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miek • today at 6:42 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

My aunt pulled a Windows XP computer out of storage recently because she's sick of Win 11. I'm excited to hear updates from my cousin (though unfortunately, I have to expect this experiment will fail)


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stackghost • today at 7:00 PM

I hope she doesn't log into anything important on that computer because it's unlikely it can be made sufficiently secure for today's internet.

edit: sigh, HN's dogshit rate limit mechanism impedes meaningful conversation yet again. It's dangerous to go alone, take this: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2413170/why-you-should-never...

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