Old grumpy software architect and engineer. I create, perform, and teach music. I´m married, have kids, dogs, dabble in fine arts, and talk psychology, culture, and politics.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Google’s AI search results are already getting adsEnglish
8·2 years agoSure! It won’t comply, though.
Microsoft has a history of doing so, both with Minecraft customers and others. They just don’t care.
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Firefox@lemmy.ml•Finally back down to 14 tabs, still too embarrassed to show anyoneEnglish
4·2 years agoSome web applications force me to open their screens in separate tabs and windows, by making the screens remove any filtering on revisit by back button. And thus I have 20 tabs open that all start with the same meaningless word.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Transparent Wood Could Soon Find Uses In Smartphone Screens, Insulated WindowsEnglish
9·2 years ago“Could”.
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Linux@lemmy.ml•Yes, Ubuntu Is Withholding Security Patches for Some SoftwareEnglish
30·2 years agoNo, they aren’t. You can switch to their Universe patches anytime, at your own risk. If you want Canonical to mitigate that risk for you, you pay. Simple, really.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft to kill off VBScript in Windows to block malware deliveryEnglish
4·3 years agoWith some of my smaller clients, the CIO is the same as the CTO and the same as the IT Director. There, IT is developers, too.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft to kill off VBScript in Windows to block malware deliveryEnglish
6·3 years agoEnterprise will cause a boom in hiring VBA devs to migrate legacy apps to other programming languages, then hear Microsoft will extend support for a few more years, then fire all those VBA devs again. If Microsoft had some wits, they’d create easy tools to migrate VBA to C#.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft to kill off VBScript in Windows to block malware deliveryEnglish
10·3 years agoWouldn’t it face the exact same security issues as VBA, with drive-by installs of obfuscated malware and executions of arbitrary code?
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Firefox@lemmy.ml•Stop Firefox from suggesting github.blog web address whenever I enter "github" into address bar (solved)English
2·3 years agoThat indeed is annoying.
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Firefox@lemmy.ml•how in the hell does one get [@firefox](https://lemmy.ml/c/firefox) to not expand like this on hover in fullscreen mode on macOS? i've thrown all i can at the custom css files and config files
1·3 years agoLooks like a problem with your theme. Try a completely fresh profile with no themes installed.





Good. He can stay out.