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Comment Re: no (Score 1) 41

Fleet management has an actual meaning which has nothing to do with enterprise management, which is what the thing you're trying to describe is actually called.

With that said, a lot of shops don't even use Microsoft's enterprise management software, which is weird to me since that just means they're paying for more software. If they're going to do that, why also pay for Windows?

Comment old, new, again (Score 1) 53

The open-source tool allows developers to edit files directly in the command line without switching to another app, similar to vim but designed to be more user-friendly.

So you mean, like... edit? Of yore? No mention of it being a reintroduction of a concept gone by?

the lightweight editor (less than 250KB) includes features like multiple file support via ctrl + P shortcuts, find and replace functionality, and regular expression support.

That sounds unusually competent, and with usefully welcome features.

"What motivated us to build Edit was the need for a default CLI text editor in 64-bit versions of Windows," said Christopher Nguyen, product manager of Windows Terminal, noting that 32-bit Windows versions already ship with MS-DOS Edit.

Yeah, if you guys had done 16 bit support in NTVDM as is available in an OSS replacement for same, you coulda used MS-DOS edit...

Microsoft also wanted to avoid the notorious "how do I exit vim?" problem by creating a modeless editor, The Verge writes.

You could easily solve it by making the mode clear on the status line, and how to get out of it too, but no need for it to be mode-based anyway.

Comment Re:If it wasn't AI (Score 1, Insightful) 24

Of course you want to replace them if possible. This may turn out to be impractical.

It's especially impractical to replace them in a way that leaves them destitute. Three meals from a revolution, my guy.

It certainly isn't happening due to "AI", which is cheap, often unreliable, and frequently batshit crazy.

Managers are also cheap, in that they don't want to pay for talent, let alone competence.

Comment Re: That doesn't mean... (Score 0, Flamebait) 87

Obviouslu nuclear isn't squeaky clean. Wind and solar arent either. We're always talking clean in relative terms. And since carbon emissions are the current big bad, I think the term is appropriate.

Nuclear has higher lifecycle CO2 emissions than wind or solar, because of site and mining considerations. They're not much higher in absolute terms, but they are much higher in relative ones.

Also, carbon emissions are NOT the only big bad. The reason Nuclear is a dumb answer to the carbon question is that not only are the emissions higher, but nuclear also costs vastly more money, so we could do much more carbon reduction by not using it.

Comment Re: Technoluddites. (Score 1) 246

I want an EV when it's feasible but it isn't great for me. There is nowhere to charge at work, I can't charge at home either, the charger in my town is blocks away and after charging I need to move the vehicle so it would be park, walk home, go back later when I'm getting ready for bed and bring the car home. And I also need to be able to afford the vehicle, and in California it wouldn't be any cheaper to drive than my econobox because I can't charge at home where I could maybe install solar or at least wouldn't have to pay for someone to profit from my charger use.

Stop trying to convince people that an EV suits their needs. If you want people to buy EVs, convince policy makers to serve those for whom they will not work.

Comment Re: Technoluddites. (Score 1) 246

The wheel, the inside of the drum, the suspension arms... And on a shitload of trailers where the majority of the brake system is identical to what's on a car in all relevant regards. My Versa has rear drums. I did a full rebuild (including honing cylinders) on a '62 Chevy pickup with four wheel drums. Our bus has drums all around. I know drum brakes, and they release dust. If they were sealed then they would explode due to gases released during braking.

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