I worked at Microsoft for a while many years ago... I casually mentioned MSB once in a meeting, we were told by the manager that under no circumstances were we to ever speak of it again and that if certain other people had hear us talking about it we likely would have been terminated. One of the old timers there mentioned after the meeting was over that Bill was a little sensitive about the topic and we were best to not talk about it when we were in the same building as Bill.

Not sure how accurate the whole "terminated" thing was, but they seemed serious.

I smell bullshit.

...seems to be trying to squeeze out profit like a private equity/investment firm before finally selling the IP and killing off the product entirely.

Sort of makes sense given the rise of all the free VM and cluster software out there... much of which is superior to the garbage vmware offers.

...theaters are dying.

We've seen 2 movies at a theater in the last 5 or 6 years.... both experiences were overpriced and pretty terrible.

Dirty uncomfortable seats.... sticky floors... $5 waters that cost $1 anywhere else... stale popcorn... and people on their phones and talking through half the movie.

Why would I EVER spend another dollar at a theater when I can just stream the movie at home a couple of months later often for free.

....there are a lot of underskilled morons screwing things up for the rest of us, hence the push for something a bit safer.

If you're skilled enough to write good code without the nannies and such, good for you, but don't push back on something safer for everybody else just because you don't feel like using it.

It sort of reminds me of all the kids these days who are terrified to drive a car without an automatic trans, a rear view camera, and sensors all over the car to save them from their own mistakes..... it's kinda sad, a little amusing, but in the end it won't hurt you one bit.

If Wish and and Facebook Marketplace had an illegitimate love child, Temu would be it.

...my wife told me so.

...may not always be the solution but some of these scammers could probably benefit from an epic ass whoopin.

Would love to see a video where these bastards get raided by the cops AND their mothers with belts/chanclas/paddles in hand.

....it'll play for you while you eat, text, and take potty break.

....it's nuclear powered and has a 100 year warranty.

Single slot low profile low power quadro cards like the P600 or P620 supports physx and can be found well under $50 including shipping.

No need to waste space or power on something bigger just for physx.... just sayin.

how about ACTUAL inconvenience... nothing annoys me more than a company demanding I use MY phone for their bullshit.

Fuck digital coupons, and double fuck digital menus.

Another AI article....???

...modern art is trash.

Most of it is simply a means to launder money.

If AI is better it's only because the nobody is actually trying to make anything decent, they're just rushing making trash and using it to move large sums of money around the world.

...to fork it.

It's like grandma always said.... If the person in charge is an intolerable cunt, move on and make your own.... that's not exactly how she said it, but it's close enough. ;-)