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by nxc18 10y ago
You might think, but it seems all electron apps are resource hogs. What does seem to be in the app's control is whether it is fast. See VS Code and Atom; huge difference in performance but both will chew up your battery.
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by nxc18 10y ago
Doesn't work on IOS either (chrome specifically).
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by nxc18 10y ago
I would be concerned with the cost of real estate at that point. They didn't talk about it, but I expect they're not paying rent/buying land off shore. Seaside real estate is expensive afaik.
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by nxc18 10y ago
The old stuff provided source-level compatibility with UNIX via posix compliance. The Subsystem for Linux is essentially an implementation of the Linux ABI, which is distinct from UNIX and provides true binary compatibility. The ironic thin
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by nxc18 10y ago
I think part of the challenge might be related to adapter use. On my MBP, I connect either through HDMI or a displayport->VGA adapter. My MBP exhibits the behavior you mention if the displays are on difference adapters, but it doesn&#x27
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by nxc18 10y ago
Been there. It was the worst tech-related experience of my life. I think possibly worse than installing the Oracle db client on a RHEL server. I now understand why the sysadmins in my life are so hardened/grumpy at times.
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by nxc18 10y ago
Windows Phone did a good job with this; the music app let you choose to override the default and play through the output device of your choice.
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by nxc18 10y ago
Operating systems are cool. Just about every popular general purpose operating system is some variation on UNIX. That is sad, just like it would be sad if JavaScript, TypeScript and Coffescript were the only popular programming languages. T
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by nxc18 10y ago
I can't quite put it to words, but there's something about this statement that makes me very sad.
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by nxc18 10y ago
The other commenter addressed this well, but I want to add something of an ethical dilemma to the mix. Sure we can have schools teach people how to use PCs, but then people only know how to use certain software. If you've been taught
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by nxc18 10y ago
I think its interesting to see real-world customers and how they use software. Being in university, I get to see a whole range of people. You realize that people don't really have a robust mental model of how their computer works or ho
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by nxc18 10y ago
I see no reason why any of those people benefit from the slightly thinner form of the new mbp than they would benefit from better battery life. Everyone wants batteries that last longer. How often did you look at your last generation mbp an
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by nxc18 10y ago
That says more about the fact that that implementation pattern is a core part of the NT OS, and the underlying design of the two kernels is so different that just throwing Linux code in the mix would not make sense (in the way that hearing
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by nxc18 10y ago
The funny thing is, the only people who are sticking around with Windows 7 are the people who should know enough to care about the technobabble. You are not getting the performance you could be out of your PC. Your computer isn't as se
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by nxc18 10y ago
WSL fundamentally depends on kernel improvements that are only available to Windows 10. Similar to the countless other improvements like high-entropy aslr, appguard, better shutdown/bootup processes, a much improved print model, suppor
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by nxc18 10y ago
That's true, but then of course you would end up breaking compatibility with lots of things. Linux has their drivers in the kernel tree for the most part, with no promise of backwards compatibility whatsoever. macOS is fine overall, bu
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by nxc18 10y ago
This wasn't an issue earlier. It was a known public fact. I stumbled upon the marketing page for this feature about a year ago by accident without even attempting to find it. What Visio is doing has so little impact on privacy that it
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by nxc18 10y ago
He asked a PR person, probably one with little security background (how many security people do you know who went into PR?) gave the stock answer which does happen to actually be good security advice: run the latest supported version with p
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by nxc18 10y ago
Computer Science has absolutely nothing to do with software testing. Your software engineering classes will teach students about unit tests, but not much more. If by 'testing' you really mean 'unit testing', as I suspect
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by nxc18 10y ago
I always just took them as a fun excuse for that glass of wine with dinner (that I would have had anyway). The pre-altfact alternative fact if you will. Excuse me while I go eat some chocolate "for Alzheimer's prevention". ;)
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by nxc18 10y ago
Because the price is the same as buying it outright in the long run (assuming you use the newer versions as most do), its at least as good a deal as the outright purchase. For things that create value over the term of ownership, a subscript
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by nxc18 10y ago
I interned at a company that had given continuous service with a tandem/NonStop system since the 70s (80s latest) iirc. Its very cool to see such reliable systems in practice.
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by nxc18 10y ago
Are they really learning it then? Memorizing facts without the practical understanding to back that up is pointless, especially nowadays with reference (Google) being instant and cheap. I have not been impressed with the overall grad popula
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by nxc18 10y ago
There's a pretty strong tension between creating a great product and creating a product that encourages learning. Great products we love make it so that we need to learn as little as possible to be successful (intuitive = didn't n
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by nxc18 10y ago
Why didn't they just keep the news editors they started with? It seems completely rational to keep news editors on staff to run a news service. Think about how much in this world would be different if tending news was rebranded rather
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by nxc18 10y ago
People often use "its just my personality" as an excuse for bad behavior. Intuitively I think most people know that you have control over your behavior at the very least as well as aspects of your personality. Just like any other
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by nxc18 10y ago
President Obama inherited all of those "bad" things you mention. The real problem with all of those things is that they are politically impossible to roll back, unless the perceived cost exceeds the perceived benefit. Until your b
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by nxc18 10y ago
That would be an interesting concept. NT is a powerful operating system, but without the Windows Subsystem, it would be useless except as a drop-in replacement on Windows installations. This idea is probably more feasible than first glance
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by nxc18 10y ago
This is true. The program allowing this was active a few years ago, so the Windows research kernel is stuck at NT 5.2 (just before Vista). That makes it a decade old, but it is still a great tool for understanding the unique things about th
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by nxc18 10y ago
Some of these make a lot of intuitive sense, but I have questions about others. What is the consequence of coming out to gay men? What counts as absolutely necessary? How much of a role does flirting play in the business dealings of founder

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