memsom

> Not everything, no. You can't run C# without the .NET runtime

You can compile C# to an AOT exe, and when you do that it will literally only be what it needs to work, less and dynamic libs.

VS2026, "August 2026 feature update" is installed apparently. Even without Resharper, it is not as fast as Rider, and Rider build speeds up MAUI build and deploy by at least 50%

For dotnet, Rider runs rings around VSCode. Even using the Resharper plugin, VSCode is nowhere near the same functionality. I even use Rider above Visual Studio because it works way better for mobile and cross platform. VSCode runs okay on the same hardware as Rider, but it is all too manual to configure. VS2026 is a horrible bloated pig that constantly grinds to a halt on the same hardware.

And the UK in general. I went to Dublin a few years back now, and I had my passport checked as I entered Ireland, but not before I got on the plane and not as I left not when I got back to Gatwick.. in fact I walked off the plane through the baggage claim and back out on to the airport and no one asked me for anything. I think if I'd travelled by ferry, I might not have needed a passport at all.

The umlaut does mean that to a Swede it is not the same word sound at all. I can only guess that is why it was allowed?

The first version I used was one of the previews, where the IDE didn't actually work and all the code was compiled from the command line. Kylix 1.0 was "okay", but it quickly became impossible to use because Linux moved on.

The one I thought was bad was the .Net port. Delphi.Net never really got past version 1.0 of the .Net framework because, and this is anecdotal, I heard the compiler abused something in the metadata system that .Net 2.0 no longer allowed and the compiler jus stopped being able to build valid assemblies. They literally wouldn't work anymore because the class loader wouldn't load them under .Net 2.0. If you know anything about .Net, tis is pretty fundamentally poor engineering, because .Net runtimes almost always can load older framework code with the right components installed.

To be honest, VB.Net was a very thin veneer of VB on top of the .Net runtime. It was not good. All of us that were doing Delphi quickly jumped to C#, because it felt a lot more grown up. The only truly terrible products I have worked on after ,Net came on the scene were ones where VB developers decided to use VB.Net to make something "more modern."

I want native apps because I don't want to rely on the internet existing and I don't think hosting an offline web page in a captured browser is "good enough"

Even when CarPlay is full screen, it is possible to have a the manufacturer's UI available. My Ford Sync 3 will let me get back the the car UI via an icon that is the Ford logo - it loos like a regular app, but it's sole purpose is "go back to the car's infotainment." This is useful for controlling the radio and tweaking settings, but not a lot else.

I would recommend the audiobook - John Romero actually reads it so it seems a lot more personal.

I did feel that Romero skipped a load of stuff, at least int he audio version. There was no real mention of Stevie Case, just one passing name check. That was really odd. I was expecting him to at least mention her.

I've also both read and listened to Masters of Doom (read by Wil Wheaton no less) and it is a great book too. The audio version is really good.

This makes no actual sense as a complaint.

The M-series all have chargers with a USB-C socket on them that the cable is plugged in to, so you would have been able to use the PSU from any M-series MacBook - even if they were the models prior to magsafe being re-introduced.

The magsafe in the M-series is not the same as magsafe 1 or 2, so they are not compatible and you would have needed to buy an adapter (and I have no idea if Apple has even made a first party version of this.) So you'd need a new adapter.

On the other hand, any USB-C charger that delivers the right voltage will charge the Neo.

A question I'm sure you might have been asked before - will this support mobile too? It would be nice if it did. I would certainly like to try it. It does feel like being able to use Avalonia and MAUI in mobile would be extremely beneficial.

How much is Flex? It is free. You have 2 options -

1) physical card, which works like a credit card. 2) You can flex payments you made on your regular card.

The rules are the same. If it was a card purchase it will more than likely flex (it will if you used the Flex card, account it will depend on the type of transaction.) But it needs to be used for purchases. I guess you could set up a CC processing unit and pay yourself, but it somehow doesn't seem worth it. You can't flex a bank transfer for example.

When you Flex, it gives you the option to "pay on next payment cycle", "pay in 3 installments with 0 interest", "pay in 6/12 installments with the usual big interest". But you can at any point pay it off and so you could do it over 4 months and only pay minimal interest and you could pay over the amount due and make it pay off quicker.

It depends. The more you use it the better the limit gets. Mine is nearly 3k now.