thanks! I updated my link to use yours

I really worry about videos being lost, almost feels like someone should do an archive every so often and put it up as torrents that many people can help backup. Just a thought

Just a reminder we take PRs on our docs so feedback is always appreciated

For more information on why this happened check out Richard's blog post: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/microsoft-open-so...

> (Alas, sorry, we’re unable to open-source the ISA translator.)

> Alas, we’re unable to provide sources for these ports and/or customizations.

I wonder why. (I guess it might involve code licensed from third parties, co-developed and jointly owned with OEM vendors, or unclear provenance of IP.)

I wonder if it will ever change. I hope one day it does.

One of these days (probably long after I'm dead) the copyright will expire. I hope the source code hasn't been lost by then. (Sadly, there's a decent chance it will have been.)

Much of the source code from those days is simply lost.

OK, we've changed to that from https://github.com/microsoft/GW-BASIC. Thanks!

The first thing you as a developer can start exploring today that is part of "Project Reunion" is WinUI 3.0 Preview 1: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2020/05/19/introd...

My parents still can’t get NYS unemployment benefits processed since they started applying in March due to all the website and process problems. Sure wish they’d focus there.

Planning to reopen businesses across the state is certainly one aspect of fixing unemployment, and I doubt the graphic designer and web developer here had any significant impact on the maintenance of the unemployment computer systems.

I work for a city, I think you can be pretty certain that they are doing both. Hell, the team that’s working on unemployment benefits probably didn’t hear about this project before they read about it here on HN.

For a project that is about freedom of information they sure kept this vague. Why not share more details of why you had to fire people, what funding sources dried up, etc?

Comparing a recent web archive, the difference in the sponspors page seens to be:

  - Mozilla  
  - Digital Impact Alliance  
  - Google Season of Docs    
  + RIPE NCC

https://web.archive.org/web/20191103152656/https://www.torpr...

https://web.archive.org/web/20200404101205/https://www.torpr...

For a project about privacy it seems appropriate though!

To protect the privacy of the users you want the organization to be as transparent as possible about everything not involving user data. If the organization is hiding something, that something could be user-hostile.

Really sorry to everyone who is out of work now :(, I wish I could do more then just give you some links and thoughts but hope this helps.

1. If you're looking to ramp-up your skills Pluralsight is giving away a free month of training this month: https://www.pluralsight.com/offer/2020/free-april-month

2. Large companies are still hiring I growth areas, I am not 100% sure but If I was a betting man anything at Google, Amazon or Microsoft that is cloud related is probably still booming to get people on board

3. If you wind up finding some work that is remote in this situation and don't have WFH experience check out this great set of tips for WFH by Scott Hanselman: https://www.hanselman.com/blog/LoveInATimeOfCoronaVirusTipsT...

My industry (Defense contracting) is fairly immune to at least the immediate fallout from all this. If this turns into a longer general economic downturn, however... who knows?

But my company is hiring right now (though, most of the jobs require a clearance). The jobs aren't remote, well.. right now many of them sort of are, but they'll surely revert to on-site again eventually.

Can confirm Amazon is actively hiring rn, and not just for AWS.

Reality is companies know that even if they have to settle in court they still save BILLIONS. Companies can't loose until laws drastically change here.