Just to add to that, a lot of the confusion comes from Microsoft and Apple wanting to lock applications to their platforms.

• Direct X was Microsoft’s competitor to OpenGL. Versions 3 to 11 were largely feature for feature comparable with the OpenGL version of the time.
• Direct X V12 and Vulkan compete in the same way.
• Metal is Apple’s Vulkan

As does Arch.

The avalanche has started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote.

What I meant was I thought I’d read that because the design originally had those elements in place, the QE class carriers had left the design characteristics in place to support the launch systems, in particular the structural load bearing aspects.

Not that they’d need a ground up refit.

Certainly the navy is looking a the possibility of doing this.

https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/cne-2023/2023/06/uk-project-ark-royal-catapult-aircraft-carriers/

https://www.twz.com/royal-navy-wants-to-refit-its-carriers-with-catapults-arresting-wires

Golgafrinchian Ark style.

It’s almost as if a big part of the current hype is just sociopath CEOs being sociopaths, but not being self aware about it.

NATO is a military organisation. Trade is civilian.

You don’t see the US joint chiefs weighing in on the tariff discussion, nor the head of the UK armed forces weighing in on Brexit.

Why does the NATO chief feel he’s free to talk about trade relations?

I believe they can still be retrofitted, right?

Obviously that would mean extensive time in dock.

They stream data from it while you play, so if you don’t have an SSD you’ll get pauses in game play.

“We apologize for the inconvenience”

…except there’s no hardware to run it on. They’ve chosen an ISA profile that’s not been decided on for long enough.

You know that over-the-air update facility you all loved?

Errr … there’s a downside.

Lawsuits seem like the wrong way to decide medical efficacy of treatments.

I think people who dislike flatpaks or similar aren’t having “problems”. They work, but they’re using using a sledgehammer to drive a nail.

…and it’s turned them into the state with the highest standard of living in the US…right?

Disagree. Not CSAM when no abuse has taken place.

That’s my point.

Honestly I think we need to understand that this is no different to sticking a photo of someone’s head on a porn magazine photo. It’s not real. It’s just less janky.

I would categorise it as sexual harassment, not abuse. Still serious, but a different level