beeembo!

try as they might, and they have ever since they went nationwide in the u.s. after buying sara lee… but i just don’t think it’ll catch on.

well, that’s ok. a chicken on the beach is probably the beginning of another one anyway.

aren’t current iterations of both basically ‘live service games’ now, with microtransactions driving their continued existence?

they are not the same games as the hl mods i started playing way before steam came along.

‘classic’ wmp can be ‘enabled’ on iot under optional windows features.

the old photo viewer is also still in the code but has to be enabled with a few registry entries.

but vlc and irfanview will support more formats.

i do still kinda like wmp, though, for mp3 and audio cd. its crossfade (audio or video playlist) is also the only thing i’ve found that keeps my tv from detecting ‘no audio’ and shutting down when i have manually blanked its screen (for audio only).

videolan itself is a nonprofit, formed around the time of the 1.0 release of vlc.

Is it because Microsoft stopped advertising that they exist?

yea. pretty much. they certainly don’t make it known that it does exist.

1 time fee over monthly anyday.

as far as pricing. if you’re gonna pay for cloud storage somewhere, anyway…

i know it kinda sucks ass, but you’re basically paying for that extra onedrive space and getting office ‘free’ while you do.

so it does make sense for some users.

but for the love of clippy, don’t share a cheaper 1 user/5pc ‘personal’ plan with other people because they also share your onedrive space. that can get messy and/or really awkward, really fast. get the one you can share with other users and add their msa to your 365 sub.

publisher just flat-out got the axe. it’s even getting taken away from ‘365’ subscribers in a few months. i have a few users that will be affected. they are not happy campers.

if you have it as part of your particular edition and version of (perpetual) office, yea. it should continue to function.

ffmpeg binaries from pretty much anyone should have libmp3lame baked-in. the format was ‘freed’ from the last patent in 2017.

it isn’t being “killed”, it’s just EOL, on schedule. the death-blow comes if windows version has a similar digital certificate expiry baked-in like office mac does. which would be a first on windows, because old (even really old) office versions do still work–just don’t get security fixes once EOL.

even those are a let down these days. can only get ‘essentials’ with how high prices have climbed, but at least i know when milk, eggs or bread are on salea little cheaper than the other stores’ also-high prices.

malware infested ‘codec packs’ about to make a comeback.

as long as you break the windows (which is probably already done for you), and don’t open… it’s ok.

i’ll believe it when i see it. but knowing microsoft, they’re just looking for a ‘better’ (for them) way to uniquely id someone and hoover their life and data.

true. but this one wasn’t a class action, either… just one plaintiff.

in my state in the u.s. those ‘e-tricycles’ would require licenses and insurance for the vehicle and the operator. being able to haul 450kg (nearly 1000 lbs) of cargo, the motors would be far too powerful to fall under ‘e-bike’ regulations.

blowing the budget is their own damn fault. they put up a leaderboard, ffs.

even ranked their internal usage competitively on internal leader boards,

do you really wanna be admitting that addiction is your goal?

A $6 Million Jury Verdict Ruled Social Media Is Addictive.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/anishasircar/2026/03/30/a-6-million-jury-verdict-ruled-social-media-is-addictive-now-what/

CEOs have been blowing smoke for as long as CEOs have existed.

That’s Epic. The RC Cola of gaming

brutal.

(pretty accurate, but brutal)

good ol 538. a classic. always relevant.