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by jasode 5y ago
>, how do ffmpeg and vlc go around that problem then? The ffmpeg project does not distribute binaries with unlicensed or illegal code. E.g. if you want ffmpeg to use libdvdcss for decrypting DVDs or use libfdk-aac to encode aac/m
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>This doesn’t explain why they knew Python in the first place, a pretty critical step. >>Python has a lot of great libraries. [...] But there should be a capstone level class for data/ai scientists before they can graduate
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>So I wonder, was it easier to write C/C++ or fortran compiled extensions in python than it was in ruby? Don't know about technical aspects of "easier" but it may have simply been an accident of history. E.g. in 199
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>I disagree, because most of my react code is already components rather than raw HTML tags. [...] My point is that when writing a React UI, developers are already used to using custom components [...] Just because the components are mod
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>When a solution requires running a server, I mentally count it as much more expensive than if it's done locally and synchronously. Are you comparing server vs local desktop software? The author's article is actually comparin
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>Unfamiliar... for whom? For the web developers who want to re-use their existing frontend skills of Javascript+HTML+CSS to create cross-platform desktop executables ... instead of learning a different GUI toolkit such as C++ QT,
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>which really doesn't seem any worse to me, I wasn't trying to compare noisy lines-of-code so your simplification still doesn't change the underlying issue: unfamiliarity and not being able to leverage existing knowle
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>, so you really don’t have to learn unfamiliar syntax, just a bunch of new components. Even with React wrapper, consider the differences and additional learning curve: Example from https://react.nodegui.org/docs/g
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>There are a number of solutions that are either dead or are not ready for production yet, such as React NodeGUI[0], Proton Native[1] or react-native-desktop-qt[2]. Just looking at your 3 examples, I notice they all depend on Qt ... an
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>, because Russia controls Sevastopol since it annexed Crimea in 2014; it didn't need the current war to control it more. Crimea's fresh water supply came from a canal originating in Ukraine. After Russia's annexation,
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>Ethereum is a single core global virtual computer with much less power than a typical Raspberry Pi that is available to anyone with access to an internet All analogies are incomplete and imperfect but I'd say a more accurate men
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>My personal disdain for MVP-ing is [...], and it leaves little room for corrective action The "corrective action" is actually embedded into the MVP / Lean Startup terminology popularized by Eric Reis: https:/&#
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>So now it's just OK to seize private property of individuals without any even pretend due process? Just in case there's misunderstanding about what "seize" means... Are governments actually taking ownership possess
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>You could just phone a cab, no? That's what I did anyway; it's less convenient than an app, [...] I don't really see how an "app" is fundamentally all that different, It's more than just a substitution of
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>I already had access to this exact experience with a taxi firm in Newcastle where I used to live pre Uber - so yeh, I don’t see what benefit Uber brought. It seems like the benefit of Uber was that it provided better service for many
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>Is that an important difference? Who cares how the table is created. You seem to be argumentative instead of trying to understand why they called it "virtual". I'll try with another example. Let's pretend you have
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>What about this is "virtual" and not a regular table? The article's first sentence describes what makes it "virtual". Note the "as if" in the fragment: >, and returns that content _as_ _if_ it
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The younger generation may not be familiar with the name Thomas Friedman (NYT) as his popularity seemed to peak decades ago but he had this "McDonald's theory of no war" that people quoted: >In Friedman’s hands, the sophi
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>I want to remind everyone what happened, here. [...] These were lies, but Apple's henchmen in tech media, especially Wired and Gawker, repeated this lie endlessly, [...] >I was a professional Flash developer at the time, I thi
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>, you lose absolutely nothing pursuing a diplomatic end to this. [...] There's no downside. But your simplification of "losing absolutely nothing" is not how Ukraine sees it. Because Russia (currently) has the upper
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>Why not ban nuclear weapons all together? Here's an existing worldwide ban that a bunch of countries already signed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Prohibition_of_N... But nuclear powers like Un
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>For me it looks like the hosting provider gets a huge savings in terms of bandwidth. The constraint on wide adoption is literally the quantity of "peers" in both Peertube and peer-2-peer. The underlying human incentives are
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> the JetBrains products pretty much demolishes the argument that Java has declined and fallen on the desktop. JetBrains is an existence proof that it is a very capable platform Your counterpoint doesn't apply to the article beca
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>If you rely on Word, Evernote or Notion, for example, then you can’t work unless you have Word, Evernote, or Notion. You are helpless without them. You are dependent. Although I deliberately avoid Evernote and Notion for those stated
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>it could be a net win to abolish the special veto rights enjoyed by privileged nations. A veto-free and empowered UN should greatly reduce the need for biased military alliances [...] , I would much rather prefer fixing the UN Your p
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>I'm not sure what distinction you think you're making. They bought a lump of the company at whatever valuation and that's termed an "investment". However my point is that I don't suspect they're stric
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>Since Flutter is newer and uses a less popular language there's many more questions about Flutter. This is totally expected. It's more complicated than your proposed cause & effect. A counterexample is that Rust is much
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>There are many free blog posting platforms out there that don't annoy users like that [...] All it takes is a couple of minutes to sign up... Your proposed suggestion usually can't be followed as it seems like you're no
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When I read a New Yorker article about Google, I was surprised to learn that Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat do a lot of pair-programming. Excerpt from: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/12/10/the-f
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>True, but chase.com.swag.ru is not chase.com Your reply is missing the point and the difficulty of the topic. Yes, _you_ know "chase.com.swag.ru" is wrong but the harder computer science question is: "How does a web br

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