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oscars: self back patting and minorities' appeasement; absolutely nothing to do with movies.
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The reason is to promote movies and Hollywood among the panther population.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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I dunno about academy awards, but it was a good and fun movies.
Further half of the awards are awarded to the most successful movie on the box office... so there is that, since Black Panther made a killing (at the box office).
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A while back, I upgraded my grandfather to Windows 10. He was running an old, old install of Windows 7 that was as slow as molasses. At the time, upgrade to Windows 10 were still free. So when I went to put an SSD in his computer, I figured I may as well bring him up to Windows 10 as well.
Although many people dislike Windows 10, it has been mostly great for him. It has been fast, it has been stable, and it hasn't become infested with malware.
But there's one thing that nearly ruins it for him.
When I ran the Windows 10 upgrade, it removed the old FreeCell game and replaced it with the flashy Microsoft Solitaire Collection, which include a fancy new FreeCell with more animations, uglier cards, annoying sound effects, and integration with your XBox account.
Now, my grandfather is no luddite, but he liked his old FreeCell. It was dependable. It worked. And he really has no desire to create an XBox account so he can duke it out with his buddies to see who is highest on the FreeCell leaderboard.
No big deal, though. It's extremely easy to re-install the old FreeCell app, and get rid of the new Solitaire app.
But every time there's a major Windows update, the installer goes out of its way to hunt down and eliminate all traces of the old FreeCell application and replace it with the newest version of Microsoft Solitaire Collection™.
Come on, Microsoft! If I'm running Windows 10, and I've gone out of my way to acquire and install the super-old FreeCell app, it's probably because I really. I don't appreciate you bundling a FreeCell assassin agent into the Windows 10 installer that mercilessly hunts down and destroys my grandfather's favourite game every time there's a big update.
Now I'm going to have to go and create a super-secret portable hack of FreeCell that stays out of the registry and disguises itself well enough to escape the reach of the Windows 10 installer's roving FreeCell hit squads.
On a side note, I hope you're all having a terrific weekend!
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When i was running win7, I was using the freecell and spider solitaire from XP. That version isn't tied to the OS.
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copy over (from 7) cards.dll and freecell.exe.
easy, shmeasy.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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You said "Although many people dislike Windows 10"
This, and other things related to Unwanted Automatic CorrUpdates is why.
Join the club.
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Ryan Peden wrote: Now I'm going to have to go and create a super-secret portable hack of FreeCell that stays out of the registry and disguises itself well enough to escape the reach of the Windows 10 installer's roving FreeCell hit squads.
Or give this a go -> Get Windows 7 games for Windows 10[^].
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That's actually the one I've been using. The Windows 10 updater is able to hunt down the games installed that way and eliminate them.
This time, I also copied FreeCell to a different directory after running the installer. So we'll see if that helps it avoid being purged next time.
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was gonna say copy them elsewhere and maybe even rename.
next make a zip file with all the files and shortcuts - in case future updates still eliminate some/all items
then a well secured remote desktop or anydesk for yourself so you can do it from home & work (busy or too early to go over for dinner etc).
can even leave a shortcut to the zip for your grandad to do the same by himself.
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Automate the file extraction and put it in one of the many auto-run locations, and you never even have to think about it ever again.
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I just copied them over manually onto the Windows 10 system(s), and created my own links. Microsoft is kept well out of the loop
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The FAI has just announced a benefit for injured Liverpool fan Sean Cox.
Trouble is one of the players on the Irish side is listed as Kevin Foley.
So it could be the little known Kevin Foley (footballer) - Wikipedia[^] or the very well known (in Ireland)
[Kevin Foley - Gaelic Footballer] who is both a contemporary of Mr Cox, and from the same area.
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I just ordered a... PIANO! 
Back when I was in school I played the drums and I even had piano lessons when I was like 15 or 16 years old (I just realized that's half my lifetime ago!  )
I haven't played the drums in years and it will be very difficult now with the neighbors and all.
But I miss making music and I also miss having a hobby other than (writing about) programming, studying or watching Netflix (which, apart from Netflix, is just more work, and Netflix isn't really a hobby, but laziness).
So I decided to pick up piano again 
It's going to be a digital piano: PX-870 - Privia Series | Casio Music Gear[^]
I'm pretty excited!
In a few weeks/months/years these hands of mine will create beautiful code AND beautiful music!
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Wow, nice!
And if you get lazy...
Quote: 60 songs are included in the built-in Music Library
You can have it play some music for you!
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And still hit the keys so it looks like I'm playing it 
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Nice!  Next step, get a MIDI interface and hook it to the 'puter. That's good for teaching software and also for working with alternate waveforms through a virtual synthesizer. Beware though, with the MIDI, you may have to tweak sound card settings, and even then there tends to be a perceptible latency.
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My next step will be to actually learn how to play the piano 
It's nice that as a techie your first impulse is to fiddle with the MIDI interface and hook up computers though 
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Congrats!
About six months ago my son started piano (PX-135) the weighted keys are really nice, well he's starting to sound a lot better the last month or so. I started guitar at the same time...and I still completely suck, good gawd it's difficult, but I'm actually beginning to enjoy the struggle.
Have fun! 
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For some reason six strings on a guitar sounds harder than 88 keys on a piano
If you're playing an electric guitar just turn on feedback and tell people you're playing metal, no one will hear you suck 
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Sander Rossel wrote: So I decided to pick up piano again
It's going to be a digital piano: PX-870 - Privia Series | Casio Music Gear[^]
So it's body building AND playing piano
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Lopatir wrote: So it's body building
Never again, every time I start physical exercise I get stressed and unhappy and quit after like two months 
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Very cool indeed.
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