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541.
by cwp 12y ago
Yeah, but the software revolution doesn't require everyone to be coders, just as the industrial revolution didn't require everyone to be lathe designers. There are definitely non-coding jobs being created by the software revolutio
542.
by cwp 12y ago
I don't think that's the case. It is appropriate to think and speak in terms of risk for employees. Consider the contrary case: self employment. I don't mean founders here, but freelancers, consultants, bootstrappers etc. The
543.
by cwp 12y ago
Yeah. Also, "what comes next" is also submarines.
544.
by cwp 12y ago
You should read Thompson's article "Xiaomi's Ambition" ( http://stratechery.com/2015/xiaomis-ambition/ and linked from this article). Basically, he argues that Xiaomi is built around serving a m
545.
by cwp 12y ago
T-Mobile does the same thing. You can also buy unlocked iPhones directly from Apple. I've done it 4 times - 3G, 4S, 5C and now the 6. I bet Apple sells millions of them at full price, even in countries where subsidies are available.
546.
by cwp 12y ago
That shouldn't be a big problem. Since the JS execution is isolated on a single thread and communicates with the main thread via a bridge, it should be possible to implement the rendering code, vDOM diffing, bridge etc in any language
547.
by cwp 12y ago
Ugh. So annoying to see journalists ignore the obvious in their obsession with writing a "balanced" story. So yes, Apple's iPhone is like Microsoft's Windows. Both are hugely successful products that accounted for the bu
548.
by cwp 12y ago
Yeah, I can understand that. When I was in journalism school, I had several classes that were basically "do reporting." Deadline was 5pm and we had to produce radio, TV or newspaper stories by then—whatever the news of the day hap
549.
by cwp 12y ago
The latter. I think we can take him at his word that this is about his health and sanity and he just needs to chill out for a while. It's not a failure of the business model or abandonment of his aims as an independent commentator.
550.
by cwp 12y ago
Yes and no. It's true that immutable servers work around the flaws in puppet et al. However, nix still still really useful even when you have immutable servers. Once the components of an app are described as nix packages you have a lot
551.
by cwp 12y ago
Yeah, problem with nix is that it's different . The nix language is a lazy-functional DSL, which takes a bit of effort to learn. The thing is, "better" does imply "different." The syntax is weird and difficult, but
552.
by cwp 12y ago
This is just what I do. I don't use Alembic, but I've got a really simple tool that handles migrations. The tool, along with its sequence of migrations is deployed along with the app. The systemd service for Postgres runs the tool
553.
by cwp 12y ago
Ok, if it's fluff, do tell us what issues he overlooks. If he's made a mistake about how Puppet or Ansible work, point them out. In other words, criticize what he said, not his pedigree.
554.
by cwp 12y ago
Until very recently, in human terms, there were neither employers nor employees nor the ability to communicate with humans outside the immediate geographic area.
555.
by cwp 12y ago
And yet, Feinstein was the one who did battle with the CIA to get the torture report published. Establishing that crimes were committed is the first step toward prosecuting the criminals. I'd be the last to defend corruption, but it&#x
556.
by cwp 12y ago
Yeah, but that's fine. Tptacek is not a sock-puppet, exactly because he's one guy with strong views. Yes, he has a lot of power here, and uses it to shape the discussion, but that's what we want! If we decide we don't
557.
by cwp 12y ago
Yeah, but 24-bit values (RBG) are what you'd find in video and gaming applications.
558.
by cwp 12y ago
Agreed. I've had this argument many times with my left-leaning friends. People who are worried about pollution or climate change should be demanding that we switch over to nuclear power as quickly as possible. Sometimes I wonder if tec
559.
by cwp 12y ago
Can someone explain bit about "trying really hard not to suggest launchd?" He's right, it does seem like an obvious fit, but he takes it as obvious FreeBSD wouldn't use it. What am I missing?
560.
by cwp 12y ago
NixOS got this right. Declarative configuration is great in theory but it doesn't scale well. See Amazon's CloudFront configuration files for what configuration in JSON looks like. (For example, https://s3-us-west-2.ama
561.
by cwp 12y ago
Yeah, good point. I suppose it would be more accurate to say that I'm horrified by Barbie. It's like they're trying really hard to invent more ways for her to be shallow and ditzy. Nevertheless I let my daughter consume the B
562.
by cwp 12y ago
Not true. Some of use are horrified our daughters have expressed an interest in Barbie.
563.
by cwp 12y ago
True, but actually, he was too easy on them. He said, "and I think Uber's right on the cusp of going simply too far on many of these things." Uber's not on the cusp. They have gone too far.
564.
by cwp 12y ago
Impossible to know up front. I think one issue you'd run across when doing something like that it that Node is not an application in the sense that Redis is an application. It's mostly a JIT-compiler for applications that are writ
565.
by cwp 12y ago
Levie is the CEO of a cloud storage company. You don't think he's thought through implications of his own statement?
566.
by cwp 12y ago
The thing that I find really pleasant about Slack is that it syncs state between multiple clients really well. If I get a direct message and read it on my phone, my desktop client doesn't show it as unread. It doesn't send push no
567.
by cwp 12y ago
Not only that, but the law in question explicitly references motive. Breaking a large deposit into smaller deposits is only illegal if you do it to avoid triggering reporting . So ignorance of the reporting requirements is a defence. If
568.
by cwp 12y ago
If that's the case, they should have been prosecuted. Then they would have had the opportunity to defend themselves. Civil forfeiture mocks the the idea of justice.
569.
by cwp 12y ago
Love the screenshots! You've heard of MVC? This is it. The original implementation. The one that was demoed to Steve Jobs at Xerox PARC.
570.
by cwp 12y ago
Sure they would. It's not like YC puts on startup school every week.

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