https://xkcd.com/927/

This is the exact same sentiment I had when I tried to use my C64 to write a school paper in the 80s (and print it on a dot matrix printer.) Load/save times sucked, interface was laggy and not well thought out. It was quicker and easier to type it on an electric typewriter

A few years later, I got to use WP4 on an IBM PC connected to a Laser printer, and it completely changed my opinion.

I see VR's use to most people as a similar analogous experience to the above. While you could argue that the IBM PC and Wordstar/etc likely existed when I had the "crap" experience on the C64, most families didn't have that at home. I think the general apathy for VR is a combo of bad experiences like above, combined with the lack of a true app you can't yet do nearly as well on PC.

I've always thought of blockchain when thinking of Microsoft's old "plan" to try to get spammers to pay for email back in the early 2000's.

They were working on a digital "stamp" that would take CPU to generate to reduce spam. Pretty much exactly what blockchain does, in theory

Old article on it - https://www.seattlepi.com/busi...

Was never a fan, but it's not an original idea from Protonmail for sure - wonder if MSFT patented it - and that's why we are seeing it 20 years later?

“Never let a good crisis go to waste”

I got my first college internship thanks to VRML in the mid-90s.

I knew my professor had a consulting business he ran on the side. I made a VRML of his logo for him to use. Hired me as a hourly web-monkey.

Ergo, conclusive proof VRML was good for *something*..

"Dropped" can mean both depending on context.

In your example, when a feature has "dropped", that is meaning to release as in the phrase "Dropped off a package for delivery." In this case, there is a new item available (package) for someone (recipient.) In essence, a new item/feature was received.

This article uses the other example of "dropped" feature usage. This means that something has fallen off the feature set. Keeping with the package analogy - the package was "dropped off the back of the truck and lost." This also uses dropped, but infers no one gets to use it.

/spotty correct armchair English off.

Most EULAs/contracts are "we provide service" (maybe give you an SLA if you are lucky.) If not, you are entitled to a refund. They are issuing refunds, so everything is likely on the up-and-up. (Very likely full refunds as well.)

It stinks if you're relying on them - but this is a common start-up risk and event. Company purchases a startup for its technology and/or people - with zero intent to continue the standalone product. Rapid End-of-Sale and move on to the next product.

https://slashdot.org/story/01/...

Chrome looks to be doing this via bug ID 898942:
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/ch...

Ah yes. I assume this was what happened when designing memory allocation in Chrome.

If I remember right, WPA2 natively supports 802.1x, via WPA2-Enterprise. All clients that support WPA2 should support it natively.

802.1x for Wired - yes, hell that sucks.

802.1x for Wifi - easy on client side. No supplicant issues because the supplicant is already used for the WPA2 stuff.

Hard part for WPA2-Enterprise is setting up auth database/RADIUS+TLS server/etc. If a home wifi vendor makes that easy/clouded/etc - could be nice!

Isn't it based off of this?
PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH

Posting to remind me to quote this when we're all having discussions about the need to require 16,384bit keys.

Solidarity with my iPad/iPhone brothers!

*Poors 40 on the sand*

Yeah, this sadly makes me hope other solutions to kill flash take of a bit more..