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The upcoming end of Windows 10 support may lead to hundreds of millions of devices becoming obsolete, potentially contributing significantly to electronic waste If only there were some OS that could run on those machines
What could it be? Oh, maybe CP/M?
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PCs are generally obsolete the moment they leave the factory. Just because Microsoft won't be updating Windows 10 after October 2025 doesn't mean that Windows 10 will cease to function.
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Microsoft could fix this with close to zero effort but someone in management has a ____ for TPM
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It's not the TPM that's the problem. It's the Core Isolation option. Windows 10 would do this in software if the hardware didn't support it. Microsoft removed this code in Windows 11, forcing Windows 11 to only run on machines with processors that support this feature.
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Why do I regularly get the impression that my current Win10 PC(s) will abruptly stop working the day MS ends its support? It didn't happen with my Win95 PC when Win95 support ended. It didn't happen with with my XP PC when that support ended. And I really cannot see how MS can transfer my current PC into e-waste when support ends.
For me, going from 3.1 to 95, further to 98, and then to XP, was driven by a need for the new functions - most certainly, the 32 bits of XP. There were some 'nice to have' to Win7, so I took that one as well. Win10 was like 'Well, why not, just in case, but it certainly is no real need'.
It still isn't. I could still have been running Win7; I have no needs beyond Win7. I guess that there are few new Win7 viruses nowadays, so I would be quite safe if I went back to Win7. Most likely, there will be few new Win10 viruses when support ends, so that is reasonably safe as well.
Real religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
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trønderen wrote: Most likely, there will be few new Win10 viruses when support ends, so that is reasonably safe as well.
That is probably the crux of the matter. And I suspect that if a new power strain of virus comes into being, MS will update Win 10 boxes to combat it. If they don't though, there may be a class action suit...
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trønderen wrote: Most likely, there will be few new Win10 viruses when support ends, so that is reasonably safe as well.
The questions are whether viruses written for Win11 or later will be "backward compatible" with Win10, and whether anti-virus programs running on Win10 will be updated to catch them.
Both questions depend on the market share of Win10 post-support. Given that most home users will be reluctant to throw away perfectly good hardware just to get Win11, I expect the market share to remain significant.
(Businesses may be able to treat replacing their computers as a deductible expense, but I'm not an accountant.)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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CP/Mish is an open source CP/M distribution for the 8080 and Z80 architectures. Just the thing if you have an old typewriter or Kaypro that needs an OS
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Or, per your above post, a totally functional desktop/laptop but that can't support W11.
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Let’s discuss eight reasons for slow development processes in big and legacy applications. One does not simply code the battleship
Needs more mixed metaphors
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Only one month after the big release of .NET 8, the dotnet team is already working on the next iteration: .NET 9. Syntactic sugar tastes sweet
Not a biggie, but it looks fairly convenient (IMO)
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Yeah, that would be marginally useful in those rather rare cases when I use params. Marginally useful + rare cases = I'll never remember this new feature when it comes out.
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It seems to have confused Steven already! 
Quote:
PrintNumbersUseList([1, 2, 3]);
That already works in C# 12, without using the params keyword:
SharpLab[^]
What this feature adds is the option to remove the collection expression:
PrintNumbersUseList(1, 2, 3); SharpLab[^]
There's not a huge difference in the lowered code between the two:
List<int> list = new List<int>(3);
list.Add(1);
list.Add(2);
list.Add(3);
PrintNumbersUseList(list);
List<int> list = new List<int>();
CollectionsMarshal.SetCount(list, 3);
Span<int> span = CollectionsMarshal.AsSpan(list);
int num = 0;
span[num] = 1;
num++;
span[num] = 2;
num++;
span[num] = 3;
num++;
PrintNumbersUseList(list); I'd be interested to know whether there's a genuine performance benefit to the C# 13 approach, or whether it was just done that way so that the bulk of the params-lowering code only ever has to deal with Span<T> types. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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The ruling follows a similar decision denying patent registrations naming AI as creators. They'll just have to get some meatbag to pose as the inventor
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Microsoft added the mixed reality platform to a list of deprecated Windows features. Do they think they're Google now?
Yet another reason I tend to avoid buying Microsoft hardware. They never seem to last very long. (although I have owned their mice and keyboards, but I'm still suspicious)
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The difference between 1983 and 1993 is vast. Since then, not so much "Don’t you see if you want something better, and better, and better, you lose the good"
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The real question is can Doom run Doom? We know it ran on Windows NT.
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Problem that hit university students and businesses is thankfully resolved It must have affected some exec at the company
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As the more code you add to an application, the slower development becomes, I view all code as technical debt. So avoid debt - don't write any code
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The feedback we’ve received since our announcement and launch of .NET Aspire last month has been amazing! For those that aspire to reach for The Cloud
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A number of auto dealers have deployed ChatGPT-powered conversational artificial intelligence (AI) tools, or chatbots, as a way to provide quick, customized on-demand information to online car shoppers. Never trust an AI car dealer?
Or is it just AI used car dealers? Used AI car dealers?
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Aahh, the sweet smell of payback. After dealerships played the markup game to the point where a small number of dealerships ended up with double the MSRP, it's nice to see a consumer beat them at their own game.
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An international law enforcement operation codenamed 'Operation HAECHI IV' has led to the arrest of 3,500 suspects of various lower-tier cybercrimes and seized $300 million in illicit proceeds. Did they finally catch up with those people copying DVDs?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Did they finally catch up with those people copying DVDs?
They're still working on the VHS copying masterminds.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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