hulitu

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by hulitu 5mo ago
> Google > Accessible UI Contradiction in terms. How many years Google needs to put an "ok" or "cancel" button on a modal dialog box instead of wasting every time 5 seconds of my life ?
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by hulitu 5mo ago
Nothing, just the typical "the others are to blame".
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by hulitu 5mo ago
> Bugs are finite, at some point they'll just all be patched and you'll be left with bug-free software From "The Tao of programming": "The highest sounds are hardest to hear. Going forward is a way to retreat. Gr
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by hulitu 5mo ago
US tech companies pay well, the cost of living is increasing, so politicians have to think about the future.
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by hulitu 5mo ago
Wonderful. Black screen with 4 buttons at the bottom.
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by hulitu 5mo ago
> They were 32-bit multitasking OSes that could host multiple DOS VMs In theory, yes. Yet some games could not run in those "DOS VMs" because not enough real memory was available, which means that they weren't real VMs. Th
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by hulitu 5mo ago
> I'm sick and tired of people trying to justify piracy You will have a hard time adapting to the AI era.
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by hulitu 5mo ago
A couple of millions are enough to grant you special treatment. Especially when you know where to "invest" some of them.
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by hulitu 5mo ago
A lot of todays UX/UI designers have a lot to learn from these OSs. Apollo had a "UX" which didn't get in the way of the user, customizable ( i know, not in fashion anymore). Apollo had a multitasking, multiuser network
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by hulitu 5mo ago
> The maturity brought upon us homogenized experience. This is "hunter gatherer experience": click an element, see if it does something (opens a link, displays a menu), see if it brings any value. Such a waste of human life.
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by hulitu 5mo ago
> companies can take what I make, without my consent Welcome to "democracy". Of course, _we_ decide what "democracy" is and how (and if) we apply it in your unfortunate, individual case.
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by hulitu 5mo ago
So plenty of time to fix bugs. Or backdoors
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by hulitu 5mo ago
> which part of the government the same one who takes care of Cisco ? and Google ? and ...
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by hulitu 5mo ago
Judge denies.
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by hulitu 5mo ago
> Automatic updates are not bad No. They are not bad. They are terrible. Forgot to test your SW or a state actor just discovered your backdoor ? Wait till i finish my work. Don't interrupt me, be more careful next time.
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by hulitu 5mo ago
> Windows didn't even get multiple desktops until Windows 10. Being used with fvwm, i tried to use them in Win 10. Boy, it was such a mess. Keyboard shortcuts were horrible, overview of where your windows were was horrible.
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by hulitu 5mo ago
They could, but they change their mind every couple of years. It is a generic problem in SW development. See CADT.
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by hulitu 5mo ago
Win11 is dog slow. Even on ssds. Maybe it is linked to the insane number of svchost.exe instances and telemetry processes. Try running Win 11 on a SMR spinning disk.
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by hulitu 5mo ago
> mSzyfr was touted by the government as "the first secure instant messenger fully under Polish jurisdiction." So only "under Polish jurisdiction". There ia no guaranty that it is developed in Poland. > It does, ho
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by hulitu 5mo ago
No. Extinguish. They already introduced SystemD (svchost) and are now "taking care" of the windowing system.
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by hulitu 5mo ago
> This article fails to mention GrapheneOS. From Wikipedia: "GrapheneOS[b] (/ˈɡræfiːn.oʊˈɛs/) is a free and open-source, privacy- and security-focused, Android-based operating system" So still Android.
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by hulitu 5mo ago
> They've essentially gotten roped into maintaining a huge chunk of internet infrastructure, for free My tears started flowing when I saw this. Shouldn't we pay Google for using _our_ data that it shameless steals ? And I also
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by hulitu 5mo ago
> Nobody can demonstrably prove the security of Apple’s hardware platform There was an article from Kasperrsky about a HW backdoor at Apple.
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by hulitu 5mo ago
> From everything I've heard, running LTSC is not a good idea for a daily-driver pc. With a bit of OOShut10, Windhawk, OoAppBuster and a bit of security policy (gpedit.msc) is bearable.
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by hulitu 5mo ago
They do. It is 3d borders that they are strugling with. And borders bigger than 1px are impossible. /s
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by hulitu 5mo ago
> Why do modern OSes need so much power and RAM anyway? Because code writers are lazy and prefer to use 20 levels of abstraction or a 5MB library for a simple function.
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by hulitu 5mo ago
> Any reason why? The 2d design of modern interfaces is terrible. Everything looks like a "Label". Scrollbars are terrible. Light gray on dark gray. And, worst of all, they need 3d acceleration to draw a bloody 2d label.
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by hulitu 5mo ago
> Google does better UIX software maybe in a parallel universe.
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by hulitu 5mo ago
> The security at all costs folks What security ? Those programs will run any piece of bytes thrown at them.
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by hulitu 5mo ago
> please note that consumer rights do not apply to contracts between you and this developer. Google, being a "trader", can one sue Google, for defective products, when one finds a bug ?

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