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natas··on Minnesota becomes first state to ban prediction markets
Stocks aren't prediction markets, but options and futures are.
natas··on Claude Is Dead
re-post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47681815
natas··on Windows quality update: Progress we've made since March
Do you want to hear what the execs are doing about it from a trusted source instead of a marketing person: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47216047#47223342
natas··on Ti-84 Evo
I'd take a dm42n over any Ti anyday.
natas··on Ti-84 Evo
I don't have a prime, but agreed on 48gx + dm42n without a doubt. I'd add the 50g as another contender, doesn't depend so much on external memory cards (which have the tendency to fail) and is fairly aligned with the 48/49 line.
natas··on GitHub CLI now collects pseudoanonymous telemetry
Soon there will be ads on Github, you'll see.
natas··on Windows 9x Subsystem for Linux
@haileys I would love to see that on ArcaOS! I bet it can't be done.
natas··on OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation
OpenAI is a few years behind Anthropic, and it's unlikely they'll catch up at this point.
natas··on OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation
Give it a year or two, and apple or any other hardware will have unified memory OR AMD will have a good offering to run all that stuff locally. It won't be as good as Claude, but it'll do for 90% of the things. It will be expensive as first, just like the first mainframes, then give it another 5 years or so, and it'll be affordable.
natas··on OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation
Microsoft will buy OpenAI for $500B, rebrand it as Microsoft AI.
natas··on TSA lines are so out of control that travelers are hiring line-sitters
those tote bags are the town's talk!!!
natas··on Iran-linked hackers breach FBI director's personal email
probably got simswapped, but personal emails should hold no work-related information, so this is not a huge deal is it?
natas··on Neovim 0.12.0
one cursor for you one cursor for claude code :)
natas··on John Bradley, author of xv, has died
I've used xv from the mid-nineties until now, I still have it on my desktop, it's been 30 years, there's just no viable replacement IMHO.

RIP John.

natas··on Apple Just Lost Me
after about 10+ years in the Apple ecosystem, I'm completely done, my next machine is linux and my next phone is android.
natas··on Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11
My company is now removing all microsoft products, all of it. Laptops are moving to OSX. Office365->Gmail+G-suite. Zoom->Google meet. Fortunately we don't use Azure or Github, so that will make the transition easier.
natas··on Zero ZGC4: A Better Graphing Calculator for School and Beyond
Take a look at Swissmicros' DM42n + DB48x.
natas··on Our commitment to Windows quality
In business, the “best” solution doesn’t win—the one that aligns with incentives does. You can argue Linux is technically better than Windows, but Windows wins in many orgs because of familiarity, vendor support, existing tooling, and lower perceived risk. Adoption beats superiority.
natas··on Our commitment to Windows quality
I’ve included this here because it’s highly relevant to the discussion. That said, anything not closely tied to revenue will not be prioritized, which limits the impact of this microsoft post.
natas··on Our commitment to Windows quality
I recently had dinner in Bellevue with an individual who holds a relatively senior position within Microsoft’s executive leadership. During our conversation, she emphasized repeatedly that Microsoft does not primarily view its offerings as consumer products. According to her, the company’s leadership is strongly focused on B2B strategy, with revenue growth driven mainly by Azure, AI, and enterprise solutions. Her perspective was that consumer-facing products are not the primary revenue drivers and, therefore, are not central to executive priorities. While this may not be surprising to some, what stood out to me was how emphatically she underscored that the company’s strategic focus is squarely on enterprise customers rather than end users.

That said, this business model has historically proven effective for companies such as IBM. Microsoft allocates its resources toward segments that offer meaningful revenue growth.

natas··on Our commitment to Windows quality
we've heard that before.
natas··on Despite Doubts, Federal Cyber Experts Approved Microsoft Cloud Service
because time to market is more important than security (at microsoft)
natas··on Microsoft's 'unhackable' Xbox One has been hacked by 'Bliss'
I wonder... if microsoft can't secure a gaming console which they have full control on, from top to bottom, how do they secure "Azure Government"?
natas··on Bandit: A 32bit baremetal computer that runs Color Forth [video]
That video is really neat, seriously, well done!
natas··on Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act: Dangerous backdoor surveillance risks remain
Quick summary for the impatient (the original looks like an extract from Orwell's 1984):

Bill C-22 (Canada, 2026) updates laws to give police and security agencies faster and clearer access to digital data during investigations. It expands authorities to obtain subscriber information, transmission data, and tracking data from telecom and online service providers and from foreign companies. The bill also creates a framework requiring electronic service providers to support access requests.

natas··on ArcaOS 5.1.2 (based on OS/2 Warp 4.52) now available
ArcaOS is great in its own ways, it doesn't phone home, doesn't spy on your files, it's very stable, works on modern hardware, has a working browser, okay, it's not cutting edge, but it's fun and brings some of the joys of old-school computing back.
natas··on Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional
the judge probably also got a ticket
natas··on “Microslop” filtered in the official Microsoft Copilot Discord server
I recently had dinner in Bellevue with an individual who holds a relatively senior position within Microsoft’s executive leadership. During our conversation, she emphasized repeatedly that Microsoft does not primarily view its offerings as consumer products. According to her, the company’s leadership is strongly focused on B2B strategy, with revenue growth driven mainly by Azure, AI, and enterprise solutions.

Her perspective was that consumer-facing products are not the primary revenue drivers and, therefore, are not central to executive priorities. While this may not be surprising to some, what stood out to me was how emphatically she underscored that the company’s strategic focus is squarely on enterprise customers rather than end users.

That said, this business model has historically proven effective for companies such as IBM. Microsoft allocates its resources toward segments that offer meaningful revenue growth.

natas··on How Did the FBI Get Nancy Guthrie's Nest Doorbell Footage?
They ultimately found it sandwiched between the videos of epstein uncut jail cell footage and Jan 6's lost video exhibits.
natas··on How Did the FBI Get Nancy Guthrie's Nest Doorbell Footage?
When the Nest camera was reconnected, the camera uploaded all the cached footage. Google then handed the footage to the FBI, no warrants needed as it's part of an ongoing case and Google is usually pretty friendly with the government (and vice ver-sa)
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