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by jrs95 8y ago
Microsoft no longer sees Linux as a threat because it isn't a threat to their business anymore. Any damage that Linux can do has already been done and can't be changed. So few people use Linux on the desktop that they have no reas
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Because almost nobody uses it so they don't care. The only reason they even made WSL was to compete with Mac, and make devices with odd hardware that didn't easily run desktop Linux (like Surface) more appealing to developers.
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This is something that has been used for Surface products for a long time and it hasn't been an issue as far as I know.
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by jrs95 8y ago
There's a lot I don't like about Maven, but its a vastly better solution than pip. Support for dev dependencies and no need to manage virtual environments more than makes up for its complexity.
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Interesting. That definitely doesn't sound good. Thanks for providing some additional context.
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I don't think it's fair to cherry pick 1 github thread and use it as a moral condemnation of an entire software project.
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by jrs95 8y ago
I don't think this is happening, Visual Studio is basically a legacy product at this point. Still developed and maintained, but not a major focus for MS, and they want to push Azure adoption as much as possible so I don't think we
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by jrs95 8y ago
Well, there's going to be tax revenue coming from those jobs even if there are less or no taxes to the business itself, before you even consider the money that those employees and potentially even the business itself will spend within
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by jrs95 8y ago
> between rounds of Overwatch Ah, an Overwatch player. This explains everything ;) In all seriousness, WSL has improved A LOT and I use it frequently on my gaming PC so I don't have to pull out my MacBook. Performance is definitely
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by jrs95 8y ago
When did the EFF turn into a porn advocacy group? Doesn't seem to really fit with what their core mission is supposed to be. And we should remember that what likely led to this was that there was a large amount of child porn being post
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by jrs95 8y ago
If we're at war, then who are we at war with? Do they even pose a serious threat to the U.S.? Or is this just really about money? Because it seems like it's just about money. And in case you missed it, recent increases to the defe
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Well, the "otherkin" will probably still be there, so I guess if anyone wants to market to them..
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Another aspect of this I don't see mentioned nearly as much is that attempting to be more private may actually make you stand out more in terms of government surveillance. They wouldn't be getting as much data on you from companie
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by jrs95 8y ago
Regardless of Git you should check out Google Cloud. Massive improvement in developer experience in comparison to AWS.
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I've had 5 jobs now, each lasting about a year and a half at most, and I only quit 1 of them because everyone on the team was being replaced to avoid having to grant any options prior to an acquisition. Twice my employer went out of bu
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by jrs95 8y ago
Making election day a holiday could help, but let's be honest - a lot of people are just going to smoke weed and play video games if they get that day off. It would help but it's not a solution to other issues like voter suppressi
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by jrs95 8y ago
It would probably make more sense for them to support Android/Linux applications on Windows rather than trying to make Windows applications work on Linux. Especially since they're continuing to work on slimming down Windows and ge
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by jrs95 8y ago
Unified frontend development with .NET is their big opportunity for this IMO. Something like Xamarin Forms but a lot more optimized like Flutter and supporting mobile, desktop, and browsers would be incredible. Right now .NET seems pretty u
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by jrs95 8y ago
Why would they have any interest in Linux on the desktop? I could see them having their own distro, but I feel like that would have to be geared towards servers.
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Now that IBM bought Red Hat I think that would actually be good for Linux.
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In the Midwest without a college degree: 2015-2016: 40K 2017-2018: 80K Current: 115K
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If I weren't a gamer I'd use Apple for everything. But I am, so my desktop is a PC because I couldn't buy a Mac with competitive specs. And then I chose Spotify over Apple Music because it works better with my PC. Why not buy
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by jrs95 8y ago
Seems like it'll be really difficult for them to ever make the iPad suitable for software development while also preventing users from installing software except through the app store. But if they ever figure that out I'll probabl
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by jrs95 8y ago
I'm almost certain that the next iPhone will use USB-C. They just didn't want to do that so soon after getting rid of the headphone jack and promoting the idea of lightning headphones.
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by jrs95 8y ago
You may as well stop using the internet entirely, there simply isn't anyone in this business that is the type of defender of free speech you're talking about. And if there was, toxic elements would gather there and then they'
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Media and activists that pressure social media platforms, advertisers etc. treat the two very differently. Yes, whites are generally the privileged group, but I don't think it's reasonable to say that excuses the type of behavior
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Is this because of Fuschia? Maybe, but after Google released a phone with both a notch and a chin, I have absolutely no faith in their ability to succeed in bringing that OS to market.
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Without agriculture we'd still be hunter gatherers with little to no technology and everyone would be struggling just to survive. Sure, there are unpleasant side effects that come along with technological development but quality of lif
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There are alternative app stores on Android (Amazon and Samsung) but they suck and nobody uses them. It's a waste of time for Microsoft to pursue that IMO, and even if they did it, it wouldn't be a viable replacement for the Play

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