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19 Jul, 10 tweets, 3 min read
So Windows Insider is telling me my hardware does not meet the recommended specifications for Windows 11, and I'm hoping it means I don't have all the peripherals/sensors needed for some of the new features because I otherwise can't see where I'm coming in under spec for it.
I'm hoping that because I am specifically interested in improvements to the window snap/docking stuff and other organization/productivity features and not something where Cortana can read my blood pressure when I flip her off or whatever else they're selling.
I mean, I get that, but I'm specifically comparing their listed system requirements to my computer's reported hardware specs and I don't see where my computer, which I bought last year, doesn't exceed them.

To be very clear because apparently I have to do that today, I'm not grousing "Oh, I bought a computer a year ago and it's now out of date." I'm doing a line by line comparison of the things Microsoft says I need to what my computer's system info and utilities tell me it has.
It is a refurb and I have reason to suspect that one of the RAM sticks is a bit wonky but even if one of them was completely unseated I'd still be well above the required 4 GB.
Now, I don't have *many* of the things that are listed under "feature-specific requirements" on this page, because again, I don't care if Cortana knows I'm flipping her off (and also I don't use Cortana).

microsoft.com/en-us/windows/…
And since Windows Insider is telling me that there may be "issues and bugs that impact your experience" and a longer message I received earlier mentioned "some features", I'm hoping they're talking about those feature-specific requirements.
Ah, thanks for the pointer! Yes, that is the issue. Somehow my eyes glazed over on the "2.0" on the spec chart, I guess because the rest of that line is a blue hyperlink. So I had only verified I have TMP installed and enabled.

So this looks like something I can solve with a firmware update, which is within my capabilities but not what I wanted to spend time on today, so I'll put a pin in it for now. I wasn't particularly interested in Windows 11 before a mutual mentioned some of the features last night
So far from the end of the world if I can't get it, more in the "Well, this could be nice."

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20 Jul
So the thing we do now when we have contractors in is we put the cats in Jack's office, which they're not *not* allowed in but which they have only irregular access to... and after a second time I think they've figured out what's going on, but are chill with it.
I think they're like, "Oh, we got uninterrupted access to the Secret Room of Secrets? With special convenient on-site refreshments and litter? No humans allowed? Sign me up!"
Which is convenient, for as long as they don't change their minds about it.
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20 Jul
Weird how the same business guys who say that laws and regulations shouldn't apply in outer space also want to move businesses into outer space
And the thing is, while the memes about "pollute space instead" are funny... that's not even getting at half of what's wrong here. He says it himself: HEAVY industry. We'd wreck the planet faster lifting it into orbit, if we could.

(Blocking people who say "space elevator".)
Like, let's say just for the sake of Jeff's argument that water is a gimme. Let's assume that we can get enough ice in space that all the water needed for industrial processes is just there.
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20 Jul
Oof. So sounds like we're going to have to have our sewer line dug out and replaced, and in the process get rid of my favorite tree (which has betrayed me by sending roots into the sewer line, among other issues with the pipe).
Oh, I definitely can't, both in the sense that it's not that type of tree and in that I definitely don't have the means... someone could perhaps weave a basket out of it, but I don't need a basket.

To be very clear, and I'm sure that was kindly meant, but me being wistful about a tree isn't a problem that I need strange men on the internet to solve for me.
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20 Jul
So, Skyward Sword on Switch... anyone know what they did with all the motion controls? Because they prevented me from being able to play the game when it first came out.
Cool cool, maybe I will get it, then.

Okay, but I can't actually play with motion control and I've played a lot of Zelda games without any camera control so I'm not seeing the downside.

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20 Jul
Whitey Very Slightly Closer To The Moon
That scene in The Crown where Philip, in a fit of ennui following the moon landing, flies his plane a bit higher than is safe for conventional aircraft, takes on a new poignancy in the era of the Whacky Space Race.
I'm honestly glad there are so many Whitey on the Moon references today because there's also a lot of people talking about how "everybody" used to rally around space flight, which I get what they mean but, like absolutely all absolutes, it does erase nuance.
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20 Jul
#cryptocrash?

Oh no, my artisanal collection of inefficiently solved math problems is now worthless! Why did I think trading away real money for fake money was a good idea?

Wait, I never did that. Never mind. I'm good!
Something legally recognized as tender for all debts public and private.

Now, I could buy a hamburger with a chicken if I could convince someone to take it in trade, and I could pay my debt with Pokemon cards if the lender agreed, but that's barter.

Check again, friend. The robust and reliable US dollar will get you a LOT more bitcoins today than it would yesterday, if those are your favorite flavor of beanie baby.

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