What? Ctrl+F10 for Command Prompt and then oobe\bypassnro has always worked, and I don't see Microsoft removing it anytime soon. Who do you think put the bypassnro.bat script in the OOBE directory on every Windows installation media?
I am sure the profit margin is taken into account, so you won't get an ultracheap Pepsi unless it expires soon. Similarly, I expect it to consider economic viability, so it won't keep raising prices unless people are willing to pay them. Of course, you never know what the model actually does or what goals it follows (maximizing profit is a good guess, though), or how bad the coding is. The program might be very versatile and robust, or it may break when you show it a QR code - how can I know? Probably something in between.
I don't think they're doing dynamic pricing on an individual basis, that would be too obvious. But checking the demographics of each location or individuals' shopping habits, and potentially adjusting the prices or offerings? Definitely.
The students should get together and jack the machine away into their hacking club and do some reverse engineering, so that we get more information on how the data collection worked as opposed to just trusting the company's statements. If a hacking group like the German Chaos Computer Club got behind this, they could release their findings while keeping the perpetrators anonymous. However, I’m pretty sure the machine is just a frontend to a server, which got shut down as soon as the students complained, with no GDPR-like checkout being available in the jurisdiction.
There are legit reasons, for example your main instance is buggy or does not federate with all services. Also, browsing Lemmy via Mastodon etc. is not convenient at all.
There are more ways to make Windows suck less, even open source ones: https://feddit.de/comment/7447632 Of course, pick whatever is best for you, but FOSS is ultimately safer (and free!).
revives Explorer's "commented-out code", bringing back functionality from previous Windows versions: optionally translucent taskbar without blur, seconds display in calendar popup, optionally the weather widget and many many more
I never said they were used exclusively in Russia. However, it is strange because I don't think they are allowed in the EU - a grounded plug can be inserted without a ground connection, and the recess is way too shallow. Such sockets may have been allowed by lenient regulations many decades ago but the design seems way too modern.
Edit: It was actually called "Nastavení vytáčení" (Dialing Settings) in Czech, the closest German word is "Herausdrehung" but the correct translation is "Telefonnummerwählen" or something
I live in the Czech Republic and I did expect it to be worse than Poland, Hungary or France, but not by that much. I assume the terrible way communism scarred us and the rushed privatization, as well as opportunistic behavior (especially in Bohemia) have their ripple effects.
More comfortable is just another way of saying less uncomfortable. Yes, the topic is uncomfortable but less so.
I usually avoid a double negative as it makes sentences slightly more difficult to interpret but I get why I probably should have gone with it this time.
Oh, questionably consensual advances in step-incest porn? That's way more normal than I thought given your comment. Idk if I’m desensitized or the humorous NileRedNot Cool Noah video made the topic feel more comfortable.
What? Ctrl+F10 for Command Prompt and then
oobe\bypassnrohas always worked, and I don't see Microsoft removing it anytime soon. Who do you think put thebypassnro.batscript in theOOBEdirectory on every Windows installation media?