Circuitstorm513
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Re:Why does trying to break into the NT 3.1 kernel reboot my 486DX4 ma...
on Thursday September 28, 2023 @05:28AM (#37687247)
Earlier versions of Windows (98? 95?) also used to share things like drives (C$, D$) and printers with the dial-up connection by default.
I remember connecting to a printer of a classmate over the internet and printing a page, to his surprise. All you needed was the IP, which was trivial to get from ICQ, back in the days.
Re:Microsoft in furious attack on UK as major gaming deal blocked
on Thursday April 27, 2023 @05:18AM (#35725376)
"Furious attack" - Just goes to show that it was the right decision by the UK. EU should have done the same. I personally don't want all my games to be linked to a Microsoft account in a few years. There's already too many monopolies. It's bad enough they want to force you to use an online account for the operating system.
Re:Lightweight SQLite Editor for Windows
on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @09:34AM (#35627951)
It would also be much more bloated (and not feel native) on Windows. Qt is what now? 30 or 50 MB? GTK probably much better these days. For that size you can almost go to Electron and get better look and feel (at the cost of RAM) ;-)
Re:Stop whining about “The EU Cookie Policy” and improve your ways
on Friday April 14, 2023 @05:59AM (#35567548)
It's GDPR as in General Data Protection Regulation.
Re:Show HN: I made a tool that turns screenshots into dramatically ang...
on Friday February 10, 2023 @07:51AM (#34738989)
Here's my take, using Blender:
Could probably be called from a shell script or similar to automatically exchange the screenshot texture.