2021: Linux on the desktop, Free Software 9/11

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Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

huhwhat posted:

win 10 mail is showing ads to me now

it's been about a year since i got this win 10 laptop, the timing can't be a coincidence

ugh i just want to keep an eye on incoming emails on my secondary accounts without having them forwarded to my main

ive been using it for years now w/out ads. u sure its not an ad email?

# ? Sep 4, 2018 14:51

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ? Jun 4, 2024 10:08

akadajet: Sep 14, 2003

Shaggar posted:

ive been using it for years now w/out ads. u sure its not an ad email?

just wait. you'll get em too.

# ? Sep 4, 2018 14:54

dont be mean to me: May 2, 2007; I'm interplanetary, bitch
Let's go to Mars

huhwhat posted:

win 10 mail is showing ads to me now

where

# ? Sep 4, 2018 15:07

HAIL eSATA-n: Apr 7, 2007

windows 10 is an ad delivery service that you pay for

# ? Sep 4, 2018 15:35

anthonypants: May 6, 2007; by Nyc_Tattoo; Dinosaur Gum

HAIL eSATA-n posted:

windows 10 is an ad delivery service that you pay for

no, windows ten is free software

# ? Sep 4, 2018 16:07

Janitor Prime: Jan 22, 2004; PC LOAD LETTER

What da fuck does that mean; Fun Shoe

akadajet posted:

lol azure is hosed this morning for the south central region
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/status/

does it like nobody does

# ? Sep 4, 2018 16:52

Last Chance: Dec 31, 2004

windows update must have brought azure down for a reboot

# ? Sep 4, 2018 17:14

FMguru: Sep 10, 2003; peed on;
sexually

anthonypants posted:

no, windows ten is free software

free as in ~~beer~~ pisssssss

# ? Sep 4, 2018 17:45

Fiedler: Jun 29, 2002; I, for one, welcome our new mouse overlords.

apparently lightning fried the ac at a microsoft data center in texas. this has caused a few problems...

# ? Sep 4, 2018 19:46

Schadenboner: Aug 15, 2011; by Shine

Free as in your mom as in you could pay for it but you can get it for free if you say you�re disabled?

# ? Sep 4, 2018 20:23

akadajet: Sep 14, 2003

# ? Sep 4, 2018 20:28

Silver Alicorn: Mar 30, 2008; 𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮

Schadenboner posted:

Free as in your mom as in you could pay for it but you can get it for free if you say you�re disabled?

# ? Sep 4, 2018 20:32

akadajet: Sep 14, 2003

Schadenboner posted:

Free as in your mom as in you could pay for it but you can get it for free if you say you�re disabled?

i think microsoft stopped that program finally
but your mom still offers it, schadenboner

# ? Sep 4, 2018 20:33

Lambert: Apr 15, 2018; by Fluffdaddy; Fallen Rib

akadajet posted:

i think microsoft stopped that program finally
but your mom still offers it, schadenboner

You can still activate Windows 7/8/8.1 keys, the "Assistive Technologies" upgrade was never necessary.

# ? Sep 4, 2018 20:37

dont be mean to me: May 2, 2007; I'm interplanetary, bitch
Let's go to Mars

HAIL eSATA-n posted:

windows 10 is an ad delivery service that you pay for

do you intend to answer my question or not

# ? Sep 4, 2018 22:36

akadajet: Sep 14, 2003

current azure status: they've sunk my battleship

# ? Sep 4, 2018 23:28

Schadenboner: Aug 15, 2011; by Shine

akadajet posted:

current azure status: they've sunk my battleship

# ? Sep 4, 2018 23:30

PIZZA.BAT: Nov 12, 2016

i was wondering why the client's dev instance was running like hogshit today

# ? Sep 5, 2018 00:27

Phoenixan: Jan 16, 2010; Just Keep Cool-idge

huhwhat posted:

win 10 mail is showing ads to me now

it's been about a year since i got this win 10 laptop, the timing can't be a coincidence

ugh i just want to keep an eye on incoming emails on my secondary accounts without having them forwarded to my main

i use thunderbird on my windows machine

problem solved

# ? Sep 5, 2018 00:35

akadajet: Sep 14, 2003

Phoenixan posted:

i use thunderbird on my windows machine

problem solved

ya but now you've got two problems!!

# ? Sep 5, 2018 00:42

Last Chance: Dec 31, 2004

my mom used to drive a thunderbird

# ? Sep 5, 2018 01:14

akadajet: Sep 14, 2003

man, this azure outage is really dragging on

# ? Sep 5, 2018 02:42

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

would you say it's got you feeling blue?

# ? Sep 5, 2018 02:52

Last Chance: Dec 31, 2004

outages like this will continue as the earth rises in temperature and continues to become boiling meatball

# ? Sep 5, 2018 03:02

SYSV Fanfic: Sep 9, 2003; by Pragmatica

I wonder how forthright they are going to be about the failure cascade that led to a regional data center shutting down from a lightening strike.

# ? Sep 5, 2018 03:03

akadajet: Sep 14, 2003

infernal machines posted:

would you say it's got you feeling blue?

i'll be feeling blue if i go to work tomorrow and the testers still can't access the test env

# ? Sep 5, 2018 03:04

Fiedler: Jun 29, 2002; I, for one, welcome our new mouse overlords.

meanwhile at the data center in san antonio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NNOrp_83RU

# ? Sep 5, 2018 04:04

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

i guess the joke only works if you know that azure is a colour

# ? Sep 5, 2018 04:11

akadajet: Sep 14, 2003

infernal machines posted:

i guess the joke only works if you know that azure is a colour

i got the joke, thanks

# ? Sep 5, 2018 04:12

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

tbf, it was a bad joke, much like azure

# ? Sep 5, 2018 04:15

HAIL eSATA-n: Apr 7, 2007

dont be mean to me posted:

do you intend to answer my question or not

what

# ? Sep 5, 2018 06:09

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

where in the mail app are ads appearing?

like, screenshot it or something

# ? Sep 5, 2018 06:12

Stymie: Jan 9, 2001; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

here's the official microsoft page about ads in windows mail: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/about-ads-in-mail-for-windows-10-1444e1d2-0edb-4af8-b8d7-6d5e5223edfa

hope you got windows enterprise

# ? Sep 5, 2018 06:29

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

ahahaha.

holy goddamn christ what a poo poo show.

# ? Sep 5, 2018 06:30

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

also why is a support article for the mail app, which is not part of office, on the office.com website?

# ? Sep 5, 2018 06:31

Schadenboner: Aug 15, 2011; by Shine

infernal machines posted:

also why is a support article for the mail app, which is not part of office, on the office.com website?

Branding! :airquote:

is not a very good smilie. Ideally there should be :airquote-L: and :airquote-R: with each providing only one hand-quote, so that the content in between can be understood to be the subject of the "airquote"?

Schadenboner fucked around with this message at 06:36 on Sep 5, 2018

# ? Sep 5, 2018 06:34

pram: Jun 10, 2001

quote:

You can permanently remove ads by buying an Office 365 Home or Office 365 Personal subscription.

lol

# ? Sep 5, 2018 07:02

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.