Yes, it takes a deleter function as an optional parameter, so it can be used for pretty much any resource.

For C that's a perfectly reasonable use of goto. For C++ you should use unique_ptr or wrap your resource in your own object that you can stack allocate. RAII is a very nice pattern in C++.

The other downside to make_shared is that I don't think there's an equivalent to std::nothrow, so you must have exceptions enabled to use it and handle out-of-memory conditions.

Most of the stuff in C++11 isn't really new, a lot of it has been in Boost for a very long time. A lot of it is also stuff for safety that doesn't affect the binary - like the override keyword. Avoiding it because it's new is really just saying you're not willing to learn.

There are foreign versions. I can't speak to the telemetry but you'll know you're on a European version if a fresh install does not have Edge pinned to the taskbar by default.

This behavior is only on Android and chromecast. IOS, OSX, windows, even the netflix client on my Sony Blu-ray player and Wii don't do the same thing. I highly doubt netflix is responsible.

Google does the same thing. Both Android devices and chromecast ignore the DNS in the DHCP negotiation and use Google DNS servers at least for netflix. This makes it more difficult to use DNS-based region modifiers like unblock-us, since you have to block 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 at the router.

Not true. There may be things in the kernel that could be in user space, or in a kmod, or done in a driver. Linus is concerned about the code that 100% of Linux users are required to have, not the stuff that can be easily added or removed from an install.

Apparently they're hard-coding some of the IPs, so the hosts file won't fix everything.

Try searching for 'windows update' that way. On my Win10 box it doesn't show. If I search in the main screen of the control panel it still doesn't show even though it's right there on the fucking screen! Somehow they managed to royally screw up search in this release.

High end 4 wheel drive cars can already detect the difference between various conditions, and adapt the traction control to compensate. This will only get easier as cars have sensors for things like the temperature of the road.

The last 2 places I worked facebook and YouTube have been required for my job. One was working on firmware for a networking appliance, the other was an Internet security application. When a user calls in with a problem I need to be able to reproduce without jumping through some idiotic IT hoops, otherwise I'm wasting my time and the user's. Oh, and 1 of those companies was a company with over 100k employees, I very much doubt IT knew about every product the company created. Are you certain no one in your company, like maybe your social media manager, has a good reason to have open Internet access?