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  WTF Bites
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  @TwelveBaud said in WTF Bites: Hibernating to prepare for "fast" startup. I have "fast" startup disabled. The most common reason why I'd shut down (apart from going home in the evening; yes I'm one of those people) is that I need to add / remove / change hardware, where "fast" startup is not only even more useless than usual, but actually counterproductive. That said, startup is a WTF on its own. In this most common case where I've changed HW, the timeline is roughly something like this: 0m00s - I push the power button, fans and power LED turn on. 0m45s - The PC detects the HW change, shuts down and turns on again. 1m30s - The screen turns on, showing the EFI boot picture 2m00s - The Windows startup spinner appears 2m10s - The logon screen appears So yeah, given that second step in this sequence, maybe Windows just decided to decline my request to turn off fast startup. OTOH, all the shenanigans happens before any WIndows screen is shown so I was thinking that this is all done by the EFI firmware.
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  UI Bites
  usability ui wtf • • Greybeard  

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  @topspin said in UI Bites: @Gern_Blaanston said in UI Bites: But still ... How/why do you even do something like that? How? Magic says: Hiding the window borders, painting your own, and fucking up WM_NCHITTEST. At a previous company, they kept pushing us to do that. We finally got them to back down (and roll the change back) when we pointed out that we were constantly fixing various bugs with it ("Look, it's costing us a lot of money" - then they listened). Who would have guessed that the borders look different based on themes and Windows versions!
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  Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition
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  Internet of shit
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  @Gurth is that a picture of the notepaper that one writes Lotus Notes on?
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  Tinder is shit
  cause the app is trash but i cant id fuck this shit • • blek  

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  @loopback0 said in Tinder is shit: get her a library ticket we let women read now?!?! Tangentially related… Apr 3  /  2+2= █ How well do you know Orwell’s 1984? Take the quiz to find out Are you more of a blagger than a member of the Brotherhood? To celebrate Audible’s new audio dramatisation of 1984, our quiz will test your knowledge of George Orwell’s dystopian classic Audible, an Amazon company, using 1984 to advertise.
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  A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted
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  @dkf said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted: any con where you are feeling excluded (intentionally or otherwise) is a terrible experience I'm sure any con will feel right at home on a crypto con.
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  WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else
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  @BernieTheBernie said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else: @Zecc said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else: I'm glad they think this computer isn't supported. At least I won't get any surprise upgrades. Surprise! Surprise! It is supported! And we've just provided you with the Greatest Version of Windows. Enjoy! Releasing in 2025… Windows_Final_Updated_v2!
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  Bethesda dealing with Fallout
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  They did it, folks! At least, they seem to have. They're getting away with it. Why are you letting Bethesda get away with this?