Yes, coming from the company who created C# and TypeScript. It's surely to be absolute garbage. /s

Hah -- funnily enough, powershell supports Vi, Emacs or Windows input bindings. (Set-PSReadlineOption -EditMode [vi | emacs | windows])

A shrewd technical analysis and firm rebuttal there, cheers. I can only assume you're not old enough to remember the days of unpatched windows boxes connected directly to the internet, spewing out thousands of connections per second across entire classes of networks, looking to spawn another copy of slammer/code red/etc. Windows on the desktop is not going away, but thanks to these update policies, the chances of another worm outbreak is pretty slim to none. Pragmatism is not always in the form you wish it would be.

The forcing of critical updates on Windows users - who steadfastly delay updates for weeks - is for the betterment of everyone. Part of the problem of having the broadest reach with a desktop platform is that you have a fair amount of morons to deal with who can't just save their work and let WU do its job. Without this, we'd be dealing with far more malware that we currently have to deal with. Unfortunately idiots clicking "yes, please run this EXE attached to my email" who hammer through UAC prompts (or who have turned it off) ignoring all warnings will always exist.

Amen, brother. All that's left now is the very worst dregs of whatever reasonably intelligent, cautious and open minded community that once belonged here. I only came over to see what sort of response I'd see -- I guess it's just a habit. It's been ten years since I bothered with this place either. This announcement is just good for everyone. There's been a seismic shift within Microsoft. It's fascinating to have lived through the transition. All this time I've continued to run Linux and Windows at home and work for different reasons. Now, I sit here with Windows 10 with WSL (ubuntu 18.04 embedded) on a single device (surface book 2), and can switch seamlessly between platforms with a single IDE (vs code) and write code that targets any platform. Even the Windows console is turning into xterm with the new conpty plumbing (a proper pseudo tty) and x3.64/ecma48 support. What world is this?

My son and I make YouTube videos as a hobby, and in an average month we'll get around 15,000 hours per month of views. $0.15 per hour would be about 10x what YouTube's AdSense currently pays for those views.

If they can match YouTube's sheer volume, or even within an order of magnitude, this is a no-brainer for hobbiest content producers. I like YouTube overall, so if the only effect is that it raises AdSense's payout to compete, then it's a win-win.

There's also DailyMotion.

Never heard of it? Exactly.

Why the hell would I want to try to manage Windows - with its configuration management based on APIs (WMI, CIM etc.) - with a shell and tools designed to manage Unix, where configuration management is based around text files? SSH is a protocol for remoting a terminal. PowerShell is a terminal (console text mode) application. PowerShell is designed to manage Windows. Bash is a terrible shell for managing Windows. Just because I love my tennis racket doesn't mean I'm going to start using it to play soccer...

Why the hell would I want to try to manage Windows, with its configuration management based on APIs (WMI, CIM etc.) with a shell designed to manage Unix where configuration management is based around text files? Just because I love my tennis racket doesn't mean I'm going to start using to play soccer...

Kodu from MSR is excellent.

http://research.microsoft.com/...

"Kodu is a new visual programming language made specifically for creating games. It is designed to be accessible for children and enjoyable for anyone. The programming environment runs on the Xbox, allowing rapid design iteration using only a game controller for input."

Here's the real plan that Nintendo has for mobile:

First off, forget re-releases of old games on cell phones. They won't be doing a Virtual Console, selling old emulated versions of their games, and if any classic games appear they'll be "Remastered" versions specially designed for the device. There may be a marketplace that will (finally!) be tied in to your Nintendo account, and probably transfer in some way to your 3DS and other marketplaces, but it'll sell new titles featuring familiar characters and settings.

They see and understand the market they're entering, and will be making games specifically for it, like "Freemium" Dr. Marios with 5-plays per day energy metering with the option to buy tokens to get more plays. If you've played Pokemon Shuffle or Puzzle and Dragons, you get the idea.

Their new "Console" will probably lean more in this direction, tying their existing IP into the mobile game experience in some way. Remember the Chao idea from the Sonic Adventure games? You'll probably see more Tamogachi style mobile gaming featuring Pokemon and other Nintendo fauna and flora, with options to "feed" them with real-life cash.

Eventually it'll either flop and Iwata will say "I told you so!" or it'll be so successful that investors will want to know why they're even bothering with a console at all. Why spend three years making a new Legend of Zelda when they can push out a new "Link's Candy Crush" every six months.

Moral of the story - be careful what you wish for. Getting the Nintendo experience in your pocket might just be at the cost of having a Nintendo console in your living room.

This. This kind of decision-making is why you never hear about the "Slashdot Effect" anymore. Because you're driving away the people who would normally click on your links.

Since last November, Casey Muratori has been producing a nightly stream for his indie project, Handmade Hero (http://www.handmadehero.org). It's as much an informal class on low-level C programming as a game coding stream, and he's gotten quite a regular audience for it. It helps that he's also interesting to listen to - he's also on a podcast (The Jeff and Casey Show).

It actually reminds me of being back in the college dorms, coding late into the night with friends, someone tapping at the keyboard and everyone else poking suggestions or just hanging out.

Watching his stream is much more interesting than just watching someone playing a game, spewing obscenities and memes while they die over and over.

It wasn't me...at least I'm pretty sure it wasn't.

Then again, I am quite interested in VR tech.