• SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      18·
      27 days ago

      My computer class teacher did the opposite

      He claimed that you can delete all the big exe files, as they are not needed as just take up space

      He’d love demonstrate it on the school computer, but it didn’t boot right now, “for some reason”

      He was not a good CS teacher

      • outerzenith@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        9·
        27 days ago

        lmfao, I wonder if the school even check the teacher’s background

        I think he meant the installer files, not the actual .exe that launched the game, but who knows

        • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          10·
          27 days ago

          yeah, I think he heard the shortcut thing somewhere and completely misunderstood it.

          tbf, this is now 25 years ago, so computers were still quite a novelty in regular schools, let alone have teachers that know about them. I think he was just a math teacher before

      • M1k3y@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        4·
        24 days ago

        There is a folder on your PC containing lots of junk from the old 32 bit era that you don’t need on modern PCs: system32.

        So if you need some disc space …

    • MacAnus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      7·
      27 days ago

      Thanks for reminding me, I did that on a floppy disk once and was so proud at first…
      Thats how you learn I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

        • outerzenith@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          3·
          27 days ago

          I think there are games that are simply a single .exe file, so copying that does work, I think I have one in Windows XP era and just left it on the desktop for easy access lol

  • adarza@lemmy.caEnglish
    43·
    27 days ago

    bonzibuddy would be a welcome change from all this ai bullshit that’s getting thrown at us.

    • dmention7@midwest.socialEnglish
      5·
      27 days ago

      I’m convinced that private trackers are the pirating equivalent to snipe hunting.

      Like, I’m sure they exist, but mostly just for sake of trolling casuals who aren’t willing to spend hours and hours min-maxxing their client and torrent list.