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by wvenable 6mo ago
I think television has done more harm, politically.
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by wvenable 6mo ago
> It is a library call, but one that is tied to the behavior of a language feature (async/await). This is a good example of C# light-touch on language design. Async/await creates a state machine out of your methods but that&#x
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by wvenable 6mo ago
I guess that's a good point. I admit haven't used or seen `dynamic` in so long that I completely forgot about it. But I'm not sure that's really a problem. Does the OP expect everyone to use an entirely different langu
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by wvenable 6mo ago
> you can't even tell if... In the places where that is a thing, I've never needed to care. (Which is kind of the point)
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by wvenable 6mo ago
> C# is a nightmare of language identities - a jack of all trades, master of none, choose your dialect language. I honestly have no idea where you would get this idea from. C# is a pretty opinionated language and it's worst faults
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by wvenable 6mo ago
Cloud is now massively larger than any other part of Microsoft. It's why he became the CEO in the first place. He maybe never had a strategy for Windows but he wasn't hired to have a strategy for Windows.
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by wvenable 6mo ago
Now try and read it assuming that instead of a screw up, this user was actually hacked. How do they recover? Honestly, if you are using Gmail as your primary email I could probably ruin your entire year. I could just try and hack you (not
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by wvenable 6mo ago
> They're not human languages. they're languages of the machine. Disagree. Programming language for human to communicate with machine and human and human to communicate about machine. Programming language not native language
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by wvenable 6mo ago
*dolphin noises*
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by wvenable 6mo ago
Raymond Chen already discussed this. Microsoft wants to sell Windows. Windows exists to run software. If Windows doesn't run software, Microsoft doesn't make that sale. If your business runs on some obscure piece of software fo
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by wvenable 6mo ago
The only thing it changes is the audience. Developers are an insanely small subset of iPhone users but these applications are targeting everyone else.
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by wvenable 6mo ago
> The rule is just a bandaid on Apple's lack of true sandboxing for apps. That's not it at all. If an app can run arbitrary code then it can run other apps and that can by-pass the app store. They are specifically trying to p
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by wvenable 6mo ago
No, they are more nutritious just like that bland protein-shake is. All those cool hot-rods from the 70s will crush you to death easily while wasting more gas to do it.
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by wvenable 6mo ago
I already pay a deposit and "recycle" all my electronics. And some recycled electronics are already repaired and repurposed. If that was easier, more electronics would get a second chance at life. Right now if you have two broke
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by wvenable 6mo ago
Repairability definitely doesn't keep the costs low. If it was cheaper and easier, it wouldn't have to be regulated. As for supply chain management, companies that get that equation correct are going to benefit. Which is exactl
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by wvenable 6mo ago
I never said the lunch was free only that it should be nutritious.
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by wvenable 6mo ago
I disagree. The lack of repairability has external costs not born by the purchaser or the manufacturer -- more toxic trash unnecessarily added to the environment. Forcing a particular trade-off on everyone is entirely the point. It's
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by wvenable 6mo ago
> Backseat industrial designing through legislation is not the answer. Again, why not? It's not mandating design, just minimal standards for repairability that should be obvious. If Framework and Lenovo can do it and Apple can do
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by wvenable 6mo ago
> No, this is a bad solution. You didn't say why this is a bad solution. The government mandates that cars get safer every year and fatalities are down 78% from the 1960s. Whenever government regulates things to benefit people, pe
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by wvenable 7mo ago
Age verification just requires that one be able to provide an age when setting up an account. Like, for example, when you setup an account for your child on the device. This doesn't seem to require any sort of online account requirem
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by wvenable 7mo ago
With a few small tweaks, Windows 11 is just as good if not better than Windows 10. Now maybe you shouldn't have to do those tweaks but it's certainly not a major hardship.
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by wvenable 7mo ago
But you can move your key across devices -- just de-register the old machine and register on the new one. I bought a Windows Pro license a decade ago (maybe for Win7) and I'm still using the same license for Windows 11 on a new PC.
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by wvenable 7mo ago
Apple is a hardware company -- their software exists to support their hardware. Microsoft is a cloud provider now -- their software exists to support their cloud business.
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by wvenable 7mo ago
It doesn't really matter anymore. When .NET 10 is done, there will be .NET 12 and all your apps will run just fine on it. .NET framework used to get new versions as well; it's just that it's not anymore. After moving on to
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by wvenable 7mo ago
> Why wouldn't you program a GUI with a GUI if one is available? Avoiding the use of WYSIWYG editors when making GUIs is like avoiding the use of musical instruments when writing songs. I've been a developer for a long time; I&
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by wvenable 7mo ago
Lisp has explicit "statement" terminators (just aren't semicolons)
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by wvenable 7mo ago
I have also configured my Windows 11 to look and act like Windows 7. I like my taskbar to be a list of open windows with labels. The tray area and the start menu is replicated across all my monitors. I also have set the classic right-clic
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by wvenable 7mo ago
What's wrong with it's licensing?
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by wvenable 7mo ago
I cannot recommend StartAllBack enough.
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by wvenable 7mo ago
I didn't notice until "this turns a lighting update from “noticeable stutter” into “instant.”"

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