HugeNerd
@HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
I am a huge asocial nerd that lives in a hovel surrounded by vintage computers.
- Comment on Massive internet outage reported: Google services, Cloudflare, Character.AI among dozens of services impacted 6 hours ago:
So tell me, how does the world work? We all hold hands and hug and cry together?
- Comment on Massive internet outage reported: Google services, Cloudflare, Character.AI among dozens of services impacted 18 hours ago:
Uh huh, just before a major democracy attacked an evil, evil country. Must be coincidence.
- Comment on VPN Registrations Increase by 1,000%, less than Hour After PornHub Blocked France From Accessing its Website. 3 days ago:
Which one pops the “you are leaving the trans section to go the straight section, are you sure?”
I really don’t think I should be called out just because I like straight porn.
- Comment on public services of an entire german state switches from Microsoft to open source (Libreoffice, Linux, Nextcloud, Thunderbird) 1 week ago:
I think this has been tried before.
- Comment on The solution to many problems 1 week ago:
They don’t stay still long enough to roll properly.
- Comment on AI Training Slop 1 week ago:
Gosh so many real problems being solved with computers! I always knew they would be useful one day.
- Comment on Plex now will SELL your personal data 1 week ago:
I don’t have the addiction or condition that makes that compelling to me.
I can’t figure out why or how that is a need people have.
- Comment on do you think freewill truly exists? 2 weeks ago:
Because that way “I see you as a friend!” lies. At least that’s why I’m single.
- Comment on do you think freewill truly exists? 2 weeks ago:
“physiological” trauma? Like diabetes from all the PDAs?
- Comment on do you think freewill truly exists? 2 weeks ago:
Not spelled like that, no.
- Comment on Plex now will SELL your personal data 2 weeks ago:
Can someone explain to me why you need anything more than directories filled with files to view content?
I’m struggling to understand why anybody would need or want something like Plex.
I want to watch a movie. I open explorer, go to the folder movies, select the movie, and double click the icon.
The end.
- Comment on German court sends Volkswagen execs to prison over Dieselgate scandal 2 weeks ago:
Gefängnisvergnügen
- Comment on Black Mirror AI 2 weeks ago:
When I was a kid I thought computers would be useful.
- Comment on “How you design the beep is important.” Behind the movement for calmer gadgets. 2 weeks ago:
Can we also stop with the quasar-bright fucking white LEDs on every fucking thing in existence?
- Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers 3 weeks ago:
But you also failed to provide any concrete examples of what is supposed to happen to my Windows 7 machine connected to the internet.
What security threat, exactly? If you can show me that, I’ll buy a new PC with Win 11 this afternoon.
- Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers 3 weeks ago:
You have provided no substantive evidence of what I can’t do with Windows 7. You have provided nothing but vague fear-mongering while inflating your chest about what a biker bad-ass you are.
Yet you refuse to see that other people also make trade-offs. My tradeoff is that sometimes I can’t install piece of shit software like KiCAD that somehow requires Windows 11 to move lines on a screen.
No big loss.
- Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers 3 weeks ago:
I don’t think I’m “at par” with Microsoft, what kind of sickness is this? Your brain fascinates me.
“There is a reason no one serious uses win 7 online anymore”
Oh I see, you are a serious person doing serious business. Serious serious serious. Meanwhile not a single concrete example has been given to me about these serious things I can’t do.
“Same reason cars without seatbelts are few on the roads.”
There is no overlap between the physical world and software delusions. There is no physical safety hazard here. Meanwhile, millions of motorcyclists use no seatbelts.
Again, your brain is fascinating.
- Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers 3 weeks ago:
So basically, you derive your identity from this.
- Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers 3 weeks ago:
What from this decade can I not do? You seem to think this is fashion. It’s just technical crap.
Computers stopped solving real problems a long time ago. “Something from this decade” like what? Endless games for children that stunt your mind? AI fart videos?
- Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers 3 weeks ago:
Huh? And what does that have to do with running Windows 7? You can, you know… install all the patches even if Microsoft doesn’t supply them.
They’re called Service Packs.
If this is too difficult to grasp, we can talk about something else.
- Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers 3 weeks ago:
Where did I say not to get bugfixes for my OS, which is Windows 7?
- Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers 3 weeks ago:
Well one did fuck me in the ass while the other one stole my favorite underwear right out from the delicate cycle. Total animals.
- Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers 3 weeks ago:
But it sounds cool! Angelina Jolie and Sandra Bullock are waiting for me in my apartment to hack the web!
- Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers 3 weeks ago:
When you get your IT knowledge from the '90s movie Hackers…
- Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers 3 weeks ago:
Very simple: I’m one user.
- Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers 3 weeks ago:
Like dude how am I supposed to order burgers through skip the dishes if I don’t have Windows 11 and a 64 core CPU with 256GB of DDR18 super RAM running terabytes of vibe-coded AI slop!???
- Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers 3 weeks ago:
I just connected my Windows 7 machine to the internet and two Russians jumped out my serial port! One is holding me down while the other one is stealing the CPU from my washing machine! Send help!
- Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers 3 weeks ago:
This requires little more than a 286. It’s an elevator. Responding in times measured in seconds. What kind of computations do you think are required here? Imaginary quaternion matrixes? Squared?
- Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers 3 weeks ago:
But how else can it be safe to connect to the internet?
- Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers 3 weeks ago:
Luxury. All I had was a 186.