[-] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 65 points 3 months ago

I see they're looking to kill F-Droid.

[-] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 60 points 3 months ago

They cannot celebrate his conviction because that would undermine their assertion that the trump trial was rigged.

In a twisted way, their reaction makes sense, and for me, was predictable. The cult must be constantly managed for it to remain intact.

[-] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago

Ah, yes. The plans laid out by the ultra wealthy bear fruit. We blame and shame each othe while they pay no taxes! Mr. Burns would be proud.

Remember that just five years ago, Trumpcsigned a tax bill that gave the wealthiest amongst us a collective two trillion dollar tax cut that cost me the home interest and local tax deductions i depended upon. My crime was living in a "blue state".

[-] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 150 points 6 months ago

I literally had this exact exchange with someone last year, when they tried to cast doubt on global warming by comparing it to the ozone. Another person did the same , using acid rain, and I pointed out that the northeast sued the shit out of the Midwest until they cut that shit with the coal fire power plants.

[-] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 34 points 6 months ago

This is a muddled message. Are we caught up chasing an illusion, or are we just more acutely aware of our poor condition?

It reads like it is saying the former, but then quotes statistics that reflect real loss of buying power. On the coasts 100k is no longer a large income. People really do live paycheck to paycheck while carefully managing their spending.

I'm inclined to at least partially acknowledge the gaslighting comment as plausible.

[-] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 49 points 9 months ago

Alternative headline, "Six out of seven HR heads think either think gender is irrelevant or prefer women in top jobs".

If even 14% of children prefer peanut butter over almond butter, there's a bias problem, amirite? We must do something about the bias against almond butter!

[-] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 31 points 11 months ago

You know what would be awesome for the economy? Billionaires "saving" less.

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It's been a few years since I've needed to install a version of Windows on a PC for personal use. I have a license for Windows 10 Pro, but today I found out it is no longer possible to get through the installation without first creating an account with Microsoft.

I don't want to do this. Does anybody have any way to get around it? The stuff I've read online basically ends up being create your account switch to a local account after installation and delete your account. I want a better solution. Would installing a much older version of Windows 10 work? The whole reason I got an msdn license back in the day is so I didn't have to do this.

Edit: 10/2/2023

I thank you all for giving me advice and ideas. Much I had already tried before posting my question here, and some suggestions and experiences led me to keep at it. Here's my experience for others who have a similar problem.

I downloaded the ISO from Microsoft - Win10_22H2_English_x64v1. I used Ventoy to launch the installer. The first time I went through, I connected to Wi-Fi. As soon as I did that, it sealed my fate. By this time in the process, it installed the boot partition on my HD and saved this information so every time I tried to restart the installer, it always went through language, keyboard, then "enter email address". All the suggestions for fake values simply triggered "This email is already used. Please choose another", and that was it.

I was getting ready to wipe the partition and try again, but decided to turn off Wi-Fi in the BIOS first to see if that worked. It did. This time it tried to convince me to set up the network and failed and I was able to create a local account.

The way this multi-version installer works is annoying. It installed Windows Home edition, so I had to "know" that I could go to settings and enter a key. Once I put in the key, it "upgraded" to Pro edition, and I was done.

Next time I have to do this, I'll see if Rufus works. It seems that will remove some annoyance. Either way, I will avoid configuring Wi-Fi until after install next time. I gotta say, I am not looking forward to the day when I must upgrade to Windows 11. So far I've been able to avoid actually buying a new copy due to my aging MSDN key. By the time I'm forced to "upgrade", I might have to cough up some cash for something I don't want, but am forced to own.

It should be illegal.

Anyway, now that I know I can still use my MSDN key to get an updated Win 10, I feel a bit more comfortable with re-imaging my Dell laptop from dual-boot to Linux only, then install Windows as a VM for these times I need to use it. Fortunately, that is increasingly rare.

[-] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

Wow. Something is actually being done to stop this. I'm shocked, and wish we had this kind of advocacy for human rights here in the USA.

[-] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago

As an American, all I can do is hope my peers finally pull their heads out of their collective asses and fucking do something.

Looking around, I sadly do not expect it to happen. People are still saying global warming is a "woke" conspiracy of lies.

Part of our own government is actively trying to destroy the efforts of the Biden administration to get us off fossil fuels, or regulate anything.

Sadly, I think it is too late for us. Gods help us.

[-] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago

Wait! The darling of the conspiracy theory wingnut flat earther, pizzagate crowd is pushing government certified identification requirements???

We have found the number of the beast, and it is X (and the neurochip he's pushing)

[-] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago

Basquistan.

The Basque population finally won their freedom, and carved out a bit of France for some elbow room.

[-] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago

It's perfect conditioning to accept authoritarian rule, and constant surveillance as normal.

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