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by pathartl 7mo ago
Agreed. Swapped it out. Still not great proportions, but at least it's not blurry.
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by pathartl 7mo ago
Added some footnotes to add clarification
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by pathartl 7mo ago
Yep, oversimplification on my part. I'll make some edits.
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No, Windows Start does not use React(pathar.tl)
36 points by pathartl 7mo ago|59 comments
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by pathartl 7mo ago
It's not React. A small part (recommended apps) was built using React Native for Windows, which is not React Native but an offshoot that uses native Windows APIs.
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by pathartl 7mo ago
God, the React stuff is so overblown. There's one small section of the start menu that's built with React Native for Windows, which is _not_ React and _not_ React Native, but a flavor of React that compiles down to native code cal
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by pathartl 7mo ago
PowerShell is slow or not feature complete? It's arguably one of the best shells out there.
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by pathartl 7mo ago
While 10 got a bunch of features back ported, they've started out on 11 and I would argue many of them wouldn't have happened if they didn't learn from the mistakes of 8 and 10. Particularly when it comes to UI uniformity. As
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by pathartl 7mo ago
I still don't understand all of the hate. In my eyes Windows has never been more capable and stable. - Windows Terminal is actually pretty dang good - There's actually a package manager built in now with WinGet - Hyper-V comes wit
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by pathartl 7mo ago
It's simple, I can buy some IEMs that sound better, cost less than a third of a barely-even-comparable wireless earbud, and roughly conforms to market standards so I can swap out the cable and tips. And I never have to charge them. I h
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by pathartl 7mo ago
I had a not-really-similar idea of hooking Windows GUI APIs and exposing them over websockets to create a psuedo-RDP and rendering the UI in the browser. My purpose was to provide a remote interface for old dedicated game servers that can o
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by pathartl 8mo ago
Gambling? Gambling is more widely available and celebrated than it ever has been. Its regulations have been eroding faster than water through sand.
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by pathartl 9mo ago
I know many items in this list can apply to both, but I've been maining 11 since release and going back to pre-11 builds of 10 genuinely feels like a downgrade: - Windows Terminal is great - Settings now covers almost everything, I hav
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by pathartl 9mo ago
It's an unpopular opinion, but I genuinely believe that 11 is the best version of Windows yet. I've been using computers for 30 years and you're right, everyone has _always_ complained about Windows. The only reason people ha
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by pathartl 9mo ago
This isn't true in the slightest.
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by pathartl 9mo ago
I've been having massive performance issues, specifically with the database locking. Disabling the Playback Reporting plugin resolved the issue.
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by pathartl 9mo ago
My parents and brother use Infuse. I would use it even over the official Plex app.
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by pathartl 9mo ago
The problem is always going to be that everyone has their own way of structuring arguments and providing help text. You could probably do it with PowerShell.
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by pathartl 10mo ago
I think it's a pretty good point. I've been using LLMs for .NET and the output is generally pretty good.
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by pathartl 10mo ago
Not to mention, everything-is-an-object is a much better experience than text only.
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by pathartl 11mo ago
Just use NanaZip
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by pathartl 11mo ago
For as much crap as MS gets, the entire ASP.NET Core stack is an oasis.
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by pathartl 11mo ago
Blazor is pretty great. It is mature at this point and MS is using it internally more and more. Trying to go back to something like React makes me shudder. It's not perfect, but it's better than many alternatives.
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by pathartl 11mo ago
You can check PCGamingWiki. They have a pretty good list of games that are DRM free on Steam.
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by pathartl 11mo ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20250118205639/http://pathar.tl/... This is way out of date. I have since been able to get it working on a Windows 11 4th gen Intel machine with 64-bit drivers cobbled to
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by pathartl 11mo ago
Not that they're cheap, but you can get Imacon scanners for much less than they retailed for. I inherited a Flextight Precision II and it still does a great job.
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by pathartl 11mo ago
This only applies if the developer has implemented Steamworks. You can release a game on Steam without implementing it.
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by pathartl 11mo ago
I think my point might have not come across well. Valve/Steam tends to take a hands-off approach, let devs publish how they want and allow users to bring non-Steam games into their fold. GoG tends to modify game files to reach compatib
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by pathartl 11mo ago
The reality is Valve often does a better job at preservation than GoG. They know that a game released on Steam in 2009 that hasn't received any updates will never be updated to support things like modern controllers, which is why they
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by pathartl 11mo ago
I wish they would take any amount of time to improve the web UI in a meaningful way. Hate to be harsh, but the new VM UI is terrible and the exception log dialog is completely worthless. If you do something that makes the dialog pop up (e.g

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