 00:08:55.600 my biggest gripe is modern gaming microtransactions rampant gambling Bland 00:08:53.519 --> 00:09:01.800 hero Shooters and service games obnoxious drms always online bs it's all 00:08:59.040 --> 00:09:07.000 bad all gross but what really makes me want to pull my hair out is compiling 00:09:04.279 --> 00:09:10.240 shaders at runtime there is no worst feeling then getting a Discord message 00:09:08.760 --> 00:09:13.480 from your friends they ask you to boot up halo infinite which of course needs 00:09:11.839 --> 00:09:17.200 an update cuz it's been about 2 weeks and don't worry they still hav't edit 00:09:15.519 --> 00:09:21.720 anything that you're missing then you wait for the game to load and oh my God 00:09:19.360 --> 00:09:26.600 you're greeted with another 10 to 15 minute loading screen waiting for this 00:09:23.680 --> 00:09:32.079 stupid bar to go across if this happened every once in a while after a major 00:09:28.959 --> 00:09:33.480 update sure but every minuscule update 00:09:32.079 --> 00:09:38.120 just for us to get the pleasure to sit through this whole process again but why 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:43.120 do my games even need to compile shaders every time I loaded it already shouldn't 00:09:40.680 --> 00:09:46.920 it just be saved well yes actually but before we explain why it might need to 00:09:44.760 --> 00:09:51.399 do it every time let's break down what this bar even means the simple answer is 00:09:49.240 --> 00:09:55.560 shaders are what makes the game look you know like the game whether that's the 00:09:53.360 --> 00:10:00.440 vertex shaders to affect the shape of an item pixel shaders to determine color or 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:04.320 even geometry shaders to change the shape of things such as grass or snow 00:10:02.760 --> 00:10:09.399 due to the complexity of modern rendering trying to compile these 00:10:06.240 --> 00:10:12.000 shaders juring gameplay will result in 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:16.480 Long hitches and stuttering making the experience just terrible instead the 00:10:14.200 --> 00:10:20.920 game compiles those shaders at first launch before you get into the game to 00:10:18.800 --> 00:10:23.600 make sure you have a smooth experience it's kind of like chopping your 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:27.079 vegetables up before you even start making the stir fry that way when you 00:10:25.440 --> 00:10:31.959 actually start cooking you can just toss in the prepped vegetables but if you did 00:10:29.560 --> 00:10:36.399 you'd be constantly stopping to peel an onion or crush a garlic and that would 00:10:34.079 --> 00:10:40.560 risk ruining the meal but what if the recipe suddenly changes well that's why 00:10:38.839 --> 00:10:45.000 we need to redo our prep things like swapping out your GPU updating your 00:10:42.440 --> 00:10:49.760 drivers or even if the dev changes some setting in the game that alters the 00:10:47.399 --> 00:10:54.440 usage of those shaders those are all reasons why you may need to recompile 00:10:52.440 --> 00:11:00.079 and if the devs you know goof up real bad then that compilation can take a 00:10:56.839 --> 00:11:03.079 long time especially if you have older 00:11:00.079 --> 00:11:05.200 slower processors so what's the solution 00:11:03.079 --> 00:11:10.920 it's pretty easy never update your game your computer or your 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:12.720 Hardware finally my shaders are all done 00:11:10.920 --> 00:11:16.760 you know what else took forever Apple adding window snapping to macOS for the 00:11:14.920 --> 00:11:21.320 uninitiated window snapping allows you to easily snap an app you have open to 00:11:19.040 --> 00:11:25.760 one side of the screen a corner or even full screen by dragging the window to 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:30.480 the edge of the screen it's awesome it's intuitive and it's a feature that 00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:36.040 Windows has had since Windows 7 which launched in 2009 but no fear as of Mac 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:41.360 OS Sequoia you can easily snap applications on your Mac I'll show you 00:11:37.760 --> 00:11:45.079 on this 14-inch MacBook Pro M4 and boom 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:48.000 snapped great right no not great the way 00:11:45.079 --> 00:11:53.880 they implemented this is so unfathomably stupid I just I can't even sure the 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:57.920 window it's snapped but why the is there 00:11:53.880 --> 00:11:59.600 this massive Gap it's a tiny screen I 00:11:57.920 --> 00:12:05.639 don't want to waste half an inch of mying precious screen real estate on 00:12:01.720 --> 00:12:08.680 your stupid bull Apple what the flying 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:11.600 is wrong with you I 00:12:08.680 --> 00:12:18.519 just so what I can see my desktop background why I swear this kind of 00:12:15.199 --> 00:12:20.480 makes me physically angry do 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:25.199 they even try this before they release it and it gets better remember the Notch 00:12:23.399 --> 00:12:28.519 Apple has graced practically every modern Mac with I mean how could you 00:12:27.040 --> 00:12:32.639 forget right but don't worry I'm not going to complain about that even if it 00:12:30.040 --> 00:12:36.199 does look ridiculous because hey I'm a fan of extra screen real estate it's 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:39.880 just that Apple really seems like they aren't you know macOS is full screen 00:12:38.320 --> 00:12:44.440 mode when you click this little green button it's supposed to and I quote take 00:12:42.040 --> 00:12:49.480 advantage of every inch of the screen so what is this why does the extra Notch 00:12:46.560 --> 00:12:53.680 space do nothing until I Mouse over it why the screen space is there I thought 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:58.360 we were trying to take advantage of it Apple but Jake it's to help you focus on 00:12:55.760 --> 00:13:02.399 what you're working on yeah except every app has its menu is baked into the menu 00:13:00.519 --> 00:13:07.000 bar you're hiding from me and you know what's more disruptive to my flow having 00:13:04.440 --> 00:13:10.600 to move my cursor to the top wait for it to show the stupid menus before I can 00:13:09.160 --> 00:13:14.279 figure out where I need to click fortunately both of these gripes can be 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:17.800 remedied for the first one change the settings to have the menu stick around 00:13:15.920 --> 00:13:22.279 and for the second disable Apple's built-in snapping and continue using a 00:13:19.959 --> 00:13:25.800 third party app like rectangle it's free and wasn't designed by a psychopath what 00:13:24.160 --> 00:13:29.800 I don't have an answer to though is how we still don't have a standard way to 00:13:27.600 --> 00:13:33.959 transfer files between operating systems to Apple's credit airdrop works like a 00:13:31.959 --> 00:13:36.800 dream and Google's nearby share and quick share on Android are also pretty 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:41.600 great but what if you want to send a file between your iPhone and a Windows 00:13:39.079 --> 00:13:45.639 computer email maybe but what if it's a new computer it almost certainly has 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:49.839 Hardware capable of sending and receiving data at high speeds like Wi-Fi 00:13:47.639 --> 00:13:53.920 or Bluetooth but there's just no native software to do it now there are some 00:13:51.880 --> 00:13:57.560 thirdparty solutions like Paar drop a browser-based airdrop clone that allows 00:13:55.759 --> 00:14:01.160 you to send files peer-to-peer over your local network or the internet and Works 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:06.399 without having to install or sign up for anything but seriously it would take a 00:14:03.880 --> 00:14:11.199 Microsoft engineer like what maybe a few days to build a concept for this instead 00:14:09.199 --> 00:14:14.480 they're too busy trying to cram AI into every device with a pulse which is 00:14:13.079 --> 00:14:19.839 exactly what my friend Alex is here to tell you about I freaking hate AI okay 00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:24.560 that isn't entirely Fair it can be very useful but the willy-nilly bolting of AI 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:29.560 onto everything that I own is infuriating look at this we can come in 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:34.839 here this is a test rap besde sent this stupid button I 00:14:32.880 --> 00:14:39.440 accidentally hit it all the time what am I going to do with this okay let's make 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:44.560 it funnier this is only a test but don't worry you're probably going to fail 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:46.639 anyway thank you AI that is so worth it 00:14:44.560 --> 00:14:51.320 similarly Microsoft have removed my right Windows key and replaced it with 00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:56.120 the co-pilot key and given I have the Habit to hit Windows plusl every time I 00:14:53.600 --> 00:15:00.839 leave my computer I accidentally hit consume enough electricity to power 00:14:58.240 --> 00:15:07.440 light bulb for 20 minutes button instead all the time Logitech have also built AI 00:15:03.839 --> 00:15:11.040 into their mous drivers guys it is a 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:13.360 mouse I do not need AI built into it and 00:15:11.040 --> 00:15:18.639 also anybody that has ever used your software before can very easily make a 00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:24.839 chat GPT macro by just going in there it would take them seconds you do not need 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:27.440 to do this also Google oh my God Google 00:15:24.839 --> 00:15:31.839 I love how you so confidently use AI to grab me the incorrect answer to question 00:15:29.399 --> 00:15:35.959 while also stripping that answer of all of the context required to easily tell 00:15:34.000 --> 00:15:41.639 it is incorrect 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