Natanael

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[–] Natanael 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's not so much Win32 though on Xbox, the biggest similarity is the x86 CPU and the shared kernel and some security stuff

Edit: forgot the obvious, DirectX

[–] Natanael 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It still retains the pigments which will reflect blue. We call pigments by the names of their colors even when they're in closed boxes in the dark, because we know their properties relative to white light.

[–] Natanael 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They're probably building off Windows RT (the locked down variant designed for ARM tablets).

If they were smart they'd imitate some of how SteamOS runs games in a modified WinRT environment - TLDR do NOT start up the entire Win32 runtime and desktop environment by default, don't run stuff like printer services and whatnot, just run a simplified sandbox and window manager with just the APIs needed to run the games similar to Proton. Then let the user switch to desktop mode as needed, but don't run it when gaming.

[–] Natanael 13 points 2 months ago

At least this can save a lot of time for those tax accountants

[–] Natanael 4 points 2 months ago

"please ponder your verification orb"

[–] Natanael 4 points 2 months ago

At minimum the Bing previews built in definitely calls a web view...

[–] Natanael 4 points 2 months ago

Will they be using a modern encryption protocol this time?

[–] Natanael 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Closely related to the brain in a vat thought experiment

[–] Natanael 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A lot of these laws have to do with expected lifetime in "worst plausible storage conditions", like poorly sealed boxes and wrong temperature and humidity

[–] Natanael 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Varies a ton between apps, some use private app storage on Android too (only accessible with root) or in appdata storage (restricted to system apps), or in scattered folders under the regular "user data" folders (easiest by far)

Bonus points if you have an SD card, double bonus points if you manage to have 2 of them, because then you have multiple copies of these standard user data folders

[–] Natanael 3 points 2 months ago

Big trucks also want more surface area against the road on their tires, both to reduce wear per tire and to get more traction, which is why some have extra wheels

[–] Natanael 5 points 2 months ago

They made an attempt. It's called Windows RT. It's a sandbox more locked down than iOS.

The Win32 desktop environment isn't built to support stuff like "timer coalescing" for all the API calls which all the software is designed to run continously in the background. Changing how it idles would change so many things which all kinds of software depends on that it would barely be the same OS anymore.

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