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by Arizhel 10y ago
You're right, Qt is available under LGPL 3.0 now. https://www.qt.io/licensing-comparison/
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Wrong. People constantly lose despite pouring all their best efforts into something. I'm sure some amateur military historian can give you plenty of examples where some army lost simply because they were defeated by overwhelming oppo
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The 80s had their high points for sure, but computer interfaces really aren't one of them unless you like green-screen mainframe interfaces. IMHO, the peak for UIs that are easily usable by regular people with minimal training was back
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Yeah, either you make your whole project GPL, or you buy a license so you can make your code proprietary/non-GPL.
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I agree mostly, except the last part about DRM. I don't like DRM either, but this isn't DRM, this is a case where a physical device is dependent upon a cloud/internet service to actually function. So if the company either g
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Not only that, but from what I can tell, telecommuting is becoming more and more rare. I'd guess that it hit a peak somewhere between 5 and 10 years ago. Now it's really hard to find a company that'll let you telecommute (I
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I'd really like to know where they came up with those numbers. For instance, the graph shows the USA near zero until a few centuries ago, but still non-zero, particularly around 1000CE where it goes up a little before going back down
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That's not a good question. There have always been people who wouldn't have wanted to move to the US, for various reasons. People usually like to stay at home, in a culture they're familiar with, near people they know, unle
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>It's worth pointing out that the "big four" tech companies aren't the only tech companies worth working at. They're not, but there's lots of other large-to-midsize tech companies out there that people don&#
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As the other poster said, Hispanic people in general are extremely socially conservative and religious. They vote reliably Democrat because the GOP panders to white racists and people with anti-hispanic-immigration feelings. As soon as th
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I never said that people not caring about FOSS was going to lead to societal collapse, I said that it was a symptom of a much larger problem in society that will lead to collapse. As for the British, they're completely irrelevant these
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Heaven forbid that developers have a choice in what they contribute to!
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I miss those days too. Computing was a lot more fun. But the way things were back then depended on peoples' attitudes, and those have all changed, for the worse. You might as well give up; those days are over. People don't care
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The thing is, if you don't like the old people and they way they govern, you're free to not elect them . They're only "in the way" because stupid voters elect them. On top of that, we had an extremely progressive
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#2 and #3 really don't make sense any more. If you can't afford a $100-200 TV, then how the heck do you afford $20+ tickets? The TV will pay for itself very quickly. TVs are dirt cheap these days, and the "small" ones
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It doesn't matter that much that they're "PRIVATE sector contractors". Defense contractors do not operate like normal private-sector companies. In normal companies, they try to keep costs limited, so that they can maxi
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I wouldn't want to walk around Washington Heights in Manhattan alone at night; I didn't feel terribly safe there during the daytime. The Bronx is not a terribly safe place either. Sure, downtown/midtown Manhattan are very saf
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I don't think that will do what you're hoping. I do agree, taxes on labor income should be lower than capital gains, rather than higher as it is today. But the division is between those who own capital and those those who don&#x2
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Sure, but they don't lose their advantages with chassis design (crashworthy design and testing is hard), manufacturing at scale, logistics, etc. It's not like there's a ton of serious EV competitors out there anyway; there&#
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So you think the OP should be OK with being lynched?
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>I have heard many times that the traditional car companies are heavily outsourced aside from the drivetrain. It's true, but I don't think it matters. Traditional automakers rely on suppliers for all kinds of parts on cars: he
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>Yeah, this is a bit like Microsoft announcing they're going to make a "killer lifestyle gadget" What, you don't think the Zune was killer? /s >They have the resources to succeed, it's just that it'
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Gas isn't "ultra-cheap" in most other parts of the world, especially Europe and Japan. Norwegians are buying Teslas at an absurd rate. Watch for Europe to switch to EVs sooner; their main roadblock is the charging infrastru
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>not to mention the horrendous user experience that is Ford Sync. Well that's what you get for buying a car that has Microsoft software running in the infotainment system. The MS-designed Sync system had all kinds of terrible revie
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> Judy Banks, a 70-year-old struggling to get by, said she voted for Trump because “he was talking about getting rid of those illegals.” But Banks now finds herself shocked that he also has his sights on funds ... which is her lifeline.
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Yeah, I don't get it. Scott Adams draws comics lampooning office politics. He's not actually an office worker, just a comedian.
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What I find interesting about these restoration efforts is that it took far less time to just build the thing from scratch, many decades ago (when technology was not as advanced).
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Except that the "stable ABI" thing doesn't work in practice. Look at all the people who have to throw away perfectly good hardware every time a new Windows version comes out, because the hardware maker doesn't care abou
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>But plenty of people don't really need those things, and certainly don't want to pay for them. Those things don't cost very much when they're shared by a couple hundred units. That's why non-luxury hotels can a
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What's bad is that there's no reason for motorcycles to be loud, with current technology. Car engines these days are whisper-quiet; the exact same could be done with motorcycles. But most motorcyclists (in the US) insist on bein

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