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[-] [email protected] 72 points 4 months ago

Unlocking core memories with that cd key.

[-] [email protected] 69 points 4 months ago
[-] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago

TIL I learned these things are called balloons.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago

On Android they're called toasts

[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

In Mortal Kombat they're called Noob Saibot

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)
[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Well, they'd probably be called tooltips now

[-] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago

A tooltip is more from an interaction. Hover over a button, and a tooltip pops up giving you a tip about the tool you are about to click.
Balloons don't come from interaction, and they point to something specific. Like an annotation or something.
Toasts are notifications. They can disappear after a while, or they might have to be manually dismissed.
A modal is a popup that prevents you interacting with other things.
A dialog is a popup that lets you interact with other things

[-] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

This dude UI's

[-] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Modals make me so godamned angry.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

I heard the “pop” noise

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I thought it looked familiar

[-] [email protected] 66 points 4 months ago

I remember having a defective hdd in my PC. I brought the pc to the shop, where I bought it from to get it replaced under warranty. They told me they couldn't restore my data (I had backups) and asked if I wanted them to install windows on it. When they asked for my key I was like "FC..." and they responded "ok, we know that one, no need to spell it out" and proceeded with the installation

[-] [email protected] 43 points 4 months ago
[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Welsh doesn't have k,q,or x. Could be Greek?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago
[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Doesn't have enough impossible to pronounce y's and L's.

[-] [email protected] 42 points 4 months ago

I don't know if it still works, but I found a "cheat" for free windows back in the day that I even upgraded into 10 with lol

My friend had an "upgrade" code for XP that he gave me, so when I installed windows and tried to use the code it gave me the whole "this is an upgrade code not a new code" kind of message. I rebooted the PC and used the same installer to "upgrade" my newly installed windows XP to windows XP. Same install, just did it again basically. It then accepted the code as valid lol

[-] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago

Today's kids use the activation scripts on GitHub which is owned by Microsoft. Just open cmd and run

irm https://massgrave.dev/get | iex

It will download the code storef here: https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts and run it, then windows is activated.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

you can also use it to upgrade from home to pro/enterprise for free

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I used it for the office suite. I should really look at using it for an OS upgrade one day

[-] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

For a while you could just remove all the permissions from the activation nagware on a trial install and it would run fine, and you'd even get updates. At some point they added some service which would periodically check those permissions and revert them, and I was never able to figure out what that process was.

Which means that there is apparently now a hidden user and access tier which exists solely to monitor windows system permissions, and I feel like this is my most noteworthy legacy in a small way.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Much like the abrahamic god, I love loopholes.

[-] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago

I don't know anyone named Bob, but I kinda want to order that mug anyway...

[-] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago
[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Maybe I'll just send it to Bob Zmuda. I think he would appreciate it

[-] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Know Bob, know slack. No Bob, no slack.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

There's no prob with "Bob."

PRA'BOB!

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I have a great uncle Bob, ok his names actually Robert but only his mother and business associates call him that. Bob is quite literally my uncle.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago

Can I use this to unlock Blu-Ray DRM? Or is that a different slang word?

[-] [email protected] 47 points 4 months ago

The HD-DVD key was 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0. Crazy slang all around. Kids are wild.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

The string which killed digg.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I was there!

[-] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago

"Who was that?" "Bob. They had a baby. It's a boy."

[-] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

I've typed those letters SO many times. I remember being shit faced drunk in high school and getting a call from a friend who was installing Windows XP but forgot the key, because he just assumed that I could recite it. Which I could, and still can, 20 years later.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

This is burned into my brain like a favorite song.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Ahhh its good to see you again old friend!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago
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[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

You really Excel at jokes

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

The toki pona word for car should be used more

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