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Microsoft retires WordPad after 28 years — app no longer available as of Windows 11 24H2 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Does Notepad++ allow rich text?

Microsoft retires WordPad after 28 years — app no longer available as of Windows 11 24H2 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 73 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Word is now so bloated that I fear using it. It's nice to have Wordpad.

New law will change how always-online games are sold, at least in California in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

But what about their freedom to cheat me out of my money and content?

I don't know why but I find the term "October Surprise" to be quite amusing? Do you? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I never heard it before.

Warlord Straight Out of "Mad Max" Says Elon Musk Remotely Shut Down His Cybertruck in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 week ago (5 children)
  1. Good!
  2. I'm never buying a vehicle that can be remotely shut down.
What do you want to do when you retire? in c/[email protected]
According to New GTA 6 Rumor, Main Story Might Be Shorter Than Red Dead Redemption 2 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I rarely play the stories anyway. I just like driving around, doing jumps, and having the cops chase me.

Important information in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Stop slot shaming!

Constellation Energy plans to invest $1.6B to revive the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania and sell all the output to Microsoft for AI energy demands. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 74 points 1 week ago (3 children)

AI better cure cancer if we're using this much energy on it.

Trump says there will be a blood bath, civil war and others if he loses. In your opinion whether in the US or not what do you think will happen if Harris wins? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

First Trump's idiots will do something stupid. Then Kamala will overreact and do something stupid which infringes on all our freedoms, like extra spying and cracking down on speech and curtailing the right to protest.

Instagram has announced it will be removing beauty filters – but the damage is done. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Now everybody will learn that I'm ugly.

Are adults really not supposed to financially helps their old parents? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I've never heard this before, and it sounds gross and stupid. If you have the power to help your family then do it. Ignore the psycho who lets his parents wallow in poverty.

Although personally I'm more broke than my parents so it's not an option.

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The Affirmation by Christopher Priest Book Review (www.youtube.com)
 

I did a book review of an overlooked metafiction classic: The Affirmation by Christopher Priest

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Coma patients are spying on us. (sh.itjust.works)
 

They should mind their own business and stop pretending to be asleep.

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Boeing Spacecraft: They'll never let you down! (www.thetimes.com)
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Is Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson named after Alcatraz or Newfoundland? (sh.itjust.works)
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Sunak's Lament (sh.itjust.works)
 
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DEI Training for my Word Processor (sh.itjust.works)
 
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Oblivious Galactic Collision (sh.itjust.works)
 
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What are your plans for when the Milky Way galaxy collides with Andromeda? (sh.itjust.works)
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Know-What vs Know-How (open.substack.com)
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This woman donated her nose to this man. (sh.itjust.works)
 
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What are the best alternatives to Amazon for buying new (or used) books? (sh.itjust.works)
 

I'm in Canada, so options available in Canada are especially appreciated.

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Maybe Ukraine would win if we gave them bigger planes? (sh.itjust.works)
 
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