I guess sask. didn't get the news, covid is over. It's done, go back to normal. /s
Personally, I'd never use one of these scripts.
Most PCs have a windows key burned in to the BIOS.
https://www.howtogeek.com/660517/how-to-find-your-windows-10-product-key-using-the-command-prompt/
I'd start there and see if it can be used for 11 or upgraded through the versions. Then I'd take a "clean" backup and use that to re-install in the future, instead of a new ISO.
I've been trying to reach you about your car insurance.
Same, just login page.
I picked up an android phone off marketplace then resold it after I created the account. I don't mind if they think I'm someone else, in fact, I'd almost prefer it.
So, I'm self hosting basically this. I have a matrix server that is publicly accessible but I'm the only user on it. I'm also self hosting a handful of bridges, signal being one of them. I've played with the WhatsApp bridge, and I'm using an SMS/MMS bridge.
It's basically a man in the middle for all your chat apps. The Signal bridge software will login to your signal account and have full access to everything. The bridge works by watching all the decrypted messages and posting them to a matrix room. The matrix room may or may not be encrypted. This means you need to put a lot of faith into the bridge code and the people hosting the matrix server. The SMS/MMS bridge I use doesn't even support encrypted matrix rooms.
I personally would never use beeper. Even if I couldn't selfhost, I would not trust one person/company with centralized access to all my messages. I'm sure they have good intentions and would never do anything to abuse their position but I won't put anyone there.
I'm able to use an old android phone, without a sim, to avoid the SMS requirements.
What's your goal? To have a good ratio or to help seed obscure stuff?
I'd assume it's just self hosting stuff you didn't build. That's all I do at work, make sure the app our dev team created stays up and has resources to grow.
Some days I wonder if I should get out of tech altogether. I miss setting things up, getting deep into things I find fun. I feel work takes the fun out of it, honestly.
I'd love to volunteer somewhere that'll make the world better. Homeless shelter, food bank, etc. The problem is, how do I do this AND pay my bills AND have free time to relax?
I was torn between being a SysAdmin and a Dev. Went to school for SA and now I'm a Linux admin. No regrets and it was fun when I first started..... Now not so much.
I actually have fun pretending to be a Dev in my free time. Built a couple open source things and I enjoy it. I'll NEVER be a dev for my job.
South Park reference for something I found funny. Not much to it other then that.