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Cool so we can just make up our own rules now. Well, all Microsoft products are freeware now because the same reason this guy

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Windows XP code was leaked 2 years ago, so it’s freeware according to this idi… stable genius .

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Ok… so from now on … when I see a “repackaged” Microsoft product that for some reason… which I don’t care to know… doesn’t ask for a payment… I can use it without restrictions ?!! that’s really nice of you Microsoft … thank you.

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You heard it here folks. Microsoft says if you find something online, it’s free.

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Which is why I boycott as hard as I can every service this evil corporation provides (migrate your MS GitHub project away now so I can delete this account too)

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Microsoft is in a death spiral.

Even my coworkers who are complete idiots with technology, who actively sabotage themselves every time they touch any piece of hardware and software, have soured entirely on nearly every Microsoft product across the board.

Its funny how quickly people change their minds when they dont understand the technology on a deeper level. Its just: “this is frustrating now I hate it” and no further thought.

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@JCreazy @sabreW4K3 I have found a key for windows 11 together with its source code that means that its free now right? :ablobcatreach:

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Always was.

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Fair, then everything I can find on the Internet must be freeware too. Set the sails, matey!

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No officer, this is not a pirated movie. It’s generated by an AI model I created and trained with data from the internet and the fact that it’s 99% identical to an existing movie is irrelevant.

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my AI is so good, it generated one that’s 100% identical

plus my AI uses less than 99% of the electricity of Microsoft’s

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Can I just call lossy compression AI and use this as a defense?

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It is an algorithm… So yes.

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Also, this ground breaking AI model I made to do this was umm accidentally erased and I also forgot how to do make it.

Jury: “seems reasonable”

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As one person on Mastodon said, “AI is a toxic industry created by toxic people with toxic ideals”.

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I wouldn’t go that far. As it turns out AI is a buzz word and buzz words have little meaning

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Yea I thought about that too. But apparently some people find “AI” useful.

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If an LLM can save me 30 minutes writing nice emails and responses and help me brainstorm, debug, or elucidate my thoughts then it is very useful.

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I find LLMs very useful

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It’s freeware until someone else take m$ content without paying them, then it’s copyright infringement.

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