Background: I've been using Linux since 1994 when I was introduced to it when studying IT at university (my first distro was Yggdrasil Linux).

Just to be clear, this new explorer option is for the filesystems of Linux distros installed using WSL; not for disk partitions. So, that potentially mitigates some of the issues that you've raised. You can already access Linux files using WSL and have been able to do so for for ages now, you just have to type/navigate manually. This new way is only "new" because you don't have to manually specify paths (basically it's an icon, and nothing more, to make what you can already do faster). If the shit was going to hit the fan because of the issues you raised then it would have hit the fan already ages ago. So I guess they've thought of those things.

I've heard that Windows 10 is an ad-supported mess from others as well. But I've never seen an ad on any of the hundreds (maybe thousands) of Windows 10 desktops that I've looked at. What are these ads and where do they show up? Is it only for Home Edition (or whatever it's called) and pirated versions of Windows 10 only? I've honestly never seen a single ad originating from Windows 10.

I am a Nigerian Prince and have work from home in my palatial grass hut for years now. I spend most of my time trying to move my funds out of Nigeria by emailing people to help me, for a share in the profits.

My cousin, Nigerian Astronaut (Air Force Major Abacha Tunde) was the first African in space when he made a secret flight to the Salyut 6 space station in 1979. He has been stranded there since 1990 when the Soviet Union was dissolved. His other Soviet crew members returned to earth on the Soyuz T-16Z, but his place was taken up by return cargo and I need to get my funds out of Nigeria to finance a rescue mission. He is in good humour, but wants to come home. I've told him to remain in self-isolation but need the funds to send him food by rocket.

To be honest I don't even want a cold because a cold can be pretty annoying. But spreading disinformation annoys me. The disinformation is so bad that Wikipedia even lists the influenza as a cause of the common cold (it's not). I'm not even going to try and fix the Wikipedia page though because the conflation between a cold and flu is so entrenched in the vernacular that my edit would be reverted immediately.

In my experience sneezing, coughing, runny nose, excessive sweating etc are not enough to cause alarm or avoid people. And nor should they be, really -- that'd be stigmatization. There are lots of reasons for those symptoms most of which are not communicable.

I'm definitely not saying that it's a bad idea to socially distance yourself from people exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms (if you're sensible you'd be doing that as much as possible already). But sneezing, even if accompanied by a cough, is not indicative of COVID-19. Yes, practice good hygiene but don't get scared of people because they're sneezing. If they're sneezing they probably just have an allergy or a cold (which is a good reason to implement good hygiene but NOT indicative, at all, that they have COVID-19).

Sneezing isn't a symptom of COVID-19 (or even the flu). If someone is sneezing they are likely to have a cold (or allergy) rather than COVID-19 or the flu.

https://www.health.harvard.edu...
https://imgur.com/a/x4H4bDo
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/0...

I agree. Is that why Trump didn't know people died from the flu?

Great to see such a genius in charge. People won't die from COVID-19... nobody even dies from the flu (according to the genius). He gets it. It's his natural ability.

That said, this bit is a bit strange:

Done what?

If there is a test involved then symptoms (which are subjective experiences described by the patient) are no longer relevant. If there is a test then that looks for indications, which are objective measurements. As far as I know if a test indicates influenza no competent medical doctor would make a diagnosis of "a cold" because influenza is not an indication of "a cold"; it's a pretty definitive indication of the flu which -- a much more serious disease than "a cold". Perhaps you're mistaking the influenza virus with the parainfluenza virus (?)

In part I blame the pharmaceutical companies which market "cold and flu" tablets as if the cold and the flu are the same disease. Although each may share similar symptoms (sometimes) are certainly not the same disease at all.

You don't even need to develop pneumonia. I have a feeling that most people talking about the "flu" have never actually had influenza and confuse the "flu" with the common cold. "Oh, it's just the flu" is the most bullshit comment I hear people make all the time. I had influenza (the "flu") when I was 17 years old and pretty fit (running 5km a day, riding my bicycle everywhere and surfing for as many hours as I could when the waves were good). I was certainly fitter then than I am now. The flu knocked me off my feet, though. Literally. I'd never been so sick in my life. I had aches and pains all through my body, fever, difficulty breathing and spent over 2 weeks in bed. I dread to think what the flu would be like for someone who was not as fit as I was. If this novel coronavirus is half as bad a the flu -- and some sources say it's worse -- then it's quite terrifying.

No, it comes with a little orange fan as well (to keep you cool) so it's more than a cluster fuck of cables. It's a cluster fuck of any stupid shit apparently available. It'd be cool if it had LEDs though with an app to change their colour.

I like this part of the "scientific paper":

The so-called scientific paper is not a paper. There's nothing scientific in it. There's a bunch of conjecture and a screenshot of Google Maps. There's no aim/hypothesis, no methodology, no results, just a dodgy discussion and brittle conclusion. Perhaps it was meant to be a letter to someone or maybe some kind of appeal for funding but it's not a scientific paper.

I made a mistake. After re-reading the research it's apparent that the icons having rounded corners is no necessarily embedded in their DNA. After re-reading this sentence from the article:

It seems that the icons may just feel like they're living in the real world. It's not apparent (from this research anyway) whether or not it's a nature vs. nature thing or a combination of both. But it is clear that the icons will at least feel as though they're part of the real world which should stop them being bullied or stop PETA hassling the MS designers. The icons will feel happy and a part of the same world as the MS designers, so there shouldn't be a problem.

Of course I expect you to take it seriously. It talks about the DNA of icons and how the DNA wants the icons to have rounded corners so they feel better and can properly help their host organism (Windows) redefine Windows' archetype. It's a matter of nature vs. nurture and clearly, based on their research, we've been oppressing the icons for years by forcing them to comply with a shape that's just not in their DNA. This isn't only about icons, though: it's also about how they influence our intricate "experience ecosystems" and our reliance on cognitive machinery.

You don't have to take it seriously, but it's what the author (well, one -- or both -- of them) wrote.

Article keywords: leverage, DNA, icon, multitask, critical, choreography, intricate, journey, evolution, advance, archetype, abstract, metaphors, redefined
(no buzzwords there).

As an aside... I have no idea what the article was talking about but it sure does sound good even if it is meaningless drivel.

They've done heaps of research. I've summarized the article from https://medium.com/microsoft-d... (written by Christina Koehn but Danielle McClune did the actual writing as noted at the end of the article). This is the summary:

The writer (writers?) clearly use the word research and clearly state what they're using the research for: to redefine the archetype in which the Windows OS lives. Maybe some choreographed live opera as well. Oh, and the icons will be living in the real world.

Why would you suggest outlawing prescription opioids? That's not solving anything but it might be "punishing" people who genuinely need them. You do know that there are legitimate uses for opioids, right? If your suggestion ever came to fruition you'd better hope that you never experience severe chronic pain

I think Zuckerberg knows that. It's probably cheaper to get the government to do the regulation though (well, the monitoring). So, yeah, nothing is stopping his company doing it except that it's cheaper to get someone else to do it. I doubt that Zuckerberg doesn't know this and it seems to be a plausible explanation for his stance

I think that there must be more going on than that because the first thing I did -- ages and ages ago; over a year ago in the case of my laptop) -- on both of my Windows 10 computers (desktop and laptop) is apply those registry items because I hate Cortana and I hated getting web results mixed in with other stuff in my start menu. However, I was affected by the outage although things started working again after the computers were turned on after about 5-10 minutes (both computers use local user accounts as well)