VM with a legit windows installation in it.

We've been hearing this since 1999.

This Xerox Alto restoration series is a really interesting reflection on that. Here's the point in the series where they finally get it running. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OQMhvArI9g

Yeah, Xerox made revolutionary progress. But it appears that their proximity to a viable consumer product is a bit exaggerated. It really did still take another set of eyes and minds to wrangle it in. I think if they did release it sooner, and without the leaks, the next competitor still would have seen that and soon come along and done a better enough job to nullify their first-mover advantage.

Those days were chock full of companies that ended up just contributing to the zeitgeist of computing without themselves reaping in the glory.

I think Steve Jobs' comments about what Xerox could have been... Is largely him stroking his ego that he and Apple pulled off what they couldn't.

I don't think Xerox would be the Mac of today in most timelines.

Had to stop watching when someone nearly cut their finger off feeding a 2x4 down a band saw at the 2 minute mark. (Trauma trigger)

USE A PUSH STICK!!

The headline shared is somewhat sensationalized editorialization.

"Toutes les hypothèses", dont l'instauration de l'état d'urgence, sont envisagées par l'exécutif pour "le retour de l'ordre républicain", a déclaré Elisabeth Borne vendredi 30 juin.

Note the part in quotes said by PM is "Toutes les hypothèses". The part about a state of emergency (l'état d'urgence) is added by the author of the article in between her actual quotes, with "dont", to show what the writer is implying can be included in that.

Included in "all hypothesis" I could also imply and add... well basically anything I want to.

I'm not saying there won't be state of emergency. Just making the actual context of this headline clear to non french readers.

While AA is not a good remedy, I wish that shooting it down would have come with some better solutions attached.

Fact check: the French govt did not create Matrix.

Matrix is an open protocol created in 2014, for an Israel-based private company.

In 2018 the french govt decided to use a verson of that protocol in their own chatting network.

I've found that it's bringing the bugs back in general that causes this wave. Perhaps you or someone near you has planted some new stuff, or let some stuff grow wild. Like someone stopped mowing, and suddenly the bugs have a place to live and explode.

fighting the peace against the US

What'd you mean by this? It left a lot to the imagination.

Binding of Isaac is my favorite.

If you are curious about a classic originator in the genre, and willing for a steep learning curve, I highly recommend to check out Nethack: "NetHack is a single-player roguelike video game originally released in 1987 with ASCII graphics. It is a descendant of an earlier game called Hack, which is a clone of Rogue" It's still under development today! I prefer the tile-based versions over the ascii versions. And if you can play it on a touch-screen device, that can be an even better experience.

switching to Froot Loops

I love the irony that he went with the queerest named cereal as a replacement.

TNG: Time's arrow. I loved the Guinan backstory, Mark Twain, the western setting, and especially that it was all Data centric.