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hun3today at 9:14 AM1 replyview on HN

The operating system has historically trusted the applications not to do dumb things too much.

Only now we're witnessing the consequences much more frequently thanks to accelerated slop.


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skydhashtoday at 11:59 AM

> The operating system has historically trusted the applications not to do dumb things too much.

The OS is a thin layer providing an abstract and consistent interface regardless of the hardware configuration. Policing applications is mostly related to security and resources utilization, not moronic errors.

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