[-] curry@programming.dev 20 points 1 month ago

This is why I always save contents as a new file instead of overwriting the original one when I'm using a machine that isn't mine. I've been burned so many times by flimsy newline characters, proper unicode support, legacy encoding and many other stuff you assume it should be already in place.

[-] curry@programming.dev 24 points 2 months ago

Many films and tv programs survive only thanks to a total stranger keeping their own copy. For a long term survival of any media it has to be copied and distributed far and wide.

[-] curry@programming.dev 31 points 2 months ago

No joke. A decent gaming pc can be built around that price and be used for so much more. Even cheaper if you hunt for used parts.

[-] curry@programming.dev 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It made me wince when Android did away with its dessert based codenames and now they're just 'Android 12' etc. It really went corporate after that direction.

And please tell me RebeccaBlackOS shows a cool popup or console message every Friday.

[-] curry@programming.dev 31 points 2 months ago

My man, have you ever worked in tech support? I admire your optimism.

[-] curry@programming.dev 26 points 2 months ago

A tragedy for the afghan people. Even more so, since there's a sizeable chunk of their own population supporting them.

[-] curry@programming.dev 30 points 2 months ago

I'm worried about the link rot problem when the specific instance used as source goes down.

[-] curry@programming.dev 32 points 2 months ago

Didn't they learn that taking away what people grew up with for more than two decades already will result in outraged customers? (Windows 8 - start menu removed and replaced by start screen)

[-] curry@programming.dev 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

No joke. Opening a command line from windows by itself is considered hacking by many. Even toggling dark mode in websites triggers that fear.

[-] curry@programming.dev 25 points 2 months ago

Scummy practices that should be outlawed, like retail stores raising prices just before a big sale so they can slap "80% off!" on their stuff.

[-] curry@programming.dev 18 points 2 months ago

There's also the issue of self-censorship. No way of knowing if any Russian folk interviewed actually agree to what they say.

[-] curry@programming.dev 29 points 3 months ago

I remember the days of google being a cool startup that had just made news releasing gmail with a whopping 1GB of storage making everyone go crazy for the invites. It's a strange feeling.

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