purplemonkeymad

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[–] purplemonkeymad@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Some communities weren't large enough to get isps to come out and lay infrastructure. Being that the church was typically at the centre, these churches found a community project in setting up these mini wisps. The ones I heard of were selling more or less at cost, to locals only. I presume they are still like that, but don't know for sure.

[–] purplemonkeymad@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Yea, but as you can see, it's really just a browser added ontop. When they made xp, it was so deeply rooted it was silly. Windows explorer panels used it, I think the help reader application (remember that?) was completely re-written on it. Anything that didn't look like a standard dialog from 2k or before, used the web engine for the UI. Hell you could even set the desktop to a webpage.

It was ahead of its time, but in a bad way.

[–] purplemonkeymad@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (3 children)

No that's internet explorer. They "removed" it, but really it's just hidden in a way so you can't run it directly.

[–] purplemonkeymad@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yea it annoys me too, you can switch it back, but I can't do that every time I'm working on someone's computer.

[–] purplemonkeymad@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yea I've always found that complaint odd. I just assumed everyone who makes it also has the activate windows watermark, and thus can't access the option.

[–] purplemonkeymad@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have they fixed the store version so it can do multiple monitors yet? Also local folder redirects?

[–] purplemonkeymad@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Also remember to backup before things break. I once diligently backed up a system image before an upgrade. But I backed up a already failed SD card.

[–] purplemonkeymad@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Honestly just having a laser/led printer removes so many of the problems with printers. All inkjets should be replaced.

[–] purplemonkeymad@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That stopped working for home editions of windows. On pro you can say you are joining a local domain, but on home you have to use a workaround, such as the bypass command or a locked out account.

[–] purplemonkeymad@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

In terms of user content this would be correct. However when it comes to games on the platform valve does do curation to ensure games run etc. I don't know if it has been tested, but that curation could exclude them from the protection. If that was the case they could be directly sued for copyright infringement.

[–] purplemonkeymad@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I did this years ago when it was added to home, not seen shorts since. Good guide.

[–] purplemonkeymad@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Steam's Next fest has brought back some demos on PC. You might not get a demo for a big IP, but you can try lots of smaller dev games without having to buy first.

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