Hacker News: jcotton42

New comment by jcotton42 in "Show HN: I built a Cargo-like build tool for C/C++"

jcotton42 — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:29:45 +0000

Also other tasks like compiling resource or translation files.

New comment by jcotton42 in "What does " 2>&1 " mean?"

jcotton42 — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:43:52 +0000

PowerShell actually has 7 streams. Success, Error, Warning, Verbose, Debug, Information, and Progress (though Progress doesn't get a number) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsof...

New comment by jcotton42 in "I fixed Windows native development"

jcotton42 — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 15:35:36 +0000

global.json is only for .NET toolchains.

What you’re actually wanting here is .vsconfig https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/impor...

New comment by jcotton42 in "AI agent opens a PR write a blogpost to shames the maintainer who closes it"

jcotton42 — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:31:35 +0000

LLMs aren’t alive.

New comment by jcotton42 in "Linux From Scratch ends SysVinit support"

jcotton42 — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 05:33:57 +0000

systend units are plain text.

New comment by jcotton42 in "Enjoy CarPlay While You Still Can"

jcotton42 — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 18:33:02 +0000

> I'll have my car a lot longer than I have my phone

Doesn't that make CarPlay/Android Auto a good thing? Provided the car supports both platforms, it means you can change phones during your car's lifespan without having to worry about losing features, and you get new phones as your phone upgrades without having to change your car.

New comment by jcotton42 in "IRCd service (2024)"

jcotton42 — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 21:25:17 +0000

For a while now you've been able to remove a channel from your channel list in its right click menu.

New comment by jcotton42 in "Uv is the best thing to happen to the Python ecosystem in a decade"

jcotton42 — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 21:14:45 +0000

uv has support for dev-time dependencies https://docs.astral.sh/uv/concepts/projects/dependencies/#de...

New comment by jcotton42 in "Boring Company cited for almost 800 environmental violations in Las Vegas"

jcotton42 — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 19:40:18 +0000

> had understood prior to this video that the combo of self driving tech + dedicated tunnels might have capacity that rival a light rail system like Seattle has but that's clearly not the case in the current system

Not to disparage, but how did you come to that conclusion? A train will always be able to fit more people/m^2 than several cars of equivalent length, due to things like ability to stand, not needing to have multiple engines and trunks, etc.

New comment by jcotton42 in "Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without MS account"

jcotton42 — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 18:34:14 +0000

SteamOS isn't really meant for random PCs. If you want something like SteamOS, then I recommend Bazzite.

New comment by jcotton42 in "Podman Desktop celebrates 3M downloads"

jcotton42 — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:59:00 +0000

These days Docker Desktop on Windows uses WSL as its backend by default.

New comment by jcotton42 in "US airlines are pushing to remove protections for passengers and add more fees"

jcotton42 — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:51:57 +0000

In this particular case, it lets the parents trade childcare responsibilities back and forth during the flight, which can be a serious boon on a long flight or if one of them starts feeling unwell.

New comment by jcotton42 in "macOS Tahoe"

jcotton42 — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 23:03:39 +0000

KDE Connect exists on both iOS and Android, though some functions like text messages aren't available on iOS.

New comment by jcotton42 in "China bans one-pedal driving in default modes by 2027"

jcotton42 — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 18:33:21 +0000

There's still a separate brake pedal.

New comment by jcotton42 in "I ditched Docker for Podman"

jcotton42 — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 23:05:02 +0000

What do you mean by "the real compose"?

New comment by jcotton42 in "Framework Laptop 16"

jcotton42 — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 18:32:45 +0000

The fans on my 16 are really easy to get to for cleaning.

New comment by jcotton42 in "Temporary suspension of acceptance of mail to the United States"

jcotton42 — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:10:09 +0000

Trump has tried to do plenty of things that aren't within his power, like ending birthright citizenship by executive order.

New comment by jcotton42 in "Atlassian terminates 150 staff with pre-recorded video"

jcotton42 — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:58:03 +0000

At least a live mass meeting.

New comment by jcotton42 in ".NET 10 Preview 6 brings JIT improvements, one-shot tool execution"

jcotton42 — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 19:30:18 +0000

> you are merging your company with microsoft and windows if you use it

That's not how that works. Nothing about the .NET license entitles Microsoft to what you make with the tooling.

New comment by jcotton42 in ".NET 10 Preview 6 brings JIT improvements, one-shot tool execution"

jcotton42 — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 19:28:35 +0000

VS2017 was the introduction of the modern VS installer that is way faster than the prior ones.