Posts by Anonymous Bullard

Bonus points for copying the code in the SO question, rather than the answer.

If they've compromised your server, then can now compromise your client.

I use scp for one-off transfers.

Re: show me the money

Just keep a paper trail of your recommendations, suggested workarounds, and potential outcomes if nothing is done (in plain language), along with their refusals.

Document these known issues in your infra docs, with reasons why they exist. Increase monitoring+logging in those areas. Prepare for the post-incident audit before it happens.

Arse covering.

Re: Changing programme files location

If I had the misfortune to use Windows, I'd just use symlinks: `mklink /D d:\myshit c:\users\butthead`.

Re: Windows

Anyone able to shed some light on this?

Yes. It's all about economics.

The companies that produce these aren't trying to make the best product possible - but the most money possible.

Windows developers are 2/1p.

If their "wiz kid" nephew can whip up a billboard in VB6, by copying stackoverflow question code, then so be it.

But yes, this isn't completely the fault of Windows - the consumer OS designed for Grandma - but perhaps the fault of those deciding to use it.

Re: Overpriced

"over-engineered"

The chance would be a fine thing!

Re: OIN(K)...

Each one will have it's own Patent Indentifier Guid.

Re: "were made available for other OS"

some desktop tool

No need to insult them. They're trying their best.

Re: Unreadable code

I think you're talking about me.

Re: er... does this apply to those of us who don't allow Chrome to store our passwords?

Update: It doesn't actually sign me into Chrome. Just tells me I'm signed into Google.

My diagnosis? Fear, uncertainty, and doubt.

Re: what if you 'outgrew' ".Not" (aka ".Net") itself?

I don't develop desktop applications (anymore), I don't run on Windows, and anything that's time critical (very rare - .NET core produces reasonable machine code) would be written in Rust, but only after the speed improvements are required and measured.

I grew out of C++ a decade ago, when my clients decided they no longer require desktop applications.

Re: Does anybody here remember...

I do. I'm in their "insider" program, receiving early releases from their ring.

But it's only to test our own stuff, see what they've broke next and fix our products before their general release. It's all in a VM (as is nearly all our Windows machines), and mostly automated.

I have zero interest in making Windows better. You're fighting the largest company in the world with that.

In fact, I discovered a bug and reported it (twice) over a year ago. I probably "reported" it more times, via telemetry. It's still there now, I just work around it. I've spotted a few more, but I'm not wasting my time with them.

Had it been something preventing cortana starting, they would have flew in a team of developers.

And that's why, even though there may be better boards, I go with RPi.

Re: I never quite understood why one would get a bundle

I once worked it out.

Well, there you have it. You just made yourself not their target customer.

The train of thought is: Hmm.. 300 quid is a lot of money... £45? I can afford that!

Re: Seriously

Surely, that's not your name...

Re: Forget the geeky stuff, sort out the user experience.

I miss Paintshop Pro.

Don't we all!

I was using that from when it was just a converter. Up until Corel got their mitts on it. 9 was the last good version.

Re: not sure if I want to fork over money...

Actually, the paid-for edition has:

Added macOS, Gnome 2 and Unity desktop layouts in Zorin Appearance

So, you would indeed be forking out money to remove the Windows look.

Re: Good Move

Even better: create the ext4 image on the encrypted partition, and make it the same size as the dropbox.

Just because dropbox isn't 100% secure, doesn't mean your local version should also be weak.

Re: Fluent

I read it as "flatulent"

Re: Whos'e on first...

This isn't an argument...

Re: It's a subtle plan

By the way, LibreOffice supports the ribbon (aka "Notebook bar") : https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/02/how-to-enable-libreoffice-ribbon-notebook-bar, and it's slightly customisable.

You can even have the menu, toolbars, and ribbon at the same time. They did it right: you get to choose.

Re: MS kills UWP apps, Telephony API appears in Windows

No no, not an addiction.

An addiction is when you actually feel relief when you get a hit.

It's looking like a good time to jump off the sinking Windows 7 ship.

Out the frying pan into the fire.

Re: 'A Microsoft spokesperson refused to tell us what was actually arriving in the Spring release'

Yep.

"Mobile first, cloud first" - so where does that leave desktops/laptops?

Re: Given the choice

It's very laggy when you are collaborating across the world. Stuff just takes too long.

Is it laggy because it's laggy, or because it's going across the world? Is there a faster alternative?

I'm in a remote team, edited documents while skyping, and haven't noticed any more lag than I'd expect. I can see their typing "seconds" later.

It's not like I have to dodge their bullet points.

Re: 99% of business users won't max out the capabilities

Word and Excel are specialist applications.

It's like buying photoshop just to crop & scale a few photos.

Re: S for...

Just because something is in the store for Windows 10 does not mean that it is available for Windows 10S or S-mode.

Well, one of the requirements of store apps is they must work on Windows 10 S. Meaning, every app in their store is restricted.

Of course, that restriction doesn't apply to Microsoft - Linux isn't available to Windows 10 S, and their apps (like Office) are allowed to do more things than normal apps.