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Can we have an official policy against AI-written comments, please? It is in the long-term interests of HN to not have this place be riddled with bland autogenerated comments.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35206303 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33950747
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WSL is amazing. I switched from Macs to thinkpads at my office and having the bells and whistles of windows MS office (lets admin macos office stinks) and vscode that opens and literally runs on Linux is amazing. No IT hassles about developers running Linux with support and VPNs and stuff. Just buy some more RAM and ship developers windows laptops has been great for the org and honestly the developers. We deploy and…
Apparently the Year of Linux on the Desktop has happened without anybody noticing or giving a point.
You say that Windows is a Kraken, but it's been on a downward slide in my mind. I don't think Nadella gets enough flak for what is happening to Windows and Microsoft's attitude towards respecting users / privacy in general. Some examples that I've seen posted to HN over the past few months * Microsoft Edge leaks browser history to Bing - https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/25/23697532/microsoft-edge-b... * More ads in Wi…
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> MS still lacks a industry leading 21st century consumer device The XBox division doesn't count?
Video game consoles are technically 20th century invention. Xbox is just a continuation of that legacy even if the brand started in 21st Xbox also isn’t top dog among the big 3. They’ve really struggled to ship big exclusive system sellers (which is a bummer. I’m a big fan of a lot of Xbox IP), so they certainly aren’t “industry leading”. Doesn’t mean the exclusives they’ve shipped aren’t good. They certainly are, ju…
Mario has everyone else smoked[1].
[1] A bit out of date but see https://www.statista.com/chart/26122/estimated-lifetime-sale... where in 2021 nintendo were selling more switches in Japan only (their 3rd biggest market) than the worldwide sales of both Xbox and PS5 combined.
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I agree with "Apple Silicon transition". Everything else is obvious / organic growth.
AirPods?
Tim Cook quintupled the value of Apple and passed on a lot of the fads that other tech companies fell victim to.
He snatched failure from the jaws of success by ruining the cool. Accomplished fragile machines that routinely breakdown, are difficult to repair, and then have the gaul to demand piles of coin from users of said new systems under supposed warranty periods. He has no vision and continues to ride SJ's legacy without innovating. He should step down.
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How much does Microsoft pay Apple for Outlook on iOS? This is a half serious question because I dont' pay for it out of the app store, so Apple is not getting a share there. Does Microsoft pay anything other than a developer license? Parent comment is still valid. Microsoft dominates enterprise office tools across all platforms, including mobile.
30% cut of people that subscribe to office 365 through the app (which Apple requires be an option, MS can't force you to go to their site to subscribe or Apple kicks them off the store, see the epic vs apple lawsuit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games_v._Apple )
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Emacs had a GUI mode with mouse support since the 80s.
Yes. Now are you going to respond to the parent's actual content? Seamless remote editing with Emacs GUI is not a thing.
TRAMP has been a thing for a very long time: https://www.gnu.org/software/tramp/
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Emacs had a GUI mode with mouse support since the 80s.
Yes. Now are you going to respond to the parent's actual content? Seamless remote editing with Emacs GUI is not a thing.