[–] 5 points 2 days ago (1 child)

My 566i2 had a Celeron with no cache, Windows ME, and a CD-ROM drive. The worst of all worlds. Still loved that piece of shit to death. It ran Halo so badly that a friend and I once managed to snipe each other simultaneously.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago

    You think that's an insult when it's a breakthrough. Assuming it's true this time. You've already lied about it repeatedly, before circling right back to the same irrelevant assertions. If you finally understand the simple reality of the situation and have a low opinion of how plain it is, that beats the hell out of actively refusing to get it or shut up about it.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    These vulnerabilities were present the entire time, and the cost of exploiting them is dropping toward zero. You no longer need to stick out, to be targeted. There doesn't have to be a specific reason.

    Don't put infrastructure on the network without a damn good reason and an off switch.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 days ago* (4 children)

    We could dance around the word itself, and just describe an elephant, but that only delays when people with misconceptions hear the word for this animal and go ‘nuh-uh.’

    That delay would be worse - because it allows for people who acknowledge all the reasons Steam is a monopoly, and all the reasons that monopoly is a systemic risk, but will still insist with kneejerk certainty that Steam doesn’t count. It’s some other distinct thing, despite the absence of difference.

    Pretending there's a difference doesn't avoid the confusion... it is the confusion.

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    Y'all know about Anarchist Nexus and Lumnous5481 putting "Murder all Zionists" in their display name, verbatim, leading to predictable strife with other instance personnel they were implicitly or explicitly calling to murder. I had several arguments here amounting to, it doesn't really matter how bad you think the group in question is; you can't just say 'kill them all' and act aghast when people have follow-up questions.

    Two days after the last of these arguments, MysticMushroom1776 decided that 'it's not a matter of who' was too apologistic, and banned me from all the communities they control. None of which I've ever posted in or care about. Okay.

    I think I downvoted a post on MeanwhileOnWorld once, and if that's the impetus, Christ, that's sad.

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