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@GOGcom Star Trek: Buffet Manager

name this game, wrong answers only

@LinusTech But those are Start Buttons, not Start Menus.

trying to settle a debate here- best start menu???

@vlucas @static_tensions @Grady_Booch "Tesla was re-thinking cars from scratch." I didn't know electrifying a Lotus Chassis was "re-thinking cars from scratch". Pretty incredible also that they somehow ended up with cars that blend in pretty well with the design of most vehicles already on the road.

@static_tensions @Grady_Booch What I said about SpaceX and Tesla are objectively true. I don't understand all the ad-hominem attacks in response. 🤷‍♂️

@brentalfloss RIP Memory cracker, we hardly knew ye

It broke as I popped it out of the packaging CURSE THIS GODLIKE STRENGTH

@PeterSweden7 Draft emergency proposals regarding EVs during an energy crisis being only for necessary journeys (Work, shopping, doctor, religious events, court appointments). Hardly a "ban"; Many countries have similar legislation for gas shortages and ICE vehicles.

In Switzerland they are now planning on BANNING the use of electric cars if there is a lack of electricity🤡

@KimDotcom Intentional lighting blackouts, even with infrastructure otherwise, is a standard tactic used to make air raids less accurate. This is why as territory is won back, those areas go dark at night. Russian occupiers aren't concerned because Ukraine is not going to bomb themselves.

Satellite photo of Ukraine at night. “Ukraine is winning” the US insists.

@steeltrack52 @Scheerschmidt1 @MattWallace888 SpaceX and Tesla would have both failed without government intervention; a 1.6 Billion dollar government contract in the first case and a 300 million dollar Department of Energy Loan in the latter.

@Scheerschmidt1 @MattWallace888 Look what Elon's done for space propulsion and electric cars. You think he can't run an app ? 🙄. You make it sound like it's "rocket science"😆😆😆😆😆

Elon Musk has been able to successfully run Twitter for days now with only 50 employees. What the heck were those other 7,950 people even doing? 🤣

@oesorg @MosquitoCapital Paypal was created by Confinity over a year before that company Merged with Elon's company, X dot com. He was not involved in it's "invention".

@MosquitoCapital If only the new CEO invented PayPal or had a software team that does self driving or provides global satellite internet services or lands rockets. Then maybe he'd be competent enough to run a softwate group coding a tweeting service

I've seen a lot of people asking "why does everyone think Twitter is doomed?" As an SRE and sysadmin with 10+ years of industry experience, I wanted to write up a few scenarios that are real threats to the integrity of the bird site over the coming weeks.

@djvlad As an adult, drinking water is a form of depression. If you don't believe me, ask yourself this: Think about the 100 greatest moments of your life. Do any of those moments include drinking water? Probably not. And this comes from a lifetime drinker of water.

As an adult, playing video games for long periods of time is a form of depression. If you don't believe me, ask yourself this. Think about the 100 greatest moments of your life. Do any of those moments include video games? Probably not. And this comes from a lifetime gamer.

@SpawnWaveMedia Hall-effect joysticks drift because of changes in the magnetic field of the magnets used. They last longer but they aren't impervious, and the "drift" can become very erratic depending on how the magnetic materials change.

How The Sega Dreamcast Worked To Solved Joystick Drift 20 Years Ago Watch here: youtu.be/klhFkIsV-lE #Sega #Dreamcast #SegaDreamcast

@lefticus @danbjson Both the GNU C Compiler and the CLang C Compiler are self-hosting compilers. I don't see how that is possible if they are written in C. Perusing the current source code for both and I can't find any C++ elements. C code that compiles in a C++ compiler is still C.

@danbjson Many embedded developers are moving to C++. But again I'll repeat: your C compiler is written in C++. If you use an IDE it's either written in C++, or relies on software written in C++. Once GCC moved to C++, I think C++ became unavoidable in your ecosystem.

Theory: every aspect of modern technology hinges on C++ Evidence: JavaScript engines, browsers, Windows, KDE, JVM all written in C++. Python is C, but all major libraries are written in C++. GTK on Linux? Your C compiler is written in C++ Do you have counter examples?

@MartinNobel_ @NdekweE My Windows XP machines are connected to the Internet. Still waiting for the Internet boogeymen I was promised

@NdekweE imagine connecting XP to the internet especially in the wake of Wannacry

Who remembers the Windows XP Login Screen?

@themiwi @shanselman it also only checks for lowercase extensions, but file extensions can have mixed caps and JpG or JPG is still a jpeg file.

GitHub #CoPilot. I mean, it's not 100% but it's a decent start! Amazing. Generated from the comment.

@ShawnWildermuth If that is so, then why emphasize that the product is old with a screenshot from decades ago?

@BC_Programming Have you ever used Crystal Reports? It's not about old tech.

I am thinking that it might be time to move away from Crystal Reports:

@KimMaida Interrupt 13h

I dare you to demonstrate how old you are in "developer years" in one sentence without stating any actual years

Me: Right-Click -> Open With-> VLC Existing VLC Window: Oh, guess you don't want this massive playlist you didn't save, I'll just go ahead and throw that out and open that one single file for you

@ModernVintageG Next he will sue Twitter to call himself a founder

What

@a_arknu @robotdad The "new context menu API" is IExplorerCommand, it was not a "context menu API" In Windows 7; It was designed to allow for a shared command structure between toolbars/ribbon commands and menu items for Shell extensions. 'The documentation' also constantly references IContextMenu.

@robotdad Bug app developers to use the context menu APIs that have been available since Windows 7 (so 13 years now), instead of the legacy ones. Apps that do that will show up in the normal context menu. At least on Insider builds you can also Shift+right click to access the legacy menu.

C#'s "Top level statements" feature was going to be called "Punch Card format", but Microsoft was worried that 20-year-old developers would think it was a new trading card game.