i just set up a new laptop for someone–well just the account bullshit they couldn’t get past. none of the tricks to bypass the microsoft account requirement worked, even the “WinJS” method that was the only known way to do that on s-mode.

i think from here on when someone brings me a new windows POS, i’m gonna just be nuking the oem load and putting a rufus’d one on instead if they want windows (and unfortunately, most do).

they used to sell them, but it was all shit-tier hardware and didn’t sell.

overpriced shit packaged and priced for convenience stores and checkout lanes.

for those who need a little historical reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knothole_Gang#History

Now it’s $30 but it’s still like buying a cd a month.

it’s about twice as much as a mainstream cd at a brick-and-mortar or a random sampling of physical disc offerings at bandcamp.

mildly?

dear mr. poopy pants:
fuck off.
sorry. we’re canadian. let me rephrase that, eh?
kindly fuck off.
we’ll talk to the next guy or gal in charge.
from the great white north,
canada

ya, but they’ll want the good hockey players.

the criminal-in-chief wants more ‘donations’ from major retailers.

the length of the pedestrian’s signal may be adjusted longer as well, especially for crossing wide multi-lane and divided roadways.

the healthcare one is pretty straight forward, cut out the for-profit insurance companies and go single-payer tax funded, cover everyone for just about everything. increased coverage at half the cost.

add your likes to a play queue, then use that queue as your playlist for dlp.

see also: https://old.reddit.com/r/YoutubeMusic/comments/8zu1u5/how_to_share_liked_songs/

working for me with updated binaries (currently on windows), including deno.

using just the cli instead of ytinterface. fed it a random playlist i found and used your exact command line. it also stated music wasn’t supported but redirected seamlessly to yt itself.

it’s now 40-some tracks in and still going.

whatever republicants don’t want or are constantly raging about are probably some pretty good things for everyone.

which time?

we had no cop or ‘resource officer’ at all, in any of the schools i attended (70s-80s minnesota, rural and the cities). the only times we even saw cops at school was when they were conning parents into letting them have our fingerprints, or for what became the annual ‘DARE scare’.

while you’re there… don’t forget to check the faucet, windows, cat bowls, and lock the door on the way out.

please do remember to keep your keys in your hand the entire time, and don’t be a dummy like yesterday and set the phone down right before you leave and lock the door.

i have a POS laptop here with a small ssd in it, gemini lake, originally came with 4gb and hdd. as sold, was about the slowest piece of shit available that ‘officially’ supports win11. it has 8gb and that 120gb ssd now, and it’s barely usable to look at a web page.

i just get it out when i need to show someone something online or do something online for them.

already have a media ‘server’ and several things to watch ‘tv’ on or from.

this is what we were doing with it… trying out winpodx, but it’s not quite ‘usable’ like this (updated after this, does same). so it (and it’s hp cousin with similar specs) sit waiting for their next call-to-arms.

i’m using an optiplex sff with 32gb ddr4 as a monitor stand right now. i just don’t know what the hell to do with it… so it sits, probably until the dietpi running on a jaguar soc keels over.