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jcotton42··on Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family
I'm not the guy you asked, but I personally switched to Kobo.
jcotton42··on Show HN: I built a Cargo-like build tool for C/C++
Also other tasks like compiling resource or translation files.
jcotton42··on What does " 2>&1 " mean?
PowerShell actually has 7 streams. Success, Error, Warning, Verbose, Debug, Information, and Progress (though Progress doesn't get a number) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsof...
jcotton42··on I fixed Windows native development
global.json is only for .NET toolchains.

What you’re actually wanting here is .vsconfig https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/impor...

jcotton42··on AI agent opens a PR write a blogpost to shames the maintainer who closes it
LLMs aren’t alive.
jcotton42··on Linux From Scratch ends SysVinit support
systend units are plain text.
jcotton42··on Enjoy CarPlay While You Still Can
> I'll have my car a lot longer than I have my phone

Doesn't that make CarPlay/Android Auto a good thing? Provided the car supports both platforms, it means you can change phones during your car's lifespan without having to worry about losing features, and you get new phones as your phone upgrades without having to change your car.

jcotton42··on IRCd service (2024)
For a while now you've been able to remove a channel from your channel list in its right click menu.
jcotton42··on Uv is the best thing to happen to the Python ecosystem in a decade
uv has support for dev-time dependencies https://docs.astral.sh/uv/concepts/projects/dependencies/#de...
jcotton42··on Boring Company cited for almost 800 environmental violations in Las Vegas
> had understood prior to this video that the combo of self driving tech + dedicated tunnels might have capacity that rival a light rail system like Seattle has but that's clearly not the case in the current system

Not to disparage, but how did you come to that conclusion? A train will always be able to fit more people/m^2 than several cars of equivalent length, due to things like ability to stand, not needing to have multiple engines and trunks, etc.

jcotton42··on Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without MS account
SteamOS isn't really meant for random PCs. If you want something like SteamOS, then I recommend Bazzite.
jcotton42··on Podman Desktop celebrates 3M downloads
These days Docker Desktop on Windows uses WSL as its backend by default.
jcotton42··on US airlines are pushing to remove protections for passengers and add more fees
In this particular case, it lets the parents trade childcare responsibilities back and forth during the flight, which can be a serious boon on a long flight or if one of them starts feeling unwell.
jcotton42··on macOS Tahoe
KDE Connect exists on both iOS and Android, though some functions like text messages aren't available on iOS.
jcotton42··on China bans one-pedal driving in default modes by 2027
There's still a separate brake pedal.
jcotton42··on I ditched Docker for Podman
What do you mean by "the real compose"?
jcotton42··on Framework Laptop 16
The fans on my 16 are really easy to get to for cleaning.
jcotton42··on Temporary suspension of acceptance of mail to the United States
Trump has tried to do plenty of things that aren't within his power, like ending birthright citizenship by executive order.
jcotton42··on Atlassian terminates 150 staff with pre-recorded video
At least a live mass meeting.
jcotton42··on .NET 10 Preview 6 brings JIT improvements, one-shot tool execution
> you are merging your company with microsoft and windows if you use it

That's not how that works. Nothing about the .NET license entitles Microsoft to what you make with the tooling.

jcotton42··on .NET 10 Preview 6 brings JIT improvements, one-shot tool execution
VS2017 was the introduction of the modern VS installer that is way faster than the prior ones.
jcotton42··on TSA to end shoes-off policy for airport security screening
Yeah, I have TSA PreCheck and I still take off my belt, it's just easier.
jcotton42··on Puerto Rico's Solar Microgrids Beat Blackout
How cloudy is it up there though? Seattle has a lot of overcast days.
jcotton42··on Fun with uv and PEP 723
If I may ask, why `unlink` instead of `rm`?
jcotton42··on Microsoft Edit
If you were doing that to invoke WSL, note that these days you can do `wsl command arg arg arg...`
jcotton42··on Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Windows startup
The way File Vault works nowadays, as I understand it, is that your user data (and maybe even much of the OS) isn't decrypted until you've put in your password on the login screen. This means that even if you devised a way to hijack the login screen, or sniff the keys coming out of the secure enclave, you'd still be stuck without the user's login password.

Windows, by contrast, unlocks the entire OS drive before you get to the login screen. So, a hypothetical login screen hijack would let you get to everything, or cold boot attacks/sniffing keys coming from the TPM to the CPU.

I'd argue the macOS version is better from a security aspect, but it has a necessary downside of being unable to load as much before the user can put in their password.

jcotton42··on Why did Windows 7 log on slower for months if you had a solid color background?
It's Server Core, not PE.

PE is the Preinstallation Environment, used by Windows Setup and Windows Recovery.

jcotton42··on Adobe deletes Bluesky posts after backlash
The issue with AI isn't quality, or at least isn't just quality. It's ethical (use of works for training without credit or compensation, potential to displace a large portion of the artistic market, etc.)
jcotton42··on Rsync replaced with openrsync on macOS Sequoia
NanaZip also works with the Windows 11 File Explorer context menu changes.
jcotton42··on What If We Made Advertising Illegal?
I'd argue that people look forward to the Super Bowl ads specifically because they're clever/funny, and not at all because they're ads. You could replace them with non-advertising skits and they would have the same draw.
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