Wow, #tiny 11 is a #windows 11 #os #install that uses just 2GB of #ram and 8GB of #disk space: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tiny11.. The crappy thing is that #windows #xp uses to use 64MB of #ram and a comparably small amount of #disk space. It is completely out of control.
Really funny #feedback by #billgates himself about how #unusable the #windows #install process was for #moviemaker https://twitter.com/techemails/status/16.. I think I remember going through *exactly* this back with #xp . In the end it was easier to #disconnect the #computer from the #internet entirely.
I've been using this #python #pip #install #trick for a while now to ensure the correct #version of #pip is run against the correct #version of #python https://snarky.ca/why-you-should-use-pyt.. In then #bash #alias it to pip_2 and pip_3 to save time.
The #chinese #winter #olympics #app is being #reverseengineered which #athletes are *forced* to #download and #install on their #phones https://github.com/jonathandata1/2022_be.. Despite there being 'no #tracking ', it quite clearly does. The list of #illegal #words is also quite interesting: https://github.com/jonathandata1/2022_be.. Very clear what topics #china 's #ccp want to avoid...
Damn, looks like #companies are going to start #requiring that #contractors #install random #software on their #local #machines such that they can be #monitored at all times: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=295.. Very concerning trend.
#upgraded my #ubuntu #machine earlier, mostly went well. One thing that did go wrong was #virtualbox was unable to install the #extensionpack (but I was able to correct this post #install ) and then #vlc #corrupted its settings, so I had to #reset the #preferences ... Anyway, there is always *some* kind of #issue in these things, but at least I was actually able to #boot my #machine this time.