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The could just combine command prompt and powershell into one instead of having two prompts...
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Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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That's not really what I meant. Having separate tabs with one being command prompt and another being powershell is not combining into one.
I mean get rid of command prompt and combine it's functionality (including all of its commands as they are names and all) into powershell.
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Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Fair enough. Yeah, that would be handy.
They've done some of the standard CMD commands in PowerShell, but they tend to get weird if you don't use the parameters quite the way they expected. (i.e. you can do 'dir', but 'dir /p' breaks it)
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: but 'dir /p' breaks it
exactly
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Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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I think that was the plan at one point and people complained.
Kevin
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Stupid people
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Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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I mostly use the PowerShell prompt these days myself but many dislike combined functionalities. I myself used to hate the combined address + search bar that Chrome (I think) introduced. Then everyone else moved to it or at least provided the option. I don't use Chrome but I've now gotten used to the combination.
Part of what put me off was that, early on at least, Chrome's address bar was way inferior to Firefox's. Things may have moved on now and I don't use Firefox now either! 
Kevin
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Well, there isn't much in Command Prompt to combine into Powershell. Many of the "commands" are actually executables, so perhaps the way to "combine" it is to do the same with the built-in commands.
You'll probably tell me that's already done and you would probably be right except that the names and syntax are different and from what I can tell there are some missing options.
As for batch file processing, I think they both operate similarly if not altogether exactly -- so at least in that case they are combined. I do find the powershell scripting language more powerful.
Which browser do you use, out of curiosity? I'm used to using chrome, but it's become a hog and I'm getting concerned with the data leakages.
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Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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I used Firefox for about 13 years. About a year ago I switched to Opera as default after having used the Chromium version roughly 50-50 with Firefox for many months prior and mainly since Firefox Quantum was released. After eventually customising it to my liking it became good enough for me to jettison Firefox. I still have it installed and run it up from time to time but now Vivaldi is my second browser.
Chrome was never my default, although I've had it installed almost since day 1. I'm always curious to see what gets added to each browser (so I have several installed) but it's proven difficult to switch me from whatever happens to be my default at any time. Way back in the day it was IE. That stuck for ages until maybe the first or second year of Firefox. That stuck for over a decade. Opera is now proving sticky, so it will be interesting to see how long it holds with me.
In terms of memory usage, I don't know. Whenever I check they all seem to be about the same. But they don't seem to have any adverse consequences on my system so I'm not bothered. Main criteria for me are overall features and usability (subjective).
So, for you it all depends on what your must-haves and must-nots are. Personally, I've found that no one browser is better than all others in all respects, so it's a package-deal.
Kevin
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The GitHub Student Developer Pack is back for another school year. The program has provided over 1.5 million students the best real-world developer tools and training for free since its introduction six years ago. Give a seven year-old a repo, and I'll show you the final build
Or something like that. I'm not as pithy as St. Ignatius (or Voltaire/Aristotle/everyone else the original is attributed to)
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‘I think we just have to have proper, timely and aggressive enforcement of the antitrust laws’ "Antitrust is the way that the government promotes markets when there are market failures."
(Because His Billness would of course have an opinion on this matter.) 
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I like the use of the term "platform gatekeepers".
It implies that people might be held responsible, rather than company entities.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The mission will conduct an in-depth exploration of Jupiter's moon Europa and investigate whether the icy moon could harbor conditions suitable for life, honing our insights into astrobiology. "All these worlds are yours, except Europa."
Granted, they're not putting a lander, so I guess "they" won't take us out for it.
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So the NASA nerds choose not to go to Titan, the "most likely" moon, but instead Europa, because, well, water... swimwear... Sports Illustrated, y'know?
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Microsoft Edge preview builds are ready for you to try. Check out what we've been working on, and let us know what you think so we can keep improving. For those that get excited with new opportunities for software crashes
I'm a little disappointed at the lack of a new icon.
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Anyone who tries to blindside me with insider cr@p like this will get a clout upside their lughole.
I'll stay well outside, ta very much.
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Using a cellphone to take a break during mentally challenging tasks does not allow the brain to recharge effectively and may result in poorer performance, Rutgers researchers found. Distractions deemed distracting
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As long as the lounge and the insider news are not in that list, everything's fine  
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What we can take from this is most certainly not that doing stuff with a smartphone makes you slower and less efficient.
The conclusion is clear, empirical proof of the Lowest Common Denominator theory of human mental cognizance and agility -- i.e. that using facebook or twitter makes you as stupid as a much-stupider-than-average facebook or twitter user.
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Nah, I think it means taking a real break, like a walk or a nap or meditation, is much better than using your phone for anything.
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Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote: a walk or a nap or meditation
... Is also better for you than sitting reading a book, watching the news, eating unneeded snack food, or doing many of the other things that people do on breaks.
So why not say: "Taking a walk during a break is good for you"? Why talk about only one of the things that is not as good for you as taking a walk?
It's called "intent to deceive".
Bullfacts[^] and their users annoy me.
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Google has shut down a service it provided to wireless carriers globally that showed them weak spots in their network coverage, because of Google’s concerns that sharing data from users of its Android phone system might attract the scrutiny of users and regulators. Now the mobile companies will have to figure out where they don't have cell towers by themselves?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: because of Google’s concerns that sharing data from users of its Android phone system might attract the scrutiny of users and regulators.
a.k.a. the wireless carriers are not paying enough to make it worthy
M.D.V.
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Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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Kent Sharkey wrote: because of Google’s concerns that sharing data from users of its Android phone system might attract the scrutiny of users and regulators
So nothing to do with doing no evil, then?
OK, got it.
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