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  @spacehobo@teh.entar.net @ian@mckellar.social @mcc@mastodon.social It's usually not a problem if you're building somewhat modern software, but can be useful for very old stuff.

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  @nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt That "last Windows version" thing did not come from Microsoft.

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  I wanted to take a screenshot in a VM today, and Windows presented me with this extremely awfully translated dialog – translated back to English (while staying as faithful to the wording used in Slovenian translation as possible), the text says: Should Sniping tool, to at recording screenshots or recording screen turn off border of screen shot? If you wish to change this later, open Settings app. [ Yes ] [ No ]

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  @nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt When I was replacing my washing machine a few months ago, one of the requirements was no connectivity.

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  @ireneista@adhd.irenes.space @azonenberg@ioc.exchange I noticed at a client that they push hosts files through Group Policy for some reason …

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  RIP.

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  @Viss@mastodon.social @cR0w@infosec.exchange Same.

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  @hikari@social.noyu.me Yup, I think the runtime defaults to i686 – I used to have an i586 compiler and runtime when I was compiling some stuff which I wanted to run on Via C3.

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  @infobeautiful@vis.social The opposite of

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  @ar@is-a.cat What ancient FTP did you pull this from? :)

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  @TechConnectify Ooh, I remember looking into there about 20 years ago (when you could get them fairly cheap considering the picture quality), but ultimately decided they're too fiddly to set up.

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  @TechConnectify Finding powdered dishwasher detergent seems to be nearly impossible here nowadays (my sister says one chain sells it, but it's a bit out of the way), so I just buy the big packs of pods when they're on sale for 15€ – that's 175 or 184 pods).

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  @scalzi I specced a mid-range server for a client in September: 7990€. They bought it in December: 9090€.

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  @wonka @frameworkcomputer @worik @alvaro I thought HP had some laptops with 240W power supplies, but it looks like I misread, and they're "only" 140W. The new G6 docks support up to 180W over USB-C (but the 280W version still uses a companion barrel plug).

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  @cstross@wandering.shop @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place There's just one thing I don't understand – hadn't Microsoft renamed Office to CoPilot about half a year ago already?

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  @cstross@wandering.shop Not AI, it's by the great @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social.

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  @cstross@wandering.shop @foone@digipres.club I had something similar when they diagnosed me with autoimmune disorder – 4 daily things (two in the morning, one at midday, one before going to bed), one on Mondays (morning and evening), one on Tuesdays, one on Wednesdays, one on Fridays, one two consecutive days once a month. The schedule and dosing instructions took a third of an A4 page, and I've had several doctors go WTF when they saw that. My biggest problem was when I was when I was gett...