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There are a lot of alternative programming languages that those companies could have used. There's no GPS alternative for Uber.

• aunderscored 4y ago
  GLONASS, But that's splitting hairs
  • notagoodidea 4y ago
    Galileo:P
    • fabianhjr 4y ago
      And now also BeiDou, QZSS, and IRNSS-NAVIC.
  • seized 4y ago
    Although the Russian air force planes with a Garmin taped to the control panel may indicate otherwise on that technology....
    • squarefoot 4y ago
      It could also be a way to better resist to jamming or (government mandated) data pollution by matching the data from the two receivers for significant differences. I'm 100% pro-Ukraine but that looks a smart move to me.
    • cpursley 4y ago
      I get it, reddit is a fun place to beat up on the Ruskies. But the usage of a Garmin doesn't mean GLONASS is bad. GPS and GLONASS use different frequencies and redundant signaling systems is common in aviation. And Garmin actually works with both for a more accurate location: https://www.getaway.co.za/gear-reviews/news/garmin-russian-satellites/ https://www.getaway.co.za/gear-reviews/news/garmin-russian-s...
  • cpursley 4y ago
    GLONASS is pretty underrated. For example, it powers a whole bunch of vital farm equipment in the US. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/06/invasion-agriculture-and-the-beets-of-war/487082/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/06/invas...
• treeman79 4y ago
  Alt to php at that point in time was usually Perl. Don’t think Facebook would have succeeded with Perl.
  • nequo 4y ago
    What about Perl would have made Facebook fail? I don't particularly like Perl but I'm curious.
    • fabianhjr 4y ago
      You don't get it, Facebook wasn't just a CRUD from the start and had some niche programming language needs. /s :P
  • icedchai 4y ago
    Is there a reason Apache w/mod_perl wouldn't have worked?
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