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Weird title. Installing is just one of the nine steps.

I don't get the argument at all. If someone is so averse to publishing a feed of full article text, they can still publish a feed of headlines, first paragraphs, and "read more." It's tedious to read those but much better than no feed.

Yes, see Apple's documentation: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/virtualization/run...

As I understand it, an aarch64 Mac can virtualize aarch64 Linux and does not have to emulate it. Here's an Apple sample project: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/virtualization/run...

Does any OS use capability-based security or other means to categorically lock graphics drivers out of network access, and why does Windows not?

I don't see how that would hold up in a court. They didn't adopt RCS and I can still have group chats by SMS. They didn't adopt USB Micro and I can still charge my phone with the cable that came in the box.

It takes me back to the early 90s DOS flight sims I loved, like Aces Over Europe. It was the style at the time!

Ace Combat 7 was published by Bandai Namco in 2019.

Doesn't seem that way. I think it's a way to collect high quality information for humans, but LLMs can still benefit as a side effect.

Love your site's CGA vibes.

It's only considered "breaking" to change the externally observed behavior of at least one previously published use of a code interface. When widening the interface's range of inputs, you can avoid changing existing behavior. We do that all the time when we create a new optional parameter, new CLI tool switch or subcommand, new public function or type in a library, new API endpoint, new web domain, new network protocol.

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs section 3.1, Assignment and Local State, gives an overview of the costs and benefits of adding the concept of mutation to an otherwise referentially transparent language. It's from the opposite perspective: we know functional programming, now what's so great and so dangerous about imperative?

http://sarabander.github.io/sicp/html/3_002e1.xhtml

If window management is the only thing holding you back, look into the third party UI helper app scene. There have been lots of them—Rectangle for example. https://rectangleapp.com/

Thanks for all the details. The App Store app bit is a very bad look. The rest seems on the up and up, or at least isn't the OS phoning home your personal data.

I'm inclined to think the quote only meant to claim that Windows and macOS try to lock you in, and that Linux doesn't steal your personal data. The sentence structure is ambiguous.

> Furthermore, Linux operating systems do not steal your personal data and do not try to lock you in, like the newest operating systems from both Microsoft and Apple do.

Is recent macOS accused of stealing or shown to steal personal data? Platform lock-in is not news, but that would be. This is an earnest question; maybe I'm in a bubble and missed a big story.

In this thread: Software engineers also love to point out when their counterexample has been glossed over by an intentionally simplistic thesis.

(In this comment: Software engineers also love to sass one another)

I gained confidence by making things. Whatever you think is cool is a great place to get traction—for me it was games. 3D accelerators had recently become GPUs, and I loved the idea of programmable shaders. I read the Direct3D 8 documentation cover to cover and I got into writing a little game engine, including shaders for the ATI card I had at the time. I never shipped a game, but that wasn't the point for me. It felt great to see that I could figure out some of the acknowledged hard parts of our field if I followed my interests and put in the time to study and play.

It doesn't seem so different from what higher level languages becoming the norm has done year by year. You still benefit from knowing what's going on under the hood, but it's not strictly necessary, and lots of newer folks in software careers get by without ever really looking behind the curtain. My web dev colleagues barely touch a debugger.

I like to write the same email except as a work ticket, not a request, so long as it's under my team's control. Justify it, then do it.

How to pronounce it? Any way you want, it seems. https://magit.vc/manual/magit/How-to-pronounce-Magit_003f.ht...

For those interested in the original Scheme, here's that playlist of SICP lectures by the authors. I read and worked through the second edition book, but found these videos later. They added lots of value and emphasis beyond the written material. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE18841CABEA24090

May I suggest for a logo: A directed graph in the form of a sheriff's star badge

The wild thing about that 192GB of memory: it's all potentially VRAM.

You can draw users with a killer app but you can also draw developers with a killer user base. I believe they're leaning on iPhone/iPad app compatibility and Mac screen display to launch it as a peripheral first with existing third party apps, then establish it as a place your customers are waiting for you.

Early adopters first, of course. Maybe it really is too early? Depends on the response.

"xrOS" is visible on the simulator title bar in the platforms state of the union. Just didn't get picked by marketing ultimately. I'm glad; "XR" as a term sounds too overly techy. The marketing is bringing this futuristic thing down to earth, making it relatable.

I'll welcome VRML back anytime.

Even if every product you ship lands with a thud, if you keep it up you'll soon have a reputation as someone who ships.

What's stopping you?

Here are my long-running background favorites:

Vibing through 30 years of computer graphics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAHJVa4Gkm4

This ridiculous Dark Souls challenge run https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUbBsMTgkTRmab1L3snCQ...

Abelson & Sussman's SICP class lectures https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE18841CABEA24090

And a shorter one I just want more people to see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFog6dTid0Y

Sweet dreams!