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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft kills official way to activate windows without internet⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve done this at some point. Didnt look up the source, but this might affect other ms sw as well, namely older office. If activated lets say within 90 days twice for a certain cd key, you were easier to call the number to get the windows activated (legally).

  Yeah I use linux myself so dont give a fuck all, but I’ve offered support for small companies which can be affected.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What the Linux desktop really needs to challenge Windows⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Linux needs an apple-like manufacturer (but in a good sense): good, marketable products with good support.

  If we’re always relying for big current OEMs to offer linux option, they’re gonna hide it and never offer 1:1 support compared to windows.

  I’m for some reason hoping for valve+some oem working together to offer a valid option to the current choices.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RAM and SSD prices are still climbing—here’s our best advice for PC builders⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No. Ddr4 ram prices have been tripling this year.

  I needed ddr4 ecc, but couldnt justify paying 3x the price that I paid last year.

  Also wanted to buy ddr4 sodimm for my wife’s laptop, you guessed it, 3x the price.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your opinions of using Pi-hole for DNS within a homelab environment?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have that virtualized, times three. Two to have a failover, and third one with different settings for my kids (cloudflare’s family dns)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which game would you erase from your memory, in order to experience it fresh once again?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A lot of good ones here already listed, some of those I’ve started and veered off due to busy life with kids.

  What I didnt see was uncharted 4. Never played any other in the series, but bought that one from steam sales. You know when you picked up a good book which you couldnt put down but had to read through as fast as possible? Or new tv series that you had to binge? Well surprisingly uncharted 4 was that for me last year. After I was finished I felt empty: “whats now?”.

  A very few games have gripped me that way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Logitech will brick its $100 Pop smart home buttons on October 15 - Ars Technica⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thats what I did for 10 years.

  To get my wife or parents or kids to use these often hacky and clunkier UIs was pain. I eased up and decided not to care. All iot shit are now in their own vlan with only :443 outboud allowed and I have integrated them to hassio. If my wife wants to use those million different cloud apps, I install those for her.

  Decided just not to care.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cable management is an art form⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I use whatever I have with me, sometimes I have the tools with me but I’d lie if I said I always carry the toolbag around.

  Yeah I do sometimes have dykes at hand but that shouldnt be necessary in professional environment.

  Still hate the zipties in this context tho

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cable management is an art form⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are those zipties? I fucking hate zipties whenever cleaning out old installs. They’re just about always so tight it feels uncomfortable to cut those when youre dealing with fibres or just about anything, really.

  I use velcro ties myself most of the times. If I absolutely have to use zipties, I leave then so loose that they’re just guiding the cabling, not choking it.

  Just today I cleaned out one +15 years old install and oh boy, multiple zipties there. Awful