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Radio Paranoia
Jun 27, 2010

It is now safe to turn off your computer.

cinci zoo sniper posted:

they’ve been giving it away for free for at least five years following win10 release, including poo poo like upgrading pirated cd keys into legitimate licences for the sake of pure “500 million devices run windows” wankery. its relatively surprising to hear of someone using a windows pc (which i assume you don’t, to be clear) and having licensing woes these years

my favourite form of windows distribution is cjs selling OEM keys on ebay for a fraction of the price

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hbag
Feb 13, 2021

https://twitter.com/zoomerbread/status/1421194758198857730

Fortaleza
Feb 21, 2008

Use linux so you can dork around making things all pretty-pretty https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/il5xjc/i3gaps_serene_dusk/

It's what I did at your age and now I'm a successful cool adult with fantastic taste

The_Franz
Aug 8, 2003

Radio Paranoia posted:

my favourite form of windows distribution is cjs selling OEM keys on ebay for a fraction of the price

don't those eventually get deactivated?

President Beep
Apr 30, 2009





i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

hbag posted:

well i should at least try to figure out why the gently caress my windows pc is being so clunky
i have no idea where to start looking, there arent that many things being launched at startup so i doubt its that
even windows explorer is slow as gently caress when it comes to navigating directories, but my disks are fine (according to smart)

you need to defrag the hard drive.

Jonny 290
May 5, 2005



[ASK] me about OS/2 Warp
it doesnt matter. the sum total of things you care about with a Deactivated Windows 10 is that it overlays a tiny `please register windows` thing on the bottom right of the desktop (still overlaid by any actual windows, it's just on the Desktop) and you can't pick a custom wallpaper, except you can right-click and "Set As Wallpaper" on any image and do it.

Vintersorg
Mar 3, 2004

President of
the Brendan Fraser
Fan Club



Kenny Logins posted:

almost literally the same here. we're checking out of our pei cabin tomorrow AM

that's sweet - i contemplated flying out there but the prices didn't go down like they did with flying to calgary or vancouver for $200

it's showing as $1000 still -- $750 in september

for that much ill just go to like europe or somewhere down south

Jonny 290
May 5, 2005



[ASK] me about OS/2 Warp
it's $419 for a basic round trip to Reykjavik from Denver now that Icelandic Air serves DIA. It's going to be my first international trip whenever delta dies down, and i'm so loving stoked to see volcanoes and go lick the front stoop of one of bjork's childhood homes

Kazinsal
Dec 13, 2011



also there's a dude in sa-mart who sells windows 10 keys for like fifteen bucks or something. most of the machines I've put together for people (including my own) are running those keys and I've never heard anyone go "what happen my windows needs activating"

Cybernetic Vermin
Apr 18, 2005

The_Franz posted:

don't those eventually get deactivated?

nah. i don't think they are even oem keys, it is a money laundering venue using retail keys. they buy the keys in the cheapest possible region (accounting for 50% of the rebate) using various shady money accounting for the rest of the rebate. microsoft doesn't really try to police it, as it is not that easy to claim any given purchase illegitimate.

Vintersorg
Mar 3, 2004

President of
the Brendan Fraser
Fan Club



Jonny 290 posted:

it's $419 for a basic round trip to Reykjavik from Denver now that Icelandic Air serves DIA. It's going to be my first international trip whenever delta dies down, and i'm so loving stoked to see volcanoes and go lick the front stoop of one of bjork's childhood homes

that's loving so good!! US prices are pretty good for flying IMO - Iceland is on my bucket list for sure

our next trip will be Japan - we were supposed to go in september 2020 but the plague ofc - we got most of our ticket price refunded thankfully. we waited till last minute to cancel with a small degree of hope - cancelled in august and bought back in like january. i got all these books and poo poo and dove hard into youtube on stuff.

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




RokosCockatrice posted:

In a totally polite and ingenuous and way I ask: how many times a year do you upgrade the OS on your fedora machine?

i don’t have a fedora machine

Agile Vector
May 21, 2007

scrum bored



actually op it's a trilbymatic

Radio Paranoia
Jun 27, 2010

It is now safe to turn off your computer.

The_Franz posted:

don't those eventually get deactivated?

surprisingly not

Radio Paranoia
Jun 27, 2010

It is now safe to turn off your computer.
also, now that windows is pivoting to the google model of ad/data-hoovering platform-first, brace yourself for windows 11 to be "free"

Cybernetic Vermin
Apr 18, 2005

Radio Paranoia posted:

also, now that windows is pivoting to the google model of ad/data-hoovering platform-first, brace yourself for windows 11 to be "free"

this is not a thing that is happening though. well, so far, windows 11 may indeed change things. windows 10 telemetrics is very limited in the license, and i am pretty sure microsoft understands, if any company whatsoever can, how they'd be actually ruined by oversteps there.

flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

Silver Alicorn posted:

arch is the one if you want your os to be a kit car

redhat: kitt car
arch: kit car

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮
I bought a retail copy of Windows 10 home form Newegg

Achmed Jones
Oct 16, 2004



man im still using the windows 10 license that i got from getting a windows 7 license ages ago. to be honest it seems like ms wants windows to be free for home users, but doesn't want to make it _too_ easy for dumbass companies to pirate it

it's like $10 though, which is way less annoying than when OSes were a cool $100 at least

The Fool
Oct 16, 2003


Achmed Jones posted:

man im still using the windows 10 license that i got from getting a windows 7 license ages ago. to be honest it seems like ms wants windows to be free for home users, but doesn't want to make it _too_ easy for dumbass companies to pirate it

it's like $10 though, which is way less annoying than when OSes were a cool $100 at least

the future is free windows for end users and a subscription for and pro/enterprise features

we’re almost there

Video Nasty
Jun 17, 2003

hbag posted:

well i should at least try to figure out why the gently caress my windows pc is being so clunky
i have no idea where to start looking

C:\Users\hbag\:ins: is where I would start, OP

Kazinsal
Dec 13, 2011



The Fool posted:

the future is free windows for end users and a subscription for and pro/enterprise features

we’re almost there

internet idiots who think they're smarter than the OS will continue to scream about how much of a shitshow they think windows is too. microsoft could make it literally free forever for as many installs as you want on any hardware you want with no ads or telemetry or whatever the self-described power user boogeyman of the week is and people would STILL be upset because it's not what they remember windows XP (with the interface set to windows 2000 mode) being

hbag
Feb 13, 2021

Video Nasty posted:

C:\Users\hbag\:ins: is where I would start, OP

yeah theres a lot of poo poo here i have no idea how much of it i should delete

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

rotor posted:

theres no "woes" i just have this "please activate windows" thing on my videogames. I know I could fix it but between this post and the last one I've already spent more time talking about it than I have being annoyed by it.

Buy a key for 10 dollars from the guy in SA Mart who sells them. I have used him for all my computers and the ones I've built for friends and family and have had no problems. You will get the key within 5 minutes of sending him the money on PayPal

eschaton
Mar 7, 2007

Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

bob dobbs is dead posted:

you shpuld apply to my company and write clojure all day erry day

nah, if/when leave my current job I’ll be retiring

that’s why I tell recruiters I’m only really interested in even talking about VP-level roles

Cybernetic Vermin
Apr 18, 2005

eschaton posted:

nah, if/when leave my current job I’ll be retiring

that’s why I tell recruiters I’m only really interested in even talking about VP-level roles

very-pensioner?

Roosevelt
Jul 18, 2009

I'm looking for the man who shot my paw.

Vintersorg posted:

that's loving so good!! US prices are pretty good for flying IMO - Iceland is on my bucket list for sure

our next trip will be Japan - we were supposed to go in september 2020 but the plague ofc - we got most of our ticket price refunded thankfully. we waited till last minute to cancel with a small degree of hope - cancelled in august and bought back in like january. i got all these books and poo poo and dove hard into youtube on stuff.

what parts of japan

Vintersorg
Mar 3, 2004

President of
the Brendan Fraser
Fan Club



Roosevelt posted:

what parts of japan

we were gonna do 4 cities -
I’m out so I can’t remember em elk

Tokyo ofc
Kyoto
ummm

can’t remember the others - we were gonna get the train pass too

Kazinsal
Dec 13, 2011



cjs: friday :toot:

also just put in for a week and a half of vacation in november, gonna head to toronto and visit some family + see a concert. guess I ought to look into booking flights and a hotel this weekend

fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

DEATH TO AMERICA
:xickos:

President Beep posted:

actually grown ups drink water

gross

fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

DEATH TO AMERICA
:xickos:

Jonny 290 posted:

it's $419 for a basic round trip to Reykjavik from Denver now that Icelandic Air serves DIA. It's going to be my first international trip whenever delta dies down, and i'm so loving stoked to see volcanoes and go lick the front stoop of one of bjork's childhood homes

in the before times they had $450 round trips from boston or nyc to china. now it’s like $3000 and has 3 layovers

hbag
Feb 13, 2021

President Beep posted:

actually grown ups drink water

i am drinking fizzy apple juice

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahq4blDfU5s

friday night

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

classic case of pineapple derangement syndrome

FACT: Motley Crue ripped off the intro to Shout at the Devil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUiEwx9LUEk

from David Bowie's Diamond Dogs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9fbbMkYF8k

bob dobbs is dead
Oct 8, 2017

I love peeps
Nap Ghost

fart simpson posted:

in the before times they had $450 round trips from boston or nyc to china. now it’s like $3000 and has 3 layovers

its like 600 usd to/fro sfo and szx tho

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

classic case of pineapple derangement syndrome
FACT: that shout at the devil album kinda owns tho, also vince neil literally murdered the lead singer of his rival band

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe

wow you should get a week for this, don't post this poo poo

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe

rotor posted:

FACT: that shout at the devil album kinda owns tho, also vince neil literally murdered the lead singer of his rival band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP1TKOSsM8M

Fortaleza
Feb 21, 2008

Time for one of the best Bowie stories

quote:

Bowie... So we're on the beach shooting this scene with a giant bulldozer. The camera was on a very long lens. (Camera is along way away, but the artist fills the frame) In this video i'm dressed from head to toe in a clown suit. Why not.I hear playback and the music starts. So off I go, I start singing and walking, but as soon as I do this old geezer with an old dog walk right between me and the camera.
Me.........Laugh (seeing this video in my head and what that must of been like on the set)
Bowie....Well knowing this is gonna take a while I walked past the old guy and sat next to camera in my full costume waiting for him to pass. As he is walking by camera the director said, excuse me Mr do you know who this is? The old guy looks at me from bottom to top and looks back to the director and said....
Old Man....... Of course i do!!!! its some oval office in a clown suit
Bowie.......... That was a huge moment for me, It put me back in my place and made me realize, yes i'm just a oval office in a clown suit. I think about that old guy all the time

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Ornamental Dingbat
Feb 26, 2007

I was behind a car with the license plate LXIX today. Nice.

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