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- Comment on Speed test pits six generations of Windows against each other — Windows 11 placed dead last across most benchmarks, 8.1 emerges as unexpected winner in this unscientific comparison 3 days ago:
I basically jumped from XP to 8.1 and I was amazed how much of an improvement 8.1 was on a technical level. Yes, the UI was horrendous, and any usability expert should have been able to tell you it was a terrible idea, but apparently they weren’t listened to. Luckily there was Classic Shell that restored a proper Start Menu, so I never had to use the horrible touch interface.
8.1 was the last good Windows (with caveats). When support ended I went back to Linux, because 10 and 11 are enshittified to all hell.
- Comment on GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What it means for you 1 week ago:
Backup. If you lose your Internet connection or GOG goes tits up, you don’t lose access to your installers.
- Comment on GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What it means for you 1 week ago:
Per Michal Kicinski on the GOG forums:
Please also be assured that financially GOG is very stable, and I personally have a quite extensive financial safety net in case of any needs. So while GOG is no longer part of a very big corporation (which actually has some pros too ;-)), it is very safe financially. There is really no need to back up your collections. If such a disaster would ever even theoretically happen, you would be clearly informed well in advance — but honestly, I cannot see any realistic scenario where this kind of danger would appear.
- Comment on GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What it means for you 1 week ago:
Not sure what this will mean in the long run, but my immediate reaction is positive. GOG has had taken steps towards enshittification, and if Michał can put it back on track, well, that’s great. We’ll have to watch and wait.
DRM free, forever.
- Comment on Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox 3 weeks ago:
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
- Comment on LG Update Installs Unremovable Microsoft Copilot on Smart TVs, Ignites Backlash 3 weeks ago:
Stallman outlined our choices and told us this is where we were headed back in the 1980’s. Since then, we have consistently made the wrong decisions. All is not lost, but the situation is dire.
- Comment on LG Update Installs Unremovable Microsoft Copilot on Smart TVs, Ignites Backlash 3 weeks ago:
You must understand: It’s not your TV, it’s LG’s, and they will do with it what ever they want, and not to your benefit. This is the future we chose.
- Comment on Have YOU ever done this? 3 weeks ago:
I’m highly reclusive, so this happens a lot.
- Comment on Microsoft is quietly walking back its diversity efforts 4 weeks ago:
Since 1975, baby!
- Comment on In wake of Windows 10 retirement, over 780,000 Windows users skip Win 11 for Linux, says Zorin OS developers — distro hits unprecedented 1 million downloads in five weeks 1 month ago:
Dude, you have a serious problem, man. That’s way too much marijuanas.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
I laughed way harder than I should have. Thanks!
- Comment on Everything has a bit of overlap 2 months ago:
Whoops, I made a typo. I’ll leave it in.
- Comment on Everything has a bit of overlap 2 months ago:
Is this a programming of physics joke?
- Comment on Borderlands 4 boss tells players "please get a refund from Steam if you aren't happy" as Randy Pitchford continues his very public crashout over the FPS's performance woes 3 months ago:
I generally have nothing but a deep sense of loathing for marketing, but I genuinely feel bad for the people who have to try smearing lipstick on this pig.
- Comment on Borderlands 4 boss tells players "please get a refund from Steam if you aren't happy" as Randy Pitchford continues his very public crashout over the FPS's performance woes 3 months ago:
Seems like the kind of guy I’d want in charge of my company. “Don’t buy my stuff” is some next level 4D marketing.
- Comment on Rust 3 months ago:
I happen to know multiple people who haven’t died.
- Comment on Baby sized bolete of some sort 4 months ago:
You mom may be an expert, but in this I think she’s biased.
- Comment on Check out the pleated skirt on this one 4 months ago:
That’s some sort of an inkcap, right? Looks cool.
- Comment on Tea is basically just salad water. 4 months ago:
Sounds delish!
- Comment on Tea is basically just salad water. 4 months ago:
Coffee is bean soup.
- Comment on Who is the enemy? 4 months ago:
This brought to mind a collection of asshole admin stories from the early internet. With a bit of googling, it was The Bastard Operator From Hell. God, I haven’t thought of those since the 90s. I can’t believe I could even recall something like that.
Anyway, fuck users.
- Comment on They'd just appear out of nowhere 4 months ago:
Yes, my migraines are mostly “silent” these days. As a teenager, I just had the headaches without aura, but that changed with age. Nowadays I get all kinds of weird and uncomfortable pre- and postdrome effects, like ocular aura, but rarely pain. I have a family member whose only migraine symptom is a crippling stomach ache. Migraines are super weird.
- Comment on They'd just appear out of nowhere 4 months ago:
Well, yes and no. It’s kind of an area you can’t see, but it’s there. Also, it starts as a small dot and them starts expanding/moving. It’s also flashing, kind of like static noise on an old TV. Luckily those things usually last like 15 minutes or so. Still, not a fun experience.
- Comment on GOG is fighting back censorship - Freedom To Buy Bundle 5 months ago:
It seems others have had issues too, so I suggest reading the promo thread on GOG. It’s possible country restrictions apply.
- Comment on GOG is fighting back censorship - Freedom To Buy Bundle 5 months ago:
I think you have to get the bundle, not individual games: Freedom to buy games
I’m getting Good Old GOGBear right now, but earlier when I tried I could add the bundle to my cart. It should work eventually.
- Comment on There should be novelty toothpicks shaped like little dicks. The would be called "dick picks". 5 months ago:
The name is too confusing, some befuddled man would end up using it on his junk.
- Comment on I require nothing more 5 months ago:
I’m a responsible adult, which is why I only grow living plastic plants.
- Comment on I require nothing more 5 months ago:
The minimal furniture and a sense of free space are great for my mental health. A cluttered home to me feels like a cluttered mind. I don’t want to live in a cage of excess stuff, much like I don’t want to carry unhealthy mental baggage with me, pulling me down. You may see a sparse room, but I see freedom from sensory fatigue. I see freedom.
- Comment on Remember, kids! Unregulated capitalism is not your friend! 7 months ago:
George Orwell wrote about his experiences with those in Down and Out in Paris and London. It’s a decent book and an interesting look at poverty of the day.
- Comment on i broke 7 months ago:
“No one else can do the work for you.”