No one beats intel for performance/density/dollar, not even close. In time that could change, but not for awhile yet. Why do you think datacenters use intel chips?
Seriously? There's no fucking excuse for a mail client to do that. It's not like it uses complex data organization, and the standard protocols it uses are well understood (except maybe exchange).
..but then providers wouldn't have control over every aspect of use.. That's a big no no these days. Being able to load an old version to restore functionality? That's piracy! Not selling useage data to advertisers (or the state)? That's leaving money on the table!
Overall, I agree, but I do disagree with a few of your statements.
1. UIs today are far less productive than they used to be. They mirror the reduced functionality of the software that implements them. The focus is on aesthetics rather than sane layouts. The 'experience' you speak of is fraught with frustration of 'feature-hunt', coupled with a passive aggressive struggle with the developers who pretend they don't understand why you wanted that feature they removed from the latest forced update.
2. Slack is not better than IRC. Slack IS IRC, with the negatives of 'mobile style' UI grafted on top of it. There's nothing about it that's really better than IRC. It's just someone's money grab. Discord is of similar ilk vs IRC/teamspeak/ventrilo/mumble.
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Nutballs showing up at a rally does not invalidate the candidate's positions. Anyone with a sufficiently large audience will draw them.
Yeah, and obama supporters voted for 'hope and change'. They got a basketball playing george bush, at least as far as civil liberties go.
No.. it's PC tards like yourself that have ruined humor with your delicate snowflake mentalities.
No one beats intel for performance/density/dollar, not even close. In time that could change, but not for awhile yet. Why do you think datacenters use intel chips?
obviously
Seriously? There's no fucking excuse for a mail client to do that. It's not like it uses complex data organization, and the standard protocols it uses are well understood (except maybe exchange).
Relative social 'importance' of people has no bearing on the relevance of their opinions about GUI design.
Real men run ReactOS on bare metal.
The few people playing microsoft exclusive games maybe.. That's about it.
At least on the desktop. I am sure 'compromises' will be made that will favor mobile interface layout and aesthetics.
..but then providers wouldn't have control over every aspect of use.. That's a big no no these days. Being able to load an old version to restore functionality? That's piracy! Not selling useage data to advertisers (or the state)? That's leaving money on the table!
Um..someone has to pay for it. That's not the question being asked anyway..
Kinda runs counter to his whole spiel about cutting down latency and api overhead for VR applications.
Hipsters and mobile crapware. Microsoft wanted to emulate them. As usual, they've done a poor job.
Perhaps he wants to run those applications and run his preferred OS at the same time.
What if God Trumped all of us... Combed one over all of us...
Secure? Browser? hahaha, surely thou jest..
I agreed with you up to the last statement. Such policies are no better than the consequences they're meant to prevent.
Tell him that.
..and you have no right to impose your slippery slope end-justifies-means logic on everyone else.
A narrow vision... You will become one with the Borg. You will all become one with the Borg.
Overall, I agree, but I do disagree with a few of your statements.
1. UIs today are far less productive than they used to be. They mirror the reduced functionality of the software that implements them. The focus is on aesthetics rather than sane layouts. The 'experience' you speak of is fraught with frustration of 'feature-hunt', coupled with a passive aggressive struggle with the developers who pretend they don't understand why you wanted that feature they removed from the latest forced update.
2. Slack is not better than IRC. Slack IS IRC, with the negatives of 'mobile style' UI grafted on top of it. There's nothing about it that's really better than IRC. It's just someone's money grab. Discord is of similar ilk vs IRC/teamspeak/ventrilo/mumble.
or dlopen()
HR is the last thing they need.. The existence of HR is a symptom of disease progression, not a cure.
If someone is performing poorly, there's no reason to gaslight because the required justification to get rid of him is already available.