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- 17 days
The.Odyssey.full.bluray.rip.avi.exe
Old tricks still work
Edit - Oh shit that’s exactly what they did.
The most popular initial executable was distributed through torrent trackers under many different names (for example,
the odyssey (2026) [1080p] [webrip] [5.1].exe),A big part of why this works, I think, is because windows hides extensions by default.
- WagnasT@piefed.worldEnglish17 days
Windows hiding the file extensions drives me insane, from a security as well as a usability standpoint. It’s such a stupid default.
16 daysThis design choice has caused so much grief over the years. I absolutely hate it
- Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish17 days
Well, we’re back at the same general level of computer literacy we were at the turn of the century so…
- 17 days
Worse, I’d argue. They’re so easy to use; in the 2000s there were still some skills involved. Mobile devices really dumbed things down.
- spy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish17 days
They forgot to analyze it. “Hey LLM, is this executable file a good version of the odyssey?”
The Wine configuration in /home/user/.wine is being updated, please wait…
- DeadEndLink@lemmy.caEnglish16 days
Imagine opening a janky movie file with wine…
I’m a techno vegetable and I wouldn’t even do that.
