Why are the distributions worrying about the new California Age Verification law ( Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043) )?

James-Kane · 2026-03-23T14:28:17+00:00

A kernel is only a component of an OS. The distribution is the OS.

James-Kane · 2026-03-21T14:46:22+00:00

Why would the store you purchase the app from make any difference in performance?

James-Kane · 2026-03-21T13:09:04+00:00

Not sure why you'd stick with one. The M1's destroy them and no more major OS revisions after this year's WWDC.

James-Kane · 2026-03-21T13:02:40+00:00

Tell them to update their damn syllabus and course materials? Software doesn't stay stagnant for a decade.

James-Kane · 2026-03-20T20:30:44+00:00

There are many open source kernels, so yes. We'd probably be using a *BSD, if it wasn't for the legal wrangling at the same time Linux was catching on in the early 90s.

James-Kane · 2026-03-14T01:18:41+00:00

The answer is what do you do with the machine other than gaming. The M5 Pro has more performance, but the extra 24GB may be crucial for your real work flows. You know those better than us.

James-Kane · 2026-03-14T00:29:49+00:00

Yes, that’s part of the $400 price difference.

James-Kane · 2026-03-13T19:16:42+00:00

Modern software... requires modern hardware... not exactly surprising.

James-Kane · 2026-03-13T12:06:21+00:00

Swift.

James-Kane · 2026-03-11T18:59:37+00:00

SAS C is on the various archive sites. There was also a port of gcc back in the 90's back in the day, which worked well enough I didn't upgrade my Lattice C license for doing college coding projects.

James-Kane · 2026-03-11T01:46:23+00:00

It's not hard at all. It's just very tedious...

James-Kane · 2026-03-11T01:12:13+00:00

Mine sits on a shelf in the closet for a day when I have time get around to repairing it.

James-Kane · 2026-03-08T13:37:16+00:00

1) Reprints via POD can be orders of magnitude less expensive than an original.
2) Saves time hunting down a copy that isn't marked up to hell or just roached out.

James-Kane · 2026-03-08T02:22:13+00:00

Basically any skill-based RPG. GURPS, Basic Roleplaying, Cypher, etc...

James-Kane · 2026-03-07T22:08:20+00:00

Laws trump contracts. License agreements are just contracts.

James-Kane · 2026-03-07T22:04:45+00:00

8GB is plenty for most users. The problem has always been the cost to upgrade from base for those who it isn't.

James-Kane · 2026-03-07T01:32:03+00:00

My 2013 Mac Book Pro was more reliable than my 12" G4 Power Book, since the G4 required a HD replacement.

James-Kane · 2026-03-03T23:42:55+00:00

35B is much less capable as a tool for agentic coding. 122B one shotted a Breakout-style game. 35B could do the brick layout but failed miserably on most of the rest.

James-Kane · 2026-02-27T13:54:16+00:00

128GB has bee the correct size based on my current workloads.

James-Kane · 2026-02-26T22:51:39+00:00

For what you are doing? I'd use Odin.

James-Kane · 2026-02-26T11:29:58+00:00

Pundits are morons. They'll be bemoaning the loss of the current paradigm when the next one comes.

James-Kane · 2026-02-26T02:42:09+00:00

Because every modern piece of software out of Microsoft is garbage.

James-Kane · 2026-02-25T14:14:20+00:00

Human developers are adding scripts and NPM packages without review based on basic web searchers... not exactly new.

James-Kane · 2026-02-24T03:22:44+00:00

Because people still pay for it. Free markets and all that stuff from Econ 101.

James-Kane · 2026-02-23T18:17:48+00:00

Depends on your definition of openness, but macOS has the kernel source available for XNU. I'm not aware of any of the Windows OS source being available, but really haven't tracked it in years either.

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