GianFabien

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by GianFabien 1y ago
The Plan9/9Front folks must like the look or rio, sam, acme. Otherwise somebody would have written a more modern looking desktop for it. When Steve Jobs returned to Apple, he brought NextStep with him. The new version of the OS was bas
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by GianFabien 1y ago
No article is worth reading that compromises your privacy or security. I take the same approach with aggressive paywalls. Decline and move on.
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by GianFabien 1y ago
... and they still don't! Ok, so FORTRAN got replaced by C/C++ and OS/370 by a hundred variants of Unix. For those who tuned in late, Linux is a clone of Unix (TM).
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by GianFabien 1y ago
There is nothing to overcome. Once you understand the dynamic, you stay vigilant for the trap. Spend far less than you earn. Invest the balance. Keep your options open. When others panic, you simply pivot. Recommend you read "Same as E
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by GianFabien 1y ago
All military personnel take the oath to protect the USA, abide by the constitution. At all levels they are to resist illegal orders. At the top levels, many are salivating at the prospect of generously paid roles in service of the military
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by GianFabien 1y ago
Beware of the hedonic treadmill . Once you get trapped in your "improved" lifestyle your options for change effectively evaporate.
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by GianFabien 1y ago
I use a simple approach: So you want my expertise in relation to your idea! No problem, these are my consulting rates ___, can you come to my office at ___ on the ____ ? It is how professionals operate, e.g. doctors, dentists, lawyers, acco
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by GianFabien 1y ago
Yeah, some people just love the sound of their own voice. I find that even most 45 minute podcasts could be summarized to a single page. Why waste time listening to the ahh ahem etc. Notice that Youtube seems to be blocking many of the tran
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by GianFabien 1y ago
Slightly different angle: you are not concerned about the days/weeks of your effort being in vain, but you are concerned about a couple of hundred $? The core premise of being in business is be willing to spend money to make money. If
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by GianFabien 1y ago
Python allows you to use imperative, functional and object-oriented programming paradigms. Even a mixture of all three. Depending on the problem being solved your abstractions might better fit one of those three than the other two. I consi
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by GianFabien 1y ago
Back a long time ago, before GB memories and MMUs, the executable code was loaded at low addresses, statically allocated data followed, then dynamically allocated memory (heap). So stack was placed at the very top of memory and grew down. W
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by GianFabien 1y ago
Slopware In the begining we had hardware and software. Then came firmware, the code in read-only/mostly memory.
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by GianFabien 1y ago
There are only two choices in mobile OS: Android vs iOS. Android is more open and at the core it is Linux. Yeah, I dislike JVM too. What I don't get is that even a simple app, e.g. FB Messenger (not the whole of FB) requires an 84MB do
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by GianFabien 1y ago
AI agents - rapid fire footgun !
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by GianFabien 1y ago
Working with computers I mentally use a hybrid of BCD and binary arithmetic. e.g. for the 17.5%, I mentally move the decimal point to the left, drop the cents, add half and then half of that, i.e. 10% + 5% + 2.5%
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by GianFabien 1y ago
I think there are at least 2 core reasons: 1. Elon has tainted the brand with his polarizing behavior. 2. Tesla now has lots of competition, most with stronger technical features and at more affordable prices. Elon is a brilliant PR perso
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by GianFabien 1y ago
Actually the experience with calculators portends a dismal future. Before calculators, i.e. slide rules, log tables, hand arithmetic: by the time engineers completed their university education most could approximate relevant parameters in t
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by GianFabien 1y ago
Perhaps the problem is far deeper. Degrees have become commoditized, i.e. "students" want a degree and as a result a well paid job / career. Those who truly seek knowledge and deep understanding don't take shortcuts. But
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by GianFabien 1y ago
My main gripe with Java is not the language, but the organizations that still write their systems in it. I just don't want to go back to working for banks, insurance cos, govt departments.
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by GianFabien 1y ago
> "lying in a pool of blood" Foul play would be pretty high up on the list of presumptions.
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by GianFabien 1y ago
Perhaps it would be better to look at this business dynamic from the point of view of the brilliant MBAs and executive suite McScrooges. It is all about maximizing shareholder value . The so called customer is a roadblock to directly lift
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by GianFabien 1y ago
From my reading of the news, layoffs are happening all over the place. 10,000 here, 15,000 there, etc. All the big name firms have implemented "resource adjustments". My guess would be that unless your skills are in a hot area, li
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by GianFabien 1y ago
For somebody in their 70s, a more productive viewpoint would be to be passing on a legacy. Even with a long healthy life, competition should no longer be a big concern.
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by GianFabien 1y ago
I enjoy watching Kinding It Design, Wheeler Dealer and similar shows. I suspect that some people might be inspired to consider those careers after watching the gleeful professionalism of the people featured on such shows.
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by GianFabien 1y ago
My understanding of a "distro" is as being a curated collection of components from lots of different sources which have been re-compiled and tested to work together. At its core is always a specific version of Linux and then the
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by GianFabien 1y ago
I was looking for some update on Wayland's status. Wayland isn't actively on my radar, but I am sufficiently aware of it, that I would like to consider it, but only if it has gotten past the early adopter stage. My Debian desktop
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by GianFabien 1y ago
There's only two reasons to buy stocks: 1) for future cashflows (aka dividends) derived from net profits. 2) to on-sell to somebody willing to pay even more. When option (2) is no longer feasible, the bubble pops and (1) rese
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by GianFabien 1y ago
After the dot bomb of 2000, the market got flooded with CISCO and Sun gear for pennies on the dollar. Lots of post 2000 startups got their gear from those auctions and were able to massively extend their runway. Same could happen again.
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by GianFabien 1y ago
Here's a fantastic chance for a tech mega-billionaire or company to step up to the plate and take on the $15M p.a. commitment to keep the satellite orbiting. For example, for Google $15M is probably less than they spend on stocking the

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