

In 10-20 years Microsoft may finally reach a point Windows finally gets a package manager with a well-defined package format, auto update, atomic transactions, just a few decades after Linux.


In 10-20 years Microsoft may finally reach a point Windows finally gets a package manager with a well-defined package format, auto update, atomic transactions, just a few decades after Linux.
An infinite loop canot be ruled out in the last case, so a compiler couldn’t optimize this away without potentially changing the program behavior.
The compiler will optimize it anyway. /s


Name the fonction after a war criminal.


If they sell 2 variants of the Steam Machine, they could remove HDMI from one , and just put it in the more expensive variant, to reflect the extra headaches and cost that comes from HDMI.
That’d encourage people to get screens with DisplayPort. Many computer screens have DP.


Or even better, drop HDMI support in favor of displayport


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I mostly agree. But would be more nuanced regarding Github Advanced Security.
Most features grouped under “Advanced Security” looks quite useful https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/learning-about-github/about-github-advanced-security Sadly Microsoft has to sneak copilot in there, but the rest of it looks good.
It’s probably possible to get most of these features while avoiding copilot by staying away from Github. There are other code hosting platforms, and most support CI pipelines. Scans can be added to pipelines even if those platforms don’t support scans out of the box.


Another reason to stay away from Google Discover.
RSS is the way to get news from online newspapers. It avoids the bias and nonsence injected by AI and algorithms when getting news via social media and big techs platforms.
Some actionnable suggestions :
Keep in mind this is free software provided without warranty. No one ows you a stable experience nor support. People are giving this software away and volonteering time and resources to make this happen. If there’s a bug and you need it fixed, please submit a bug report, ideally with a patch to fix it.


How many sigmas is “may”?


And then Microsoft gets annoyed when people don’t immediately start using Win 10, then Win 11.
Seeing the results, it looks like earlier versions had more QA done before the release, whereas nowaday a bigger part of QA is done by customers after the release.


Not surprising. Most Linux OSes are lightweight compared to Windows. And Moores’ Law slowed down in the last 10+ years.


Not satisfied with polluting earth with resource-hungry data centers, Google is looking into polluting earth’s orbit.


if a 100% effective cure (or preventative) for cancer comes around, what will be the next big goal?
Making the cure accessible. Some cancer treatments are more effective AND much more expensive. Companies may be looking for return on investment, or the treatment is tailor-made from the patient’s own cells, and inherently labor intensive and hard to produce.
Either way, curing 100% of the richest 5% who can afford it isn’t the most satifying outcome.


the printing process requires much less energy and produces many fewer greenhouse gas emissions than traditional TFT manufacturing methods
A carbon tax would make this kind of production process more viable commercially than more polluting processes.
It’s necessary not only to have the technology, but also the right insentives.
“Unfortunately, the National Science Foundation program that we were pursuing funding from to continue working on this, called the Future Manufacturing program, was cut earlier this year. But we’re hoping to find a fit in a different program in the near future.”
It sounds like the US may not even have the technology with cuts to research. Don’t be surprised if another country leapfrog the US again in electronics production.


Now, find an enzyme that can break down fossil fuel & plastic companies.


Contractual obligations and contract terms do not superseed laws. If anyone is doing something unlawful through Google or Amazon’s infrastructure, a NGO or union could sue in order to try to stop it.
The Chrome Web Store should be avoided for security. Google keeps failing at moderaring their store, at the same time kneecaping legitimate adblockers with manifest v3 in the name of security, and failing to remove actual malicious extension after both manual review and dislosure of its behaviour by outsiders.
Running Chrome without any extension isn’t ideal either, it would leave people without protection from malvertising and tracking. So better avoid Chrome altogether, use Firefox or Zen Browser or Tor Browser.