If I used windows, I would totally do this....
I must be rich, I have 2 licenses.
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Who is still using WinRAR?
7z better
On Windows, NanaZip is even better. It’s a fork of 7zip focused on performance and UI improvements.
WINDOWS MENTIONED 🪟🪟🪟 WHAT THE FUCK IS STABILITY ⁉️‼️⁉️‼️⁉️‼️⁉️
I might be one of those odd people who wouldn't hide it, since I have no problems with telling family members to fuck off if they're cunts.
Family is who you treat like family. Just because this person is part of your family, and you're part of my family, that doesn't make them part of my family.
Besides, I would really love the idea of pissing some of them off.
You can tell them to fuck off, but they still may make nuisance of themselves doing frivolous legal shit with no standing that's just annoying to deal with
Jokes on them, I love playing "who's more petty?"
I bought it and another copy with the cd-rom. I've used it for so long, might as well pay.
Why would I waste money on winRAR when 7zip is open source and free right there?
I didn't know about 7z, but I had been using WinRAR for years and I was in a position to contribute.
7zip is just so far superior in every way, it's crazy people use anything else imo.
Lots of other software makes use of 7zip, because it's open source and free and you don't need to pay to be allowed to integrate it into your own software
I just use gzip because it's built-in
Same reason I use ark
A person of good taste, I see...
Peazip is also good for the same reasons 7zip is.
Better compression, password protected files, better speeds. So many features.
It's really sad honestly, there's so many alternatives to WinRAR and no one dares uses them.
Because winrar let’s you use it for free, it’s basically the best tactic to let your software stick.
Every other worthwhile one is also free and does not prompt you for purchase.
If you don't pay for WinRAR, the only thing it will do is show up notices to buy it. This is intentional, meant to prevent piracy. So it's more like a donation rather than a purchase.
I am in this picture (but I didn’t win the lottery 😢)
For real :? 😦
Yeah. After using it for me than a decade it was about time 😂 I like getting paid for my software too so why not give it back. I had to pay much more money for a lot shittier software in my live. Winrar at least just works.
Does WinRAR actually still exist? Is it in active development?
Yes and yes. They just released WinRAR 7.0.
I'd probably try to keep a lottery win quiet. I don't want relatives I don't like crawling out of the woodwork clamoring for my money.
I mean, I wouldn't give them any regardless, but I just don't want that hassle.
"and you said your name was uncle... Bruce was it? who was your dad again?"
Depending on the state it could be hard, California makes it all public.
That's the fun thing. I don't live in a state. :)
If I won the lottery, someone would notice something seriously wrong when they see someone who was previously poor buying brand new motorcycles, a sports car, a house, and donating a crazy amount of money to open source.
For me, I'd be paying off the mortgage and buying new IT gear for my home, and setting myself up with passive income so I don't need a job anymore.
If it was enough of a win, I may buy a new property and rebuild my house on it.... Making a few small additions and renovations along the way. Stuff we already want to do, but don't have the money for... The only big benefit would be that the house would be built on quite a bit more land than my current home. The lack of land was one of the things I wanted that I had to give up because of the other requirements we had, so being able to get what we have (which we need) and a bit more land would be perfect. Sell this old house and move into the new one.
Beyond that, any money I have left over would probably be spent to pay off friends debts and mortgages.... One friend is still renting. He's in a great place and his current rent is well below the average for his area, but the land owner is an older lady, and I would want to ensure he has the same security for a place to live as I have. I'd probably try to buy the place from the lady at market cost, and she can stay renting there as long as she likes, at very low rent, just as she has afforded to my friend for all this time.
When she decides to depart, instead of renting the place again, I'd renovate it, and gift the whole house to my friend. He would go from occupying a small basement apartment to owning the whole house. From there he can either take over the whole home, or rent out the upstairs and keep things as they are. It's up to him.
I have a few other ideas but I haven't even played the lottery in a long while.
Only if you continued to live in the same place.
I would lay down a good false trail. For the 6 months it'd take me to quietly setup trusts and discreetly get the money. I'd be telling everyone and convincing them I'd gone full on prepper and was moving to Montana and prepper compound there. My "new" car would be from the 70's so it'd work after the EMP blasts. Stuff like that.
One day I'm gone and they'd be like that crazy guy did it....
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