Notices by atlas_core (atlas@hollow.raccoon.quest)

@nyanide@lab.nyanide.com The "SHA 2 Update" is an actual official update that needs to be downloaded before being able to access the service... for Windows 7. I don't think Vista has it, afaik the last TLS it supports is 1.1, so MAYBE that's what that patch script is doing?

@nyanide@lab.nyanide.com That's a very valid question, actually. I see a few other posts/forums mentioning it online, but I don't actually know.
I recall the script also offering to modify WU to fetch Server 2008 patches as well.

@nyanide@lab.nyanide.com I didn't have ANY Vista/7 computers in 2021 or 2022, definitely didn't do that. I remember this was the guide I used, and it worked pretty reliably: https://adventuresinnostalgia.blogspot.com/2022/08/fixing-windows-update-for-windows-vista.html
It could also be that I had my CMOS battery die and so the computer thought it was in December 1980. I dunno. Could be a whole mess of things.

@nyanide@lab.nyanide.com I was able to fully update a system after some prerequisites just a year ago. Odd...

What the fuck since when did Microsoft shut off the Windows Update servers for Vista? I remember it was more than possible to get fully up to date after installing a few updates manually...

@nyanide@lab.nyanide.com Just tested, works just fine. Might be some features I haven't noticed missing, but Wikiless already lacks a few superficial features (e.g. hovering over a blue link for a preview).

Wikipedia has become such an insufferable service, thank all things holy for Wikiless proxies and WikiReader on Android.

@dushman I remember having set up something like that in my house. Everyone complained that they couldn't use their apps. At least now I can just add a DNS-over-HTTPS setting on my devices to Mullvad's ad blocking, privacy DNS, that works shockingly well, even blocking Meta stuff on a Meta Quest.

@dushman I'd say that is very sane.

@dushman it disables lots of annoyances and enables lots of privacy features, all by itself, which is great and why I keep using it.
The thing that pisses me off the most, is it prioritizes paranoid privacy over convenience/usability; it disables search suggestions, browser history, storing cookies after a restart, among other things. Surprisingly never really had an issue with RFP beyond "ah fuck I have to install Dark Reader because nothing is in dark mode and this shitty app doesn't have a manual toggle" or "no, it is not currently midnight (it fucks up timezones on purpose)"

I forget Arkenfox by default is designed to be the most insufferable config ever made.

@Calvin@minidisc.tokyo it's hard to describe, it makes the scrolling less linear/harsh and more weighted, slow.
I attached a video showing the difference (left is modified, right is stock).
(repost to encode in MP4 instead of MKV)

dear fucking lord HL2 has Workshop support now.
so it's time to make shit as bad as L4D2.