Windows realised that they hadn’t locked in their users enough and hadn’t built an ecosystem difficult enough to exit like the ego phone makers. My only hope is that they will fuck that up enough with their AI driven coding practices and agentic OS to drive more people to Linux.

In this thread:

• users rejoicing
• users who never donated a cent to krita or gimp shitting on it

As usual, the entitlement amongst users stays high.

In this thread: people who believe the myth of the safe C programmer. The one who has memorized the spec and is able to hold endless context in their brain while writing code. They themselves are C compilers.

Sure, if you compare it to a thinkpad for 1k. M1 Macbook pros cost how much when they were released? 2.5k? 3k? Of you’re going to get reduced compilation times. But what exactly is it “paying of”? How is the calculation from time to money done?

“I can store so much stuff in my RAM, it’ll pay back in 6 months”. Such a random metric.

I learned to hate the Mac forced upon me for the time I used it, thank you very much. Fuck everything about those boots from the fruit store. Especially in a multi-architecture team, fuck macs.

That explains it, yeah. Companies of that size often aren’t open for change unless it is top down.

Good luck with the fur trapping. Not sure if there’ll be less bugs though ;)

I was told the same at multiple jobs and just asked kindly that they spend the money on a linux compatible laptop. I had arguments to back my statement up too. It worked out.

YMMV

Good luck (if you want to go down this path and haven’t become a farmer yet).

Rght? "I want something shiny to write my code on because it makes me look cool and costs a lot " is not ether sign of seniority.

Just to spite you.

“Please exploit me senpai! "

Even if that game is toxic waste?

I knew some of the things DHH said, but didn’t have a fuller picture. Some of us aren’t always up to speed om the latest ultra-conservative racist out there.

This was in the background at 1.5x speed while writing Rust and the script can be read if watching is too taxing.

Great, how are they going to test it?

Rewrite in zig? But why? What advantages would it have over the current SSH implementation?

Why do you think it’s AI?

Tainted and unsigned module it says. Have you tried undoing some of your modifications? They might be the root of your problem.

Are they sitting on Trump’s flaccid dick and hoping it gets hard with this agreement? What the fuck is wrong with them? Some countries can even coordinate their own states to provide access to each other, but they are happy with an entire surveillance state accessing that data? Where is the national pride? Where is the sovereignty?

If China asked for this level of access, the EU would tell them to suck it, export limits be damned! But the land of the fat and unjust asks and their only comment is “that’s too fast”? The EU and its citizens are such pushovers. Incredible.

Corporate loves it! Free, unpaid work means no opensource spirit can stop them in court. Pushover license is a perfect name for it.

Yes, but Microsoft and other US companies can do whatever they like. The NSA has never hacked into European telecommunication networks or spied on politicians. I guess, as long as the boogeyman is non-white, all is good.

Of course not, a shortage means higher prices