Daily Tech News 8 September 2025

Top Story

Silksong, sequel to successful indie game Hollow Knight, went on sale Friday after six years in development. (The Guardian)

The pent-up demand crashed Steam. And the Microsoft Store. And the Playstation Store. And Nintendo's eShop. And Humble Bundle, for what that's worth.

No official sales figures have been released, but half a million people were playing the game on Steam later that same day, so somewhere north of that.

The game was developed by three guys from Adelaide, South Australia, who are now set for life.

Tech News

The EU has fined Google $3.5 billion because it preferred its ad network to other ad networks that may or may no exist. (Tech Crunch)

Add it to their tariff bill and keep moving.
Burger King was hacked - fortunately by ethical hackers who said they were "impressed by the commitment to terrible security practices". (Tom's Hardware)

It was all there from passwords hard-coded into the HTML to signup workflows that allow anyone to join without so much as email verification.
The SEA-ME-WE-4 and IMEWE cables joining Europe to the Middle East were both cut this weekend in the Red Sea. (Tom's Hardware)

Not clear how long repairs will take, not least because cable repair boats are sitting ducks for every kind of offensive measure common in the region.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Wut?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 08, 2025 04:30 AM (sAmhv)

2 guten morgen, horde

Posted by: clarence at September 08, 2025 04:32 AM (qtR+9)

3 Hola

Posted by: Pete Bog at September 08, 2025 04:34 AM (oCKHC)

4 G'Day everyone
It's Monday again, isn't it?

Posted by: Skip at September 08, 2025 04:34 AM (+qU29)

5 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 08, 2025 04:34 AM (BLOW1)

6 The SEA-ME-WE-4 and IMEWE cables joining Europe to the Middle East were both cut this weekend in the Red Sea.
..................................
I will assume that in the secret squirrel world, there comms were unaffected. I would have had a much busier work week.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 08, 2025 04:35 AM (sAmhv)

7 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 08, 2025 04:43 AM (xyVUR)

8 w00t

Posted by: m at September 08, 2025 04:44 AM (aURVT)

9 >>>Add it to their tariff bill and keep moving.

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at September 08, 2025 04:51 AM (aURVT)

10 So has anyone here played Hollow Knight or Silksong? If so, what kind of game is it and do you dig it? (Asking for my wife, the vidya gamer.)

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
Help a Brother Out at September 08, 2025 04:54 AM (SSEhk)

11 >>>Not clear how long repairs will take, not least because cable repair boats are sitting ducks for every kind of offensive measure common in the region.

Can we add that to someone's tariff bill, too?

Posted by: m at September 08, 2025 04:55 AM (aURVT)

12 Belated BOING!

Not a good day over here:

At least five murdered in Jerusalem terror shooting, 22 wounded

https://tinyurl.com/8dbhtr7a

הי"ד

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 08, 2025 04:56 AM (KTCHq)

13 Hitting the road
Have to paint bathroom tonight for sure
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at September 08, 2025 05:01 AM (+qU29)

14 @Biden's Dog: See my comment to you in yesterday's tech thread (#232).

@Wolfus Aurelius: See my comments to you in yesterday's tech thread (#246 and #259).

These are answers to both your queries about putting Linux Mint on a machine.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 08, 2025 05:04 AM (O7YUW)

15 Grumpy, read it now. Thanks.

I think I've narrowed it down to Mint or Ubuntu. I see they are closely related.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 08, 2025 05:12 AM (KTCHq)

16 >Re: Hollow Knight
It's a metroidvania.

New gaming computer time. Recommended non Win11 Os? Also a new internet condom(anti-virus)? Current one is getting pushy.

Posted by: I delurked for this? at September 08, 2025 05:12 AM (IP1q6)

17 @12/Biden's Dog: "Not a good day over here"

No, no it isn't.

Mad props to your paramedics who arrived in force to save who could be saved.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 08, 2025 05:20 AM (O7YUW)

18 @Bigen's Dog: Mint *is* Ubuntu with some extra features and fixing some user-hostile design choices that Ubuntu has made recently (such as the Snap store; if you don't know what that is, then take my word for it that you want it disabled; Ubuntu enables it by default but Mint disables it). If you run Mint and install packages designed for Ubuntu, they'll Just Work™.

So if you've narrowed it down to Mint or Ubuntu, I'd definitely say go with Mint.

Posted by: Robin Munn at September 08, 2025 05:20 AM (FujQ7)

19 The game was developed by three guys from Adelaide, South Australia, who are now set for life.

It's almost as if...wait for it....

People want to play fun games as opposed to graphic novels that facerape you with THE MESSAGE!™

Posted by: NR Pax at September 08, 2025 05:24 AM (NR6c1)

20 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at September 08, 2025 05:26 AM (/ijzt)

21 I keep telling you all to follow DataRepubican.

She's following the paid protesters:

https://tinyurl.com/4ndwxeb4

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 08, 2025 05:28 AM (KTCHq)

22 >>Silksong, sequel to successful indie game Hollow Knight, went on sale Friday after six years in development.

Now if we can get a follow-up to Disco Elysium and Stray, we'll be cooking with digital grease.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 08, 2025 05:29 AM (XV/Pl)

23 Grumpy and Recalcitrant, about your remark yesterday: Linux Mint doesn't get in my way (Stop 'helping' me Microsoft!)

Absolutely. My First World Annoyance with MS is if I am working on something and another program pops up saying "NOTICE ME!"

Go away and wait patiently for your turn, little program.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 08, 2025 05:30 AM (NR6c1)

24 @10

>>So has anyone here played Hollow Knight or Silksong? If so, what kind of game is it and do you dig it? (Asking for my wife, the vidya gamer.)

It's atmospheric, fun and casual. Graphics are great and the gameplay keeps you wanting to play.

It's in the same vein as Rain World.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 08, 2025 05:32 AM (XV/Pl)

25 @15/Biden's Dog:

Mint is based on Ubuntu and on Debian
Ubuntu is based on Debian

There's a couple of big differences between Ubuntu and Mint:

1. The desktop environment. Mint's premier desktop is "Cinnamon" and it's one they are the project maintainer (and chief developer) of. Ubuntu uses a Gnome desktop.

I personally prefer Cinnamon because its look-and-feel was the easiest transition from Windows 7 for me. Gnome felt confusing.

2. Ubuntu uses "Snap" for software distribution. Clem (of Linux Mint) very much wanted to avoid this and would stick with apt for system installation, and then add flatpack for installs of software that brought all their own libraries with them, so they could run as an encapsulated bubble. Those installs are larger because of the extra baggage, but they allow you to install software that might otherwise have library conflicts with your system libraries.

See Clem's linux Mint blog entry from June 2019 for more reasoning why they avoided Snap:
https://tinyurl.com/mu4utbt8

The best advice I think I can give you is to try them both on a test machine. See which works better for you, that's important thing. It has to feel right to you.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 08, 2025 05:32 AM (O7YUW)

26 Last week, Charlotte NC.

Yesterday, Auburn AL. But you won't find this latest murder in the fake media just the same:

https://tinyurl.com/3ve5ffp5

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 08, 2025 05:32 AM (KTCHq)

27
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 08, 2025 05:34 AM (tljrc)

28 I would recommend mint for people who want a traditional OS/GUI experience, I would recommend Arch and Hyprland and one of the .dotfiles GUI distros for an advanced OS/GUI experience.

I have both setups, they work great.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 08, 2025 05:37 AM (XV/Pl)

29 Grumpy, thanks again.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 08, 2025 05:42 AM (KTCHq)

30 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 08, 2025 05:43 AM (ppG5b)

31 @Pixy: "The pent-up demand crashed Steam. And the Microsoft Store. And the Playstation Store. And Nintendo's eShop. And Humble Bundle, for what that's worth."

Crazy for what looks like a little platformer game. Watching gameplay of it now on YouTube to see what the fascination is all about. (Also my daughter is filling me in on some of the details of the previous game they put out.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 08, 2025 05:45 AM (O7YUW)

32 @29/Biden's Dog: You're very welcome!

Okay, I have to do a little bit of paperwork catch-up prior to work this morning.

Have a good day everyone.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 08, 2025 05:47 AM (O7YUW)

33 @31

>>Crazy for what looks like a little platformer game. Watching gameplay of it now on YouTube to see what the fascination is all about.

It's simple, atmospheric and fun, no in-game monetization, no-online, etc. it's an old school game, along the lines of Shadow of The Beast, an old Psygnosis game.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 08, 2025 05:51 AM (RFsYH)

34 @23/NR Pax: { Absolutely. My First World Annoyance with MS is if I am working on something and another program pops up saying "NOTICE ME!" }

(Just one more quick reply before I get overtaken by the evil paperwork)

Yes. This. I have a recently-acquired Windows 11 laptop that I keep air-gapped that I picked up for the purpose of taking notes in meetings. (The notes get transferred to a full desktop via USB stick.)

The blasted thing keeps popping up "You should connect to the internet!" and "Your windows security hasn't been updated" when I'm in the middle of working.

I'll be putting Linux Mint on that machine in a dual boot scenario, and it will be the primary operating system. (I use LibreOffice Writer as my document creator and my note-taker, so that'll be an easy conversion.)

Okay, evil paperwork time now, for real.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 08, 2025 05:51 AM (O7YUW)

35 Ubisoft, EA and Obsidian should be taking notes on the success of Silksong.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 08, 2025 05:52 AM (NR6c1)

36 Okay, evil paperwork time now, for real.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Glad I gave you an excuse to avoid it for a bit longer.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 08, 2025 05:53 AM (NR6c1)

37 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2025 05:55 AM (u82oZ)

38 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

May your routes be set for the year, and they are easy ones.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2025 05:57 AM (u82oZ)

39 Ubisoft, EA and Obsidian should be taking notes on the success of Silksong.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahackhack cough hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha***thud

Posted by: clarence at September 08, 2025 05:59 AM (qtR+9)

40 Posted by: clarence

I did say "should" be taking notes. Not that they will.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 08, 2025 06:00 AM (NR6c1)

41 Silksong

Is of no interest to me. I wish my iMac could play Carriers at War, and other SSG games.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2025 06:01 AM (u82oZ)

42 I wish my iMac could play Carriers at War, and other SSG games.

Apple has determined that is in your best interest not to play such games.

/sarc

Posted by: clarence at September 08, 2025 06:05 AM (qtR+9)

43 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Life goes on, brah.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 08, 2025 06:05 AM (WvZaB)

44 Have a great day, everyone.

Be that swan gliding serenely though choppy water. Never let them see the feet moving fast.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2025 06:05 AM (u82oZ)

45 So FreeRepublic website has been down for a day or two. I like it as a clearinghouse for news stories and quirky history and interesting stuff. I’m jonesing for that. Any other good aggregator sites?

Posted by: Common Tater at September 08, 2025 06:06 AM (dBJdm)

46 It be evening for the late toilers, and it be morning for us early risers! Yes, it's Monday. Again. But always remember, and never forget:

"Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2025 06:16 AM (omVj0)

47 wut?

I started it with the sound off and noticed it look very odd and it did not improve when I turned the sound on. Pixy, are you still on medications which might have some 'influences'?

Posted by: clarence at September 08, 2025 06:16 AM (qtR+9)

48

Was there a DNS issue earlier this AM? Couldn't connect, logged out after a half hour. Just now it took a LONG time to load, very unusual. I just need to know if this 'puter has issues.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at September 08, 2025 06:19 AM (vFbHf)

49 Morning all.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 08, 2025 04:34

Just had to check in here Pixy. Whilest making our spaghetti dinner tonight I was looking for the minced garlic in the refrigerator door and lo and behold found a jar of that brown stuff you use as a spread.

Damn, it's way to far a walk to find the jar...wait, it's Marmite! The point is we must have bought it about 20 yrs ago on our last trip to England. Do you and others you know enjoy Marmite? Do you think it's safe for me to try?

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at September 08, 2025 06:19 AM (55Qr6)

50 The big news from Da Swamp is that, while it's still warm (77 F.) outside at 5 am, the humidity has plunged to . . . 56%. Desert people would laugh, but compared to the usual 80 or 90% we have at this hour, it's pretty darn good.
Following my second cup of coffee, I'll change, stretch, and walk for half an hour. Maybe more.

I slept later today because I stayed up to nearly 11 watching a retrospective on a certain TV show that many of us love and will discuss ad infinitum, and others don't care about, so I won't go into detail. Maybe I need to do that more often, stay up until 11, instead of hitting the hay at 10.

Anyway! How's the world spinning?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2025 06:21 AM (omVj0)

51 Cry
Godley & Creme
https://youtu.be/ypMnBuvP5kA

Their bios are as impressive as their songs.
https://is.gd/Ks5O5S

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 08, 2025 06:24 AM (aJQjq)

52
Ishiba

Ih-shi-ba, not Ish-ee-ba. The "i" is not a long e. This isn't Spanish.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing History at September 08, 2025 06:25 AM (Loiip)

53 G & R, I had a look at your suggestions about Linux installation. Sounds like it's a day's work with everything, including buying a hard drive to back up things. Fortunately a lot of stuff on this 2020 computer is connected to my former work, most of which can be tossed. The remaining items, my personal pictures and writing, I backed up long ago on a couple of flash drives and on my now-regular desktop Mac, and they have been edited and added to over five years. So the documents and pics on this computer are historical documents, nothing more. Even without deleting anything, I have nearly 280 GB free on this laptop.

I'll go have a look at that video. Thanks!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2025 06:29 AM (omVj0)

54 Marmite is never safe to try.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 08, 2025 06:29 AM (WvZaB)

55 @41

>>I wish my iMac could play Carriers at War, and other SSG games.

You can, if your iMac is of recentish vinatage, say 2015 and up, install parallels vm, install windows, download and install Carriers at War, then enjoy.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 08, 2025 06:32 AM (RFsYH)

56 Hello to all from here at 9,000 feet up. Normally I get altitude sickness but did ok this time, thanks to a substance called Diamox, which has saved me. Today we pack up and travel!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 08, 2025 06:36 AM (ALjah)

57 So if you've narrowed it down to Mint or Ubuntu, I'd definitely say go with Mint.
Posted by: Robin Munn at September 08, 2025 05:20 AM (FujQ7)

I'll likely switch to Mint. I was really intrigued by Fedora KDE but they recently started a conversation about completely removing the ability to run 32-bit on the distro which would kill Steam and, likely, kill Fedora as a major player.

Theoretical purity assholes have always been the thing holding Linux back.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2025 06:39 AM (ExV1e)

58 Oh, I called my old friend yesterday evening. He did indeed get the tablet I sent him from Amazon. Since I hadn't heard from him about it, I was worried some porch pirate had got it. His question was, "Can you buy me a house too?" I said, "Not until I buy my own!"

He protested that I shouldn't have done it, and I told him, "You carried me and loaned me money aplenty when we were kids. Don't worry about it."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2025 06:39 AM (omVj0)

59 So has anyone here played Hollow Knight or Silksong? If so, what kind of game is it and do you dig it? (Asking for my wife, the vidya gamer.)

Have played both. They are Metrodivania games - side scrolling open world exploration like the original Metroid. Great games. Play Hollow Knight first. Don't need to, but you'll get more out of it. Also, these games are very hard, but very satisfying to beat as a consequence.

Posted by: DPICM at September 08, 2025 06:42 AM (M2VUX)

60 CT waves down from 10,160’ @ 45°F

Posted by: Common Tater at September 08, 2025 06:43 AM (Qib0G)

61 Theoretical purity assholes have always been the thing holding Linux back.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

AKA "The Neckbearded Fucks." I despised them because they acted as if they were elites of the programming world and how DARE you ask them any questions on a help board!

Posted by: NR Pax at September 08, 2025 06:43 AM (NR6c1)

62 Also, these games are very hard, but very satisfying to beat as a consequence.

*Psychonauts has entered the chat.*

Posted by: NR Pax at September 08, 2025 06:45 AM (NR6c1)

63 Marmite is never safe to try.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 08, 2025 06:2

Well we did try it when in England, it was a novelty, not impressed. I'm wondering if 20 yr old Marmite is safe...or maybe it's better since it's aged?

I need to go to sleep, been up way too long.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at September 08, 2025 06:45 AM (55Qr6)

64 The Win10 installation on the 2020 laptop keeps interrupting me with "helpful" popups and a strong recommendation that I "upgrade" to 11. On top of that, it won't let me edit my *own* Office files without signing in to a Microsoft account. I tried to examine my created Access databases, and after I declined to create an account, it would let me view the .mdb file . . . but would not display the actual tables I clicked on. Infuriating.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2025 06:46 AM (omVj0)

65 AKA "The Neckbearded Fucks." I despised them because they acted as if they were elites of the programming world and how DARE you ask them any questions on a help board!
Posted by: NR Pax at September 08, 2025 06:43 AM (NR6c1)

I watched a video over the weekend where someone was bemoaning the fact that although there was an uptick in Linux usage, the new people coming in still wanted access to proprietary software. They didn't understand the importance of only using FOSS, even if nothing existed which met your needs.

They got lambasted in the comments... oh, please try Linux, Linux is great, you can do anything with Linux... but don't do that because it gives me the sadz.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2025 06:47 AM (ExV1e)

66 South Australia?

Was there a civil war that we know nothing about?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 08, 2025 06:49 AM (ZmEVT)

67 The Win10 installation on the 2020 laptop keeps interrupting me with "helpful" popups and a strong recommendation that I "upgrade" to 11. On top of that, it won't let me edit my *own* Office files without signing in to a Microsoft account. I tried to examine my created Access databases, and after I declined to create an account, it would let me view the .mdb file . . . but would not display the actual tables I clicked on. Infuriating.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2025 06:46 AM (omVj0)

OpenOffice and LibreOffice are both free and available on Win10, if you're not ready to switch, and can both deal with MSOffice files. The UI is a bit different but, IMO, not enough to put up with MSoft's bullshit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2025 06:50 AM (ExV1e)

68 He protested that I shouldn't have done it, and I told him, "You carried me and loaned me money aplenty when we were kids. Don't worry about it."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2025 06:39

An excellent idea. I'm going to sleep and see if I can dream of someone who helped me in the past that I could surprise with a treat.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at September 08, 2025 06:51 AM (55Qr6)

69 They got lambasted in the comments

That pisses me off. It's as annoying as the fans of a group demanding a new fan name ten songs.

Just before nuking my account on a Linux help forum, I posted this:

"Until the average Mr. and Mrs. Smith can go to Walmart, buy a desktop with Linux pre-loaded along with their programs and it's just as easy to use as Windows, you will never overcome Microsoft's dominance in the market."

Posted by: NR Pax at September 08, 2025 06:51 AM (NR6c1)

70 OpenOffice and LibreOffice are both free and available on Win10, if you're not ready to switch, and can both deal with MSOffice files. The UI is a bit different but, IMO, not enough to put up with MSoft's bullshit.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2025

***
I have LibreOffice on the iMac and OpenOffice on another PC laptop. The interface is very similar to MS's Office, like a slightly different dialect of a language.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2025 06:55 AM (omVj0)

71 That pisses me off. It's as annoying as the fans of a group demanding a new fan name ten songs.

Just before nuking my account on a Linux help forum, I posted this:

"Until the average Mr. and Mrs. Smith can go to Walmart, buy a desktop with Linux pre-loaded along with their programs and it's just as easy to use as Windows, you will never overcome Microsoft's dominance in the market."
Posted by: NR Pax at September 08, 2025 06:51 AM (NR6c1)

I used to tell people that Linux was a toy OS for people who'd never seen a breast. It's gotten better in recent years, largely due to people wanting to make a UI which didn't rely on the terminal and esoteric commands, Steam making gaming work, and the inexplicable desire of MSoft to make Windows a more annoying version of MacOS.

Apparently, according to the Indian VP of Windows, their plan moving forward is for all input to be voice and have an AI running to determine which context you're working in. I was like... are you actually retarded?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2025 06:56 AM (ExV1e)

72 I saw the The Neckbearded Fucks open for the Flaming Assholes at SDSU Aztec stadium in '97

Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 08, 2025 06:57 AM (ZmEVT)

73 The thing about Linux Mint I like is it just runs. On anything. I put it on an ancient workstation and got another 7 years of life out of it. It was already 15 years old. The power supply finally gave up the ghost. I have a refurbished laptop with Linux Mint and its fine, except for the flaky keyboard. That has nothing to do with Linux. This laptop is 'refurbished' for a reason. I bought it cheap on Amazon so wasn't expecting perfection. I'm using it right now! With a spare keyboard/mouse. :-) My needs are light though.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 08, 2025 06:58 AM (sAmhv)

74 I was like... are you actually retarded?

They are a very "special" bunch of retarded.

Posted by: clarence at September 08, 2025 06:59 AM (qtR+9)

75 66 South Australia?

Was there a civil war that we know nothing about?
Posted by: no one of any consequence

http://youtu.be/BXpu6tbFCsI

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 08, 2025 07:00 AM (BLOW1)

76 I was like... are you actually retarded?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Great. AI trained on incoherent Indian accents. That's how the machine wars start.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 08, 2025 07:01 AM (NR6c1)

77 66 South Australia?

Was there a civil war that we know nothing about?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 08, 2025 06:49 AM (ZmEVT)

Nah.
South Australia is a state in Australia.
Capital is Adelaide.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 08, 2025 07:04 AM (6ydKt)

78 And Pixy beat me to it in a much funnier way.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 08, 2025 07:07 AM (6ydKt)

79 Good morning good people. I think it's going to be a nice day here.

Posted by: Grammie Wingers' ipad at September 08, 2025 07:09 AM (DCWfW)

80 On top of that, it won't let me edit my *own* Office files without signing in to a Microsoft account.

A Microsoft account is usually required to install and activate Office and Microsoft 365 Family or Personal. What it really comes down to is Microsoft is in the business of making money and this is one way to ensure they get paid for their work. You may hate that, you may despise, and if you don't, it really doesn't matter. This is a design choice Microsoft made which is their prerogative. Don't want to play. There's plenty of other options. But it's not that Microsoft isn't keeping you from opening your own files.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 08, 2025 07:11 AM (aJQjq)

81 And in better news, I have started part 2 of my story and that will probably be the final chapter. Now that I finished the first one and have a better idea of the characters, I can move more quickly.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 08, 2025 07:14 AM (NR6c1)

82 MY DOG IS GROSS AND DISGUSTING!

🤮

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 08, 2025 07:15 AM (Kw0ul)

83 If I wanted to download and play a game on Windows nowadays, is there anywhere I can download the whole thing and have it for my very own? WithOUT having to either be on the internet, running it on a stream, or having to download someone else's software on which to run it?

Posted by: GWB at September 08, 2025 07:16 AM (RTQn+)

84 What did pup do vmom?

Posted by: Grammie Wingers' ipad at September 08, 2025 07:16 AM (DCWfW)

85 He's an autocoprophage

I disown him
*shudder*

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 08, 2025 07:19 AM (Kw0ul)

86 83 If I wanted to download and play a game on Windows nowadays, is there anywhere I can download the whole thing and have it for my very own? WithOUT having to either be on the internet, running it on a stream, or having to download someone else's software on which to run it?
Posted by: GWB

GOG.com (Good Old Games)

That's their specialty and reason for existence.

Some titles are still cluttered up with nonsense but on the whole it's trouble-free.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 08, 2025 07:19 AM (BLOW1)

87 Yeah, it’s Microsoft’s choice but the subscription model for software is a money-grubbing PITA.

I’m pretty sure everybody here preferred the days where you bought the box, paid for that software, and used that software for as long as you needed or until the software was updated to the next version and you went through the entire process again, if you chose to do so.

And if you didn’t, your old software worked just fine, without some newer features that you probably weren’t using anyhow.

But nope, every big software company wants that rent-seeking subscription fee for software you’ve probably paid for several times over just so they can show that steady revenue stream on the books.

Now they want to turn the entire world into a subscription model.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 08, 2025 07:20 AM (6ydKt)

88 I scrubbed his mouth with baby wipes
Fed him a flagyl antibiotic hopefully to prevent tummy troubles
And told him how gross he is

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 08, 2025 07:20 AM (Kw0ul)

89 That was hilarious.

Aussies cannot shoot worth a dang.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 08, 2025 07:22 AM (ZmEVT)

90 Apparently, according to the Indian VP of Windows, their plan moving forward is for all input to be voice and have an AI running to determine which context you're working in. I was like... are you actually retarded?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2025 06:56 AM (ExV1e)
----
Even Star Trek in the 24th century knew better than to make all input be voice commands. Sure, they told the computer to do things and it did it, but they also used a touchscreen interface for most operations (like flying a starship).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 08, 2025 07:22 AM (7fElN)

91 Great. AI trained on incoherent Indian accents. That's how the machine wars start.
Posted by: NR Pax at September 08, 2025 07:01 AM (NR6c1)

I'm waiting for someone in a cube farm crashing out and quitting their job by shouting "format c" as they walk out the door.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2025 07:23 AM (ExV1e)

92 Good morning, Grammie!

Happy to see you here, yep, going to be a nice day, beautiful Fall day expected in Chicago area.

Posted by: Pony Tail at September 08, 2025 07:23 AM (HcbZb)

93 But mom, all the other dogs do it!

Posted by: vmom's dog at September 08, 2025 07:23 AM (vFG9F)

94 I am forever traumatized

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 08, 2025 07:24 AM (Kw0ul)

95 If I wanted to download and play a game on Windows nowadays, is there anywhere I can download the whole thing and have it for my very own? WithOUT having to either be on the internet, running it on a stream, or having to download someone else's software on which to run it?
Posted by: GWB at September 08, 2025 07:16 AM (RTQn+)

GOG.com is, I believe, your best bet.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2025 07:24 AM (ExV1e)

96 GOG.com (Good Old Games)

That's their specialty and reason for existence.

Some titles are still cluttered up with nonsense but on the whole it's trouble-free.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 08, 2025 07:19 AM (BLOW1)

And if you have Amazon Prime, check out the Amazon Games section of your account.

They give out several free games every month, and a lot come through GOG, also some from Epic Games Store, so you can download it and own it.

I’ve gotten several freebies on GOG that way.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 08, 2025 07:24 AM (6ydKt)

97 In honor of grammie (and because the Cleveland team of weird name is out of it) I am officially rooting for the Cubbies!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 08, 2025 07:25 AM (1GH0S)

98
JJS

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 08, 2025 07:26 AM (gbOdA)

99 Grammie, would you please have your daughter email me. My address is murphywong at peoplepc.com

Posted by: Ben Had at September 08, 2025 07:26 AM (mFSH6)

100 Good morning Horde. Thx Pixy.
45° at the moment. Heading out to play nine. Definite early Fall

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 08, 2025 07:26 AM (Ve63F)

101 Now they want to turn the entire world into a subscription model.

Updates cost money. People have a mortgage to pay. Evil never sleeps, so software must constantly be emended to deal with bad actors.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at September 08, 2025 07:26 AM (a4flb)

102 Grammie, good morning!
Sorry about oversharing the yuck

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 08, 2025 07:26 AM (Kw0ul)

103 I'm waiting for someone in a cube farm crashing out and quitting their job by shouting "format c" as they walk out the door.

OOOOOhh. That would be cruel. And marvelous.

cut, jib, newsletter?

Posted by: clarence at September 08, 2025 07:29 AM (qtR+9)

104 Apparently, according to the Indian VP of Windows, their plan moving forward is for all input to be voice and have an AI running to determine which context you're working in.

That ought to kill the cube farm or the "open environment" movement. Places like Galvanize and We Work are doomed.

Even trying to get a coffee and do some "creative work" will be noisy with the loudmouth retard injecting garbage into everyone's work.

Worst hit will be the guys watching pr0n while the rest of the family sleeps.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at September 08, 2025 07:31 AM (a4flb)

105 Updates cost money. People have a mortgage to pay. Evil never sleeps, so software must constantly be emended to deal with bad actors.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at September 08, 2025 07:26 AM (a4flb)

Yeah, we used to call that updating from Version 1.0 to version 1.1, and it all worked just fine with a CD in the box you paid for.

Then when they did a lot of updates and added features it was called Version 2.0 which was then updated as needed to Version 2.1, etc.

The only difference now is you don’t often get the box and you have to pay these people by the month or year to do something they’ve been doing all along.

Nobody said people were supposed to get something for nothing, my problem is the subscription not the fee.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 08, 2025 07:33 AM (6ydKt)

106 {{{Grammie Winger}}}

I will pray for a miracle for you. The Rev beat long odds. May you as well.

You are a very special person, who enriches my life and those of others.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2025 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

107
Worst hit will be the guys watching pr0n while the rest of the family sleeps.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at September 08, 2025 07:31 AM (a4flb)

I'm sure there are plenty of interesting Little Bo Peep images out there.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 08, 2025 07:35 AM (kkTda)

108 That M$ VP is an idiot. An evil one.

Thanks for the GOG and Amazon recommendations!

Posted by: GWB at September 08, 2025 07:36 AM (RTQn+)

109 Yeah, it’s Microsoft’s choice but the subscription model for software is a money-grubbing PITA. Posted by: SpeakingOf

And water is wet. Ever use Adobe? Apple? Autodesk? Salesforce? Oracle? The commercial perpetual license ship sailed years ago and it isn't coming back. Again, these commercial software house are money making operations and subscriptions are a highly effective way to combat piracy and maximize monetization. You may hate it; nothing is going to change. You either deal with their constraints or you move on.

On the other hand, there are plenty of options that still use the perpetual license model. Linux for example. Affinity Photo as another. Another is Libre Office. Or Thunderbird.

Pay to play or play it your way. It is a choice.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 08, 2025 07:36 AM (aJQjq)

110 83 If I wanted to download and play a game on Windows nowadays, is there anywhere I can download the whole thing and have it for my very own? WithOUT having to either be on the internet, running it on a stream, or having to download someone else's software on which to run it?

Posted by: GWB at September 08, 2025 07:16 AM (RTQn+)

Good Ol' Games. GOG.com. Vintage and newer games. There's a client that helps manage things but you can just download the games and play them without it. One caveat, some games require internet connectivity anyways so it won't help with that, but I imagine you would avoid those types of games.

Posted by: Farquad at September 08, 2025 07:42 AM (Sn2ii)

111 When some one searches for his vital thing, thus he/she wants to be available that in detail, thus that thing is maintained
over here.

Posted by: Best SEO Backlinks at September 08, 2025 08:11 AM (AjeA8)

Processing 0.02, elapsed 0.0156 seconds.
15 queries taking 0.0037 seconds, 120 records returned.
Page size 75 kb.
Powered by Minx 0.8 beta.