I am a huge asocial nerd that lives in a hovel surrounded by vintage computers. And lots of DVDs and Blu-rays.

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  • Yes, but you still need to get rid of the old one, and arrange delivery of the new one.

    I used to repair my washing machine because the parts (GE Filter-Flo) were easily available and a mildly competent chimpanzee can figure it out.

    The front loaders need to be disassembled in the order they were built and are full of specific parts to each model and require re-sealing the tub. It’s a nightmare.

    I buy new now.


  • We have 64 bit multi-core CPUs unconstrained by clock speeds, RAM, bus bottlenecks, instructions sets, addressing modes, registers, or storage speeds. Monitors are beyond visual resolution, graphics are pumped out at a rate of zillions and gazillions of 32 bit pixels per second. How can any software be anything less than instantaneous these days? How can this modern bloated AI-dreamt high-level sludge code be as slow as my Commodore 64 booting GEOS from a 5.25" floppy?

    The mouse button shouldn’t even have time to bounce up from my finger releasing it and the screen should already be loaded.






  • I did: “how do you get computer viruses”

    Answer: “Computer viruses can be spread via email, with some even capable of hijacking email software to spread themselves. Others may attach to legitimate software, within software packs, or infect code, and other viruses can be downloaded from compromised application stores and infected code repositories.”

    Try it yourself. No mention of Windows 7, all about USERS INSTALLING THEM.

    QED.


  • "Honestly not even worth wasting my time. "

    ChatGPT, translate!

    “I have no actual evidence, but it feels good to me.”

    What’s agressive is forcing endless upgrades for no reason. No one can even provide a single source of evidence for these amazing Hollywood viruses besides “everyone knows” or urban legends. You don’t even check into what really happens and happily confirm your bias.

    Like I said a million times, you have to purposely run an executable to get these amazing trojans and viruses. Windows 7 doesn’t magically pull them out of the ether and runs them with a 24 style countdown timer.


  • People. INSTALL. THESE. THINGS. ACTIVELY

    They click on things they shouldn’t. I already know I shouldn’t. The end.

    Not just from letting the computer run. Explain why I don’t have any of these problems with my oh-so vulnerable 12 year old Windows 7 laptop?

    "People have lost millions in crypto from shit like that. " Sources. Links. Explain how it happened. So you’re claiming people with Windows 7 computers also have millions in crypto? What?