I totally agree.

If you complain that you have a problem with #Windows
and are unhappy that people on Fediverse always bring up #Linux
when you come here to post your complaint, I have a question: instead of here, have you tried the #Microsoft
support or forums?

I mean at some point the "I just want Windows to work" is a fair and understandable point, but it will just be shouting in the wind if you don't bring your complaints to the people and company making it.

And I say that as an IT tech, I know how it works: if there's no support ticket about a problem, there's no feedback proof, and therefore the problem officially doesn't exist.

EDIT: to be very clear, I'm not writing all this with the intent of presenting MS forums and support as the best way to solve your problems with their products.

It's more that, as someone who deals with how tech support is handled on a daily basis, as I mentioned above, companies have processes for all that, and I can guarantee you that when it comes to handling feedback, they follow them strictly, especially when it comes to being held accountable for unwanted features or overall problems.

Users are being unhappy with ads or AI features and complain they can't deactivate them all? "Where are the tickets at our support to back that up?" is gonna be their answer. And we all know most of us, most of the overall user base never bother with that, leaving the gates full open for Microsoft to be like those aren't issues for the majority of users.

If windows is so problematic, then GNU/Linux can be the solution

Qu'est-ce qui est le plus embêtant en arrivant sous linux?

A) Le changement d'interface
B) Le manque de support pour Photoshop ou autre application spécifique
C) Le rapatriement des données (contacts, favoris, etc...)
D) autres

En autres, on retrouve:

• le passage à la ligne de commande
• pression sociale: Télématin n'en parle pas, le vendeur expert de chez Darty y connaît rien, le tuto ne marche pas sur Linux. La personne se retrouve illégitime et en insécurité par pas compétente.

The return value is unclear:

• The old API treats zero as false (parameter not handled)
• The new API expects an error code (zero is success).
• To add some fun, any non-zero result is passed to ERR_PTR() and used as a pointer for further parsing. Well, (char*)1 is neither IS_ERR_OR_NULL() nor a valid pointer…

:root {
  --w: calc(100vw/1px); /* screen width  */
  --h: calc(100vh/1px); /* screen height */
  /*  The result is an integer without a unit! */
}

A version with better support:

:root {
  --w: calc(100vw/1px); /* screen width  */
  --h: calc(100vh/1px); /* screen height */
  /*  The result is an integer without a unit! */
}

Microsoft Teams führt demnächst eine Funktion ein, die automatisch den Arbeitsort von Mitarbeitern über die Büro-WLAN-Verbindung verfolgt.

1. Use longer passwords
2. Drop complexity requirements
3. No more forced password resets
4. Maintain a password blocklist
5. Eliminate security questions and hints
6. Use modern security tools (MFA, password managers)

Source: https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-4/sp800-63b.html

Un pastiche sur l'argumentaire en faveur de l'IA.

Un autre commentaire similaire à propos du fast-food: https://mamot.fr/@krazykitty/115428219040400965

Clippy has gone a long way

The new minor version make the tools faster.

The Rust-Coreutils v0.3.0 supports 83.91% of the GNU Coreutils 9.8.
It's a decreased compared to the 87.06% of the GNU coreutils 9.7.

S3 is the format used in companies nowadays.

WebDAV is however here since a long time and works well.

Le magazine 60 millions de consommateurs ne sera plus édité puisque sa maison mère l'Institut nation de la consommation va fermer.

Créé en 1966, l’INC devait à l’origine servir de relais technique et scientifique entre l’État et les associations de consommateurs.

L’avenir de 60 millions de consommateurs dépend désormais de la recherche d’un repreneur. Le gouvernement souhaite confier l’activité de presse à un acteur privé, mais les perspectives restent floues. La question de la préservation de son indépendance éditoriale se pose déjà avec acuité.

The original developer can stop it.

If it where a company, the program would disappear. The program however is still maintained with a fork because it's a free software.

Une vidéo claire sur le sujet.

Website: https://pdf-lib.js.org/

Wrapping every string to a newtype ensure the string can be extended as wished and at least differenciated from normal strings without meaning

The project: https://github.com/kustomzone/sierra-db