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Nintendo
You’re out. Goodbye. You will NEVER get another dollar from me. I bought it, it’s mine. Fuck you. :-* Nintendo updated its Nintendo Account Agreement with a severe warning against “unauthorized use”, in a bid to prevent emulation and piracy. The US update is as follows: “Without limitation, you agree that you may not (a)…
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Well, isn’t that nice
See what I did there? No? lol. Let me elaborate. As I was waking this morning, my partner came to say good morning with a kiss and casually mentioned “The water was being weird when I was showering.” I grew up on a well – so I’m no stranger to the odd things that sometimes…
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Windows Server 2025 Diagnostic Data
Trash. This kind of shit boils my blood. Why would any company pay, quite handsomely might I add, to use software that can not be controlled once installed? This isn’t some cloud hosted app or service, this is Windows Server. That customers run on THEIR OWN HARDWARE. Possibly in a secure enclave, who knows? Why…
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Cameron’s American Bistro: Credit Card Required for Restaurant Reservations – NO THANK YOU!
I wanted to book a reservation at one of my favorite restaurants (well, it USED TO BE a favorite, not anymore!) until I saw this nonsense: I don’t know if this is some new thing from OpenTable or if Cameron‘s is just having issues with people not showing, I don’t care. Regardless, I will never…
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WTF Google
It’s no secret that I’ve fallen out of love and into a constant state of disgust with “Big Tech.” Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon… they all do repulsively shady shit that makes me want to swear off tech, sell every gadget I own, and become some kind of Amish hipster. Okay, okay, that might be a…
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Updating Dell XPS 15 9530 Firmware on Linux
Today marks the first time I’ve updated the BIOS in my Laptop since I bought it. When I initially powered it up, Windows 11 was “installed” (more like present, it took almost 2 hours for it to fully update itself before it was usable) so I used that to update the BIOS and various firmware…
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Fixing janky Spaces behavior on MacOS with Azure Virtual Desktop and Microsoft Remote Desktop App Streaming
Since joining Microsoft I’ve worked remotely for nearly 9 years. My current setup consists of a MacBook Pro, a Thunderbolt 4 Dock, and an LG 34WK95U-W (which is an UltraWide 5K2K Nano IPS LED Monitor). I run a Windows 11 ARM VM via Parallels full-screen on the MacBook (basically for Teams and Outlook, so I…
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How to host WordPress without it being a SNITCH
I hate companies that make users think they’re getting something for free but then have these hidden functions that report back to the mother-ship what users are doing with them. WordPress’s parent company, Automattic, doesn’t have the best reputation as of late (check out the deal they made to sell your data to OpenAI). Just…
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Disable Azure CLI Telemetry Collection
Pfffffffft! Dafuq? No thank you, Microsoft. That’s getting #disabled right TF now. (See Microsoft official documentation)
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Parallels Desktop VM Isolation
I’m fascinated by the logic here. Why is this experience not inverted? Why is the user only prompted for confirmation when ENABLING isolation (because: why would I want said VM to be able to read the contents of my clipboard?) but not when disabling it? Isn’t the isolation the entire point of the VM? 🤔