Unlocking core memories with that cd key.
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TIL I learned these things are called balloons.
On Android they're called toasts
In Mortal Kombat they're called Noob Saibot
Toasty
Well, they'd probably be called tooltips now
A tooltip is more from an interaction. Hover over a button, and a tooltip pops up giving you a tip about the tool you are about to click.
Balloons don't come from interaction, and they point to something specific. Like an annotation or something.
Toasts are notifications. They can disappear after a while, or they might have to be manually dismissed.
A modal is a popup that prevents you interacting with other things.
A dialog is a popup that lets you interact with other things
This dude UI's
Modals make me so godamned angry.
I thought it looked familiar
I remember having a defective hdd in my PC. I brought the pc to the shop, where I bought it from to get it replaced under warranty. They told me they couldn't restore my data (I had backups) and asked if I wanted them to install windows on it. When they asked for my key I was like "FC..." and they responded "ok, we know that one, no need to spell it out" and proceeded with the installation
I don't know if it still works, but I found a "cheat" for free windows back in the day that I even upgraded into 10 with lol
My friend had an "upgrade" code for XP that he gave me, so when I installed windows and tried to use the code it gave me the whole "this is an upgrade code not a new code" kind of message. I rebooted the PC and used the same installer to "upgrade" my newly installed windows XP to windows XP. Same install, just did it again basically. It then accepted the code as valid lol
Today's kids use the activation scripts on GitHub which is owned by Microsoft. Just open cmd and run
irm https://massgrave.dev/get | iex
It will download the code storef here: https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts and run it, then windows is activated.
you can also use it to upgrade from home to pro/enterprise for free
I used it for the office suite. I should really look at using it for an OS upgrade one day
For a while you could just remove all the permissions from the activation nagware on a trial install and it would run fine, and you'd even get updates. At some point they added some service which would periodically check those permissions and revert them, and I was never able to figure out what that process was.
Which means that there is apparently now a hidden user and access tier which exists solely to monitor windows system permissions, and I feel like this is my most noteworthy legacy in a small way.
Much like the abrahamic god, I love loopholes.
That's just welsh
Welsh doesn't have k,q,or x. Could be Greek?
Finnish.
Doesn't have enough impossible to pronounce y's and L's.
I don't know anyone named Bob, but I kinda want to order that mug anyway...
Microsoft Bob?
Maybe I'll just send it to Bob Zmuda. I think he would appreciate it
Know Bob, know slack. No Bob, no slack.
There's no prob with "Bob."
PRA'BOB!
I have a great uncle Bob, ok his names actually Robert but only his mother and business associates call him that. Bob is quite literally my uncle.
Can I use this to unlock Blu-Ray DRM? Or is that a different slang word?
The HD-DVD key was 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0. Crazy slang all around. Kids are wild.
The string which killed digg.
I was there!
"Who was that?" "Bob. They had a baby. It's a boy."
I've typed those letters SO many times. I remember being shit faced drunk in high school and getting a call from a friend who was installing Windows XP but forgot the key, because he just assumed that I could recite it. Which I could, and still can, 20 years later.
This is burned into my brain like a favorite song.
Ahhh its good to see you again old friend!
Word
PowerPoint
You really Excel at jokes
The toki pona word for car should be used more
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