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@Vivernu
We don't need giant robots... they said
The legs would not be stable... they said
They would be huge targets with no strategic advantage...

And now we have to wait for global economy to burn instead of letting a giant robot push once...

Windows 10 Setup 

Well, that was tiresome.

Not only did I have to compromise my principles to never install Windows 10, but it also took two days out of my free time.

In the end, it made little sense to install Windows 7 alongside Manjaro as a failsafe. What if Manjaro breaks only in several years and I have to suddenly use it? Running Windows 7 becomes riskier by the day.

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The ideal version of Windows 10 is Enterprise LTSC. The "LTSC" stands for Long Term Servicing Channel and as I mentioned in an earlier status, it's intended for industry devices. It comes without any bloat (no Modern UI, no Cortana, etc.) and is supported for 10 years, with the last available version being supported until September 2029.

It gets only security updates, no feature updates at all.

By all accounts and purposes: Microsoft doesn't want this version to exist. It is a continuation of the old concept of Windows as a product, unlike their new internally called WaaS line (Windows as a Service). So it was only logical that they announced that the next release of LTSC will have its support reduced to 5 years.

And I have to say, Enterprise LTSC certainly feels like something that shouldn't exist, considering how hard Microsoft pushes the consumer versions of Windows 10. The Start Menu alone makes this apparent.

It's possible to "harden" Windows 10 quite well with additional tools, mainly Blackbird, but I also used W10Privacy and O&O ShutUp10 in conjunction. While they overlap in some aspects, I feel like each offers enough unique tuning options.

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Blackbird is the essential one. It might need a few tries (don't be lazy, read the readme when something comes up, it doesn't take long), but in the end, it managed to deactivate all but three things for me that were related to Windows Defender which I disabled anyways. It offers creating a backup of the settings before modifying the OS.

W10Privacy offers its own privacy-related options, but of interest are mainly the Privacy, Telemetry and Firewall sections. It offers saving the modification settings, to be able to apply them easily on another machine.

O&O ShutUp10 has similar tweaks, although seemingly less, but the explanations are better than in W10Privacy. Just as with W10Privacy, you can save the modification settings.

#Windows #Windows10

@1iceloops123
Yeah... you that is another thing.

Most 16 bit games somehow still do work under win 10, but only under 32 bit version. Once you go to 64 bit, there is a ton of compatibility issues I hate...

So, if you loooove old games, 32bit win 10 does offer you a lot of options.

I was so bored today that ended up fixing two bugs of wtf

@1iceloops123
I seriously doubt you can.

But if it's to play a game, here is tbe list of options.

1) check if there is a gog version. (i have no idea how they do it, but their compatibility is superb)

2) Virtual machine?

3) buying some seriously old laptop.

Subverse spoiler 

@kekservative
I guess this character isn't a complete coincidence either...

@kekservative @Xalef
Yeah... He had been chewing on the red pill for so long, it turned into the oil now...

I know he doen't like to swallow, but damn...

@kekservative @Xalef
It's a meme.
Tim pool had a site called subverse, but did not reserve the rights.

Then the game appeared, and he got seriously pissed off, that when someone wanted to google his site, space tities would shouw up as the first result.

I am seriously split on this...

Should I buy Subverse:
Pros:
1) The porn industry needs support
2) The news stories when Subvers becomes no.1 on steam will be halarions
3) I like to support Tim Pool
4) If subverse does great, it might be a great blow to moral puritans
5) The game actually looks great

Cons:
1) It is still money thrown away (I have enough though)
2) They still havent apologizes for slandering Arch (main issue)
3) I am not sure I will survive the Steam sending to all my friends the info that I do won this game.

Feel free to add your thoughts, since I am seriously torn on this issue.

@sjw@neckbeard.xyz
Cat planet cuties...

Cuties...
I have a bad feeling about that...

So, There is going to be a mandatory massdata gathering. This time for the first time online.

Me: This isn't going to end well... At least hackers don't have any real reason to care.

Our gov: And to make things easier, you can log in using your bank account. 😀

Me: :angry_pepe:
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