curbstickle

@curbstickle@anarchist.nexus

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Return to the year 2000 with classic multiplayer DOS games in your browser⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  ME was basically 98 but much less stable, so a lot of people grabbed a copy of 2000 one way or another to run it at home. XP came out in 2001, bringing an end to DOS based kernels in the Microsoft lineup.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Return to the year 2000 with classic multiplayer DOS games in your browser⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  ME was the only consumer release in 2000.

  2000 was the direct successor to NT4 and was specifically targeting the business market. It was available in Pro, Server, Adv Server, and Datacenter editions. I would not call it a consumer Windows OS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FOX BREAKING NEWS ALERT!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thats a slim and trim article there. You’d have think they’d at least put the email info in from the dump.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dubba bubba⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Cue, BTW.

  Queue is for making a line, cue is the signal for them to say their lines.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  among other things

  And there are SO MANY OTHER THINGS

  And just to add, he failed to get the Democratic nomination, so he’s running independent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My friend got hacked and of course microsoft will not even try to help⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I want to believe my mom won’t fall for a scam.

  Experience tells me she absolutely will.

  I want to believe my coworkers won’t go out and buy gift cards from a text claiming to be one of the partners.

  Experience tells me they absolutely will.

  My mom at least calls me now before she puts any personal information anywhere. With the folks at my office, I’m nowhere near as lucky. I have no idea why they buy the gift cards rather than, I dont know, calling one of the partners to confirm, but they do. Its happened four times now. There were very specific instructions given in a presentation, done at least once a year.

  And yet, it happens.

  I fully understand hoping for better, but the risk doesnt change. Confirmation is always worth it. They may feel embarrassed being asked, but how much more embarrassed would they be if they got scammed?

  Just something to keep in mind, hope everything works out for your friend.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My friend got hacked and of course microsoft will not even try to help⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I get a lot of messages from MS - across a variety of their products - for the work I do. They are very standardized.

  This does not resemble any email I have ever received from MS, but definitely resembles emails I’ve seen with scammers. This is why I’ve

  Its extremely unlikely, and the reason so many keep pointing this out is to make sure your friend safeguards their information, thats all. Having seen these situations before, I can also tell you about the very, very long legal aftermaths I’ve seen when identities are stolen. It can be years later and something new will crop up.

  Assuming its MS is risky, and I hope you understand that people are really just trying to be helpful about this because we are (unfortunately) familiar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My friend got hacked and of course microsoft will not even try to help⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Lots of people here know Microsoft support services quite well.

  This is not Microsoft. Your friend is being scammed. If he gave them any information about himself, that information is now in the hands of scammers.

  So many people have been trying to explain this to you, I dont know why you keep brushing it off. This is not an email from MS support. This is an email from a scammer. Your friends credit card info or identity are either about to be or have already been stolen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My friend got hacked and of course microsoft will not even try to help⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not how that works.

  Your friend is continuing to be scammed if they are communicating with this account.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The oldest Minecraft server, MinecraftOnline, is being shut down by Microsoft⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It would not.

  I don’t believe it said it would not either.

  I said if it was in violation of the established terms.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The oldest Minecraft server, MinecraftOnline, is being shut down by Microsoft⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  is there a central lemmy that can nuke other instances?

  There is a legal process. Violating the AGPL that Lemmy us released under, for example.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The oldest Minecraft server, MinecraftOnline, is being shut down by Microsoft⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you were in violation of lemmy’s terms of use, yeah…

  They aren’t using their own software here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The oldest Minecraft server, MinecraftOnline, is being shut down by Microsoft⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Made almost the same comment in the cross post that was made of this.

  Definitely comes across like an excuse to be racist AF.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm not saying that I agree with it, but it's understandable.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I know youre joking, but so others know - Springsteen’s breakout hit was Born to Run. Its about escaping the pressures if life. About going for a long drive away from the factories (blue collar family), getting away from it all on the road.

  He still lives in NJ, he’s a proponent of LGBTQ rights, believes strongly in the dignity of work (before anyone misconstrues this, this means that all jobs should be respected equally), he donates his time and his money on a local, state, and regional level in campaigns to address hunger, resources for low income families, antipoverty grants through his own foundation, etc. He’s also been this way since the 1980s so not new either.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨anime titles be like⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  All this to say that I hope people give it a try.

  So I started reading it, and its also surprisingly inclusive. At least where I am in the 2nd book (they aren’t particularly long).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨anime titles be like⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The Analyst: Reborn into Another World to Provide A Discourse Addressed to an Infidel Mathematician: Wherein It Is Examined Whether the Object, Principles, and Inferences of the Modern Analysis Are More Distinctly Conceived, or More Evidently Deduced, Than Religious Mysteries and Points of Faith, and Mathematical Formulae Make me Overpowered??? A Slow Life Adventure in the Dungeon

  How’s that?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Eventually I'll have enough to just keep finding random ones⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I highly recommend buying a cheap toolbox for this. I have one with my a multimeter, various cable testers, probe tracers, crimpers, etc.

  Works great as long as things get put back!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ANTI PEE PAINT⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And - well I was going to say surprisingly, but its really not - the post I saw just before this was about transit use and a fear of violence. Which, of course, is ultimately due to not addressing the unhoused.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Progress⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If at first you don’t succeed…

  Start with something smaller and work your way up or just push harder.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Great Depression: Part Deux⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My grandma used to make depression era meals for my dad (they were also poor), my dad made them for me (not as poor then solidly middle income), and I would love to eat them for nostalgia reasons. Can’t because of gluten, but I’ve been trying out various gluten free bread recipes to see if I can get something that works.

  A reeeeeaaallly long way of agreeing and saying yeah, nostalgia plays a role.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨#environmentalist⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And thats why I have metal straws (plus I got them for free)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fuck gary⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  But aren’t you glad that choice was made?

  ~I sure am 🥵~

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Literally every nsfw post:⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You got me good on this one

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨JSON Statham⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  …. I’m going to stick this in a presentation at some point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can Mac apps be emulated and run on Windows?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It does! Pretty decently at that. Though I mostly used it so I could build for iOS. Got a refurb with apple silicon a bit later on, builds are faster, so it gets turned off quicker.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good boah⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They also seem to crash grindr at every convention despite historically railing against homosexuality at every opportunity.

  There tends to be a massive difference between what they say and what they want/do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Is Abandoning Windows 10. Hackers Are Celebrating.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Welcome to my plan! Ive got a good chunk of change set aside for some tiny/mini/micro to add to the others.

  Also looking to pick up some ’new’ laptops for me and the kids.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta won’t allow users to opt out of targeted ads based on AI chats⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Much more simple: don’t use Meta anything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This should be true⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  August, -3k.

  Sept prelim, -32k.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woof is dog for "You may test that assumption at your convenience"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They can be highly responsive to their owners. You start showing any signs of tension, they will put themselves between you and whatever is bothering you.

  When we watch my sisters dog, my wife has to use a vibrating collar for the dog. He reacts to everything as a potential threat to her, and that ramps up with my kids being there.

  If its just me walking him, he tends to just be a roaming doofus. If I add in our (little and much older) dog, he’s fine until the moment our dog reacts.

  Its actually extremely wild to me just how responsive they are to those around them.