I haven’t had to pay extra yet, but I am anticipating that being a thing soon. But I do have to drive further to get to a bank that still has a notary.

My bank recently switched all of its tellers with a row of ATMs inside the bank. I think this is kind of what they’re talking about.

II’m sure you’re joking, but it’s probably worth pointing out that very little about our society has changed in the last hundred years or so.

I do. But, I recognize that preference is personal so I try not to shame people for the desktop environment they prefer.

I’ve tried KDE, and others, multiple times in the last 20 years or so and it’s just never felt as polished to me as Gnome does. When Gnome 3 came out I spent quite a bit of time with Mate because I didn’t like the new Gnome. But eventually I got used to it and it got better.

Typically, for new Linux users, I recommend Gnome for Mac people and KDE for Windows people.

Admittedly, the morality of this particular point probably relies on further context. On its face, I suppose you’re correct. However, it’s worth pointing out that for instance the only reason DOS was chosen is because Bill Gates’ Mom was on the IBM board (also because the owners of Digital Research blew it, but that’s a story for another time). Further, IBM had funded Microsoft pretty heavily to help development of the NT kernel with super cushy terms because of the aforementioned relationship with the board. So while, yes, on the one hand you could classify this as competition and it’s a little hard to feel bad for giant corporations, on the other hand this was Bill Gates being a twat and taking advantage of what was essentially a favor. There’s a reason the movie about him and Steve Jobs back in the day was called “Pirates of Silicon Valley“.

I was once told that I could have meetings all day because I had all night to finish my code.

Story time: There was another operating system very much like Windows called OS/2. This operating system was made by IBM and Microsoft. It even had DOS and NT kernel compatibility and is where the NT kernel came from. While MS and IBM were working on OS/2 MS secretly developed Windows and made deals with third-party PC manufacturers like HP and Compaq for them to run Windows and not OS/2. Despite the fact that Microsoft was where it was then because IBM had chosen DOS for its PC operating system until that time.

OS/2 still got an interesting life though. It was widely used as an embedded operating system well into the 2000s. If you ever used an ATM or cash register in the early 2000s you almost certainly used OS/2.

Windows did not get where it is today through organic growth. It did so by standing on the shoulders of giants and dealing under the table.

So are you just shaming people based on where they live or what?

As opposed to what? The number of places that have a store that sells Pepto-Bismol is far higher than the number of places that can afford public transit.

That is what Heroic is for.

Exactly, that and the “we are a [insert product name here] shop” mentality. The things I have had to fight for over the years are mind boggling.

All of my degree was in C, C++, C#, Java, etc. and the one class I had that did web applications did Java backends and middleware with PHP frontends. It wasn’t until I got into the industry that I had to learn Angular, Electron, React, Django, etc.

I don’t think it’s the devs making these decisions.

3 or 4 days of day-drinking, eating like crap, staying up late, being outside in the sun on probably one of the hottest weeks of the year while probably not drinking enough water

That’s pretty much what I figured was happening. Dehydration is no joke.

Did you? They said they won’t release it and gave no timeline for release and their stock went up…

You are just moving the goalpost now.

Anthropic just proved you wrong on that one.

What does being American have to do with getting special treats while out of school for rare events?

I’ve never been to a music festival. It’s always been too expensive. But, having been other places, I can’t imagine what could possibly be so tiring about it unless you just aren’t taking care of yourself.

They won the prize for an AI they made in the early 2000s.

I can’t tell if you’ve totally understood what I meant or are trying to make a joke. For the record I meant egg soaked bread with no sugar or cream would probably be really gross. I do eat plain eggs, but this would be the first time that I’ve heard about savory French toast if that’s what you meant.

I didn’t say it was finished. I said people had won a Nobel prize for having done it. It takes decades to win a Nobel prize. My point was that it had been done years and years ago, not recently.