This is also WSL. The container runs against WSL except the command line tool also sets up the cgroups, fs, network at the same time. At present if you want to run a container in WSL you need a shim Linux image like docker-desktop, or install docker daemon / systemd on Ubuntu running under WSL to do this set up.

VirtualBox is a type 2 hypervisor. It incurs significantly larger overheads than running a container against a host's kernel where the processes in the container have very minimal overhead - some cgroup, fs & network overlays but otherwise they're running natively. In addition if I want to run multiple containers as a cluster and setting up all that would be a massive pain in the ass with a VM. Or if I want to build new containers or derive them from existing containers.

That's basically why docker & containerization are so popular for cloud development, CICD and so on. Microsoft presumably recognize its a legitimate use case to be able to launch a container directly rather than through a shim Linux (e.g. "docker-desktop") running under WSL.

I use WSL all of the time for AWS development and it works excellently. I'm able to run native Windows editors and various tools and software while still having a Linux command prompt (and graphical tools via WSLg) for development purposes. I use kubernetes, minikube, docker extensively. I develop containers for CICD and for deployment all from a single environment.

As for Microsoft's intentions, I would suggest it's because the reality is they've lost the war. Most of open source tools and cloud development is Linux based so instead of fighting it they're facilitating it while still providing a desktop that allows people to do Windows-y things at the same time.

People don't buy firesticks to use them as Amazon intended. They buy them because they make convenient devices for "dodgybox" services - streaming pay content etc. So Amazon are right to say they enable piracy. On the flip side, if they shut that door, then who in their right minds would even want to buy the things? I bet a very substantial % of sales of them are for nefarious purposes and if Amazon prevent it then they'll be sitting on a lot of unsold inventory.

It's why I mentioned IBAN and SEPA above. I can pay anybody else in SEPA spanning 41 countries and it doesn't cost a penny unless there is a currency exchange involved. So I could be a German working in Ireland and I pay my landlord €1200 in rent from my German account and it costs me €1200 and they receive €1200. It's usually instantaneous although sometimes it takes a day to clear.

All of the utility companies support direct debit where you give them your IBAN and they deduct the money automatically each month. Some of them offer a small discount for direct debit which means you pay less than if you manually paid with a credit card.

A few countries in Europe still technically support cheques but most have gotten rid of them entirely. Even where they still exist it's nearly theoretical since banks etc don't issue cheque books or provide cheque services. Since every EU / UK bank has an IBAN and most of Europe is under SEPA (for cross border payments) it is easy and quick to pay somebody electronically.

US vehicles imported to the EU still have to comply with regulations. The easiest way is type approval. But most US cars don't have type approval that so they need individual approval with is reams of paperwork, work to change light clusters & software, speedometer, emissions and a vehicle inspection. The inspection tests the car against EU regs. For cars made since 2024 that includes GSR2 (general safety regulations), which virtually no US car would pass. Then it has to be locally registered and that might incur another country specific inspection, & more taxes. Even if it DOES pass all this, the expense and effort is so prohibitive nobody would bother unless it was a classic vehicle.

This is why Cybertrucks are defacto banned in Europe because by design they're unsafe & uncompliant and cannot be brought into compliance. A few people tried but it didn't go well for them.

By hood I also mean the bumper, grille, all of the front.

In saner regions of the world pedestrian safety is a requirement in vehicles - things like collision avoidance, and smooth impact absorbing spaces at the front of a vehicle to protect against more severe injury to a person if they do get struck. Lower and more sloped hoods are safer than tall, vertical hoods.

In less sane countries, like the US, pedestrian safety is an afterthought. Which may be why the US has more pedestrian deaths than other high income countries, typically 2-4x more than most European ones and why the number of deaths has risen in the last decade while it is falling elsewhere.

I don't know the terms any more than I've read but it sounds to me like Tesco signed a contract for very expensive perpetual license with upgrades and support until 2026. But Broadcom tried to fuck them over by denying them support and fixes in breach of the terms and tried to strongarm them into another more expensive contract. The venue is no surprise and its the right one - Tesco is a UK company, they purchased the license from Computacenter which is a UK company and an authorised reseller of licenses and support.

I just hope Tesco go through with it and don't settle, but I expect they'll eventually settle because that seems to be how these things play out.

Dealing with large repos and large binary blobs is definitely the biggest issue with Git. So many solutions have been proposed over the years and none of them seems to be ideal. e.g. putting blobs in lfs is better than storing them in the repo, but it means you need something like gitlab or nexus to store the blobs and they're not necessarily backed up with the rest of the repo.

I think the most viable thing these days is probably Scalar, which is the successor to VFS for Git and has been integrated into git 2.38+. It basically runs a cronjob to sparsely checkout a repo and does housekeeping tasks so the working copy only contains a subset of the cloned data instead of everything.

As far as AI companies go, Anthropic seems to be applying some ethics to its business dealings, especially towards military applications. So of course the Trump administration is being vindictive and spiteful towards them. It's clear that OpenAI has no qualms lying about what it sells, or the uses it is put to, so they're in the good graces of the government.

Tesco is a UK company and presumably signed contracts under the legal system of England & Wales (Scotland has a separate legal system). So it makes sense their lawsuit is also heard before English courts.

Don't do it kids. Yeah they may be friends today but if they're strapped for cash or get bought out they might be assholes tomorrow.

Let Meta haemorrhage money trying to prop up it's actively despised AI offerings until it finally throws in the towel.