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I think it was more Ballmer not having a clue about mobile. When I first saw his idiotic response to the initial iPhone I knew he would fail hard in the mobile space. Even today I think his idea of a smart phone is a Windows Mobile 6 device.

Yes because that was an incredible purchase for Microsoft!

> 1. Open Explorer where you downloaded youtube-dl

Already too complicated for my parents. I have shown my mother how to open her downloads folder for over a decade and she still can't do it. Sigh.

Very good point. I was just surprised how much that simple bool assignment slowed things down so massively.

It is wasting a lot of time with the pointless bool assignments. See my post below.

I never said Microsoft would only support their Linux. Just that it would be an option and that some businesses would be interested in it.

I am assuming you believe Microsoft will not be venturing into the world of building their own Linux distribution?

I apologise for being excited about something that interests me.

I ran the C++ version on my i7-2640M laptop (ThinkPad T420s) and got 20.394s

Interestingly it is almost identical to his 2-generation newer MacBook Pro.

Edit: and if I fix isPrime to not waste using the prime bool I get 1.862s

Edit 2: and with my horrible Java copy&paste version[0] I get 2.050s

Edit 3: ok final edit but doing squareroot(n)+1 you speed it up to 0.012s for C++ and 0.019ms for Java. Fast enough for me, good night :)

[0] https://gist.github.com/anonymous/0709e1807f57b686683f3e5f7b...

How so? Microsoft want to support everything they can on Azure. That is just sensible business IMHO.

However there are businesses out there who like to work in a single vendor system as much as they can. I have no doubt that Microsoft will come out with their own Linux distro in the next 2-3 years. They don't need too, but they also didn't need to do lots of the things they have done recently.

I come from the Microsoft of the 90s where they followed their Embrace, Extend, Extinguish methodology. My "nagging negative thoughts" all stem from those memories.

As for dev machine/cloud machine conjecture, I just mean I would like to have a consistent experience between what I develop on and what I deploy too. It isn't a huge deal, just nice to have more than anything.

Google Cache as the Debian tracker is getting hit hard https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:UoVCY4...

Original link is to post #84 in the conversation.

This. I would be very interested in running Microsoft Linux instead of Ubuntu on a physical dev box. With .NET Core, ASP.NET, etc. having an MS proper Linux would be great.

Something along the lines of "We officially support development with ASP.NET, .NET Core, Mono, etc. on Microsoft Linux for deployment to Azure Microsoft Linux instances".

Kind of. SONIC is very specialised. It isn't a desktop or server version of Linux for general purpose applications.

Also it just happens to run on Debian.

The same as using Red Hat's Linux. You get a well supported environment. If you are a Linux shop but want to run on Azure then it makes sense, to me anyway, to go with the best supported OS on that platform.

I love Linux and while I also have some nagging negative thoughts about Microsoft getting so cosy with the Linux world, I also can't pretend I wouldn't be super excited to run a Microsoft Linux on my dev machine and then push to a Microsoft Linux on my Azure instances.

It would be amazing to see a Microsoft GNU/Linux distro in the future. To be honest it wouldn't exactly be hard for Microsoft to do. Take a Debian base, add whatever bits they need to make sure it works nicely in Azure, have an official Microsoft apt repo and they are done.

I actually think it will happen. It makes sense for Microsoft to have an official Linux distro that they can offer true support for.

You're not alone. Woz seems like a really great guy. He has a big heart. When I think of what a true hacker is I think of Woz. A person who loves tech and to tinker but for the better for others and not just himself.

Woz seems to be such a gentle and kind guy who just loves tech and gadgets. I don't think I have ever read of anyone having a problem with him. Pretty interesting as most people at such a high level in any sector (not just IT) are usually known to be assholes.

Does anyone know if this will allow me to run GBD in tui mode on Windows?

Indeed. To be honest I would be shocked if Microsoft don't make the Universal Windows Platform a true Universal App Platform available on as many platforms as possible.

It seems to be the way they are going. Then every MS product will become a Universal App and Microsoft can deliver their software anywhere the UWP/UAP is available.

I wonder what odds I would get on MS bringing the UWP to OS X and Linux and maybe even Android?

Sorry I never use the phone while in the car. It is a quiet zone for me :)

I think you underestimate how much can be made from arms trafficking!

Wow, that was quite the read. If all is true then hats off to the reporter. That was some seriously impressive reporting.

In an ideal system sure. Country A funds research into Subject A. Country B funds research into Subject B. Then everyone has access to everything and can work better towards Subject A+B or whatever.

I do not agree with restriction of information that has been publicly funded. It should be in the public domain for the better of humanity. It shouldn't matter who funded it, you pay it forward and maybe one day a country that had access to your countries research does something that your country can use and so the circle goes again.

I have wondered this before as well. I can't think of any industry that is as open as FOSS. There is FOSS available for literally everything you could ever want or need[0].

FOSS enabled me to learn about programming computers with zero cost (other than the hardware of course). Sure the paid closed source tools are probably "better" (usually that mostly means prettier) but it amazes me that anyone on earth can grab a free Linux distro and it will come with access to a huge collection of software that will allow that person to learn and better themselves. In the developed world that doesn't really seem all that amazing. I mean most people would just buy a Mac and go to an expensive university but in a lot of the world where money and education are close to non-existent it is truly incredible.

I am glad we live in a world with FOSS and with people who are extremely passionate about it (EFF, RMS, etc.). It puts pressure on the big software companies to not be total bastards. Imagine a world where only the elite educated had access to the software tools needed to drive innovation. A world controlled by Apple, Microsoft, Adobe, Intel, Google, Oracle, etc.

[0] Okay now somebody will point out an edge case ;)

So does Sublime Text if you have auto-updates enabled.

How is Atom for non-web languages such as C?

Switched from an iPhone 6 to a Nexus 6P in January. Couldn't be happier! Sure it isn't perfect but no phone is and the 6P, for me, gets closest to the perfection goal than any other phone currently available.

Also the camera in the 6P is excellent which is a lovely surprise for a Nexus! It holds up well, better in some situations, to the brand new S7 Edge camera in my experience (my father has the S7 Edge so this was actual personal experience).

Yeah this is what I do with my T420s using tpfancontrol. Set it to zero rpm and keep an eye on the cpu temp with an alert at 65C but only gets that hot on the odd occasion. Now I don't have Flash installed all is good when browsing :)

The biggest issue is that to use Cortana you need to use an MS account and have an active internet connection even to do simple things like your example :(