Today in adventures in computers: 

  • I tried making the update to 21H1 easier on myself by using an ISO, because I expected the update to be huge. Said installer tried checking for updates, which seemed weird when it ought to just install what it has.
  • I tried doing the update the normal way and in the end it was only 5MB.
  • Firefox has been having trouble with youtu[.]be links lately, giving EOF errors. Even fresh profiles weren't changing things. Finally found a post that said to toggle the DNS/proxy settings, and it worked.
  • For whatever reason, Twitter videos don't pop up their volume control on my Surface, but they work fine on my desktop. This is regardless of Firefox profile, addons, or anything, so this is beyond me.
  • I learned that Windows 11 is absolutely not worth going anywhere near: pcworld.com/article/539183/win
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