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In case you've ever wondered why the Windows control panel was so awful... (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by cantankerous_cashew to c/[email protected]

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[–] rtxn 148 points 3 days ago (2 children)

...maybe it's better that the Windows source code remain closed.

At the same time, I'd love to see the developers of the world glimpse at that eldritch cognitohazard and collectively go insane.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 2 days ago

Maybe we've been misunderstanding what Closed Source really is this whole time?

It's a codex holding back "eldritch cognitohazard" horrors that the technopriests of Microsoft have captured and tamed into an operating system. Releasing the source would release the beasts into our reality, much like the plot of John Carpenters In the Mouth of Madness.

Well, figured out one good reason for closed source, I guess. Let's not solve this LeMarchand's Box.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

At least modern hardware runs the spaghetti code much better than Windows XP used to run.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 10 points 2 days ago

i view it less as spaghetti and more as a rat king