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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Windows 10 Professional for $40 PCWorld??

« on: September 09, 2020, 02:07 AM »

I did some digging and it turns out PC World (USA) have absolutely nothing to do with PC World (UK/EU) despite them having the exact same name.  Very odd indeed.

So, those pcworld.co.uk reviews are for the UK/EU one, not the pcworld.com one (which, in fairness, pcworld.co.uk does have shockingly bad customer service with overpriced products lol).

So weird that neither one has tried to have the other one change their name and neither of them has a "not affiliated with the other" on their websites 

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Windows 10 Professional for $40 PCWorld??

« on: September 07, 2020, 03:29 PM »

It's not from Microsoft. Possibly it's an EOM key that was scrounged from a junked PC, so it was valid at one time, but only for that PC.

-x16wda (September 07, 2020, 10:44 AM)

Windows 10 Professional includes a 1-PC retail license which means you can install on a single PC and, later, move to another PC where required.

(Source)

Retail License != OEM

https://cloudblogs.m...and-volume-licenses/


I'd expect more research from a bunch of techies on a techy forum, to be honest.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Windows 10 Professional for $40 PCWorld??

« on: September 07, 2020, 03:26 PM »

Additional:

Even if it's not linked to the EU/UK PCWorld (and associated brands) [which would be odd to have a company of the exact same name without it ever being questioned]...PCWorld Magazine (and the other IDG mags like Macworld, InfoWorld, JavaWorld, Computerworld, etc) is a HUGE publication (Which has promoted DC software several times, in fact) and I genuinely can't see a legitimate, HUGE publication/company standing to gain anything from selling anything less than legitimate. That and the fact that it includes official microsoft support just goes to solidify my thinking on this.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Windows 10 Professional for $40 PCWorld??

« on: September 07, 2020, 03:20 PM »

1 - PC World is huge, however it's likely they sell the ad space on their site to an ad network or broker, and and it is unlikely they they have a staff that checks out every ad that is shown on their site.
2 - Technet was discontinued in 2013. MSDN is still around. But selling MSDN licenses is still not legitimate.
3 - Keys from OEM machines are tied to those machines, so selling those is not legitimate either.
3 - Whatever happened to "if it's too good to be true then it probably isn't"?

-x16wda (September 07, 2020, 03:05 PM)

1. What ads?
2. There is no indication they don't just buy in volume from microsoft and are able to offer them at heavily discounted prices (huge companies can and do; do this.)
3. There is no indication these are "recycled" keys
4 (3?). Huge companies can afford to sell stuff for cheap...it's not like it's some dodgy grey market site like G2A...

Going on the assumption that it's the same PC World as we have in the UK (I can't find anything to suggest it isn't...but also can't figure out if it actually is) - PC World are HUGE electronics stores based all around the UK, owned by a bigger tech corporation which obviously affords them the ability to purchase things for cheap in large volumes and sell for cheap when they want to.

(The reviews tomos posted are for PCWorld.co.uk, which is what I'm talking about and assuming is the same overall company as pcworld.com)

I mean, it's fair enough to say PCWorld is mostly super over priced stuff that you can get way cheaper from almost anywhere else...but to say they aren't legitimate would be wrong.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Windows 10 Professional for $40 PCWorld??

« on: September 07, 2020, 02:36 PM »

PCWorld are...huge so I see absolutely no reason why it wouldn't be legitimate, personally.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Dissenter Browser

« on: September 03, 2020, 08:36 AM »

So...it's a browser that wants to let people talk without being censored?

If the above is correct, then their ToU is weird:

Gab may, in its sole discretion and at any time, refuse to offer the Service to any person or entity. This provision is void where prohibited by law and the right to access the Service is revoked in such jurisdictions.

[...]Gab may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict your access to parts or all of the Service without notice or liability.

By way of example, and not as a limitation, you shall not (and shall not permit any third party to) take any action (including contributing any Content) that: would constitute a violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation; infringes any intellectual property or other right of any other person or entity; is threatening, harassing, defamatory, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of another’s privacy, or tortious; constitutes unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, junk or bulk e-mail; contains software viruses or any other similar computer codes, files, or programs; or impersonates any person or entity in a manner not protected by law.

(all of this, pretty much, is the same rules you have to obide by on 99% of web services....)

The only thing this browser really seems to be, is a fairly typical browser, with an AdBlocker and Comment Section addon...


Personally, I don't really care much about this "new thing" - I'm perfectly fine with websites needing advertising to...y'know...pay for their services, and will readily unblock any website from my AdBlocker that I actively use and/or isn't 90% ads, 10% content.

As for the comment sections...yeah...unmoderated (apparently, but who knows?) ones...I can see them only being used by completely normal and sane people 

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

« on: August 30, 2020, 08:57 AM »

^ first one I really enjoyed -- even watched another couple of their videos.
Second one I couldnt get my head around -- just seems crass to me (gave up watching it tbh -- FWIW if this was my site I'd delete it)

-tomos (August 26, 2020, 02:37 PM)

First one was weird...2nd one I made it about 1 minute in and...yeah...let's delete that (I'll do it now)

*done*

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: Welcome to NANY 2021

« on: August 28, 2020, 06:06 PM »

* Stephen66515 wonders if his CodyBot (Discord Bot for the DC sevrer) counts as a NANY 

-Stephen66515 (August 27, 2020, 06:49 AM)

If it's software that, in majority, you made, then I'd say yes

-Ath (August 27, 2020, 11:39 AM)

I dunno if it even counts as software - it's just javascript/NODE.JS lol

Also, the code couldn't be released (cause It's BAD) and people can only "invite" the bot to their servers (though there would be no real point cause it's DC-specific stuff.

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: Welcome to NANY 2021

« on: August 27, 2020, 06:49 AM »

* Stephen66515 wonders if his CodyBot (Discord Bot for the DC sevrer) counts as a NANY 

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Testing new DC discord chat server

« on: August 22, 2020, 07:54 PM »

We now have our own RSS feed bot and custom DC Bot with fun games and useful features such as DC Software listings and other goodies!

If you're on the server and have any feature requests for CodyBot, please lemme know either via PM on the forum, or DM on Discord!

-Stephen

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Living Room / Re: Favourite youtube channels

« on: August 19, 2020, 06:05 PM »

What's with the British spelling of "favorite"?

-Deozaan (April 16, 2020, 02:14 AM)

It's the best one.

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« on: August 19, 2020, 05:21 PM »

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: NANY 2021 Entry - Cahoots Tabletop Simulator Mod

« on: August 19, 2020, 04:40 PM »

I'm going to get TTS at the end of the month so I can check this out!

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Testing new DC discord chat server

« on: August 19, 2020, 04:37 PM »

Meh, I love Discord and I love that I can chat to DC peeps on it now, so I'm happy haha

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Testing new DC discord chat server

« on: August 17, 2020, 11:15 AM »

Point proven: Discord is broken anti-software.

-Tuxman (August 17, 2020, 07:40 AM)

Yes, a third party addon kicking people for inactivity proves that the primary software solution is broken.  Sure.

Why doesn’t DC move to Facebook/reddit instead because that’s where the people already are? It would be “about time”...

This was a horrible idea for many reasons, but spyware is “modern” these days because “everyone” uses it.

Eek.

-Tuxman (August 17, 2020, 10:34 AM)

Complain about "centralized and proprietary US infrastructure." then ask why we haven't moved to Facebook?

IRONYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Seriously though, we have Facebook.

My main point here though is that if you don't want to join it...don't.  You're complaining about us not being on IRC anymore but let's be honest...you rarely ever joined us on there anyway.  You are bringing absolutely nothing to this discussion other than your (usual) snide comments.  Did nobody ever teach you that if you have nothing nice to say then you shouldn't say anything?

After small chitchat with mighty mouser I become registered and using discord client software where i do not need to accept any kind of cookie but have to accept license agreement.
I still miss a connectivity sign but it works better than web-based.
For short time I've been testing the Client, no problems encountered.

-KodeZwerg (August 17, 2020, 09:23 AM)

Https://www.discord.com

The service has a fully available browser version (login or guest account both available) - there is 100% no need to download any software for Discord

The embedded version we have on DC is third-party (trusted) purely because there is currently no official version of it.  The moment there is an official version (or a custom DC built alternative), I'm fairly sure it would be used in place of the current solution

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Testing new DC discord chat server

« on: August 16, 2020, 04:00 PM »

It looks like we are going to be moving our official chat system from irc to discord.

-mouser (August 16, 2020, 11:25 AM)

I haven't really been in the DC IRC channel for quite some time, but I almost always have Discord running, so I'm OK with this decision.

-Deozaan (August 16, 2020, 03:08 PM)

It's taken me 2 years of begging and pleading with him to finally make this happen...now I will drag him kicking and screaming into the 21st century 

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Living Room / Re: DC on Discord :O

« on: August 16, 2020, 11:34 AM »

It's OFFICIAL!

https://www.donation....msg440137#msg440137

DC Is moving to Discord from IRC!

(This topic has been locked in favour of the one linked above!)

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Testing new DC discord chat server

« on: August 16, 2020, 11:30 AM »

*sings*
I'm so excited...and I just can't hideeee ittttttttttttttttttt 

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Living Room / Re: So, you really believe Microsoft now loves Linux, huh?

« on: August 07, 2020, 08:32 AM »

Maybe next time you might consider...

-Stephen66515 (August 06, 2020, 01:12 PM)

Add own opinion, as a base to discuss on.

-KodeZwerg (August 07, 2020, 03:22 AM)

Or just to give people a clue wtf it's about 

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Living Room / Re: So, you really believe Microsoft now loves Linux, huh?

« on: August 06, 2020, 01:12 PM »

Maybe next time you might consider posting some...any...info about wtf the links are for, rather than just dumping them on here?

 

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Living Room / Re: DC on Discord :O

« on: August 06, 2020, 11:18 AM »

Still no.

-Tuxman (August 06, 2020, 10:58 AM)

My heart bleeds! 

Seriously though, for those that actually want to chill with the community and have a good chat, come join us!

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Living Room / Re: DC on Discord :O

« on: August 06, 2020, 10:55 AM »

Mouser is finally starting to settle down on Discord and actually using it!

SO....I feel like this post needs bumping to once again let people know it exists!

You can join us via the following link: https://discord.gg/9J4mHfF

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: Welcome to NANY 2021

« on: August 04, 2020, 06:44 PM »

IT HAS BEGUN!

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Living Room / Re: Pandemic Quarantine DonationCoder Zoom Meet and Greet May 2nd

« on: August 04, 2020, 06:16 PM »

I now own a webcam so I don't need to connect to Zoom on the PC AND my phone!

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Living Room / Re: Pandemic Quarantine DonationCoder Zoom Meet and Greet May 2nd

« on: July 31, 2020, 01:11 PM »

Ok time for another zoom meeting this month (Aug); shall we try Aug 13?

-mouser (July 31, 2020, 05:03 AM)

If I remember, I'll be there