NSUserDefaults's comments

On: Windows: Microsoft broke the only thing that mattered

[NSUserDefaults]

I am delaying it because iOS development is currently making me money but once that stops, I am so looking forward to moving back to Linux. Neither Windows or macOS are going in a good direction. The difference is only in the degree and speed of ensh*ttification. Ironically the only thing I might miss is the often criticized Xcode.

On: Is legal the same as legitimate: AI reimplementation and the erosion of copyleft

[NSUserDefaults]

If you pirate a movie and reencode it, does that apply as well? You can still watch the movie and it is “obviously” the same movie, even though the bytes are completely different. Here you can use the program and it is, to the user, also the same.

On: A deep dive into Apple's .car file format

[NSUserDefaults]

At this point if a file format could have rounded corners I’m sure it would too.

On: I fixed Windows native development

[NSUserDefaults]

So this fixes the problem when msvc is the required compiler. Does the zig C++ compiler bring anything to the table when clang is an option?

[feverzsj → NSUserDefaults]

You still need headers and libraries that ship with MSVC.

On: Clean-room implementation of Half-Life 2 on the Quake 1 engine

[NSUserDefaults]

Can I run this on my 486?

On: Time Machine-style backups with rsync (2018)

[NSUserDefaults]

In that case you are supposed to use your /other/ backup. Which you have.

[DaSHacka → NSUserDefaults]

Defeating the point of deduplication...

[homebrewer → DaSHacka]

You don't have backups if you only have one "backup". Look up sysadmin's 3-2-1.

[NSUserDefaults → DaSHacka]

On a single drive, deduplicate all you want. But you need to have two drives, at least, anyway.

On: Mobile carriers can get your GPS location

[NSUserDefaults]

Of course. I was just calling the police on my drive home to report some junk on the road and the operator asked me quite directly “is it on the junction you just passed?”. I didn’t mind actually, saved me some explaining. And if I ever call emergency, I can be pretty sure they will find me.

On: Notes on Apple's Nano Texture (2025)

[NSUserDefaults]

I love the nanotexture on my 2020 27” 5k Intel iMac.

On: Windows 11 surges among PC gamers on Steam as Linux stalls

[NSUserDefaults]

Doesn't seem newsworthy, unless you are a Windows-centric news site trying too hard to dis Linux.

The slow but steady move to 6+ CPU core systems seems at least a bit more interesting.

[the__alchemist → NSUserDefaults]

Concur. Reads like financial news commenting on a stock going up or down.

On: Stardew Valley developer made a $125k donation to the FOSS C# framework MonoGame

[NSUserDefaults]

Many use Dear ImGui for example and some do donate afaik.