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Because the default windows search actually iterates every folder/subfolder, rather than using the global file table, which "everything" uses

I think it also searches inside documents by default.

So you have to drop and re-add a column when adding foreign keys?

The SQLite docs have a section about it, the idea is: 1. Create new table with foreign key constraint 2. Copy data from old to new 3. Drop old table 4. Rename new table to old name

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Seems like essentially the same threat vector as with NPM.

Not quite related: I never heard of clawdbot before, so, I guess TIL that's the bot my website keeps getting requests that are obviously malicious from.


or DRM for old games that check stuff like the cd being present

Because they no longer see windows as anything more than a delivery platform for their subscription services, IMO

You're entirely right, but they need to maintain Windows in order to promote those services. The OS and their various applications have a symbiotic relationship where they prioritize each other.

If Microsoft discontinued Windows and switched to just providing web apps, the competition would be a lot stiffer.


"maintain" meaning keeping it somewhat workable or actually improving it?

ATM windows still has enough of a moat that they can comfortably do the former.


I believe Microsoft can skate for a long time with just bug fixes and security updates. It makes the drop in Windows' quality all the more baffling.

They literally tried that strategy with Internet Explorer 6 a long time ago where they didn't really update it for years, only doing the bare minimum. The result was a downward spiral in market share that they were unable to stop once they started trying again, ultimately resulting in IE effectively becoming obsolete.

Because browsers are one of the very few components that actually need to catch up to the rest of the world, but they've already outsourced most of that work to Chromium.

True but it is still their moat. Without windows they will lose a lot of appeal to their cloud products like Intune, Azure AD, M365 etc

Yup. The same thing is happening with Apple. With software mostly moving to the cloud, operating systems are getting short shrift.

If this is the case, Windows seems like it should be very important. Otherwise they can't deliver their subscription services. I'm not going to subscribe to cable TV if my TV is broken.

It just has to be good enough to be able to deliver the service.

Their moat, for now, makes this possible.


> AI has the potential to do something similar for cognition. It's not very good at it yet, but externalised cognition has the potential to be transformative in ways we can't imagine - in the same way Socrates couldn't imagine Hacker News.

Wouldnt the endgame of externalized cognition be that humans essentially become cogs in the machine?


There's a quite fun, related, series about doing "Linux from nothing" https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkoRSCZZILDO-YU9Ct-Ke...

Sadly only 4 videos so far.


Reminds me of that one messed up game[0] in 17776[1] (which I highly recommend reading from the start) Specifically in that the rules for an entirely different kind of game seem to have grown out of control.

[0] https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football/you-know-what-neve...

[1] https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football/


And I don't want to use tools I don't understand at least to some degree. I always get nervous when I do something but don't know why I do that something


Depends on what level of abstraction you're comfortable with. I have no problem driving a car I didn't build.


I didnt build my car either. But I understand a bit of most of the main mechanics, like how the ABS works, how powered steering does, how an ICE works and so on.


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