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@lyse Ohhhh, that’s lovely! 😍
@lyse Ohhhh, that’s lovely! 😍
@lyse Ohhhh, that’s lovely! 😍
@lyse Ohhhh, that’s lovely! 😍
@tkanos @bender Thanks, but the thing is that Microsoft has blocklisted these well-known keys in their Service Pack installers. So, yeah, it works, but only for a basic installation of XP – and some games demand a Service Pack being present. 🫤

I don’t remember having seen bender’s key, though. Maybe that one works. I might give it a try some day, when my motivation is back up. 😂
@tkanos @bender Thanks, but the thing is that Microsoft has blocklisted these well-known keys in their Service Pack installers. So, yeah, it works, but only for a basic installation of XP – and some games demand a Service Pack being present. 🫤

I don’t remember having seen bender’s key, though. Maybe that one works. I might give it a try some day, when my motivation is back up. 😂
@tkanos @bender Thanks, but the thing is that Microsoft has blocklisted these well-known keys in their Service Pack installers. So, yeah, it works, but only for a basic installation of XP – and some games demand a Service Pack being present. 🫤

I don’t remember having seen bender’s key, though. Maybe that one works. I might give it a try some day, when my motivation is back up. 😂
@tkanos @bender Thanks, but the thing is that Microsoft has blocklisted these well-known keys in their Service Pack installers. So, yeah, it works, but only for a basic installation of XP – and some games demand a Service Pack being present. 🫤

I don’t remember having seen bender’s key, though. Maybe that one works. I might give it a try some day, when my motivation is back up. 😂
For now, I removed the BIOS battery from the PC in question. 😂 I just want to play some older games, that’s it. Let’s see how long it’ll work that way.
For now, I removed the BIOS battery from the PC in question. 😂 I just want to play some older games, that’s it. Let’s see how long it’ll work that way.
For now, I removed the BIOS battery from the PC in question. 😂 I just want to play some older games, that’s it. Let’s see how long it’ll work that way.
For now, I removed the BIOS battery from the PC in question. 😂 I just want to play some older games, that’s it. Let’s see how long it’ll work that way.
(To be fair, I could have seen it coming back then. It was well known that you have to activate Windows XP. I still “bought” it. Lesson learned: It was a rental, for a limit period of time.)
(To be fair, I could have seen it coming back then. It was well known that you have to activate Windows XP. I still “bought” it. Lesson learned: It was a rental, for a limit period of time.)
(To be fair, I could have seen it coming back then. It was well known that you have to activate Windows XP. I still “bought” it. Lesson learned: It was a rental, for a limit period of time.)
(To be fair, I could have seen it coming back then. It was well known that you have to activate Windows XP. I still “bought” it. Lesson learned: It was a rental, for a limit period of time.)
Wasted another hour trying to get Windows XP to work again (while avoiding totally shady stuff). Not much success.

Windows XP has scarred me for life. 😂 I bought this thing, cost me 140 bucks, but I can’t use it anymore because Microsoft says so. Screw that.

I won’t buy commercial software anymore and haven’t done so in a long time. You want an online activation or, better yet, some sort of subscription? Screw that.

Up until the end of the 1990ies and very early 2000s, it was okay to buy commercial software. Things like StarOffice 3.1 still work just fine today, because you can just install it, done.

Free/libre software is the way to go.
Wasted another hour trying to get Windows XP to work again (while avoiding totally shady stuff). Not much success.

Windows XP has scarred me for life. 😂 I bought this thing, cost me 140 bucks, but I can’t use it anymore because Microsoft says so. Screw that.

I won’t buy commercial software anymore and haven’t done so in a long time. You want an online activation or, better yet, some sort of subscription? Screw that.

Up until the end of the 1990ies and very early 2000s, it was okay to buy commercial software. Things like StarOffice 3.1 still work just fine today, because you can just install it, done.

Free/libre software is the way to go.
Wasted another hour trying to get Windows XP to work again (while avoiding totally shady stuff). Not much success.

Windows XP has scarred me for life. 😂 I bought this thing, cost me 140 bucks, but I can’t use it anymore because Microsoft says so. Screw that.

I won’t buy commercial software anymore and haven’t done so in a long time. You want an online activation or, better yet, some sort of subscription? Screw that.

Up until the end of the 1990ies and very early 2000s, it was okay to buy commercial software. Things like StarOffice 3.1 still work just fine today, because you can just install it, done.

Free/libre software is the way to go.
Wasted another hour trying to get Windows XP to work again (while avoiding totally shady stuff). Not much success.

Windows XP has scarred me for life. 😂 I bought this thing, cost me 140 bucks, but I can’t use it anymore because Microsoft says so. Screw that.

I won’t buy commercial software anymore and haven’t done so in a long time. You want an online activation or, better yet, some sort of subscription? Screw that.

Up until the end of the 1990ies and very early 2000s, it was okay to buy commercial software. Things like StarOffice 3.1 still work just fine today, because you can just install it, done.

Free/libre software is the way to go.
Good old (bitmap) Helvetica works as a GUI font again:

https://movq.de/v/2456cfb05a/helvetica.png

This broke a year ago and I gave up on it. Now it’s back. Crisp fonts, just like in the terminal. 💚

This is *much* easier for me to read. Maybe it’s because of my myopia. Everything is a little bit fuzzy anyway and font antialiasing *on top* is really exhausting for me.
Good old (bitmap) Helvetica works as a GUI font again:

https://movq.de/v/2456cfb05a/helvetica.png

This broke a year ago and I gave up on it. Now it’s back. Crisp fonts, just like in the terminal. 💚

This is *much* easier for me to read. Maybe it’s because of my myopia. Everything is a little bit fuzzy anyway and font antialiasing *on top* is really exhausting for me.
Good old (bitmap) Helvetica works as a GUI font again:

https://movq.de/v/2456cfb05a/helvetica.png

This broke a year ago and I gave up on it. Now it’s back. Crisp fonts, just like in the terminal. 💚

This is *much* easier for me to read. Maybe it’s because of my myopia. Everything is a little bit fuzzy anyway and font antialiasing *on top* is really exhausting for me.
Good old (bitmap) Helvetica works as a GUI font again:

https://movq.de/v/2456cfb05a/helvetica.png

This broke a year ago and I gave up on it. Now it’s back. Crisp fonts, just like in the terminal. 💚

This is *much* easier for me to read. Maybe it’s because of my myopia. Everything is a little bit fuzzy anyway and font antialiasing *on top* is really exhausting for me.
@aelaraji I think that’s the correct URL: https://staystrong.run/user/bmallred/twtxt.txt
@aelaraji I think that’s the correct URL: https://staystrong.run/user/bmallred/twtxt.txt
@aelaraji I think that’s the correct URL: https://staystrong.run/user/bmallred/twtxt.txt
@aelaraji I think that’s the correct URL: https://staystrong.run/user/bmallred/twtxt.txt
But I can’t do anything. 😢

https://movq.de/v/dd46b2faa2/s.png
But I can’t do anything. 😢

https://movq.de/v/dd46b2faa2/s.png
But I can’t do anything. 😢

https://movq.de/v/dd46b2faa2/s.png
But I can’t do anything. 😢

https://movq.de/v/dd46b2faa2/s.png
Wait, no, the “cancel” button works and I’m in! 😂
Wait, no, the “cancel” button works and I’m in! 😂
Wait, no, the “cancel” button works and I’m in! 😂
Wait, no, the “cancel” button works and I’m in! 😂
I still have my ICQ credentials and apparently they still work, but they want to know my phone number now. So, fuck that. 😂

https://movq.de/v/af1f167ce4/s.png

RIP, ICQ.
I still have my ICQ credentials and apparently they still work, but they want to know my phone number now. So, fuck that. 😂

https://movq.de/v/af1f167ce4/s.png

RIP, ICQ.
I still have my ICQ credentials and apparently they still work, but they want to know my phone number now. So, fuck that. 😂

https://movq.de/v/af1f167ce4/s.png

RIP, ICQ.
I still have my ICQ credentials and apparently they still work, but they want to know my phone number now. So, fuck that. 😂

https://movq.de/v/af1f167ce4/s.png

RIP, ICQ.
@lyse I’m so glad that I don’t have anything to do with the modern Windows world … Must be really annoying to waste one’s time on stuff like this. 🥴
@lyse I’m so glad that I don’t have anything to do with the modern Windows world … Must be really annoying to waste one’s time on stuff like this. 🥴
@lyse I’m so glad that I don’t have anything to do with the modern Windows world … Must be really annoying to waste one’s time on stuff like this. 🥴
@lyse I’m so glad that I don’t have anything to do with the modern Windows world … Must be really annoying to waste one’s time on stuff like this. 🥴
@lyse Hmm, I don’t know of a green-ish Office suite. I mean, LibreOffice is green, but that’s not what you mean. 😅

Ahhh, TeXNicCenter! Many people in Uni used this. What happened to it, is it dead? The last release is from 10 years ago. 🫤

> Admittedly, it took me a while to figure out and appreciate all the advantages of actually marking up the document structure properly.

Same here, to be honest. I *think* it was HTML which changed that eventually. 🤔 Not sure if any “ordinary” users that I know use semantic markup, but then again, none of them write any documents that *need* this. And in reality, most people are more concerned (rightfully so) with the actual appearance of their document – so it is an *extra step* to first mark something as a heading and then change the document style to get the appearance they actually want. That’s why I think that all the “Works”-like suites aren’t complete rubbish. They have their place.

> These days I rarely reach for LaTeX or LibreOffice to craft new stuff in my private life. Simple text files is usually it.

I was going to ask “but how do you write letters”, and then I realized that the last letter I’ve written was in 2022. 😂 It has become super rare indeed.
@lyse Hmm, I don’t know of a green-ish Office suite. I mean, LibreOffice is green, but that’s not what you mean. 😅

Ahhh, TeXNicCenter! Many people in Uni used this. What happened to it, is it dead? The last release is from 10 years ago. 🫤

> Admittedly, it took me a while to figure out and appreciate all the advantages of actually marking up the document structure properly.

Same here, to be honest. I *think* it was HTML which changed that eventually. 🤔 Not sure if any “ordinary” users that I know use semantic markup, but then again, none of them write any documents that *need* this. And in reality, most people are more concerned (rightfully so) with the actual appearance of their document – so it is an *extra step* to first mark something as a heading and then change the document style to get the appearance they actually want. That’s why I think that all the “Works”-like suites aren’t complete rubbish. They have their place.

> These days I rarely reach for LaTeX or LibreOffice to craft new stuff in my private life. Simple text files is usually it.

I was going to ask “but how do you write letters”, and then I realized that the last letter I’ve written was in 2022. 😂 It has become super rare indeed.
@lyse Hmm, I don’t know of a green-ish Office suite. I mean, LibreOffice is green, but that’s not what you mean. 😅

Ahhh, TeXNicCenter! Many people in Uni used this. What happened to it, is it dead? The last release is from 10 years ago. 🫤

> Admittedly, it took me a while to figure out and appreciate all the advantages of actually marking up the document structure properly.

Same here, to be honest. I *think* it was HTML which changed that eventually. 🤔 Not sure if any “ordinary” users that I know use semantic markup, but then again, none of them write any documents that *need* this. And in reality, most people are more concerned (rightfully so) with the actual appearance of their document – so it is an *extra step* to first mark something as a heading and then change the document style to get the appearance they actually want. That’s why I think that all the “Works”-like suites aren’t complete rubbish. They have their place.

> These days I rarely reach for LaTeX or LibreOffice to craft new stuff in my private life. Simple text files is usually it.

I was going to ask “but how do you write letters”, and then I realized that the last letter I’ve written was in 2022. 😂 It has become super rare indeed.
@lyse Hmm, I don’t know of a green-ish Office suite. I mean, LibreOffice is green, but that’s not what you mean. 😅

Ahhh, TeXNicCenter! Many people in Uni used this. What happened to it, is it dead? The last release is from 10 years ago. 🫤

> Admittedly, it took me a while to figure out and appreciate all the advantages of actually marking up the document structure properly.

Same here, to be honest. I *think* it was HTML which changed that eventually. 🤔 Not sure if any “ordinary” users that I know use semantic markup, but then again, none of them write any documents that *need* this. And in reality, most people are more concerned (rightfully so) with the actual appearance of their document – so it is an *extra step* to first mark something as a heading and then change the document style to get the appearance they actually want. That’s why I think that all the “Works”-like suites aren’t complete rubbish. They have their place.

> These days I rarely reach for LaTeX or LibreOffice to craft new stuff in my private life. Simple text files is usually it.

I was going to ask “but how do you write letters”, and then I realized that the last letter I’ve written was in 2022. 😂 It has become super rare indeed.
@aelaraji Hmmm, I might give Searx a try. 🤔

That outage yesterday was a good thing. Made me question and reevaluate all this. 😅
@aelaraji Hmmm, I might give Searx a try. 🤔

That outage yesterday was a good thing. Made me question and reevaluate all this. 😅
@aelaraji Hmmm, I might give Searx a try. 🤔

That outage yesterday was a good thing. Made me question and reevaluate all this. 😅
@aelaraji Hmmm, I might give Searx a try. 🤔

That outage yesterday was a good thing. Made me question and reevaluate all this. 😅
QOTD: Which web search engine do you use? 😂
QOTD: Which web search engine do you use? 😂
QOTD: Which web search engine do you use? 😂
QOTD: Which web search engine do you use? 😂
@mckinley Oops. Glad to hear the backups worked. 😅
@mckinley Oops. Glad to hear the backups worked. 😅
@mckinley Oops. Glad to hear the backups worked. 😅
@mckinley Oops. Glad to hear the backups worked. 😅
@bender In retrospect, it looks pretty obvious, yeah. 🫤 Or at least like a red flag.
@bender In retrospect, it looks pretty obvious, yeah. 🫤 Or at least like a red flag.
@bender In retrospect, it looks pretty obvious, yeah. 🫤 Or at least like a red flag.
@bender In retrospect, it looks pretty obvious, yeah. 🫤 Or at least like a red flag.
@prologic Going to be interesting to find out what caused this. 🤔 Bing (like, the real bing.com) is still down for me as well.

DuckDuckGo’s help page doesn’t really make it clear that they rely on Bing *that much*:

https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/sources/

I guess this outage is a good thing. 😅 Lots of people now read up on this.
@prologic Going to be interesting to find out what caused this. 🤔 Bing (like, the real bing.com) is still down for me as well.

DuckDuckGo’s help page doesn’t really make it clear that they rely on Bing *that much*:

https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/sources/

I guess this outage is a good thing. 😅 Lots of people now read up on this.
@prologic Going to be interesting to find out what caused this. 🤔 Bing (like, the real bing.com) is still down for me as well.

DuckDuckGo’s help page doesn’t really make it clear that they rely on Bing *that much*:

https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/sources/

I guess this outage is a good thing. 😅 Lots of people now read up on this.
@prologic Going to be interesting to find out what caused this. 🤔 Bing (like, the real bing.com) is still down for me as well.

DuckDuckGo’s help page doesn’t really make it clear that they rely on Bing *that much*:

https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/sources/

I guess this outage is a good thing. 😅 Lots of people now read up on this.
@prologic I wasn’t aware of the extent. 😞 The whole thing is down now that Bing is down.
@prologic I wasn’t aware of the extent. 😞 The whole thing is down now that Bing is down.
@prologic I wasn’t aware of the extent. 😞 The whole thing is down now that Bing is down.
@prologic I wasn’t aware of the extent. 😞 The whole thing is down now that Bing is down.
I’ve been using DuckDuckGo for years now, worked fine. Today it’s down – and now I’m learning that it runs on Bing? 😳

https://www.searchenginemap.com/

Why do I keep getting hits by a DuckDuckBot then?


www.uninformativ.de 20.191.45.212 - - [23/May/2024:03:00:48 +0200] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 659 "http://www.uninformativ.de/" "DuckDuckBot/1.1; (+http://duckduckgo.com/duckduckbot.html)"
I’ve been using DuckDuckGo for years now, worked fine. Today it’s down – and now I’m learning that it runs on Bing? 😳

https://www.searchenginemap.com/

Why do I keep getting hits by a DuckDuckBot then?


www.uninformativ.de 20.191.45.212 - - [23/May/2024:03:00:48 +0200] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 659 "http://www.uninformativ.de/" "DuckDuckBot/1.1; (+http://duckduckgo.com/duckduckbot.html)"
I’ve been using DuckDuckGo for years now, worked fine. Today it’s down – and now I’m learning that it runs on Bing? 😳

https://www.searchenginemap.com/

Why do I keep getting hits by a DuckDuckBot then?


www.uninformativ.de 20.191.45.212 - - [23/May/2024:03:00:48 +0200] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 659 "http://www.uninformativ.de/" "DuckDuckBot/1.1; (+http://duckduckgo.com/duckduckbot.html)"
I’ve been using DuckDuckGo for years now, worked fine. Today it’s down – and now I’m learning that it runs on Bing? 😳

https://www.searchenginemap.com/

Why do I keep getting hits by a DuckDuckBot then?


www.uninformativ.de 20.191.45.212 - - [23/May/2024:03:00:48 +0200] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 659 "http://www.uninformativ.de/" "DuckDuckBot/1.1; (+http://duckduckgo.com/duckduckbot.html)"
iTerm2 now has ChatGPT integration 🚮 https://iterm2.com/news.html
iTerm2 now has ChatGPT integration 🚮 https://iterm2.com/news.html
iTerm2 now has ChatGPT integration 🚮 https://iterm2.com/news.html
iTerm2 now has ChatGPT integration 🚮 https://iterm2.com/news.html
@lyse

> O_o Software problem, it can't be helped.

https://movq.de/v/961aef2366/nsfw068-willkommen-im-kapitalismus.ogg (This was originally about an iPhone, IIRC, but it fits many situations. 🥴)
@lyse

> O_o Software problem, it can't be helped.

https://movq.de/v/961aef2366/nsfw068-willkommen-im-kapitalismus.ogg (This was originally about an iPhone, IIRC, but it fits many situations. 🥴)
@lyse

> O_o Software problem, it can't be helped.

https://movq.de/v/961aef2366/nsfw068-willkommen-im-kapitalismus.ogg (This was originally about an iPhone, IIRC, but it fits many situations. 🥴)
@lyse

> O_o Software problem, it can't be helped.

https://movq.de/v/961aef2366/nsfw068-willkommen-im-kapitalismus.ogg (This was originally about an iPhone, IIRC, but it fits many situations. 🥴)
@stigatle Nice indeed. 👍 (That is a lot of houses in a rather small area. I somehow expected there to be way more space between you and your neighbors. 😅)
@stigatle Nice indeed. 👍 (That is a lot of houses in a rather small area. I somehow expected there to be way more space between you and your neighbors. 😅)
@stigatle Nice indeed. 👍 (That is a lot of houses in a rather small area. I somehow expected there to be way more space between you and your neighbors. 😅)
@stigatle Nice indeed. 👍 (That is a lot of houses in a rather small area. I somehow expected there to be way more space between you and your neighbors. 😅)
@lyse What can you do against spam on jabber? 🤔
@lyse What can you do against spam on jabber? 🤔
@lyse What can you do against spam on jabber? 🤔
@lyse What can you do against spam on jabber? 🤔
@lyse Yep, this was pre-“everything comes from China/Asia”. My keyboard was made in the UK: https://movq.de/v/ac83b493f6/model-m.ff.jpg
@lyse Yep, this was pre-“everything comes from China/Asia”. My keyboard was made in the UK: https://movq.de/v/ac83b493f6/model-m.ff.jpg
@lyse Yep, this was pre-“everything comes from China/Asia”. My keyboard was made in the UK: https://movq.de/v/ac83b493f6/model-m.ff.jpg
@lyse Yep, this was pre-“everything comes from China/Asia”. My keyboard was made in the UK: https://movq.de/v/ac83b493f6/model-m.ff.jpg
H e i l i g e r S p e r r s a t z , B a t m a n !
H e i l i g e r S p e r r s a t z , B a t m a n !
H e i l i g e r S p e r r s a t z , B a t m a n !
H e i l i g e r S p e r r s a t z , B a t m a n !