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  • The ability to put home screen icons where I want them.

    A back gesture that works everywhere, and doesn't require me to hunt and peck because the app developer has invented some random unique gesture 'because'.

    Stupid thing is both of these could be added in a minor software update, but I've been holding by breath for a decade now..

    As I have to use both platforms for development those are the things that I notice most.

  • Yeah that was its downfall really.. anyone could run a server, but getting actual stuff onto it, and getting your posts recognised, required peering, which required being on someone's good side. I remember setting up a server back in the day and searching for someone that would do peering, and it just wasn't happening unless I agreed to take everything which on my small connection just wasn't feasable.

    Binary groups becoming piracy hubs didn't help either.. it meant most of the small groups that ran servers gave up as the data requirements got too large.

  • They'd have to get steam to tell them each time a game was downloaded to a different device so they could invoice. And apple.. and google... and random websites..

    Or they make the client phone home each time it's run, which is going to cause its own mess of issues (firewalls, that kind of thing.. some of the corporate firewalls we run our app behind would raise lots of alarm bells at something like that).

  • Windows 95 was version 3.95 because returning 4.0 from the GetVersion api broke loads of software that was doing stupid checks.

    People then started hardcoding checks for 3.95...

    GetVersion has been deprecated completely now...

  • That’s still in territory where gas boilers are more cost efficient that a heat pump.. a heat pump has overall lower running costs than a gas boiler

    You just contradicted yourself.. what did you mean here?

    Electricity is 3x the cost of gas, so unless the heat pump has the COP of 3 or above it is more expensive to run. Once you factor in the high cost of installation people aren't installing these things to save money.

  • And half of those use a linux kernel (the other half is derived from NextSTEP :p).

    Then there's the steamdeck, which proves people really don't pick operating systems, they just use what's there... which is really the point.. you don't 'adopt' an OS, you just use shit. If it happens to run linux, then cool.

  • Banking is all about regulations, backed by authorities with teeth.. and if his X 'vision' is to be met, regulations from multiple banking authorities around the world.. Elon has shown he hates regulations because they're biased against Nazis, or against him generally.

    He wouldn't have a good time..

  • Most people in the UK don't think about tax, it just happens without their input.

    If you have a small business or something more complex there are forms, but they're not that complex.. you mostly just tick boxes.

    The US sounds like a dystopian nightmare the way they talk about tax.

  • The line rental is £5 . They essentially wanted her to pay for broadband she didn't want which is about 6 times more expensive plus an installation fee.

    Nice little earner for BT. You can see why they're so keen on it