abfarid

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[–] abfarid@startrek.website 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Just fyi, the slash in /s or /sarcasm isn't some weird bracket, it's meant as an XML style closing tag, meaning "end of sarcasm". In full it would look as follows:

<sarcasm>Things are going great!</sarcasm>

But people drop the opening tag and the <> for convenience.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago

TIL: flies have antennae.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

More like "throw all but Uncharted and that 4th one from the top".

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago

Thanks for that etymology bit. I wonder why I never bothered to check, but it makes perfect sense, as I know Turkish.

And yeah, I should have used "sometimes" not "usually". Pan fried shawarma is a thing, while döner isn't, so depending on the way it's prepared it may technically not be kebab.

Btw, kebab doesn't need to involve any bread element whatsoever. In fact, in places that use the term natively, it usually isn't. Kebab is just any grilled meat on a stick, and often is just the equivalent of BBQ.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Fun fact for you: All döner is kebab, but not all kebab is döner. Because döner is just a type of kebab (grilled meat on a stick). Which also means that shawarma's status as kebab is questionable, as it's ~~usually~~ sometimes roasted or pan fried, as far as I know.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 0 points 2 months ago

I thought that was a Captain Disillusion minifig.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 18 points 2 months ago

Hauling ass?

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago

But "new" in the context of shopping just means "not used", not that it was released in the past year or two.

And as I mentioned in another reply, they are not advertising anything false if those components are actually unused. If the buyer expects some band new, recently released machine with those specs, it's on them. When you're buying electronics, some minimal amount of research is required, or you outsource it to your family/friends.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Of course it's not new new, the CPU is 10 years old. But who would think that it is?

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago

Misses a jeans-wearing moss behind an orb.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 4 points 2 months ago

Ok, I think I now understand the point of this thread. The implication is that some people might assume that these are brand new machines that will have software support for years to come. Even though, that's confusing to me, as no new machine with those specs costs only 200 Euros. Like, that CPU alone, if used, cost 40-60 Euros. But IMO it's still a stretch to call this a scam, as they are selling what they are selling. Can these machines run W11 right now? Yes. If the buyer expects something else for that price, it's on them. The target audience could still be tech-savvy ppl who just need an older machine for simple stuff and W11 is pre-installed there just for convenience.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

What does it matter that Microsoft considers it piracy? If they got the keys for cheap somewhere, it's a real licensed version anyway and will work fine.
I can order retro emulation handhelds from China and it will arrive with 1000s of ROMs, which is literal piracy, but that doesn't make it a scam.

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