Tag Archives: Windows

Corporate IT, NodeJS, “Tech” Companies, and Freaking Microsoft Windows

Posted on July 8, 2022 by David K.

The Scene A few years back, as part of a long, slogging series of unfortunate events, I had been tasked with developing a new web application, which circumstances dictated should be written in Java. Books could be written about this … Continue reading →

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> How do you deal with Microsoft’s crap on a daily basis? I don’t use Windows 11… | Hacker News

Posted on January 25, 2022 by David K.

How do you deal with Microsoft’s crap on a daily basis? I don’t use Windows 11. On Windows 10, I modify the installation image with DISM, removing as much of the unnecessary and user-hostile stuff as possible… I make extensive … Continue reading →

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Ruby on rails : problem of verifiying the SSL certificate while installing bundle

Posted on October 15, 2021 by David K.

I’m new with ruby on rails and while creating my first project with this command rails new n_project, i got this error run bundle installFetching source index from https://rubygems.org/ Retrying fetcher due to error (2/4): Bundler::Fetcher::CertificateFailureError Could not verify the … Continue reading →

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Windows 11 screenshots leak, show new Start menu and more

Posted on June 15, 2021 by David K.

Screenshots reveal new Start menu and taskbar design. Source: Windows 11 screenshots leak, show new Start menu and more All I can say is, gosh, that Taskbar looks an awful lot like the one in macOS. Also — and I’m … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 Cloud PC: The latest info about Microsoft’s new service

Posted on May 31, 2021 by David K.

What is Cloud PC? Microsoft Cloud PC is a new “strategic offering” built on top of Windows Virtual desktop, which is an Azure-based system used for virtualizing Windows and applications in the cloud. According to reports, Cloud PC uses Microsoft’s existing Windows Virtual … Continue reading →

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‘Wormable’ Flaw Leads July Microsoft Patches

Posted on July 22, 2020 by David K.

Microsoft today released updates to plug a whopping 123 security holes in Windows and related software, including fixes for a critical, “wormable” flaw in Windows Server versions that Microsoft says is likely to be exploited soon. While this particular weakness … Continue reading →

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Windows. And Skyrim. Again.

Posted on March 18, 2020 by David K.

I’m on vacation. At a beach. I don’t find the beach compelling. So I’m bored. Bored, but with a computer. Unfortunately, for this exercise, the computer is a MacBook Pro. And I want to play Skyrim. I’ve been having just … Continue reading →

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Ah… Windows, My Old “Friend”

Posted on February 29, 2020 by David K.

I didn’t want to be here again. I swore I was done with Windows. But, here I am. Years ago, I picked up Skyrim on a Steam sale, and immediately fell in love with it. I got pretty far along … Continue reading →

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Operating System “Ecology”

Posted on February 27, 2020 by David K.

Back in my days of playing AD&D, each month, Dragon Magazine would feature an “The Ecology of…” some mythical beast. The article would read like a National Geographic treatment of what the creature eats, what places they inhabited, and so … Continue reading →

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DHH “not yet feeling the awesome” of WSL

Posted on October 30, 2019 by David K.

This has been one of my all-time favorite Twitter threads. David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Rails, is trying to “live” in Windows, and set it up to do Rails work. He’s blogging the “experience,” and it’s not going very smoothly. … Continue reading →

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