Windows as a software package would have never been affordable to individuals or local-level orgs in countries like India and Bangladesh (especially in the 2000’s) that are now powerhouses of IT. Same for many SE Asian, Eastern European, African and LatinoAmerican countries as well....
Yup, when I was talking with a few different Microsoft representatives, they just straightforwardly stated that they don’t focus at all on punishing or pushing consequences for “obtained/purchased windows instances via any existing alternative/not supported ways” when it comes to private/home users.
They surely and happily will put the idea of buying a key or official upgrade from their certified resellers locally or online on the table.
It is quite a different story with larger organizations and companies.
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Of course all this info is based on just a few talks during the last decade and with incoming subscription (ugh) model a lot will change, I guess.
I am currently using stoic. — day 440, so it seems it is over a year now.
I started using it because when I was like 14-17 I remember doing something like that in notebooks, writing down some ideas, sometimes dreams and whatnot. Later I lost them somehow and lately was wondering what would be there if I would ever find them…
There is this neat feature in stoic that shows you under the latest note what you wrote one month ago. There is much more to this app, but it is mostly a journal for me.
6 different guns in a such compact form factor for a price of not dying while being chosen to actually use it, with a tiny little perk on the side of automagically becoming the Director of the Bureau with the side hustle of talking with Paranatural Entities/The Board — how’s that too chonky?
I have way too little knowledge about the genre in general but there was something oddly satisfying about the Service Weapona.k.a.Director’s Gun from the Federal Bureau od Control…
But I am guessing the part of using it as a game mechanic makes a big difference, there were plenty cool looking things in movies or series — but this one just jumped first to my mind.
That’s what I meant — it has six different designs depending on the mode you are in — for me that’s the definition of a functional design in action…
Sidenote, this was the first game, while playing, I felt like they actually figured out a solid idea for fixing the regular overkill artillery in so many games. I remember you, Max Payne with 10 guns in pockets, grenade launcher plus nades and molotovs…
cloudfare bad (lemmy.ml)
Random thought: Windows is largely successful because of Piracy
Windows as a software package would have never been affordable to individuals or local-level orgs in countries like India and Bangladesh (especially in the 2000’s) that are now powerhouses of IT. Same for many SE Asian, Eastern European, African and LatinoAmerican countries as well....
Do you journal?
Do you keep a journal? Has it helped you and how?
What do you think is the coolest designed sci-fi gun?
I mean the physical design of the gun, not the projectile or effect.