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@BadalK99277 Strange question. We would still probably have some of those Supermarket self checkout machines, Airport information screens and some ATMs running Windows, but even those systems will all depend on *nix at some point. Very nïave to think there is any equivalent.

If Linux disappeared tomorrow, Which industry would suffer the most?

@BadalK99277 Yes.

@donbruce561 @Mo_Arsenal9 There wasn't crazy Persian Gulf and American money in the league in those days, so you aren't comparing like with like.

@Mo_Arsenal9 What money did George Graham have when he broke the Liverpool domination in 1989? He built title winning teams with players from QPR Stoke Wimbledon Watford Sheff Wed and Leicester.Wenger actually told the fans 4th was a trophy. Dont ever forget Wenger finished 2nd to Leicester

Arsenal's net spend was virtually zero around 2006-13. When they moved to the Emirates Stadium from Highbury, they had very little transfer funds for a long time. If Arsène Wenger hadn’t held the club together and secured us a top-4 and UCL spot regularly in that period, we would've been lost long ago. It's easy to forget you on this day, but I know the club is where it is today partly because of you alone. Arsène is Arsenal, Arsenal is Arsène. Arsène built the stadium, Mikel turned on the lights.

@PingStruggles Windows XP was a security nightmare because the internet well and truly arrived in it lifecycle (2001-2007). SP1 and SP2 were needed to close security flaws. That should also be considered. Vista was more secure out of the box.

Windows 12 better not break the cycle just because it’s vibe coded

@extrasalt1 @Tiavor @PingStruggles It was bad for Laptops and bad on older hardware. However, Windows 7 would not have been possible without Vista. It was an important reset.

@Tiavor @PingStruggles windows vista was the absolute worst. almost nobody upgraded to it until we got windows 7

@WeldonOnX @PingStruggles Windows 2000 was a very solid release. Anything NT based was a lot more stable, of course.

@PingStruggles This leaves out Win NT 4.0, and 2000. They worked well for me.

As one of the first people to warn about a possible AI backlash—years ago—let me tell you this: it’s going to get much, much worse. It breaks my heart that AI—something I spent my whole life thinking about—is likely to become a dirty word, and that it has been subverted so deeply by arrogance and greed.

@VaduzBewohner @charliehparker Good point. Clearly murky stuff going on and we are unlikely to learn the truth for some time.

@mbetts @charliehparker That alleged set of events is still to be determined. euronews.com/my-europe/2025…

Exclusive: An RAF jet carrying the defence secretary was hit by an electronic warfare attack after flying near the Russian border John Healey was travelling home from southeast Estonia when the satellite signal on his government aircraft was knocked out

@housecor My preferred use of AI is to ask questions, challenge my assumptions, improve my understanding and knowledge of technology or topic. I don't think this is the way most corporations envision AI usage though.

I thought AI would lead to worse code. I was wrong. My code is better than ever because I'm more willing to refactor when AI does it for me. I'm more likely to improve my code when I don't have to worry about how much work it requires. I just sick the clanker on it.

@CACandChill They haven't dropped the ball as badly as Microsoft, who have GitHub, as huge strategic asset, but have somehow managed to make it a liability.

Google had the talent, the money, the data and the head start… yet somehow still isn’t leading AI. Wild.

Bold to suggest the privatisation of water has been a success.

@ash_twtz *nix / BSD - 🇺🇸USA Windows NT - 🇺🇸 USA Can make it simpler, as really there are only two that matter today.

Operating Systems and their Country of Origin • Windows - 🇺🇸 United States • macOS - 🇺🇸 United States • Android - 🇺🇸 United States • iOS - 🇺🇸 United States • Linux - 🇫🇮 Finland • Ubuntu - 🇬🇧 United Kingdom • Chrome OS - 🇺🇸 United States • HarmonyOS - 🇨🇳 China • UNIX - 🇺🇸 United States • Kali Linux - 🇺🇸 United States

@Star_Knight12 No it is not, writing is reinforcement. It doesn't matter if you don't read it again.

taking notes is the most retarded thing that you can do while learning to code

@fromSJC @KemiBadenoch @Conservatives @thameswater @Ofwat Hard not to be cynical and think regulators were left deliberately underpowered/without any teeth to protect the interests on Capital. Capital can lobby Government to get what they want. Ofwat cannot with the same effectiveness.

@KemiBadenoch @Conservatives The answer is never more nationalisation. What’s required for critical infrastructure is better regulation. Privatisation didn’t created the fiasco that is @thameswater. @Ofwat stood idly by and let the executive bleed the business dry.

Starmer, Burnham, Farage, Polanski…These men have one thing in common. They all want nationalisation. That will mean companies run by politicians but paid for with YOUR money. There’s only one party that stands against their failed ideas and that’s the Conservatives.

@dappertogs @KemiBadenoch @Conservatives Exactly, the tax payer and state take all the risk and make all the investments, whereas the private sector skims off the profits and dividends, often at the same time as running up huge debts.

@KemiBadenoch @Conservatives Privatisation of energy, water, railways etc only works if the companies running them are allowed to fail. Unfortunately that hasn't been the case and it's been the tax payer that has bailed them out. What we have is the worst of both worlds.

@KemiBadenoch @Conservatives Privatisation often means it is the taxpayer taking all the risk and paying for the investments and private companies skimming off the profits. We have plenty of evidence that is a failed idea, it is called the last 40 years.

@plainionist It does have its uses, but I tend to agree that local development with Docker is normally more pain than gain, it is an extra overhead and layer of complexity, particularly the multi-architecture stuff. There is other good developer tooling for standardising versions.

Unpopular opinion: Docker isn’t a "silver bullet". 🤷‍♂️

any lack of polish now gets equated to ai slop all fields: software bugs, bad movie, bad video game before the audience would make a judgement about your skills, which was tolerable because you can get better now they make a judgement about your character (lazy/fraud/etc)

@ParkinLM @Keir_Starmer Well, you never know until you try! Hopefully at least you can take advantage of some of the savings this summer and have some nice days out.

@mbetts @Keir_Starmer Please. I would never be eligible for anything. Never have been since family allowance because I have WORKED. Yes I will be a pensioner and I will be taxed on my pension.

Football should bring people together, not shut them out. For the first time since the competition began, fans won’t be able to watch the Champions League final for free. That’s not right. This is bigger than wanting to watch Arsenal in this historic final. It’s bigger than one club. Hardworking people shouldn’t have to fork out for a subscription to watch this match. I urge TNT Sports to reconsider and make the final next Saturday free to watch.