archgrove

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by archgrove 12y ago
Use case 1: Running a torrent site for the distribution of free, out of copyright, abandoned, or otherwise entirely unavailable works. Use case 2: Distributing ripped off copies of easily available, expensive to produce, copyrighted works
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by archgrove 12y ago
Apple don't have anything even vaguely approaching a monopoly in any area. Their market share in everything from phones to computers is < 30%; Google's is > 90% for search. You can't have a "Monopoly on the content
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by archgrove 12y ago
Not that I use even 0.001% of the disks that BackBlaze go through, but my anecdata suggests the same. The only dead hard disks I have on my desk at the moment are Seagate, and they dominate the disks I've sent back in the last few year
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by archgrove 12y ago
You might like Apple's Swift: class Example { let ExtraMul = 5 } let weakly = Example() let squareAndABit : Int -> Int = { [weak weakly] in $0 * $0 * weakly!.ExtraMul } squareAndABit(2) // 20
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by archgrove 12y ago
Apple did add garbage collection to Objective C, but it only lasted a few years before being pulled. Two less important reasons are that it's hard to integrate with the otherwise trivial C(++) interop, and the frameworks just weren&#x2
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by archgrove 12y ago
Very interesting, thanks. I also ran up against another annoying bug/oversight/v0.1ism : You can't inherit from a generic class without becoming generic yourself. So, even if you fully instantiate your parent's type info
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by archgrove 12y ago
Compiler bugs really don't worry me - despite the name, this is is really an alpha release. However, I ran up against the lack of generic protocols myself today (for those with access, there's an interesting debate at https:&#x2F
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by archgrove 12y ago
Whilst not as slick as the JS version, I did much the same thing with mine: https://vimeo.com/76969179 when bored one day. I couldn't find any tools to create exactly what I wanted, so knocked up https://gis
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by archgrove 12y ago
The tech seems cool, but I'm not seeing what extra value I get over a scrubbable video. How are you using the spacial information to add value to the images?
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by archgrove 12y ago
As an early 30s programmer with low-level backend experience, I'm relying on the 2038 problem to form the backbone of my retirement income. I've already started writing the business plan for my migration consultancy. This comment
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by archgrove 12y ago
I'm guessing you're being deliberately obtuse here. You were completely free to do with your work as you please, and you "pleased" to sell your work to a company in exchange for some consideration. If you don't want
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by archgrove 12y ago
Why is it "fundamentally wrong"? I created the work, I'm free to do with it as I please. I can give it away for free. I can charge $10 a copy. I can come to an arrangement that someone else has the right to set the price, in
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by archgrove 12y ago
There are no natural laws. Just because you (or your forefathers) were first on a piece of land, what natural right grants you it? Surely it's far more natural that, if I can overpower you and take it, it's mine? That's actua
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by archgrove 12y ago
"The term imaginary property recognizes such contributions to society as the product of the imagination and is more productive as a starting place for discussion thereof" No, it's derogatory. Very few phrases of the form &quo
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by archgrove 12y ago
All "property" is imaginary. Having physical things without the backing of the law is just possession. We create a legal notion of property for the benefit of society. Property law adds the force to the state to my possessions, to
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by archgrove 12y ago
First language here, as well. AMOS BASIC on an Amiga 500 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMOS_(programming_language) . Despite the naysayers who'd claim I permanently broke my programming ability, the excitement of
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by archgrove 13y ago
Back in the iOS 1.0 days, the iPhone development platform was web apps. These were pushed by Apple as the "right way", which negated the need for an App Store. As the browser engine on iOS is basically identical to the desktop Web
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by archgrove 13y ago
People do. They're called "overflight fees". Often they're waived by mutually beneficial consent. For example, the USA often charges them when a flight doesn't originate or end in the US, but passes over US airspace
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by archgrove 13y ago
A radical solution, I know, but why not just pay for your content ? And, if it's not available at the right price/format/location, find other content ? And, to those saying "This is for non-copyright/author approv
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by archgrove 13y ago
Amen, and I don't really know why. I was on the fence about ordering one of the new Crystal Cove based devkits. Now I certainly won't. I'll wait to see how it shakes out; to see if low latency panels now take a backseat to a
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by archgrove 13y ago
Yes, I looked at the diff. A diff like the author probably had been looking through all day. You've never missed a line? They probably thought it was just whitespace changes or, you know, just missed it entirely. If we're going to
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by archgrove 13y ago
Or, it was a stupid mistake. The kind that happens every day, in every program, in the known universe. If we're going to entertain conspiracy theories, I favour "A rogue Google agent snuck in to Apple headquarters and edited the f
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by archgrove 13y ago
So, to me, proofs have two purposes. The first is to just say "This theorem is true". The second is to give some insight into the problem. I have no problem with such a proof satisfying purpose one; I may not be able to check it m
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by archgrove 13y ago
So, he's back again. Whilst I was originally surprised at his removal, I was actually quite excited by the possibility. He's been effectively designing Apple's hardware for 15-20 years now, and the opportunity for some fresh
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by archgrove 13y ago
Which, for 99.99999% of actual users will mean they are blocked. Digging around in the guts to enable "Developer mode", with all the scary consequences, is not something users will (or should have to) do.
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by archgrove 13y ago
It is if you use your belief to say "Well then, I won't pay them what they've asked". Too many people seem to think a "belief" is justification for breaking the law (AKA "agreement made by society").
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by archgrove 13y ago
I'll have a look at those, thanks. In response to your points, the language used by courts is exceedingly specific, and bears little resemblance to the language used by people in day to day life. For example, in English law, I can &q
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by archgrove 13y ago
This trope is getting exceedingly tired, on par with the "taxation is theft", "atheism is a religion" and "Linux should be called GNU/Linux" brigades that often crop up in the appropriate discussions. Thef
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by archgrove 13y ago
Chalk me up as a user for whom Messages seems to function as advertised. Most people don't take to the air to shout about how something as mundane as text messaging works fine for them.
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by archgrove 13y ago
Alas, it won't even turn on without its case ( http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/23/5234574/apple-mac-pro-rev... ). It needs it to guide air through the cooling tower style design. Presumably, someone c

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