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a cool feature i'd like to see for an OS would be a "secure delete" option in the right click menu that will delete the file, write over it with garbage data, then delete the garbage data.

linux already has a "move to trash" and "delete" option that simply deletes the file without moving it to trash, so the option to have a bit of file shredding could be nice.

i honestly don't know how that kind of stuff works 100% but you can get the idea i'm going for.

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@djsumdog @PhenomX6
>And as far as the second part, you no longer own games if you don't buy discs. You own a license to a game.
Assuming that all of the game's data is stored locally, it's always possible to crack it and bypass whatever DRM it has.

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But here's the thing. If you see Phil Spencer as anything but something else wrong with gaming at this point, you're foolish.

Phil Spencer is the kind of nutter who'd use Fediblock.
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To add to the branding crisis, the Xbox One was named that because of the ill-fated media center of the home branding.
https://www.vg247.com/xbox-one-microsoft-exec-explains-consoles-name

In 2018, Phil Spencer talked about gaming evolving beyond generations, in a rant that sounds a bit like the Burgers? comic:
https://variety.com/2018/gaming/features/death-of-the-console-1202833926/

In 2020, he wasn't a fan of the idea of console generations, liking the approach of PC games being able to scale down for shitboxes.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-07-10-are-xbox-series-x-developers-being-held-back-by-xbox-one

Microsoft definitely needs new people in charge of the Xbox division, especially when they're trying to outdo Sony in terms of bad choices and losing focus.
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@beardalaxy I don't know 100% either despite having a degree in CS now (OS class was a pain). I think that would require creating a custom file-system on top of that as well.

I would love to have the ability to display graphics in the OS terminal, kind of like what Temple OS can do. Then you can do graphical stuff using whatever shell scripting language the OS uses. My first programming language was Windows Batch files (the shell scripting language for Windows). There are people who make text-based games with it. Imagine being able to make full fledged graphical games using a shell scripting language.

@takao Too bad, I only remember Opera for being the basis of the shit web browsers for Wii and DS.

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Today I will remind them that the late Presto engine Opera web browser had a BitTorrent client seamlessly integrated into its file download component.
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So, let's check how the troons are doing and...
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@galena
As dumb as Sony is with their first party games sucking, they're not being confusing with messaging. It's all because Microsoft went all in on the idea of "one Xbox" but fired everyone who could carry it out for mean tweets.

@galena @lanodan
>j sounds like y sometimes
For Spanish shit. Gentoo is obviously not a Spanish word.

@neko When I hear "bootstrap" I immediately think it has something to do with an OS or BIOS, not some CSS framework.

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Prononciation of "gentoo" (the distro, but why not also the damn fast penguin).
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someone tried to give me fiat money without my consent

i don't want my name on any recipient lists or people thinking i participate in central banking scams.

#feditips
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