>a WSL2-esque wrapper around Virtualization.framework allowing for easy installation of Linux containers.
So Linux is now a first class citizen on both Windows and Mac? I guess it really is true that 'if you can't beat em, join em.' Jobs must be rolling in his grave.
C has a lot of ambiguity in how it is parsed ("undefined behavior") but people usually view that as a benefit because it allows compilers more freedom to dictate an implementation.
It's not the same. There is an explosion in expressiveness/ambiguity in the step from high-level programming languages to natural languages. This "explosion" doesn't exist in the steps between machine code and assembly, or assembly and a high-level programming language.
It is, for example, possible to formally verify or do 100% exhaustive testing as you go lower down the stack. I can't imagine this would be possible between NLs and PLs.
I don't really know how to feel about this. I've seen enough misconfigured Workday instances that result in most decent candidates never getting their resumes looked at because they didn't keyword-optimize enough, so it feels quite justifiable.
But for those businesses that actually review resumes, it's gotta be brutal.
Users think they want a lot of things they don't really need. Do we really want to hand users that loaded gun so that they can choose incorrectly where to fire?
For example, if I'm using KDE on a TV, which by the way I am (with Bazzite to be exact, works great) then I want to set the scale factor in KDE higher because I'm going to be standing further away. This is not optional; the UI is completely unreadable if you just let it use the physical dimensions to scale. There's nothing you can do. A preference is necessary to handle this case.
You could argue that this is a PEBKEC ignoring the fact that desktop environments care about this use case, but what you can't argue about is this: it's an accessibility issue. Having a magnifier tool is very important for people who have vision issues, but it is not enough. Users with vision problems need to be able to scale the UI. And yes, the UI, not text size. Changing the text size helps for text, but not for things like icons.
If you want to be able to sell Linux on devices in the EU, then having sufficient accessibility features is not optional.
Seemingly this is for any reason, though whether this will be applied consistently remains to be seen.
I have to wonder if this is in response to the lawsuit from WP Engine over being banned, in a "fine, I'll unban everyone and we'll see how much you like it then" way.
Original title was too long, but for posterity, it was: "Communities that experience mass shootings drink more alcohol in the aftermath, a new study finds"
The whole train DRM saga has been endlessly entertaining as someone looking in from afar, but I can only imagine the stress this must place on operators trying to keep trains maintained with this dagger dangling over their heads. I wish I could hack a train, thats a once in a lifetime opportunity and would make for an incredible "2 truth and a lie" type story
So Linux is now a first class citizen on both Windows and Mac? I guess it really is true that 'if you can't beat em, join em.' Jobs must be rolling in his grave.
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