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skipper's musings
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i only write in lower case unless im serious.
i hope we can be friends on the modem.
blogs where I post longer stuff sometimes:
https://blog.skipper.blue/
https://highguard.net/
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its incredible that microsoft devs have the ability to continue breathing despite having so little brain function. im pretty sure a slime mold can write better code if given the same amount of training.
has anyone studied this? its almost miraculous
little known fact: "chinese water torture" is actually mistranslated. the correct translation is "chinese windows torture", wherein war prisoners and criminals would be subjected to troubleshooting various windows problems. normally for most victims of this torture they would not be exposed to microsoft windows for more than 30 minutes at a time, although for the most serious offenses the victim would be subjected to nonstop windows exposure for up to 3 hours at a time.

the modern day western office worker is exposed to windows for an average of 8 hours a day with only one recovery time period lasting for one hour.
the united states government has for the past 20 years consistently vetoed UN resolutions that would classify exposure to microsoft windows as torture.
it was discovered in documents leaked by bradley manning that at guantanamo bay some prisoners there were exposed to microsoft windows for upwards of 6 hours per day in three increments lasting two hours. this information caused massive backlash globally with sanctions being placed against the united states by many other countries including european countries that were considered close allies.
stop thinking about the message and start thinking about the results.
personally i dont like light pollution because i want to see the stars. the issue of waste energy is important too but secondary to my goals.
both of us (the writer and I) want the same thing. I want less light being blasted into the sky and if i get what i want it means less energy waste, which is what you want. If you get what you want I still get what I want.
be pragmatic. the rest doesnt really matter.
15 years ago if i had a computer problem i could google the error message and find a solution on the first page of search results.
now its a complete swamp of AI trash but i think i found something worse
>problem: dragging emails out of outlook into another program causes outlook to hang
i start googling for this and come across an answers.microsoft.com page where someone has the same problem.
the OP is an indian badly describing the issue.
the first reply is another indian speaking in broken english. he reiterates the problem and instead of offering a solution only says "please be patient and wait for a reply"
the second reply is another indian not offering a solution, only telling the user how to use the feedback tool to report the problem to MS.
the thread is closed and there is no solution.
the only way this could be worse would be if someone mentioned SFC or to restart the computer.
every day i think i couldnt hate computers more and then i dig a little deeper
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"dont recommend channel" works about as well as the buttons at crosswalks.
use channel blocker
>log in to a guest at work to fix something
>see a fucking ad
>on a work computer
>using an operating system that i paid for
piracy is morally right.
windows is such a complete dumpster fire that i should stop saying "install gentoo" and start saying "install windows"
honestly gentoo is probably easier to use than windows at this point
isnt paid software supposed to be premium and easier to use?
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"I'm not going to buy anything" I tell myself as I walk into the gun store. "I'm just here to look around." I have 800 dollars in my pocket.
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ranking the worst software ive ever used
1. windows 8
2. microsoft teams
3. windows 11
4. windows 10
5. that virus i got when i was 12 because i clicked the wrong download link.
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>open edge
>experience worst oobe of any browser
>"chrome"
>bing search begs me to use edge
>click the download link
>get a popover desperately begging me to use edge
>click download
>on deployment page get an injected ad telling me that edge is better, actually
>download does not automatically start. have to click the manual download button
>"woah there dude, actually chrome is a virus that will harm your device. you should totally use edge instead."
bring back trustbusting right now. im rapidly becoming a single issue voter and my single issue is "harm tech companies in every way imaginable"
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microsoft thinks your production environment is their test environment.
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the downside of learning russian is that captchas get a lot harder to complete once the alphabet becomes natural to you. i see a captcha like "SHPT" and i end up writing "CNRT" on accident.
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