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by enitihas 8y ago
AAPL isn't really largely owned by any of the executives. In comparison, Page, Brin and Schmidt at Google own a large chunk of stock. Also AAPL isn't trying to be as diverse as GOOG is trying to be. GOOG is trying to compete in al
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by enitihas 8y ago
Yep. Microsoft has a huge dominance in personal computers and office suits, two of the most profitable product lines of the past 25 years, and this does not look like changing anytime soon.
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In JS, declaring a variable without var gives it a global scope, in python not so. Also, js is a lot more inconsistent than python. The amount of js gotchas is huge(== weirdness, hasOwnProperty for iterating through object fields, binding o
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by enitihas 8y ago
Showstoppers is a really good book, not just about NT and it's history, but in my experience it gives a good overview of how such a large scale project looks from the point of view of everyone involved, including the CEO and people wor
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Original Visicalc on IBM PC in JS(pcjs.org)
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by enitihas 8y ago
Yes for speed purposes. And yes some people may not like types, that's why I said completely optional. Anyways the optimizer tries to figure out the types on it's own, so give it a non blank slate to start with. You are correct in
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by enitihas 8y ago
Wouldn't it be good if JavaScript also starts supporting python like type annotations (completely optional, but unlike python used to guide the optimizer. Given that some non trivial amount of JS is already generated after type checkin
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Or the Persian(Iranian) border may have extended all the way to Europe had Persia defeated the greeks. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Salamis 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_
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Doing Windows, Part 6: Look and Feel(filfre.net)
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Reqeusts is a library which offers a drastically simpler API than the built in solution, and as a result the API has been ported to multiple languages. Are there other examples of libraries offering simpler APIs which got heavily cloned?
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+1 for 3 easy pieces. To me it felt the most natural book on operating systems.
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Well, he would say that the users are using them wrong. Precedent: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2010/jun/25/ipho...
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by enitihas 8y ago
I think most devices have similar vulnerabilities which aren't well known and hard to defend against, like the separate processor in most phones. Worth reading: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6722292
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by enitihas 8y ago
I use org mode for both regular work as well as one off targets. Org mode allows me to clearly bucket tasks into what is scheduled and needed by when, tag related tasks together but define them anywhere, also allows to define subtasks and t
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by enitihas 8y ago
Apple does not even allow the competitive browsers on iOS to have the same capabilities, being fair to competitiors is a distant dream. e.g No other browser can JIT code on iOS but Safari.
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Off course, but states with two party alternative rules and a small number of deciding constituents (swing states) are more susceptible to such pressures.
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by enitihas 8y ago
Correct me if I am wrong here, but I think a non democratic country like China will always have the upper hand in trade wars against a democratic one like the US, all else being relatively equal. They can always target politically sensitive
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by enitihas 8y ago
The minimum is large, but if you compare it to mainstream js frameworks, it doesn't look that large. (Source: https://gist.github.com/Restuta/cda69e50a853aa64912d ). There are several frameworks with size over 100K
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by enitihas 8y ago
Has anyone here used Visual Studio for python? How does it compare to Pycharm?
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Well, for good or for bad, python does the same.
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The comparison people will make will be against iOS, which will be able to provide a seamless and consistent experience due to the same default apps on each device.
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by enitihas 8y ago
It's not just about google play services. Once manufacturers are free to custimize things as they want, why will they not want to install something like UC browser by default which may pay money. Similarly for a mobile assistant of the
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by enitihas 8y ago
Sadly, the worst case is not google charging some fee. The worst case is that iOS can become the only mobile os with deep platform integration(apple music, safari, apple maps, app store), where as Android will become more fragmented. Part o
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by enitihas 8y ago
Exactly. It incentivizes corporations to focus on the richer market segment, where the profit margins can be high enough to compensate the relatively low volume, and leave the lower end of the market to be dominated by cheaper alternatives.
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Exactly, this decision will benefit apple a lot, as they would be free to integrate their platform and offerings in all sorts of ways, continuing to charge their premium, where as the "dominant" mobile OS will have to keep itself
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by enitihas 8y ago
Seeing this entire thing fold out, it seems the best monopolies for a corporation are the legal monopolies(like iOS), where there are still very high barriers for customers to switch, but you aren't dominating any well defined market s
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by enitihas 8y ago
While I understand that the law is not required to be a mathematical statement and requires case by case interpretation, I wonder if these leaves several burning questions on the table: 1. Was it illegal for apple to force install apple map
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by enitihas 8y ago
While I understand that the law is not required to be a mathematical statement and requires case by case interpretation, I wonder if these leaves several burning questions on the table: 1. Was it illegal for apple to force install apple map
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by enitihas 8y ago
Did C# really break backwards compatibility of their bytecode? What I understand is that C# generic and non generic APIs are completely different, and are not inter operable.
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Just curious, would it enable Signal and other tools trying to avoid censorship by doing domain fronting without the cloud provider (e.g AWS Cloudfront) noticing. e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16970199 https:&#

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