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by dave_aiello 5y ago
I don't know. I felt that Python 3 was an attempt to route around problems in Python 2 that couldn't be easily fixed. I don't have much invested in Python at the moment. I would be more aware of and concerned about Python iss
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by dave_aiello 5y ago
I have a few critical system integration scripts written in Perl. I've felt for a while that silent failure is a serious possibility when Linux distributions change bundled Perl versions with little or no discussion. The medium-term an
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by dave_aiello 5y ago
I concur with that. I had a problem that appeared to be a corner case with Apple Pay. I wrote a paper letter to Tim Cook about it, and within a week got contacted by a staff person in his office. He worked exclusively with me to identify is
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by dave_aiello 5y ago
I think this article, and the discussion about it, are outstanding. I've been a casual Homebrew user for several years. It helps me set up an environment where it's relatively easy to access and work on my projects that involve li
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by dave_aiello 6y ago
Couldn't it be said that the first edition of the Dragon Book is an indication of how far ahead of their time Aho and Ullman were at that point?
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by dave_aiello 6y ago
Maybe it's because I'm a sports official in my spare time, but I want the rules to be the same for everybody. It doesn't matter if they are written or not. I just want there to be a clear standard in most cases and rule enfor
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by dave_aiello 6y ago
I don't understand the lines that Patrick Collison, the CEO of Stripe, is trying to draw in this interview with Stratechery, https://stratechery.com/2021/interviews-with-patrick-colliso... . I believe Collison&#x27
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by dave_aiello 6y ago
I think part of the reason they evolved this way is because iOS has a shared calendar database which is surfaced by the API called EventKit, https://developer.apple.com/documentation/eventkit . This also exists on macOS
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by dave_aiello 6y ago
I'm going to repeat that Fantastical does 95% of what Superpowered claims to do. And Fantastical has features that Superpowered clearly does not have, such as a really good natural language mechanism for event and task creation. And su
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by dave_aiello 6y ago
After reading this article and the comments here on HN, I wonder if anyone else has thought about the presence of Smarthome devices that are compatible with [HomeKit Secure Video], how the police agencies would have pursued video from those
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by dave_aiello 6y ago
I don't know about the "DUMP TRUCK OF MONEY", but a program that formalizes support for the Open Source community on MacOS would be a win for Apple as well as Apple's customers.
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by dave_aiello 6y ago
I thought it was incredible. At one point Palihapitiya criticized CNBC host Scott Wopner for defending the way things have always been done on Wall Street at the expense of the Robinhood investment crowd. Palihapitiya argues that the Robinh
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by dave_aiello 6y ago
Here is a link to the audio podcast version of CNBC's "The Halftime" report. The link puts you 11 minutes into the show, where the interview with Chamath Palihapitiya begins. Palihapitiya is a regular guest on this show, but
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Chamath Palihapitiya on Wallstreetbets [audio](overcast.fm)
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by dave_aiello 6y ago
Right now in my part of Bucks County, PA, FiOS' gigabit speed internet is running about normal speed for download and about 3/4 of normal for upload.
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by dave_aiello 6y ago
This is behind the FT paywall for me, so here is a link to the BBC's article, https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55796426 .
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by dave_aiello 6y ago
Good point. I have a tendency to focus on new-to-me information on a site of this nature, and not notice time since the latest post. Both are important, although new-to-me is more important.
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by dave_aiello 6y ago
My wife is a pediatrician. She uses Apgar Scores in evaluating babies weeks and months after birth. From what I understand, it's often useful to know the 1-minute and 5-minute Apgar Scores of an infant or young child, and specifically
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by dave_aiello 6y ago
The world really needs a company like Intel to succeed, if only to take some of-- let's say-- the geographic concentration risk out of such a high percentage of the cutting-edge device manufacturers depending on TSMC's fabs.
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by dave_aiello 6y ago
I think you generally have to read the entire article, and perhaps see the world from the perspective of a person of a different identity who has a different sort of job than most of us on HN do, to appreciate what the author is saying. I t
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by dave_aiello 6y ago
My wife is a provider in the health care industry who is licensed to provide primary care in two different states. I pay close attention to the industry, and how it functions locally, regionally, and nationally. The best model I've fou
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by dave_aiello 6y ago
Doesn't this type of tax violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to The Constitution, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Protection_Clause ?
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by dave_aiello 6y ago
Does the npm Security Policy discussed at https://www.npmjs.com/policies/security govern testing of all NodeJS modules that are available via npm, or does this policy relate to the software that provides the operationa
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by dave_aiello 6y ago
This article is definitely worth reading. However, I didn't follow the link for over 21 hours after it was published because, I didn't recognize Chuck Feeney's name, and I couldn't tell from the title what the article wa
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by dave_aiello 6y ago
ohashi is correct. I would add that what you as a player do after you drop a broken stick depends upon where you are and in what direction you are skating on the ice, where the puck is, and which team has possession of the puck. If you are
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by dave_aiello 6y ago
Hockey has already adopted revolutionary technology many times. Consider composite skate blade holders replacing steel blade holders, synthetic materials in protective equipment replacing leather, deer hair, and felt, aluminum and various s
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by dave_aiello 6y ago
Apple News+ is a subscription service which provides access to a lot of different publications, some of which have their own paywalls. I subscribe to Apple News+ and like it, although I think there are a number of usability issues. One is t
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by dave_aiello 6y ago
The greatest difficulty I run into as an indy developer is lack of internal documentation. I often write something and don't look at it for a long time thereafter; In the intervening period, I forget some important aspect of how this c
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by dave_aiello 6y ago
The impression I got from reading comments here is that CelebrityNetWorth.com isn't much more than a compilation of net worth figures in a database. I don't think this is a fair analysis of the holistic value of that website. For
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by dave_aiello 6y ago
Can't we be happy that both of them put a dent in the universe, in their own ways?

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