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minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down9·1 day agoit was bullshit when they ended support for XP, and now I have to find alternatives on 7!!? fuck you Mozilla, you just lost a customer!
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 day agoCalm down, XP was 13 years old when it was retired. It lived a long, happy life. And Windows 7 was released seventeen years ago. Using either OS in 2026 is extremely dangerous and stupid. Please switch to Linux.
minus-squarecanthangmightstain@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agolol how much have you been paying them?
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoat least $25 a month for the past year! they won’t get another dime from me, that’s for sure.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoRookie mistake. After your free trial is over, just cancel it and start a new one.
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 hours agois that why they send me all those AOL CDs?
minus-squarelow@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoif you’re serious pls update your shit it’s time to move on big bro
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoI run all my systems on XP and 7. I don’t like all this techno AI bullshit. my whole work laptop is from 2002 and runs XP just fine!
minus-squarelow@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 hours agoDude you are my worst nightmare as a security person modern hacking techniques are so unbelievably far ahead of XP, just go to Win10/Linux at least
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·16 hours agoew gross! isn’t linix one of those things hackers use? besides, Win10 got rid of my computer and hid control panel. it’s a garbage OS that can’t even run DOS properly. XP sp2 is peak performance!
minus-squarelow@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoHackers do use Linux, but only Kali Linux. And Tor browser. Windows 10 is more secure because they added security (to stop the hackers). And epic OneDrive login so all your files can sink.
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoI don’t need onedrive, I have My Briefcase. I also have a really secure password on my XP install so no hackers can get in.
minus-squarelow@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoUmmmm. Buddy. Microsoft can’t train Copilot from a briefcase, you’re not being very community-oriented. And hackers can type really fast so they can guess your password even if it’s something complicated like GoPanthers123!
minus-squareLuffy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day ago/s stands for sarcasm, which is what I think you wanted to say. Because its really hard to expect anyone to understand if you are joking or not in text form. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_indicator
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agook, I can’t keep stringing you along because I feel like you’re literally not getting the sarcasm. yes, it was sarcasm. no, I didn’t forget it. still don’t understand? read the meme.
minus-squareLuffy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoYou need to be clear with things like this. I am literally unable to understand sarcasm.
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoI understand. I don’t agree, but I understand.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoHow did you know that it was supposed to be sarcastic, then? You said they forgot the /s. How were you able to identify sarcasm if you can’t understand it?
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoYou can infer sarcasm by context. Some of the best sarcasm has no change in tone; this is called “dry” sarcasm and is common in Britain, for example.
minus-squaremelfie@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoFunny how often people get downvoted to hell here for posts that are obviously sarcasm.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoOr you could move away from legacy systems entirely by installing Linux.
it was bullshit when they ended support for XP, and now I have to find alternatives on 7!!?
fuck you Mozilla, you just lost a customer!
Calm down, XP was 13 years old when it was retired. It lived a long, happy life. And Windows 7 was released seventeen years ago.
Using either OS in 2026 is extremely dangerous and stupid. Please switch to Linux.
lol how much have you been paying them?
at least $25 a month for the past year!
they won’t get another dime from me, that’s for sure.
Rookie mistake. After your free trial is over, just cancel it and start a new one.
is that why they send me all those AOL CDs?
if you’re serious pls update your shit it’s time to move on big bro
I run all my systems on XP and 7. I don’t like all this techno AI bullshit.
my whole work laptop is from 2002 and runs XP just fine!
Dude you are my worst nightmare as a security person modern hacking techniques are so unbelievably far ahead of XP, just go to Win10/Linux at least
ew gross!
isn’t linix one of those things hackers use?
besides, Win10 got rid of my computer and hid control panel. it’s a garbage OS that can’t even run DOS properly.
XP sp2 is peak performance!
Hackers do use Linux, but only Kali Linux. And Tor browser.
Windows 10 is more secure because they added security (to stop the hackers). And epic OneDrive login so all your files can sink.
I don’t need onedrive, I have My Briefcase.
I also have a really secure password on my XP install so no hackers can get in.
Ummmm. Buddy. Microsoft can’t train Copilot from a briefcase, you’re not being very community-oriented.
And hackers can type really fast so they can guess your password even if it’s something complicated like GoPanthers123!
Then upgrade to Linux.
Forgot the /s mate
I don’t get it.
/s stands for sarcasm, which is what I think you wanted to say.
Because its really hard to expect anyone to understand if you are joking or not in text form.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_indicator
ok, I can’t keep stringing you along because I feel like you’re literally not getting the sarcasm.
yes, it was sarcasm.
no, I didn’t forget it.
still don’t understand? read the meme.
You need to be clear with things like this.
I am literally unable to understand sarcasm.
I understand. I don’t agree, but I understand.
How did you know that it was supposed to be sarcastic, then? You said they forgot the /s. How were you able to identify sarcasm if you can’t understand it?
You can infer sarcasm by context. Some of the best sarcasm has no change in tone; this is called “dry” sarcasm and is common in Britain, for example.
Funny how often people get downvoted to hell here for posts that are obviously sarcasm.
Or you could move away from legacy systems entirely by installing Linux.