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by jamwil 1y ago
If your definition of “appreciably” allows for such variation then I would say this current refresh also hasn’t changed appreciably.
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by jamwil 1y ago
I like XFCE but you can’t cherry pick a niche DE that is designed for minimalism and extrapolate that to computer UIs writ large, which was the subject of my comment. Gnome, KDE, Windows, macOS… all evolve regularly.
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by jamwil 1y ago
Do you harbour an honest expectation that computer UIs will look the same in 2035 as they do in 2025? That would prove to be a silly thing to hope for if you were to backtest it. It’s not churn its change, and it’s inevitable. No sense gett
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by jamwil 1y ago
I'm definitely not qualified to offer an informed opinion on a specific license, but there are a variety to choose from under the general heading of Source-available Licenses. There are definitely tradeoffs so it may not make sense for
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by jamwil 1y ago
This is cool! I think the loc-based licensing is smart. Did you consider making the source available under the commercial license terms to support supply chain visibility?
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by jamwil 1y ago
It’s a great idea until you realize the way people are.
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by jamwil 1y ago
haha—somewhere out there it’s crashing right now. Keep it in your thoughts.
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by jamwil 1y ago
If a SQLServer instance is killed unceremoniously it adds 1000 to the pk increment.
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by jamwil 1y ago
Russia started the war, unprovoked, on foreign soil. So, no, that’s a false assessment. Every death in this war is Russia’s fault because it is, by definition, Russia’s war.
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by jamwil 1y ago
USA was very late to adopt chip/tap terminals, even relative to Canada. I could be wrong but IIRC it was only when Apple Pay came along that tap-enabled terminals began to hit critical mass.
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by jamwil 1y ago
They are called Colectivos in Mexico.
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by jamwil 1y ago
Proprietary and a bit pricy but Luna Modeller is good.
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by jamwil 1y ago
So… not Obama’s fault then. Got it.
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by jamwil 1y ago
I thought it was an interesting perspective from someone who has lived a very un-American life.
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by jamwil 2y ago
100%. To parrot Russil Wvong, You can get a crane in the sky in under 12 months in Edmonton. The same project might take 3-4 years before you even break ground in Metro Vancouver.
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by jamwil 2y ago
Our municipal governments are allergic to densification and have onerous zoning laws that force basically all new development through years of consultation and permitting to get a shovel in the ground. Coupled with a weak currency and extre
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by jamwil 2y ago
It is understood by all, though, that a vote for Trump is a vote for belligerence and chaos. So those supporters are getting what they asked for and deserve, even if they’re blindsided by the specific manifestation.
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by jamwil 2y ago
Would someone be so kind as to tell me what IC stands for?
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by jamwil 2y ago
Sharing the city name with Microsoft if it’s uncorrelated with an IP address is not a privacy concern. To Microsoft, all they can see is “an anonymous ddg query about restaurants in <city>.”
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by jamwil 2y ago
We most certainly do not do the same sort of travelling.
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by jamwil 2y ago
Garmin makes solid products but I will say to be prepared for non-intuitive UX across everything. I am only guessing about watches specifically, but having used an InReach and a Zumo XT motorcycle navigator extensively, I will posit that th
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by jamwil 2y ago
This is also the stated rationale for Cloudflare’s generous free tier. They build loyalty with hobby and side projects, and engineers take that familiarity to work with them.
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by jamwil 2y ago
It can’t buy friendship. That’s the one thing in life that is earned and earned alone.
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by jamwil 2y ago
I was only responding to the general statement that making the UI is not the time consuming part of app development.
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by jamwil 2y ago
Eh Qt isn’t really difficult, just not my idea of fun. I use the python bindings so compilation time isn’t a thing.
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by jamwil 2y ago
Gosh I feel like making the UI is always time consuming, but that might just be because I find it repetitive and boring, and thus perceive the work as taking longer. I could die a happy man never imperatively constructing nested QBoxLayouts
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by jamwil 2y ago
COM requires you to interact with the files through the associated MS Office applications, whereas these libs parse the ooxml file format directly.
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by jamwil 2y ago
I’d be curious to see an example.
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by jamwil 2y ago
I’ll say one thing. As an existing Plus subscriber, if I see a single nag to upgrade that I can’t dismiss entirely and permanently, I will cancel and move elsewhere. Nothing irks me more as an existing paying customer than the words ‘Upgrad
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by jamwil 2y ago
Same path for me. Sick of things changing and breaking underneath me. Neovim is a labour of love for a while but once you have your config dialled in and some muscle memory, it’s very performant. I really like Neovide as a gui. Brings the w

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