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541.
by enneff 7y ago
They can. But the more software you need to initialise the slower it is. And modern machines run a lot of software.
542.
by enneff 7y ago
I've been using caps lock as my control key for too long to make this leap. :-(
543.
by enneff 7y ago
I did a lot of selling of Go, for years, and my position was that it’s about building an ecosystem that’s a solid basis for software engineering. Not a quantum leap, just sound proven ideas that yield predictable and reliable results.
544.
by enneff 7y ago
I don’t see much, if any, generated Go code at Google. Not to say that it doesn’t happen but it’s not on my radar.
545.
by enneff 7y ago
I think it’s just that people have strong opinions about the tools they use, and that network effects in programming make people fear that other people’s choices will be foisted upon them. Programmers have a strong desire to make things as
546.
by enneff 7y ago
> the ubiquitous `interface{}` pattern I’m totally biased because I’ve worked on and with go for a decade, including reviewing all sorts of Go we write at Google, but I just don’t get this criticism. It’s just not something I see in the
547.
by enneff 7y ago
I just had a play with it. It seems very well thought out. It has a very nice tutorial that introduces all the basic concepts. I am looking forward to trying out the multiplayer aspect, as that seems to be the most compelling thing about it
548.
by enneff 7y ago
That's how modern trackballs work. Optical mice are cheaper to produce and more reliable than those with balls, and trackballs are the same in that regard.
549.
by enneff 7y ago
Depending where you are, your employer might actually be making themselves liable for your physical health. Everyone's bodies are different; IMO it's not ethical to prevent your employees from choosing their own input devices.
550.
by enneff 7y ago
What are the best resources for building a keyboard like this?
551.
by enneff 7y ago
But doesn’t Docker on Mac run a Linux VM? I don’t think it uses any of MacOS’s isolation features.
552.
by enneff 7y ago
10% of YouTube views is a significant portion of ALL internet traffic. They weren’t prioritising YouTube, they used that as an example to describe the magnitude of the outage. It is easy to measure YouTube views, somewhat harder to measure
553.
by enneff 7y ago
It’s not insightful at all. Just one intern’s very brief observations of something way more complicated and nuanced than is deserving of such a dismissive comment.
554.
by enneff 7y ago
Just as the .plan files were mirrored by some enthusiasts, so too will his Facebook posts.
555.
by enneff 7y ago
If you want the same thing to have multiple names you can just use a hard link. Symlinks are a broken idea in Plan9 because whether they’re relative or absolute they may not point to the same thing depending on how you have your namespace s
556.
by enneff 7y ago
Unix wasn’t academic. It was pragmatic from the start. A first-hand account: https://youtu.be/EY6q5dv_B-o
557.
by enneff 7y ago
I have said this elsewhere but there is little more satisfying for this 90s nerd than curling up on the couch and spending the afternoon with one of Fabien’s books. Nostalgia and tech detail, doesn’t get much better than this.
558.
by enneff 7y ago
I think it's about expressing vulnerability, not merely being vulnerable (which we all are, and have no control over, whether we choose to express it or not). A simple example of expressing a vulnerability is prefacing a technical op
559.
by enneff 7y ago
I found Eric extremely impressive as a CEO. He always spoke with eloquence and charisma and generally seemed to have the answers and explanations when pressed. Hard to compare Eric and Larry as CEOs because they both led at very different t
560.
by enneff 7y ago
The Tiobe index is not a reliable indicator of anything; their methodology is extremely noisy. A fractional percentage drop is meaningless.
561.
by enneff 7y ago
On what planet does Aphex Twin sound like “random noises”. It’s not like it’s musique concrete.
562.
by enneff 8y ago
How about a less fraught and more relevant example: when a famous model with clout wears an outfit then that makes the outfit desirable.
563.
by enneff 8y ago
I love the Gopher protocol but there is no practical difference between a gopher service and a web server serving directory listings and files.
564.
by enneff 8y ago
Indeed. You literally have nothing to lose.
565.
by enneff 8y ago
I don’t see how what they propose is contrary to an upbringing. The goal of parenting is to raise a self-sufficient adult. The sooner you empower them to be autonomous the better they will be.
566.
by enneff 8y ago
Stallman himself makes a big fuss about "Open Source" not being equivalent to "Free Software". See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point....
567.
by enneff 8y ago
Sounds like a classic abusive relationship. Really tragic.
568.
by enneff 8y ago
Seq looks lovely. I'd love to try one sometime.
569.
by enneff 8y ago
> But whenever you're pressed to give examples you just keep coming back to build quality, which was the one thing that was never in question. Huh? This is the first time I've been asked to give any examples. The build quality
570.
by enneff 8y ago
Just because it can send MIDI messages does not make it a "MIDI controller". In fact, you can use it entirely without sending MIDI messages at all (with its control voltage interface). You're drawing a long bow. It's not

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