That said, even for those uses SDL2 (much less SDL3) caught up to SFML about 6-7 years ago in usability issues for people without experience coding at that level. Circa 2015, SFML was the easier route to both performance and a working cross-platform binary. That hasn't been true for a long time now, even when SFML started to get refurbished around 2021/2022. The only times I've come across SFML since 2017/2018 have been projects migrating off of it and onto SDL 2 or 3.

It's good to have both SFML and SDL, among other C++ options and other-language frameworks. Even looking at 3.1, I don't think I'd recommend SFML now, especially not for the same reasons I might've done it 10 years ago. But it's good to see them modernizing anyway, and changes like this might make it easier to update and maintain old or abandoned projects that still use SFML.

and https://noteifyapp.com/activedock/, which is less extreme but has a start menu-like launcher option

Both have one-time/lifetime purchase options. Taskbar is $25 one-time with a free but expiring older version. ActiveDock's one-time prices are $15 (1 year of updates, but usable forever) and $60 (lifetime updates).

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/denuvo-pr...

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Also: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/30958

First I've heard that ultrathink was back. Much quieter walkback of https://decodeclaude.com/ultrathink-deprecated/

> The six key test configurations are shown in Table D-2. A ¼-scale OSEF was used in place of a full-scale unit. Performance results were assessed accordingly. The Orion Program is considering flying one of two different laptop models, a Surface Pro or a Dell XPS 15. Both were tested during this test series. Sealed and unsealed OFC prefilters also were tested.

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> Testing revealed that the rise in temperature is directly related to the number of cells ignited. Maximum temperature rise inside the CBA during a Dell XPS 15 fire was 22 °F. The maximum temperature rise inside the CBA during a Surface Pro fire was 7 °F. Figure D-13 shows the relative temperature rises for several tests.

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> - When larger numbers of laptop cells were ignited, higher concentrations of toxic gases, increased particulate densities, and greater production of thermal energy were observed.

> - The larger the number of laptop battery cells ignited, the more likely the ammonia concentration was to reach levels capable of potentially poisoning the OSEF CO oxidation catalyst.

> After Wiseman flagged the issue, Mission Control said it could remotely access his system with permission.

> Soon after, a member of Mission Control said, "We wanted to let Reid know we are done remoting into his PCD 1." They added that the issue had been resolved and that the system would appear offline, as "expected."

> The personal computing device, or PCD, is how the crew accesses the internet during the flight and tracks its timeline, NASA said on the livestream. The device used on the mission is the MS Surface Pro, per an Artemis II factsheet.

The factsheet:

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20230017638/downloads/13...

> Used for PFCs (private family conference), PMCs (private medical communication/conference), office apps, DSLR imagery storage, viewing recorded stills/videos on camera controllers

This looks like a neat option for retrofitting, and I suspect it'd work for some non-screen glass applications too. A combined IR/visible light solution would be interesting too, since I suspect those are complimentary (IR touch has issues with radiant light, while this wouldn't; this would have issues with low/no light, while IR wouldn't).