Users just want their computer to work with minimal fuss. They get told to try a Linux distro because it’s safer and faster than the alternatives, and the Linux desktop is totally ready for primetime now!
“Why do my games launch on my secondary vertical monitor? Why can’t I just pick a default monitor?”
“We aren’t implementing that because it’s from Windows. If you want your applications to launch on your main monitor go and use Windows.”
How the fuck can we expect to retain users when a nontrivial minority of developers seems totally fine treating them with such contempt?
For "reasons" we still have 3DES enabled in our TLS config for www.bbc.co.uk and www.bbc.com (in the UK)-.
Just been looking at finally closing that off and it turns out 50% of the 4.2k daily requests using 3DES are from 1 IP in Leeds, requesting the exact same Newsround RSS feed with user-agent `ImageFlyer` which is a digital signage product apparently.
Feels like it might be in a school perhaps. Thinking I might ask our folks to email the ISPs NOC & warn them their app needs an update.
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