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Surely it makes best use of their core strengths. MS have never really cracked the nuts and bolts of an OS and there has never been mass acceptance of Linux on the desktop. And before anyone jumps down my throat - I have been on Kubuntu for circa 10 years.
Why not copy the MacOS model? They've done OK. 
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5teveH wrote: Why not copy the MacOS model? They've done OK
Because Apple controls both the hardware and the software, and maintains a tight grip on the walled garden.
I'm not sure I want to see that model extended to other systems.
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I really miss the downvote option because that is total nonsense.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Rick York wrote: I really miss the downvote option
I guess they removed it to try to encourage debate, rather than simple disagreement. Obviously there's still no guarantee that, that will be achieved.
Amen! 
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Linux does okay if you ignore the fact that things like updates on an LTS release of Ubuntu hose grub causing the machine to fail to boot.
Or random updates make certain features stop working.
Etc.
Pretty much ignore all the same things I hate about windows, but also it can't run anything I find important like Visual Studio
Real programmers use butterflies
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The only time I had an issue with Ubuntu was the one time I tried to upgrade from one LTS release to the next. Otherwise, I have had zero issues with about 6 machines I've had on Ubuntu since 2007.
Your issues with grub may be due to the developers not correctly dealing with dual boot systems? Don't know.
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I don't have any dual boot. It seems to be getting confused by UEFI but I can't tell for sure.
Real programmers use butterflies
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I manage (build run etc.) a website and was looking at the google analytics. They supply all sorts of reports, generally unasked for, and now a report has indeed inflicted a wound.
It was a browser report (user usage).
Android was, no surprise, the single most used. Second, slightly eclipsing Chrome, was Edge !
What kind of users am I attracting? Where have I gone wrong? Should I detect browsers upon connection and instruct them to clean up their act?
Perhaps this is a sign that, indeed, the end is near!
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AFAIK, new Edge is built on the same Chromium platform (like Chrome) and uses less of computer's resources. Edge performs better than Chrome. People might have noticed and moving towards it. Win10 latest update is upgrading to Edge by default.
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Sandeep Mewara wrote: Win10 latest update is upgrading to Edge by default.
Does 'upgrading' mean changing the default browser? Modifying setting away from competitors is something, in my experience, for which MicroSloth is well know.
(I have no Win10 systems and it's going to stay that way).
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Not changing by default. But all browsers, by default keep on asking if they want that browser to be made default.
BTW, I did not meant the default thing - it was more of easy availability and less resource hogging that must be driving it.
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W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: Does 'upgrading' mean changing the default browser? Modifying setting away from competitors is something, in my experience, for which MicroSloth is well know.
It's certainly not unique to Microsoft. Both Apple and Google have been in the news for changing defaults in favor of their own.
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Indeed. I had been trying to move away from IE for years, but habits are hard to change. These days more and more sites simply misbehave when using IE, so I'm finding I really don't have a choice.
All browsers have their own idiosyncrasies (some mild, some annoying), but so far I find the Chromium-based Edge (or Chredge as some call it) provides the path of least resistance for me.
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W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: Android was, no surprise, the single most used. Second, slightly eclipsing Chrome, was Edge !
What kind of users am I attracting? Where have I gone wrong? Should I detect browsers upon connection and instruct them to clean up their act?
It's too late for that. You must delete your web site, erase any backups using DoD 5220.22-M, destroy the server farm that once contained your site, plow it into the ground, and sow the site with salt. Afterwards, you must wear sackcloth and ashes for the rest of your natural life.
This may earn you forgiveness by the LIM (Linux Installations Matter) crowd. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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I shall sit under a gourd vine, wring my hands, and wail in a pitiful voice.
Also -
Shannah Tovah - Archived.
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And there comes Safari. Surprise !
On a second thought, that line would have been better with Netscape. Or the Spanish Inquisition.
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Because you mentioned it:
Safari was fifth of the five that were displayed, significantly behind Firefox which was significantly behind the nearly tied Edge and Chrome. It was a bar chart - no decent numbers to share.
My (expected) users tend to be older then your standard phone addicts - but no shortage of phone addicts across most of the age groups when I see a subset of them live (on occasion). It took a while for me to train them into not text me because I don't read them or send them.
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end of time => E
tango => T
altered => (anagram)
the first => I
popular => IN
operating => ON
computer => PC
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From start => INCEPTION
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It works... but I would say it's really difficult when you have so many elements that need to be found before you can even start to work on the anagram.
You get a single element wrong and your anagram efforts are useless.
Also, I am not sure how valid it is to put an anagram indicator in the middle.
Anyway... just observations, not trying to suggest it's wrong.
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musefan wrote: Also, I am not sure how valid it is to put an anagram indicator in the middle.
I thought of it. So referred previous weeks CCC of OG. Found anagram placed anywhere and so used it.
musefan wrote: I would say it's really difficult when you have so many elements that need to be found
Probably yes, given I was making it up, while reading it looked way simple deduction for regulars to me, I divided a little further.
I will still take the input. Thanks.
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Good luck tomorrow! I had nothing today ... 
"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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So, what? There are rules? That must be where I've been going wrong. I look at CCC every day - and every day I'm baffled. Sometimes even when the answer is provided - as in this case.
Where do I get the rules list from?
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5teveH wrote: Where do I get the rules list from?
You don't find the rules, the rules find you. Break one and see what happens 
I guess they are more guidelines than rules, the main one being: The definition should be at either the start or the end, never in the middle.
Maybe this would interest you?
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Sandeep Mewara wrote: the first => I
How does that work? Also putting the anagram suggestion in the middle makes no sense, as it looks like part of the clue should be an anagram of tango.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: Also putting the anagram suggestion in the middle makes no sense, as it looks like part of the clue should be an anagram of tango.
As shared I referred this while making that call: The Lounge
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