The “source control” when I first started was all the code on a shared drive, to check out a file you copied it to your machine, and renamed the extension on the shared drive to your initials.

When somebody edited without doing this there would be full blown meltdowns over lost work.

You missed out Minge Lane.

Those are rookie numbers. I have at least a 35k one somewhere. More than one actually.

People run their businesses on this.

You think rain is your ally?

You merely adopted the damp. We Brits were born in it, molded by it. I didn’t see dry sand until I was already a man…

I found it too crumbly when slicing so now buy Pilgrim’s Choice instead.

“Nice watch!”

The fuck is in American Benadryl?

The UK one has acrivastine.

Oh Elon.

Big purchase. Big screen.

I feel like you get to have the odd “failed” console as long as the next one is a smash hit.

Sega had the Saturn and then the Dreamcast just before it was steamrollered by the PS2.

Nintendo had Gamecube not do so well, the Wii was a smash hit, the Wii U again did badly, then the Switch blew it all away again. They’ve found their niche. The Steamdeck is poking around in there, but I doubt it will get the traction Nintendo have.

MS are at their second duffer in a row, and frankly it looks like they’ll drop out in the future to me. They’re starting to be about games rather than hardware, even if it’s just to try and push subscriptions. The great cloud migration never happened for them. I think they’ll go pure publisher in future, even if they hold onto Game Pass.

Sony only really had a disappointment with the PS3. Every other generation has handily destroyed all competition. Even they’re doing a lot of PC ports which is nice.

If they can get a version that just runs all Windows programs (not just games) out of the box without user modification then great. I’d consider that to be an actual Windows replacement.

If all you’re running is a browser and some light office suite use then great, Linux can do that now. Otherwise what people saying “just switch to Linux” are really saying is “stop using your PC”.

Android and iOS already replaced Windows for normies.

I love it when uppity kids think they have a “job description” the allows them to not do things.

Your job is what the manager says it is, or you find a new one.

Truth.

I’ve been in software development for 25 year at this point, and this is my #1 takeaway. No matter what it is, people won’t read it.

“Trevor” is not a valid integer. This will erase your database. This will share your porn habits with our 1832 trusted data partners. Click click click, get out of my way!

I legit thought that was a picture of Olivia Colman as I scrolled past.

They didn’t have to but they did anyway.

It will consist of 4 x 20 second rounds and they will both be wearing inflatable Hulk Hands.

The expected pay day is $100 million each.

I’d expect a lot more use of buy now pay later schemes like Klarna.

It’s similar to a credit card, but prevents build up of crippling debt.

I personally use my credit card and pay in full each month, not because I need the credit, but because in the UK you get the benefit of Section 75 protection on purchases. I’ve used that a few times when companies have gone bust. If I’d paid on debit card I’d have been screwed.

What that would actually mean is a complete lock-out on credit cards for the poor.

This sounds like the start of another sovcit “loophole”