Maybe watch the video before making a disgusting comparison like that? And, yes, it landed successfully and then ~ 3 mins later it exploded. These things are prototypes and are being rapidly produced to test a novel rentry-landing idea while simultaneously testing new engine designs and new methods of manufacturing. Any number of interrelated and unrelated issues can occur in any one of these test flights. It didn't explode on landing, it didn't explode in flight and crash, it didn't crash and then explode. It landed successfully and then something, whether tied to the landing or not, occurred and the vehicle was lost.

The legs they are using for these belly-flop/flip landing tests are not the final landing legs. This thing may not even have traditional legs, as the plan is to have the strong-back "catch" a landing Starship.

Microsoft has a Windows package manager in public preview.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-...

Just because I work in the digital content creation space and Python is the lingua franca for practically all DCC applications I shouldn't be on Slashdot? Screw off.

Py2EXE just packages your Python code, the required std and 3rd party modules and a python interpreter into an exe package. Nothing is compiled. For compiled Python you need to use Nuitka (https://www.nuitka.net)

And here we have a comment that was clearly written by someone who has no experience in videogame development.

They get more money from nVidia and Epic. Do you see them rushing out nVidia and Unreal only features at a break-neck pace?

>> which to me says "We can charge a second owner to unlock features that the original purchaser already bought"

Tesla is already 100% doing this. There are numerous stories on Tesla enthusiast forums and YouTube channels about used Teslas being sold advertised with feature X and the new owner discovering it's not enabled, calling Tesla, and being told that "The original owner bought that feature, not you. If you want it, pony up $$".

It's probably where BMW got the idea.

There's nothing in that article about Microsoft re-writing the Linux kernel. All they are doing is packaging it in such a way that it is delivered to your machine via Windows Update vs being part of the OS image.

Yeaaaah, no. I looked at the upgrade path this morning, as my trusty Sonos Connect is on the chopping block. The Sonos Connect patches Sonos into a receiver so a traditional stereo system can be used for Sonos output. It can also stream other input devices on your stereo (CD, turntable, etc..) to other Sonos speakers on the network. I never use that aspect of it as I only have a receiver. It's quite handy, has been working without a hitch for almost a decade, and I didn't pay all that much for it. Sonos' suggestion for an upgrade if I turn my Connect in was the Sonos Amp. All the Sonos Amp does is patch Sonos into a receiver so a traditional stereo system can be used for Sonos output. It can also stream other input devices on your stereo (CD, turntable, etc..) to other Sonos speakers on the network. The comparison between the Amp and the Connect that Sonos themselves shows on their recycle/upgrade pages shows that the Amp and the Connect are essentially the same device.

Sonos wants $650 for the Amp. I think I paid less than a third of that for the Connect. Sonos is willing to give me $150 off of a an Amp if I recycle my Connect. Yep..They're willing to offer me the low low price of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS to replace one device with something that is, for all intents and purposes AN IDENTICAL DEVICE, but costs 3x as much. And Sonos does not provide any guarantee for how long this stupidly expensive replacement device will last before they decide to kill it, too. This situation Sonos is creating isn't about processing power and RAM, it's about Sonos losing marketshare and forcing overpriced "upgrades" in order to increase revenue.

The only two Sonos Devices I have are the Connect and a Play:3 speaker. Soon, I think, my house will become Sonos free.

>> The article harshly concludes that Terminator: Dark Fate is bombing in North America "because audiences didn't want to see it."

Why is that harsh? That's always a potential outcome for any media product. It's, quite literally, the nature of the business.

https://youtu.be/fyWr7XRiyVM

Major companies agree on public statements all of the time. Agreement is non-binding and provide free positive press. There won't be a universal RCS Android app shipped next year.

Visual Studio Community is free. VIsual Studio Code is free (and open source).. I use VS Community to sync to the new Microsoft Terminal code, .NET Core code, PowerShell Core code, and PowerToys code on GitHub. I have build those, examined the code and made defect reports. I have yet to make a pull request, but that is an available option.

What was your point again regarding Microsoft, closed source, closed APIs, and expensive software?

Or, you could provide references to support your statements. Two of the four pages I found were quite apparently local news reporting on police reports - a not uncommon method of local news to gather information. Given the amount of public angst and outcry you are insinuating is occurring I doubt the local police would be ignorant of the situation.