Except if you skipped Windows 98, there was a whole range of games, software and hardware (USB) you couldn't use.

Windows XP had some major hate when it was release, people called it the Playmobil OS due to the colour scheme, and a host of older hardware and software wasn't supported due to changes in Kernel and Driver model.

Skipping Windows Vista was easy to do due to the hate train everyone got on, but if you had a 64bit CPU you were wasting a huge chunk of your systems performance. (Windows XP 64bit wasn't an option, as it was just a cut down version of Server 2003 and had major compatibility issues.)

Windows 11 isn't a bad OS, it just requires modern hardware features, my biggest issues with it is I can't move the taskbar to the top of the screen without a hack or third-party software, and I'm not a fan of the new start menu, but I pin most Apps I use to the taskbar so really doesn't matter. But it's stable it supports new hardware features, it's still works like Windows (no Windows 8 how do I use this thing).

That's great. You don't want to give them access to it anyway.

> Microsoft never said Windows 10 final version of Windows

they did, multiple times.

They're just off 101 in Santa Clara. The building is pretty visible when you drive by.

You think the house of lords would oppose this?

Probably missing some details, but back in the early-mid 2000’s, most tech companies formed a not-so-secret-anymore pact to keep pay low for developers. Facebook was the only company who said “not interested” and paid SWE’s what all the companies knew they were worth. Then the other companies lost workers to Facebook for much higher pay and benefits, forcing those companies to follow suit. This was mostly Zuck’s doing.

Makes sense. Russia has to cut back on spending these days because cash it tight.

i wish i could find my old porn :<

So they're not allowed to "produce a document such that it is not possible for Ofcom to understand the information it contains"? Why are they writing a law that requires all online content to be written at or below a third-grade reading level?

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I hope noone is downvoting this because they think it is inaccurate.

It is, however, missing the point.

Being open source means you can show to have security objectively, not through obscurity. It means others can not only analyze it for weaknesses, but contribute resolution to those weaknesses as well.

Whether or not that open source code is what's really used to build an application... is another matter. I wonder if that can be objectively proved for Signal. It definitely can't be for others ;)

Yeah, what they do is repackage the content, that's way different than paying for clicks.

>NO YOU CANT WORK FROM YOUR COMPUTER AT HOME YOU HAVE TO USE OURS FOR SOME REASON!

It's a compliance thing. Google can get into serious trouble with many governments for people using un-managed home computers. SOX, PCI, GDPR, you name it. Home computers are an excellent conduit for data breaches. From a legal standpoint, your home computer automatically becomes part of evidence collection if there is ever an investigation by the company. Sure there are resources like Citrix Google could use to let home computers be used... but maybe Google doesn't use that for reasons.

Feel free to disagree, but Google has their reasons. Forcing people to work at an office while taking away their desk is dumb. Forcing people to use company hardware, no.

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Have you ever heard of a little something called PyTorch. Give them their credit where credit is due.

Quantum really is the equalizer we thought it would be.

Without them, I would not have gotten my first front end developer job!

Elon over there ripping out load bearing services like his future bankruptcy case relies on it

Hot desking has been a thing for some time now.

Can't say I like it.

> Or they could simply have the app upload your keys to their server.

That wouldn't make much sense, because the keys are ephemeral, so you'd have to upload about as many keys as there'd be messages.

Google’s currently complying with the law so I guess all is well. If they must pay to link content then they can also not pay to not link the content.

Microsoft never said Windows 10 final version of Windows, the actual quote was:

“Right now we’re releasing Windows 10, and because Windows 10 is the last version of Windows, we’re all still working on Windows 10,”

If you change the "last version" to the "latest version" or "last version released" you get the true meaning of what the developer was trying to say. The last version ever was never the official narrative.

Or they could simply have the app upload your keys to their server.

But as others have pointed out, they open source their code so they can't do this without everyone finding out.

My point was really that the comment I was replying to was dumb - just because you have "encryption" doesn't mean no one will ever read your messages. The keys that can decrypt those encrypted messages must also be kept safe.

They’ll never sell you one outright anyway. If not the hardware, the software will totally be licensed. You’ll likely have to pay a subscription model. They’ll pocket a % of the perceived value of that 40% time you saved.

Not having an ergonomic desk seems like good reason not to go to the office and strong arm HR with working conditions retaliation. I can’t imagine having to work in some random hallway and developing carpal tunnel and back problems for such a stupid policy.