bithush

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by bithush 10y ago
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
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by bithush 10y ago
Yes because that was an incredible purchase for Microsoft!
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by bithush 10y ago
> 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.
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by bithush 10y ago
Very good point. I was just surprised how much that simple bool assignment slowed things down so massively.
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by bithush 10y ago
It is wasting a lot of time with the pointless bool assignments. See my post below.
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by bithush 10y ago
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
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by bithush 10y ago
I apologise for being excited about something that interests me.
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by bithush 10y ago
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 w
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by bithush 10y ago
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 wil
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by bithush 10y ago
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 w
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by bithush 10y ago
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.
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by bithush 10y ago
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 deve
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by bithush 10y ago
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.
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by bithush 10y ago
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 al
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by bithush 10y ago
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
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by bithush 10y ago
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.
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by bithush 10y ago
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 usua
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by bithush 10y ago
Does anyone know if this will allow me to run GBD in tui mode on Windows?
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by bithush 10y ago
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
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by bithush 10y ago
I wonder what odds I would get on MS bringing the UWP to OS X and Linux and maybe even Android?
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by bithush 10y ago
Sorry I never use the phone while in the car. It is a quiet zone for me :)
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by bithush 10y ago
I think you underestimate how much can be made from arms trafficking!
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by bithush 10y ago
Wow, that was quite the read. If all is true then hats off to the reporter. That was some seriously impressive reporting.
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by bithush 10y ago
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 inform
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by bithush 10y ago
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 ze
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by bithush 10y ago
So does Sublime Text if you have auto-updates enabled.
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by bithush 10y ago
How is Atom for non-web languages such as C?
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by bithush 10y ago
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
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by bithush 11y ago
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 :)
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by bithush 11y ago
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 :(

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