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DerekT-P wrote: why a couple of keys are unreliable
Why not just use an external keyboard?
DerekT-P wrote: The first version of Windows I ran was Win 3.11 and no, it didn't need periodic rebooting.
But of course it did crash. One of the versions then would crash every single time there was a network glitch. And updating it was not just a matter of downloading a software patch.
DerekT-P wrote: There is NO underlying intrinsic reason why a computer system should periodically need restarting
Quite common on larger enterprise (complex) systems in the past that companies often instituted policies where servers were periodically rebooted. This was to stave of resource starvation issues. That was often, but not always, due to memory leaks. Leaking file/sockets was another problem. This was so common that companies often did it without seeing a problem in the first place.
These days all Cloud providers explicitly document that users should expect periodic outages on cloud systems. Users should plan and develop explicitly for that. This is due to hardware failures but also include optional and even required updates (from the cloud provider) to the environment.
DerekT-P wrote: me that at that point Windows will often run "silent" updates, many of which have in the past broken Windows,
But have also fixed known security vulnerabilities. Certainly in corporate environments this is reason enough to require this on employee computers despite possible problems.
There is a feature in Windows 10 that should turn that off. Although I believe I have seen one suggestion that it might not always work.
Despite that I know that in corporate environments it is possible to exclude all updates. Then they are rolled out across the company at periodic intervals. This allows for a testing phase and also precludes that a release causes problems because the company release schedule always lags the general release.
Such updates can also fix problems that show up due to incompatibilities between hardware, OS and applications which might show up over time.
DerekT-P wrote: Your mileage may vary,
Not updating ever might work but should also include not updating existing software nor installing new software.
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jschell wrote: Why not just use an external keyboard? bit tricky when it's on your lap ('laptop') and you have a coffee in one hand π
I do have a replacement keyboard ready to install, but on this Dell that's major surgery and I'm waiting for a weekend with nothing else on ... Could be months away!
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I want a Windows that satisfies MY preferences and needs! To h**l with other users and requests - listen to me, Microsoft!
Maybe the solution is to switch to Linux. That is a place where everyone can have everything his (or her) way. Any developer has the moral right to make a user interface exactly the way (S)HE pleases. Make yet another (Too) Simple Something Protocol. Maybe even making ones own Linux distro!
With Linux, you can roll your own, ignoring all other requests and needs. That is a Developer's Heaven!
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
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No, I don't especially care how you unlock the lock screen. What irks me is that having worked one way on this machine for several years, at some arbitrary point, without explanation or instruction or explicit "update", Windows suddenly changes its behaviour.
Imagine you got in your car one day and, having turned the ignition switch and depressed the clutch, the engine refused to start - unlike every other time you had ever started your car. After much experimentation (there being NO instruction provided) you found you had to do that at the same time as turning the heating to full and indicating left.
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Edit: I found a temporary workaround by setting lib_ldf_mode = off in the platformio.ini for the project
Latest Windows update nuked everyone's PlatformIO software.
Now whenever you go to build a project and it scans for dependencies it takes a really long time, making builds untenable.
I know it's Microsoft's fault because it didn't happen until the update. I know it's Microsoft's fault because it happens on WSL and Windows but not on real Linux. Finally, I know it's Microsoft's fault because many people are reporting the same problem.
What the hell is wrong with people? When people write bad software it offends me. Doubly so when they impose that bad software on my machine, which they didn't pay for.
Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
modified 30-May-24 10:18am.
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WSL leaks horribly, running docker with WSL means I have to end the service every couple of days as it eats CPU to the point of eventually making the laptop almost inoperable.
βThat which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.β
β Christopher Hitchens
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Nom, nom, nom.
These are good chips, what flavor are they?
Memory.
Iβve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
Iβm begging you for the benefit of everyone, donβt be STUPID.
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here, have a hug.
There is a strong argument to be made for small deployable tactical nukes to be shipped, armed to Redmond.
Now, I need to remember where I was in my project because MS just rebooted my machines.
Charlie Gilley
βThey who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.β BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Getting this earlier than the 3rd guess is going to be a challenge.
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And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. -Frederick Nietzsche
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Doh
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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I saw a similar moment on YT some months back, but I can't find it now.
A Ozzie guy's speeding defense: "The speed gun must have picked up the car I was overtaking, not me."
There are times when the gene pool needs some considerable chlorine added.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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"You can't take my license away, judge, I don't have one. MWA-HAHAHAHA"
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There are just some totally dumb *ss people out there, thinking that they have just won the worlds most intelligent quiz online.... DOH
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how do you get that old and still be that stupid? Airbags, seatbelts, and warning signs need to be removed everywhere.
Charlie Gilley
βThey who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.β BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Thanks for my morning smile
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