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Yes, you're quite correct. Moving to an OS that has update patches to keep you constantly updated against new threats makes you more vulnerable than using an OS that is no longer updated.
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And standing in the way of bullets is a much more efficient way of getting shot than standing where bullets aren't flying.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I'd rather be in front of bullets in a tank than slightly to the side in a t-shirt.
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And I'd rather have a computer that works after "security updates".
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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My Win10 updates all the time and works after all the time. Suggesting such a fundamental and oft used feature is habitually broken when it clearly isn't is a pretty weak argument.
"I would install Linux but I want a machine that doesn't burst into flames when I turn it on".
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You really miss the soapbox, don't you?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Where people insist a book says something and then refuses to admit they are wrong despite me literally quoting what the book says, moving to ad hominen accusations that I've never read the book and won't admit they are wrong there either despite being shown a photograph of it in my possession?
Nah, not really. I prefer debating with intelligent people who are open to new information and ideas 
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QED.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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This elephanting thing has had the HDD from the last laptop chucked into it since it decided to do an upgrade one night when unplugged and nearly flat. At least it's immunized against threats.
Though to be honest, it would be nicer if it were both impervious and still functioning correctly... 
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Bleeping Computer wrote: they are vulnerable to viruses, and that they should upgrade to Windows 10 to fix all of these issues.
Kent Sharkey wrote: Yet another great job by the Windows marketing team
and yet... on the other side of the coin:
Microsoft will patch Windows 10 after the NSA quietly told it about a major vulnerability - The insider news[^]
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Where's the response that says "Click here if you don't want to upgrade, because your development tools won't run on Windows 10"?
Seriously, the full page notice is garish and designed to alarm you... I saw it like 5 times the other day due to all my VMs.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Disable the nag screen[^]
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Microsoft released Windows Terminal Preview v.08 today and with it comes useful improvements that include a console search feature, tab sizing, and a new retro option that makes consoles look like an old CRT. So your "all new" Terminal can now look just like the one you used back in 1990. Progress!
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Kent Sharkey wrote: So your "all new" Terminal can now look just like the one you used back in 1990. Progress!
What I don't get is how anyone could label this as a "useful improvement".
It's even less "useful" than a new icon.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: 1990. Progress! What I don't get is how anyone could label this as a "useful improvement".
If your wife looked the way she did back in 1990, wouldn't you call that progress? 
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Researchers with Google have published a research paper detailing the machine learning technology behind their newly developed ‘nowcast’ capabilities. It will tell you that it's raining - within minutes of it starting!
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Next in line: geology AI.
Today, the sea is full of water. 
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke!
Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
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Android watch: "It's about to rain."
Me: "I'm about to go in the shower, you idiot!"
#SupportHeForShe
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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google bragged: The team’s machine learning model can predict the weather with high accuracy for a region in just five to 10 minutes, doing so with a high resolution.
Jesus wept.
Anyone and his sister can do that much by briefly looking at the last three Metars -- as could a simple procedural program.
Great advances there, boys. Your BS about it should be enough to keep your funding.
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Leslie Nielson already told us here[^]
#SupportHeForShe
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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Which tech companies are really doing the most harm? Here are the 30 most dangerous, ranked by the people who know. "You're semi-evil. You're quasi-evil. You're the margarine of evil. You're the Diet Coke of evil. Just one calorie, not evil enough."
Sad to see that Microsoft has fallen to only #7 on the list. They must try harder!
Apologies - listicle, plus huge title banner and irritating graphics and format. But I picked it as I'm evil.
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Some of this is pure silliness. Caveat Emptor, etc
#SupportHeForShe
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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In revised list:
#2 Code Project for employing Kent
#1 Slate for publishing this inane list (which Kent then snarks on)
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