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My favorite part of NT is the Local Procedure Call (now obsoleted by ALPC): https://computernewb.com/~lily/files/Documents/NTDesignWorkb...

Very cool to be able to read the original design instead of just reverse-engineered ones. Thanks for posting!


> arguably

Sick of this weasel word. Either argue it or don't.


Also used incorrectly most of the time. They meant to use “debatably”.

Arguably:

- used to say that a statement is very possibly true even if it is not certain (merriam-webster)

- in a way that can be shown to be true (cambridge)

ie. you can be prove it through argument, not “you can make the argument”


Even worse, "I would argue that..."

It's not hypothetical if you are here, in the current tense, arguing that. I've mostly cured myself of the habit, but its tough.


“I would argue that…” is a weaker statement, because it ends with an implied “…but since I don’t care that much, I’m not ‘seriously’ arguing that.” It’s not at all equivalent to the strong statement “I argue that…”, which has no such qualifier.

Why cure yourself of useful conversational nuance?


> Open source is a licensing and delivery mechanism, period. It means you get the source for software and the right to use and modify it.

Once again confusing the two and proving that “Open Source” was the worst thing to ever happen to “Free Software”


And now Palantir sells exactly this product, literally named Gotham https://www.palantir.com/platforms/gotham/

If people didn't buy new cars there would never be used cars.

Tell that to Cuba.

Not entirely true; there are at least the lease, rental, and commercial fleet markets supplying predictable inventory of used cars to the public market.

> hasn't re-released GTA 4 recently

I did start trying to replay GTA4 recently, and although I loved playing it the first time, this time I couldn't stop noticing that each mission's Niko/NPC dialog feels very forcefully-timed to match almost to the second how long it takes to drive to the first objective. I found it really immersion-breaking.

PCGW sez “Sorry! This site is experiencing technical difficulties” but IMO if one wants to reinstall, use FusionFix and Radio Restoration mods and no need for anything else. No packaged GTA4 re-release from Rockstar would be good enough to re-license all the removed songs anyway if the GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition is any indication: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/333629-grand-theft-auto...

If they really wanted to get my money they would re-release Midnight Club Los Angeles on PC instead :)


If you set `no_db=1` in `Everything.ini` you can configure it to be memory-only: https://www.voidtools.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9994#:~:text...

I think re-indexing all my drives every time it runs is even worse.

I think you could uncheck “Indexes” → “NTFS” (or ReFS, or FAT, or whatever else) → “Monitor changes” to disable that and leave yourself to press the “Force Rebuild” button at whatever cadence you like.

Or, in `Everything.ini` terms:

  allow_force_rebuild=1
  home_update_indexes=1 -- ‘use the monitor_pause and monitor_stop states’
  monitor_stop=1
  home_update_indexed_properties=1 -- ‘use the indexed_property_pause state’
  indexed_property_pause=1
  read_directory_changes=0


Also I just realized you can get a better middle ground between the default daily DB update and RAM-only mode:

   db_auto_save_type=1  -- (From daily to interval mode)
   db_auto_save_interval=<milliseconds>

and btw sorry I'm not trying to convince you to like Everything; was just curious to figure out if/how it could be done :)

I like how GTAⅢ is the only 3D GTA game (not 3D-era GTA game, because Chinatown Wars lol) where you can permanently select the oldschool top-down camera. It's kind of a trip to play it that way.

I never knew that.

PS: loved Chinatown Wars. Unfortunate it’s not better known.


Your memory is correct! They released GTA1 (all expansions) and GTA2 as free “Rockstar Classics” in 2003 and 2004 respectively: https://web.archive.org/web/20130116055920/https://www.rocks...

One can get those versions here: https://archive.org/details/rockstar-classics_202107

They're great on XP-era machines! I have both installed on my HITACHI FLORA 270HX


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