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by blihp 7y ago
While it's more pronounced in tech, it's not just tech. Lots of old economy companies tightening their belts as well based on anecdotal stories I've been hearing in the last year.
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by blihp 7y ago
When you put it that way, yes I can see that the original phrasing is correct. Like you, I am used to the opposite phrasing.
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by blihp 7y ago
I think you meant 'less is more'?
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by blihp 7y ago
If they're doing that, sure. I'm not sure it's that sophisticated. Last I heard they sourced different engines for different types of things/geographies not necessarily mixing results from multiple sources for a single
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by blihp 7y ago
AFAIK they don't have their own algo, they are just a front end for other search engines (Bing etc.) depending on where/what you're looking for.
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by blihp 7y ago
The secure enclave is a feature to secure the device and the data on it from casual threats. Apple gets a bit evasive any time the subject of security shifts to their cloud services. (i.e. they will talk about how a particular feature
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by blihp 7y ago
That is considered active. The Smalltalk community is far smaller than other languages and web development is a small subset of that community. So you won't see nearly the frequency of commits of projects. Also, the major web framew
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by blihp 7y ago
I've been using various Smalltalk dialects (Squeak/Cuis/Pharo) for over a decade. I've gone a bit off the deep end and use it for prototyping pretty much everywhere I can. Pharo would be the one Smalltalk environment I
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by blihp 7y ago
The 'more to it' is the fact that you are always effectively in 'debug mode'. By default, there is no distinction between development and deployment in Smalltalk[1] so when something fails, you typically will get a debu
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by blihp 7y ago
I agree with your point that getting screwed happens all the time to people who put much more blood, sweat and tears into these companies. Doesn't make it right regardless of who it happens to. According to the popular retelling of th
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by blihp 7y ago
I wouldn't say that iTunes died of natural causes, but rather that Apple killed it. Bit by bit over the course of years starting with the iPod Photo when they added picture syncing, then video, etc etc. Even podcasts never really fit
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by blihp 7y ago
Or they remember all too well. Another way of looking at it is that people who have gotten good at something can look back and see the things that hindered their progress. Like many here, my first exposure to programming languages was BAS
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by blihp 7y ago
ARexx was basically AppleScript before AppleScript existed. It was widely supported by most Amiga productivity software since it was a selling point in the same way AppleScript support is/was for Mac apps in terms of being the de-fact
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by blihp 7y ago
I don't recall any when compared to other OS's of the day. The special sauce of the Amiga was its hardware and the games/applications that it enabled. Tools like ARexx and Amiga Basic were better (IMO) than what you got on o
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by blihp 7y ago
It's all about data collection and metrics. Given how bad many of them are, I suspect many of the authors of the preloaded apps don't actually care if the user ever interacts with them. It's trivial to uninstall a 'nor
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by blihp 7y ago
Historically the unemployment rate has just been one indicator of how the economy is doing. All else being equal[1], economy A with 5% unemployment should be doing better than economy B with 10% unemployment, at least from a job seeker&#x27
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by blihp 7y ago
They couldn't afford to compete with Intel on processors... they just didn't have the volumes and every generation kept getting more expensive. For Intel, it was getting relatively cheaper thanks to economies of scale since their
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by blihp 7y ago
Don't forget about xanim
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by blihp 7y ago
Sure, if the data is lost there isn't much that can be done to go back and fix it. However, the company response appears very dismissive/flippant which sends a bad message. The tone any company hosting customer data should take i
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by blihp 7y ago
Nothing... I was just making the point that Microsoft has a number of people on the inside at Enterprise customers (which Amazon typically won't have) who help their sales team. This, rather than technical or service offering differen
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by blihp 7y ago
Unfortunately, Enterprise deals are more based on sales skills than technology. Companies like Microsoft tend to have multiple ongoing points of contact with their Enterprise customers such as account managers, technical account managers,
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by blihp 7y ago
You can't expect comparable core for core performance as the architectures have different objectives. Thermals, power consumption and performance would all be significantly lower on existing mainstream ARM chips.
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by blihp 7y ago
I wouldn't hold my breath on that. More likely they'll switch to their A-series ARM processors at some point since the last thing they probably want to do is extend their dependence on x86.
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by blihp 7y ago
I suspect that's been deliberate at least on Intel's part since their year over year changes haven't been compelling for the better part of a decade. So their model numbers indicate 'new' without really quantifying
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by blihp 7y ago
AMD (currently) only has server and consumer CPU lines. So since Threadripper isn't a server product, it falls into the consumer line even though it will mostly be used by professionals and extreme enthusiasts with deep pockets.
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by blihp 7y ago
It's primarily latency but bandwidth can also be an issue. Assuming you have a fast enough Internet connection (possibly not a safe assumption here in the U.S.), imagine your PC or mobile device(s) decide to update themselves or just
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by blihp 7y ago
Don't confuse the mystique for reality. Google is just a large company now. The mystique helps them recruit talent. The interviews are mostly a filtering process since they have far more people applying than they actually need. Bein
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by blihp 7y ago
But was it by accident? They had a template to work from. The original idea behind Digg was to fix what Kevin perceived was broken with Slashdot. They did that. Mission accomplished. Could have been a fine small/lifestyle business
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by blihp 7y ago
That's been the ongoing issue/debate re: systemd. If it were just a simple service manager, there probably wouldn't be nearly so much debate around it. Instead, it's both a service manager and a collection of bundled
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by blihp 7y ago
The developers have stated their intention to continue development long term... funding permitting. So the way to help ensure you get what you need is to help fund its development. Looking at Godot as a free resource and then expecting an

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