Well, most nights, sunlight still bounces off the moon before it hits the earth and its inhabitants. This could imply that the sunlight is only dangerous to a vampire prior to interacting with another solid object. If one is willing to assume that the lens and its various filters qualify as a solid object, that could explain the lack of death.

Presumably the only reason they don’t employ this loophole on Earth is because an astronaut just walking around would draw unwanted attention.

Alternatively, perhaps the vampire keeps its back towards the nearest star at all times.

I’m old enough to have been a fan of Buffy, but didn’t watch TV back then. I also enjoy some modern pop music but, in the vast majority of cases, have never seen the artists. I’m also terminally bad at faces even if I have seen them (I’ve had to ask my wife whether a picture of her was her; she took it well).

I did actually recognize Alyson Hanigan, since she has a few distinctive expressions and features, but had no idea of the rest.

All that said to say: thanks for the explanation; me not getting the joke or reference doesn’t mean it was a bad one.

While grateful for the explanation, I find myself no less confused.

An incredibly solid point.

Unacceptable.

You are correct! My client screwed me up. Thanks for helping to explain my mistake.

I was actually wondering, when the previous commenter referenced the setup menu, if the shift+F10 thing still worked. I know it brings up the command prompt in the install interface, but in case you didn’t know, it also brings up the command prompt in general use Windows. (Or it used to. Again, I’m very out of date on the subject.)

I think “not hard, just annoying” means that anything tech related is out of reach for most people, unfortunately. Plus, to be honest, most people probably won’t care about or see a problem with Microsoft forcing an online account on them. I’m happy they’re happy, but their privacy ends not with a bang, but a whimper.

Similar concept. Your theory has merit.

I forgot I had made this post and was … Thoroughly confused by this response.

Ah, fair enough.

I haven’t used, or especially installed, Windows in years. Wasn’t sure if what I described was still the case. Good to know there’s still a way, though, in case I get desperate!

This may not still be true, but previously if you disconnected or removed the NIC during installation, after some haranguing you could setup a local account. (Note that this is still obviously bad, but if you need a solution, it might provide one.)

I would have guessed “bro for fucking real” or something like that … But whatever I came up with would have just been a guess.

Not sure this is true … But mainly due to nuance.

I think everyone who has reached adulthood has done bad things worthy of atonement (not because minors can’t be bad, just to set a line), regardless of whether that’s because they’re a bad person or because they made poor decisions. I think of myself as a good person - because I try to better the lives of those around me - but I can think of plenty of bad things I’ve done (primarily out of ignorance or foolishness - I don’t think I’ve ever acted with the intent of hurting someone).

I’m not trying to atone for those things; once I realized they were bad things, I did my best to fix them and once I did everything I could, I moved on (and hoped the other participants did as well). In some cases, continuing to try to atone for bad acts would have exacerbated the consequences if the other party just wanted to move on.

My mom, who was a big fan of aphorisms, used to say “if you mess up, apologize if you should, fix it if you can, and move on.” I try to live by this.

So, to reiterate the nuance: I try to fix bad things I’ve done if I can; I try to learn from them so I don’t do them again; but I don’t live my life trying to atone for them.

I do like the sentiment behind your post, in case you think us philosophically opposed.

Ancient video time!

https://youtu.be/yWYvl_AIIbU

Austin Evans tried this.

He deemed it unnecessary, IIRC.

I don’t know if it is, but you can always just use yt-dlp or something similar.

It’s just the special effects department showing off.

I also am curious.

It was probably the Technology Connections one. Even if not, I strongly recommend his channel.

https://youtu.be/udNXMAflbU8

Hmm, my client has recently changed how it interacts with usernames when clicked. I think that interfered with this post.