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by __d 3y ago
And yet, it's pretty common in commercial software and in other industries. For instance, my application uses a particular commercially-licensed software library. I have to pay a per-copy-sold royalty to the vendor. Or I write a video
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by __d 3y ago
When the Mac was introduced, there were two loud groups of people: Those complaining bitterly that Apple had ruined the product by eliminating expansion cards, and holding the case shut with a special screw that needed an "only availab
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by __d 3y ago
It's an interesting situation. We're all free not to buy Apple products if we don't like how they lock them down. There are several alternatives, Android being the most obvious. And yet, iPhones still sell well. There are a
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by __d 3y ago
> What would Apple be charging for then? The CTF offsets Apple's costs in developing and maintaining the "core technology": the OS and the frameworks that the developer uses in their application.
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by __d 3y ago
Compilers is a pretty small field, yes. Perhaps developer tooling in general might be a bigger pond? You could try some experiments: writing a language server or a debug server, look into some static analysis, something regarding software
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by __d 3y ago
If you're wanting an internship, demonstrating an interest in a specific field might help attract people's attention. I'd suggest looking for a project with a little more specific relevance to a target field (unless you want
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by __d 3y ago
Old code built with a different compiler isn't something that should be just dropped into production. If you want to do this, you should version the build infrastructure as well as the code. Otherwise, it's important to look at th
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by __d 3y ago
That's a feature! New warnings added to new compiler versions can identify problems that weren't previously detected. You _want_ those to -Werror when they happen, so you can fix them if they need it. Changing a compiler version
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by __d 3y ago
LinkedIn is a combination of things, all in one product: - An online resumé - A social graph for professional relationships - A messaging channel with long-term stable "addresses" - A job advertisement site - A candidate discovery
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by __d 3y ago
Snac2 is a pretty light-weight, easy to setup, Fedi server: https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2
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by __d 3y ago
How does that differ from the ISO handwave?
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by __d 3y ago
A simple majority is 50% + 1. This is a specific, mathematical term with no debate. A supermajority is usually 66% (can be 60% or 75%, etc: more than a simple majority anyway). The exact value is context-dependent, but the concept is comm
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by __d 3y ago
Using, eg. C, it's fairly simple to have minimal structure: you can have every .h and .c file in the top-level project directory if you want (and that used to be common in the 80s). Now, you'd normally have at least a "src&q
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by __d 3y ago
Both: develop and consume. I don't reject Electron apps, but where there's a native equivalent, all other things being equal, I'll almost always prefer it. It's perfectly possible to write a horrible native app, which de
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by __d 3y ago
There are two paths that can be taken: expedience or elegance. As you point out, Electron is quicker to develop, easier to develop, works for several common platforms, and with a modern device it will perform adequately. It's the expe
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by __d 3y ago
Use Lisp or Smalltalk? They have an "image" which contains everything (including the system-provided libraries), in a single file, and rely on the development environment to navigate to classes,functions, etc.
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by __d 3y ago
Between Jess, Bryan, and Adam, it was hard to miss :-)
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by __d 3y ago
In my experience, some financial institutions have a very good understanding of risk. They are able to identify, and most importantly, quantify risk in a way that many businesses cannot. Consequently, they're able to take risks with ne
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by __d 3y ago
Apartheid South Africa is perhaps the model here?
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by __d 3y ago
This deserves to exist somewhere more accessible than a HN comment.
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by __d 3y ago
I don't dispute that Teslas are a good car. I can definitely see why people would like to buy one, and indeed the people I know who intended to buy one did so because it was a good car. There are some issues, sure, but on balance I&#
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by __d 3y ago
I think that would be a mistake: for Apple, for passengers, and for governments. Superficially, sure, it'd be nice to have nicely designed, well-integrated, privacy-respecting public transport. But Apple is a very individual-focused c
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by __d 3y ago
Tried, (more or less) failed, and gave up (because it was costing too much, basically). Search for "Armadillo Aerospace".
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by __d 3y ago
Anecdata: I know multiple people who are intending to buy an EV for their next car, and all of them have removed Tesla from their list of possible purchases because of the CEO's behavior over the last couple of years. And sure, maybe I
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by __d 3y ago
Tesla is busy throwing away that first mover advantage. And the CEO is busy trashing the brand. I don't think Apple has a problem here. I suspect they're much more interested in what's happening with the Chinese manufacture
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by __d 3y ago
I don't think it's an execution problem: it's a product design problem. When/if they figure out what they want to build, I expect they're leverage their existing expertise in partnering with third parties to churn o
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by __d 3y ago
Not necessarily? There's nothing to say that you need to make a profit. If all the employees are paid a decent amount, all your other costs are covered, and there's revenue unspent, you could just reduce the prices a bit. The i
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by __d 3y ago
Is an Australian. Recent large security breaches in Australia have created an environment in which it might be possible to gain acceptance for such a scheme, under the guise of (as the article discusses) avoiding exposure of identification
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by __d 3y ago
There are a bunch of "hard parts" involved, and even if you solve them, you don't replicate the experience of a social media site. The serving technology is hard. The dollar cost is high. The maintenance burden is high. The a
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by __d 3y ago
I think the point is that these should be more similar (and they aren't with our current technology).

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