746
all 44 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] teft@lemmy.world 71 points 1 month ago

Unlocking core memories with that cd key.

[-] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 69 points 1 month ago
[-] bleistift2@feddit.de 34 points 1 month ago

TIL I learned these things are called balloons.

[-] kernelle@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

On Android they're called toasts

[-] androogee@midwest.social 5 points 1 month ago

In Mortal Kombat they're called Noob Saibot

[-] dumbass@leminal.space 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[-] filcuk@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

Well, they'd probably be called tooltips now

[-] towerful@programming.dev 25 points 1 month ago

A tooltip is more from an interaction. Hover over a button, and a tooltip pops up giving you a tip about the tool you are about to click.
Balloons don't come from interaction, and they point to something specific. Like an annotation or something.
Toasts are notifications. They can disappear after a while, or they might have to be manually dismissed.
A modal is a popup that prevents you interacting with other things.
A dialog is a popup that lets you interact with other things

[-] kernelle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

This dude UI's

[-] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago

Modals make me so godamned angry.

[-] kd45@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

I heard the “pop” noise

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

I thought it looked familiar

[-] elvith@feddit.de 66 points 1 month ago

I remember having a defective hdd in my PC. I brought the pc to the shop, where I bought it from to get it replaced under warranty. They told me they couldn't restore my data (I had backups) and asked if I wanted them to install windows on it. When they asked for my key I was like "FC..." and they responded "ok, we know that one, no need to spell it out" and proceeded with the installation

[-] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago
[-] mynachmadarch@kbin.social 7 points 1 month ago

Welsh doesn't have k,q,or x. Could be Greek?

[-] refalo@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago
[-] Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Doesn't have enough impossible to pronounce y's and L's.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 42 points 1 month ago

I don't know if it still works, but I found a "cheat" for free windows back in the day that I even upgraded into 10 with lol

My friend had an "upgrade" code for XP that he gave me, so when I installed windows and tried to use the code it gave me the whole "this is an upgrade code not a new code" kind of message. I rebooted the PC and used the same installer to "upgrade" my newly installed windows XP to windows XP. Same install, just did it again basically. It then accepted the code as valid lol

[-] thirteene@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago

Today's kids use the activation scripts on GitHub which is owned by Microsoft. Just open cmd and run

irm https://massgrave.dev/get | iex

It will download the code storef here: https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts and run it, then windows is activated.

[-] refalo@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago

you can also use it to upgrade from home to pro/enterprise for free

[-] Baku@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago

I used it for the office suite. I should really look at using it for an OS upgrade one day

[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 month ago

For a while you could just remove all the permissions from the activation nagware on a trial install and it would run fine, and you'd even get updates. At some point they added some service which would periodically check those permissions and revert them, and I was never able to figure out what that process was.

Which means that there is apparently now a hidden user and access tier which exists solely to monitor windows system permissions, and I feel like this is my most noteworthy legacy in a small way.

[-] Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Much like the abrahamic god, I love loopholes.

[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

I don't know anyone named Bob, but I kinda want to order that mug anyway...

[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago
[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Maybe I'll just send it to Bob Zmuda. I think he would appreciate it

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Know Bob, know slack. No Bob, no slack.

[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

There's no prob with "Bob."

PRA'BOB!

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I have a great uncle Bob, ok his names actually Robert but only his mother and business associates call him that. Bob is quite literally my uncle.

[-] CuriousRefugee@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 month ago

Can I use this to unlock Blu-Ray DRM? Or is that a different slang word?

[-] Turious@leaf.dance 47 points 1 month ago

The HD-DVD key was 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0. Crazy slang all around. Kids are wild.

[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

The string which killed digg.

[-] AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I was there!

[-] sawdustprophet@midwest.social 16 points 1 month ago

"Who was that?" "Bob. They had a baby. It's a boy."

[-] dolle@feddit.dk 11 points 1 month ago

I've typed those letters SO many times. I remember being shit faced drunk in high school and getting a call from a friend who was installing Windows XP but forgot the key, because he just assumed that I could recite it. Which I could, and still can, 20 years later.

[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

This is burned into my brain like a favorite song.

[-] dumbass@leminal.space 5 points 1 month ago

Ahhh its good to see you again old friend!

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago
[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago
[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

You really Excel at jokes

[-] RandomVideos@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

The toki pona word for car should be used more

poak23087[i23ej&(^$!(#!@&$_(HEQq0j

this post was submitted on 09 May 2024
746 points (99.2% liked)

Funny

6107 readers
732 users here now

General rules:

Exceptions may be made at the discretion of the mods.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS