Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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We might see Microsoft adding ads to BSOD (feddit.org)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Sure to annoy IT people but those just need a line of text while the rest of the screen is free real estate for Micro$oft! Public BSODs tend to go viral too.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Microsoft would do anything to keep the statcounting service running more stable than the kernel itself

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Ring -1 proprietary telemetry! Yay!

*Microsoft pushes UEFI-level telemetry as part of the Secure Boot requirements for Windows 12*