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Re:Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family on Thursday October 01, 2026 @12:26PM (#49923785)
I'm not the guy you asked, but I personally switched to Kobo.
Re:I built a Cargo-like build tool for C/C++ on Saturday April 11, 2026 @12:29PM (#47731885)
Also other tasks like compiling resource or translation files.
Re:What does " 2>&1 " mean? on Friday February 27, 2026 @03:43AM (#47178166)
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...
Re:I Fixed Windows Native Development on Sunday February 15, 2026 @10:35AM (#47024493)
global.json is only for .NET toolchains.

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

LLMs aren’t alive.
Re:Linux From Scratch ends SysVinit support on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @12:33AM (#46881858)
systend units are plain text.
Re:Enjoy CarPlay While You Still Can on Monday November 03, 2025 @01:33PM (#45802533)
> 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.

Re:IRCd service (2024) on Thursday October 30, 2025 @05:25PM (#45765575)
For a while now you've been able to remove a channel from your channel list in its right click menu.
> 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.

SteamOS isn't really meant for random PCs. If you want something like SteamOS, then I recommend Bazzite.
Re:Podman Desktop celebrates 3M downloads on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @01:59PM (#45363799)
These days Docker Desktop on Windows uses WSL as its backend by default.
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.
Re:macOS Tahoe on Monday September 15, 2025 @07:03PM (#45256050)
KDE Connect exists on both iOS and Android, though some functions like text messages aren't available on iOS.
Re:China bans one-pedal driving in default modes by 2027 on Friday September 12, 2025 @02:33PM (#45225124)
There's still a separate brake pedal.
Re:I Ditched Docker for Podman (and You Should Too) on Friday September 05, 2025 @07:05PM (#45144737)
What do you mean by "the real compose"?
Re:Framework Laptop 16. Upgraded! on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @02:32PM (#45030440)
The fans on my 16 are really easy to get to for cleaning.
Trump has tried to do plenty of things that aren't within his power, like ending birthright citizenship by executive order.
Re:Atlassian terminates 150 staff with pre-recorded video on Friday August 01, 2025 @03:58PM (#44761701)
At least a live mass meeting.
> 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.

VS2017 was the introduction of the modern VS installer that is way faster than the prior ones.
Yeah, I have TSA PreCheck and I still take off my belt, it's just easier.
Re:Puerto Rico's Solar Microgrids Beat Blackout on Thursday June 26, 2025 @09:05PM (#44392955)
How cloudy is it up there though? Seattle has a lot of overcast days.
Re:Fun with uv and PEP 723 on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @01:53PM (#44380025)
If I may ask, why `unlink` instead of `rm`?
If you were doing that to invoke WSL, note that these days you can do `wsl command arg arg arg...`
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.

It's Server Core, not PE.

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

Re:Adobe Deletes Bluesky Posts After Furious Backlash on Saturday April 12, 2025 @09:22PM (#43669256)
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.)
Re:Rsync replaced with openrsync on macOS Sequoia on Monday April 07, 2025 @02:39PM (#43614552)
NanaZip also works with the Windows 11 File Explorer context menu changes.
Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? on Saturday April 05, 2025 @09:37PM (#43598266)
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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