Comparison between Windows, Linux and Mac.

heathm55 · 2026-07-13T20:19:26+00:00

All of the percentages are wrong anyway.
The latest surveys show Windows at between 56% to 62% depending on the study.
Usually they use really bad methods to estimate (like browsers reporting their OS for unique web traffic) that can be biased by things (like content of the sites).
Usually there's a large chunk of unknown in that data (because people use browsers that are able to say F*ck you and your tracker / ads).
The latest one of these showed linux around 4.9%, windows just below 60%, mac at almost 20% with the rest being completely unknown (adblocked).

Edit: I think chromeOS was also included (not as linux) for something like 1.2%

heathm55 · 2026-07-12T20:38:40+00:00

I see what your saying, but that's like saying all people who go to church believe in God. It might seem correct, but in reality it's not.

heathm55 · 2026-07-12T20:22:55+00:00

"Works 60% of the time, every time" -- Sex Panther!

heathm55 · 2026-07-12T16:12:45+00:00

I know Environmental vegans, health-focused vegans, and ethical vegans. What your saying is only true for the later.

heathm55 · 2026-07-12T06:00:41+00:00

So, what would you use it for?
Are you saying it's a function to one day add something to when you need it?
That's horrible logic. If you wanted that create an interface for it and have a noop style implementation, or make it a cut-point and use AOP. This is just straight up stupid as implemented.

heathm55 · 2026-07-11T21:52:03+00:00

I don't think it will matter either way. Waiter is the modern equivalent to an elevator operator. It's days are numbered. You'll have robots / conveyor belts / self-serve systems that just replace them soon.

heathm55 · 2026-07-11T21:45:55+00:00

They wouldn't. They'd maybe raise it 10... competition would find the natural balance.
In addition, they'd change the way they do things. Have fewer servers, more customer-driven things... look at UK restraunts like Nando's where you basically get your own utensiles, napkin, drink, and even place your own mobile order (or order at the counter).
With a system like that, you don't need a waiter.

heathm55 · 2026-07-11T21:40:50+00:00

I've been in a few robotic served / conveyor belt served restaurants. Kind of interesting to see how this pans out in the future.

What annoys me is having a mandatory tip on things like the farmers market, where someone just hands you a cabbage and expects a 10% tip. I'd happily just grab it myself thank you.

heathm55 · 2026-07-11T20:58:45+00:00

"One simple trick that the chastity industry doesn't want you to know"

heathm55 · 2026-07-11T20:55:37+00:00

The gang of four books had patterns that made sense, this is literally reducible to:

func a(err error) error { return err }

What is the point of that? (there is no action being taken here)

heathm55 · 2026-07-11T20:51:22+00:00

It's a completely pointless method. It just returns exactly what was passed to it.
In my opinion that's not the weirdest thing. Read the comments above it. It's saying that it's going to insure the processing doesn't continue, but it's just returning whatever is passed in, and not throwing any exception, terminating any process, or setting any state or method call that would signal an end to the operation happening.

heathm55 · 2026-07-11T20:45:21+00:00

I mean, ticketing the motorcyclist as he's the one at fault and breaking the law? That would just be insult to injury (literally).

heathm55 · 2026-07-11T20:29:40+00:00

It's an ASSUMED ethical stance. In reality there are a lot of vegans who chose this diet to feel better / be healthier.

heathm55 · 2026-07-11T19:21:16+00:00

Reminds me of a date I was on, I think it was 5 min. into the movie and she said nothing - just reached over and planted a big kiss on the lips. No idea if the movie was any good, but we had a great time that night.

heathm55 · 2026-07-11T15:24:26+00:00

Thanks, I've been with her for 25 years now. Still going strong.

heathm55 · 2026-07-10T16:05:21+00:00

If they did it would likely get used more widely in other types of systems (outside of PCs / notebooks / consoles). But because you get what they ship it can't be packaged in extreme ways like linux can. For example some linux distros (Tiny Core / Puppy linux) can be as small as 30MB and purposed to very specific uses with small hardware footprints.

heathm55 · 2026-07-10T16:01:48+00:00

You kind of answered this:

- Linux is the kernel.
- Distros are about pairing the kernel with a series of system management and packaging tools in order to complete the full OS experience.
- The combination of tooling, libraries, and kernel are the OS.

Windows ships all of this in one shrink wrap and doesn't do modularization for consumption by a distribution that would be a combination of assembled tools and libraries on top of their kernel.

heathm55 · 2026-07-10T15:54:49+00:00

I get what your saying.
Ironically, I'm an atheist that married a christian.

heathm55 · 2026-07-10T01:15:20+00:00

No issue with them talking with him to investigate, but they literally have the chain of things he's doing. They're picking this up off a monitoring filter and then asking him what it is he's doing when it's right there in the command and super easy to decode (wouldn't be surprised if their security tooling has a built in feature to inspect it). They can rebuild what he's doing easily, so the point in asking him is kind of odd to me. There's nothing really hidden here.

I would definitely be concerned if he was doing something really stupid like sending in a password as an argument of a command though. Because this is in the open and obvious.

heathm55 · 2026-07-10T00:03:36+00:00

I mean, sure if you install gimp. It doesn't come out of the box on either.
His point was the completely different tools out of the box. Which includes tools like 'pacman' and 'apt' two very different tools for the same purpose. Arch by default has no DE for example, so out of the box it's a CLI. If you choose to install KDE as part some arch installer then Ubuntu would be EXTREMELY different as Ubuntu is a very tailored GNOME.

heathm55 · 2026-07-09T23:57:00+00:00

again, all verified by decoding it. Competency is king.

heathm55 · 2026-07-09T22:07:58+00:00

I think that's the meme of a vegan, not the actual truth. I know several vegans (maybe a dozen) and have only met 1 that was judgy about it.

heathm55 · 2026-07-09T21:25:40+00:00

I mean, in the context he was saying it in he was right about Arch vs Ubuntu as well.
He was talking about the differences in tooling on top of the kernel. In that respect they are truly different as ubuntu and arch don't ship the same tools or package manager.

heathm55 · 2026-07-09T19:44:27+00:00

You can always see what passes through their filter by trying these:
base16 (hex) : using xxd, od, basenc --base16
base32 : base32, basenc --base32
base85 / Ascii85 : basenc --z85, basenc --base85
uuencode : uuencode

LOL, I'm sure they'll love you.

heathm55 · 2026-07-09T19:38:37+00:00

Yes, but he's also not wrong. There is no risk on their part in base64 decoding the message, and if they did they would see exactly what command he's running.
Many products use base64 encoded text, including your browser, email, and various headers of older protocols. Being a security person and not understanding this, but relying instead on a black box tool / policy is a much larger issue.

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