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Content Janis Kluge jakluge 17h Due to sanctions, Russia is switching from Windows to Linux. The government wants to force domestic programmers to convert their software. But there are doubts: Many systems will have to be rebuilt from scratch, and there are few Linux experts around. kommersant.rudoc5570730 48 17 237 740 Kait airenni Replying to jakluge You can't throw a political enemy out a fourth-floor Linux, though. 11:09 AM 20 Sep 22 Twitter for Android

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The ultimate tech founder showdown from the future! Bill Gates innocently asks what VIBE stands for in "VIBE Coding," while Linus Torvalds, in classic Linux creator fashion, responds with a perfectly crafted acronym: "Vulnerabilities In Beta Environment." This is recursive humor at its finest—the kind that makes you snort coffee through your nose during standup. The fact that the tweets are dated 2025 adds that extra layer of "we're all beta testing the future anyway." Torvalds didn't choose the debugging life; the debugging life chose him.

The eternal Microsoft login loop - where "Stay signed in" is the digital equivalent of pushing a crosswalk button that's not connected to anything. You check that box with such hope, such optimism... only to be asked for your credentials again 15 minutes later. It's like Microsoft's authentication system has the memory of a goldfish with amnesia. The "Don't show this again" checkbox might as well say "Click here to feel like you have control over something in your life." Pure digital gaslighting at its finest.

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Behold, the architectural masterpiece that is Windows: a delicate Jenga tower of legacy code, abandoned frameworks, and "temporary" solutions that have been around since the Bush administration. At the foundation we've got UEFI sitting on hardware from Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA. Above that, the NT kernel (ntoskrnl.exe) manages drivers and Win32 Mode—the compatibility layer Microsoft can't kill because half the world's enterprise software still runs on crusty Win32 apps from 2003. Then there's the modern stuff: WinUI, UWP (Universal Windows Platform), and WinRT all competing for relevance while somehow depending on explorer.exe and DirectX. UWP apps? Yeah, they're basically running in a compatibility mode themselves at this point. And WinRT is labeled with an Angry Bird because, well, that's about the level of enthusiasm developers have for it. The real comedy gold: "companies making software" are building with webviews and modern shells that ultimately call back to cmd.exe and those "Abandoned Win32 Stable apps" because nothing ever truly dies in Windows. It just gets wrapped in another layer of abstraction. Microsoft's strategy? "WHATEVER MICROSOFT IS DOING (ApplicationFrameHost.exe)"—a mood we can all appreciate. Thirty years of backwards compatibility means your shiny new Windows 11 machine is essentially a museum of every architectural decision since Windows 95, held together with duct tape and prayer.