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Didn't Amiga OS have installers for drivers? I loved the way classic Mac OS just had you drag extensions into a folder and restart.
Tech you miss/ new tech trends you hate - ok boomers
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You could just drag & drop a driver into the appropriate directory to install it - doesn't even need a restart. At least for printers and shit.
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UIs now are designed around columns than just lists.
This is cumbersome to navigate using a mouse or an analog stick. Not everything is touch screen based.
Icons are simpler to spot, recognize and sort. Tiles can take up unnecessary space.
This is cumbersome to navigate using a mouse or an analog stick. Not everything is touch screen based.
Icons are simpler to spot, recognize and sort. Tiles can take up unnecessary space.
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That looks like Windows 8, which was absolute fucking trash. I've championed the Win10 start menu, it's almost pretty awesome after removing all the trash and using tricks and hacks to get things in there. I don't understand why Microsoft didn't understand what they ALMOST had. It could be forced to be almost like a painting palette or mini-desktop available at the press of one button, very handy. I love it in the same way I loved Windows 95, it is great and fucked beyond belief at the same time.
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It is Windows 8. This was a nightmare to use with smaller screens. So bad, that 8.1 had to add the Start screen.
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The Win8.1 start screen felt like a purely passive-aggressive move. Windows 8 was so bad... The first time I used Win8 was when a friend had problems with his laptop and even though I knew exactly what the problem was it felt like I was high and in bizarro world trying to navigate to the menu that fixed it.
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I desperately miss software not being server dependent. Especially mobile games because so damn many of them are ticking timebombs waiting to nuke all your progress. I've had to tell someone that their hundreds of hours spent building a truly beautiful village in a now-defunct app were all for nothing and the data couldn't be recovered.
And double-fuck losing your purchased music because some dickless lawyers somewhere couldn't agree on 'rights'.
And double-fuck losing your purchased music because some dickless lawyers somewhere couldn't agree on 'rights'.
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I've seen this ugly beard guy stare into my soul for a few weeks or so every time I open LinkedIn and I still have absolutely no idea what its supposed to imply, or how anyone in marketing thought this was a good idea for a tech ad.
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So far as I can tell, that expression means you're about to be raped. Not sure why anyone would think this would sell software or whatever the fuck these weirdoes are trying to sell. "Burgers?"
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It makes a lot more sense than that overcapitalized cybersecurity startup that paid Simone Biles to be their spokeswoman. I mean, Miss Biles is cute and all, but I'll trust aging beard guy to set up a WAF over her.
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I'm sure this has been mentioned here plenty of times, but I want to sperg about it regardless.
I cannot fucking stand how everything is an "app" now. Every piece of software, every program, it's all been fucking ruined by this retarded ass trend of making things look sleeker and more modern (read; shit) and REQUIRING an internet connection and account for their proprietary bullshit service that'll die or rebrand in a years time. Operating systems, web browsers, printers, financial programs (like charting your income and shit, not banking) word processors, image editors, calculators, it's all cucked by this bullshit requiring 4 gigs of my RAM, 70% CPU processing power and an e-mail address and password to even get it to function. And God forbid the servers written by a carefully manufactured diverse group of trannies and shit-covered hobos off the San Francisco streets have a hiccup, because then all your shit is completely inaccessible until they get off their asses and fix it.
It's so bad now. I've installed basic 3D modeling software that won't run without registering an account first and skipping through their ads and promos every time I launch the fucking thing. I've downloaded password managers and virtualization software only to have to immediately purge it from my hard drive once I find it needs my fucking SSN and street address to even humour the idea of functioning.
The tipping point was when I bought a Christmas tree that required an internet connection, account and iOS app to change the colors of the fucking lights. Nowhere on the box was this indicated as necessary, and no you can't just skip that and do it manually unless you want to rip out its proprietary light wiring and risk fucking everything up. And the cherry on the shit cake? It came pre-installed with a gay and trans pride flag lighting color scheme. Great.
I know free and open-source software is usually the answer for this, but it's more about the principle of the matter. I hate that software has pivoted towards this shitty spyware trash. I shouldn't need to find alternatives to every big or remotely mainstream piece of software just because the fucking cucks coding it can't leave out the Javascript or make a program that doesn't require a damn internet connection. Maybe I'm just whining and being lazy, but I think it's horseshit and it makes me MATI.
I cannot fucking stand how everything is an "app" now. Every piece of software, every program, it's all been fucking ruined by this retarded ass trend of making things look sleeker and more modern (read; shit) and REQUIRING an internet connection and account for their proprietary bullshit service that'll die or rebrand in a years time. Operating systems, web browsers, printers, financial programs (like charting your income and shit, not banking) word processors, image editors, calculators, it's all cucked by this bullshit requiring 4 gigs of my RAM, 70% CPU processing power and an e-mail address and password to even get it to function. And God forbid the servers written by a carefully manufactured diverse group of trannies and shit-covered hobos off the San Francisco streets have a hiccup, because then all your shit is completely inaccessible until they get off their asses and fix it.
It's so bad now. I've installed basic 3D modeling software that won't run without registering an account first and skipping through their ads and promos every time I launch the fucking thing. I've downloaded password managers and virtualization software only to have to immediately purge it from my hard drive once I find it needs my fucking SSN and street address to even humour the idea of functioning.
The tipping point was when I bought a Christmas tree that required an internet connection, account and iOS app to change the colors of the fucking lights. Nowhere on the box was this indicated as necessary, and no you can't just skip that and do it manually unless you want to rip out its proprietary light wiring and risk fucking everything up. And the cherry on the shit cake? It came pre-installed with a gay and trans pride flag lighting color scheme. Great.
I know free and open-source software is usually the answer for this, but it's more about the principle of the matter. I hate that software has pivoted towards this shitty spyware trash. I shouldn't need to find alternatives to every big or remotely mainstream piece of software just because the fucking cucks coding it can't leave out the Javascript or make a program that doesn't require a damn internet connection. Maybe I'm just whining and being lazy, but I think it's horseshit and it makes me MATI.
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A Christmas tree for trannies? Do trannies celebrate Christmas? I thought they were atheists or obese Wiccans.
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The worst part of the 'everything can be done with da little computer phone' mentality is that it's gone as far as to infect medical devices. There are now on-body sensors that people rely on to be healthy that require a smartphone, which used to come with their own dedicated scanners to read data off of. Every company has become this lazy to save a few bucks and a little r&d.
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They consume Christmas product and get excited for more. Celebration is for plebs.
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They don't. But in current year not including tranny shit in your product is a crime punishable by death.
I went to see a movie in the local theater with a group of friends. Due to COVID they decided to remove the classic system of ordering snacks/drinks during the movie, which was much more intuitive and functional, with a shitty app that you HAVE to download and register for if you want popcorn or a drink. No ordering upfront or from a menu to a real human being's face. My group and I spent at least 30 fucking minutes at the start of the movie just trying to get the piece of shit to work, as on top of being an annoying idea it was coded and designed like shit and frequently would crash requiring a full reboot of the app, which would erase any items you had ordered from your cart and sometimes would sign you out altogether.
Remember when we all thought the future was going to be cool and full of convenience? Fuck normies and fuck smartphones.
Christmas is a warm and fuzzy holiday that revolves around hope, family, love and general cheerfulness. Trannies usually don't have any of those things, so they end up being like the Grinch if he were to cut his dick off.
trying not to derail the thread into tranny sperging btw, sorry!
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This reminds me so much of high DPI "gaming" mice (I like high DPI). You need to install their software, register your mouse, to change the mouse DPI! But don't you want to sync your settings across multiple PCs? No, I'm not giving my email address for that, nor can I afford multiple gaming PCs.
I wish more mice would make it clear that they just work without needing to install additional bullshit, like having a button to change DPI modes.
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Except then the Grinch would be so moved by the sincerity of the Whos that his dick would grow back even bigger.
Climaxing Sunset
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This one’s odd but I love Vacuum Tubes a lot. Especially when they glow cool colors and were utilized in older radios.
I know that many preamps still use vacuum tubes still because people like Tube sound more than the newer stuff especially musicians
I know that many preamps still use vacuum tubes still because people like Tube sound more than the newer stuff especially musicians
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For the complaining software you mention, there are alternatives that don't require any logins or accounts. I switched out of necessity after moving everything to Linux. For 3D modeling, Blender, password manager, KeepassXC, virtualization, KVM with virt-manager. Bluestacks for android but I think that's windows only.