<![CDATA[very good!]]>very good! but— the reality is much, much worse.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/46a7bc07-c86c-41b2-b42f-49183e468c21/very-goodRSS for NodeFri, 14 Aug 2026 05:31:31 GMTThu, 30 Jul 2026 04:30:00 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to very good! on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:19:52 GMT]]>@lbehm @theruran I don't think there's any direct linkage to win32k.sys though.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/zwol/statuses/117010071049965824https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/zwol/statuses/117010071049965824Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:19:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to very good! on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:20:19 GMT]]>@zwol @theruran no old API landscape will be removed by Microsoft.
If there was a reason 30 years ago to link against that dll, it can't be removed now.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/lbehm/statuses/117009836877223401https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/lbehm/statuses/117009836877223401Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:20:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to very good! on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:52:15 GMT]]>@theruran I think there's a good chance that there _isn't_ any reason better than "nobody with internal project planning authority sees _enough_ value to justify the work required" but surely the steady drumbeat of kernel-mode CVEs involving win32k over the past couple decades should have added up to "we oughta do this" by now...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/zwol/statuses/117009726517163231https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/zwol/statuses/117009726517163231Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:52:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to very good! on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:42:41 GMT]]>@theruran
i think there was an simular meme with linux / windows and other systems
? but i cant find it 😞

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/users/badger3/statuses/117009453002034539https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/users/badger3/statuses/117009453002034539Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:42:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to very good! on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:07:09 GMT]]>@theruran Exactly why you recommend Windows to guarantee billable hours but never, ever to someone you want to be friends with

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tulsa.ok.us/users/BalooUriza/statuses/117009313252713004https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tulsa.ok.us/users/BalooUriza/statuses/117009313252713004Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:07:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to very good! on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:08:44 GMT]]>@zwol unlikely anyone inside Microsoft undeerstands why, either.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/theruran/statuses/117009083537992292https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/theruran/statuses/117009083537992292Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:08:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to very good! on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:02:00 GMT]]>@theruran win32k.sys oughta be in there somewhere; the mere fact that it still exists means it must be load-bearing _somehow_, even if nobody outside MS understands why

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/zwol/statuses/117009057079512474https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/zwol/statuses/117009057079512474Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:02:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to very good! on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:10:35 GMT]]>@theruran That Angry Bird 🤣🤣👌🏻

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamutovo.cz/ap/users/116402939531599771/statuses/117007675293290623https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamutovo.cz/ap/users/116402939531599771/statuses/117007675293290623Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:10:35 GMT