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Why is every imageboard except 4chan dead? 4chan is the worst one:
>no tor, vpn, or proxy use
>countdown captcha
>automated spam bot and ai problem (which never happened before the countdown captcha)
>random banning and shutting down boards like /qa/ for no reason
>many such examples
The second most active imageboard still has 5 years old posts still active and live.

That's it. I'm switching back to Windows.

4chan will die in your lifetime

gaki board

It started when I was 12 years old. I noticed my father's Mac Pro below his desk. Perturbed, I asked him "father why do you have a Mac?" (I was a Plebdows user at the time who didn't understand technology). "Well you see son, they're just better. They're built better. They're based on Unix..." but the words were meaningless to me because I was young. I didn't understand.

My father is a career long software dev btw.

Over the years I ignored his advice. What does my father know anyway. I hopped on the Android train to be a hipster (I was all about the HTC Evo rave; when I rooted it though to have the functionality of the iPhone I bricked permanently). I called my iPhone friends dumb because they "overpaid" (a classic Android cope).

I then purchased my first laptop. A Lenovo Thinkpad. I'm not an idiot, why should I get a Mac. I suffered through its sluggishness, bloat, and aesthetic vomit (characteristic of all Windows operating systems) for years. I tried Loonix but it wasn't much better, it constantly ran into problems plus my xz-utils package got compromised by a Chinese hacker.

That was until I met my girlfriend (now my wife), Lizzie. Lizzie needed help on her coding assignment. Blushing, she handed me her MacBook Pro in the lecture hall. What I saw was the beautiful thing I've ever laid my eyes upon.

It was sexy, built of the finest aluminum in the universe. At the same time it was lightweight, like a feather (I couldn't believe you could fit the world's best processor in that thing). The keyboard... it was like humans evolved to use it. The user interface was brilliant, you could tell people actually took care into making it. The retina display showed me colors I didn't even know existed. I played with her system. I couldn't believe the seamlessness of the App Store and Unix shell. I took care of her problem: An uninitialized pointer. Then I went to the Apple Store and got a MacBook Pro myself.

Never looked back.

I have an Apple iPhone 11 as well as a Google Pixel 6.

My boyfriend wanted to buy me a smartwatch for my birthday, it was his idea, so I spent a lot of time researching what to get.

I decided on the Apple Watch, because it seemed to have the most accurate sleep tracking and heart rate monitoring, and those things were the most important to me.

I had decided to get the SE2, but then my bf suggested I get the S9 (which is double the price, and I NEVER would’ve even considered getting it on my own)…

So I did a bit more research and figured the ECG it comes with would be cool to have, as well as the temperature measure for cycle tracking, the always on display and the pink colour it came in seemed to suit me better…

So I decided to get the S9 and I ordered it but I noticed on the Apple Watch subreddit it seems the newest update has infinite bugs and a lot of people are having issues with their watches.

I’m starting to think I’ve made a mistake.. in addition, in order to be able to use the S9 I had to update my iPhone from iOS 16 to 17, and now it’s super slow and laggy and has so many bugs.

I don’t know if they’ll ever fix the bugs or if I just permanently ruined my phone that I’ve only had for a few years.

All this has me wondering wtf I should do now- should I return the watch and get a Pixel watch instead? But those seem to have many issues too.

Please help need advice

> influencers were not allowed to feature Pixel products alongside competitors
>"if it appears other brands are being preferred over the Pixel, we will need to cease the relationship between the brand and the creator.”

YOU BETTER SHOW OFF THE PIXEL OR YOU ARE DEAD YOU HEAR ME DEAD

IF I SEE AN IPHONE OR A SAMSUNG ANYWHERE IN YOUR PIXEL VIDEOS I WILL END YOU

i'm buying a new phone for around 500 euros (~500 usd). the main candidates at the moment are iphone 13 and pixel 8a.
does anyone here own one of them? which one should i go for? i'm leaning slightly toward the iphone for probable better build quality and camera. though the 8a does have a 120 hz panel and is of usb c.
i haven't considered any chinese options yet, but i don't think they can do better for this price.

FAQ:
>How do I activate Windows?
https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts
HWID2 mimics a valid Windows installation to generate a permanent legitimate license
>and Office?
Same link, use Ohook option
You can also use Office.com if your needs are very minimal
or try OnlyOffice/LibreOffice and set it to save in MSOffice file formats

>What version should I install?
W10 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2021
-10 years support on IoT LTSC, EoL 2032
-5 years on LTSC
-Binary identical to Enterprise except no MS Store and no bloat apps
-If you need MS Store run this in cmd: wsreset -i
-ISO: 4.5GB

W10/W11 Home/Pro/Edu/Enterprise
-Avoid
-Only 1.5-2 yrs support
-No control over updates
-Preinstalled bloatware apps (games, music, news, weather, onedrive, start menu ads, etc)
*W11 specific
*Massive UI usability downgrades
*Removed features and reduced performance in Taskbar and Explorer
*Recall bloat
-ISOs: 6.4~6.6GB

W11 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2024
-Leak is an official pre-release OEM testing ISO, likely updates to retail on launch
-10 years support, EoL 2035
-Only if you fell for the 12th+ gen Intel meme and need the new CPU scheduler
-Same UI downgrades as regular W11
-ISO: 4.2GB

>ISOs:
Windows IoT LTSC https://pastebin.com/ywkasnhM
Windows https://pastebin.com/nUMgAr0b
Office https://pastebin.com/G8w5qu6z

>Should I debloat / build my own ISO?
If you need to ask, then no, you WILL break something
If you know what you're doing:
https://pastebin.com/S5VKBirt

>Windows/Office install guide
https://rentry.org/windowsinstallguide

>Portable programs & reinstall-proofing
https://pastebin.com/Zh7WSbJ2

>Useful programs (new install, essentials, utilities, adobe, etc)
https://pastebin.com/hN8nnwns

>I miss Windows##
OpenShell/RetroBar/WinClassic/StartIsBack

WinInfo&OtherPastas:
https://rentry.org/fwt
https://rentry.org/ltsc
Change to .co if links don't work

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