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Windows is the same now. Due to "new and better" approach, each program puts its data in 5 different folders for "multi user" reasons. What is infuriating tha

by rvba 7mo ago

Windows is the same now. Due to "new and better" approach, each program puts its data in 5 different folders for "multi user" reasons. What is infuriating that all those folders are hidden and all of them are on C: drive. So your C: drive gets clogged. This makes it impossible to track how much space each program uses. (On a side note its been years since floppy drives were the A: drive... and yet we are still stuck with the primary disk being called C:)

dylan604 7mo ago
> (On a side note its been yeara since floppy drives were the A: drive... and yet we are still stuck with the primary disc being called C:) The logic behind that is pretty obvious isn't it?
- klez 7mo ago
  Unless you mean retrocompatibility, no it's not that obvious to me.
  - maccard 7mo ago
    I think it's clearly back compatability.
  - dylan604 7mo ago
    yes. obviously, if your whole entire being and everything known about your os is that the main drive where the os is installed is c:\, then suddenly changing that to a:\ because floppy drives fell out of fashion would being nothing short of absolute chaos. you'd be amazed at the number of times c:\ is hard coded into things. It would be like swapping the brake and accelerator pedals. It would be like switching the sky to green and grass to blue. It would be total anarchy. Okay, maybe it wouldn't be that bad, but it wouldn't be good. At least for the dolt that called their system drive a:\
- thesuitonym 7mo ago
  If you plug a USB floppy drive in, and put a diskette in it, it's still A:.
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mikestew 7mo ago
On a similar note, I wondered if my week Mac still called the main volume “Macintosh HD”. Yup. When is the last time Apple marketed their computers as “Macintosh”? And when’s the last time they sold one with a “hard drive”?
noAnswer 7mo ago
What is infuriating is that programmers that make 6 figures not knowing the diff between AppData\Local and \Roaming. I'm the ass that gets the support call. I'm getting accused of delivering shit. I'm the guy that needs to write workaround scripts.

by rvba 7mo ago

dylan604 7mo ago

> (On a side note its been yeara since floppy drives were the A: drive... and yet we are still stuck with the primary disc being called C:) The logic behind that is pretty obvious isn't it?

klez 7mo ago
Unless you mean retrocompatibility, no it's not that obvious to me.
- maccard 7mo ago
  I think it's clearly back compatability.
- dylan604 7mo ago
  yes. obviously, if your whole entire being and everything known about your os is that the main drive where the os is installed is c:\, then suddenly changing that to a:\ because floppy drives fell out of fashion would being nothing short of absolute chaos. you'd be amazed at the number of times c:\ is hard coded into things. It would be like swapping the brake and accelerator pedals. It would be like switching the sky to green and grass to blue. It would be total anarchy. Okay, maybe it wouldn't be that bad, but it wouldn't be good. At least for the dolt that called their system drive a:\
thesuitonym 7mo ago
If you plug a USB floppy drive in, and put a diskette in it, it's still A:.

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mikestew 7mo ago

On a similar note, I wondered if my week Mac still called the main volume “Macintosh HD”. Yup. When is the last time Apple marketed their computers as “Macintosh”? And when’s the last time they sold one with a “hard drive”?

noAnswer 7mo ago

What is infuriating is that programmers that make 6 figures not knowing the diff between AppData\Local and \Roaming. I'm the ass that gets the support call. I'm getting accused of delivering shit. I'm the guy that needs to write workaround scripts.