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Please write your software in such a

2026-07-13 17:40:02.820486+02 by Dan Lyke 1 comments

Please write your software in such a way that I'm not using screen grab to pull the logo and then Google image search to try to figure out what app that's got startup hooks into my machine is asking me to log in...

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#Comment Re: made: 2026-07-13 21:01:32.362797+02 by: spc476

Dan! How dare you think you own your own computer! Just because The Powers That Be are magnanimous in allowing you the use of a computer doesn't mean it's yours to do as you please! Get with the times!

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