johnx5c

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by johnx5c 5y ago
F-Droid demands more trust but it is also infinitely more trustworthy than the Play store. It looks like things can be improved (a lot) and I hope it does. F-Droid provides an invaluable service to those who value privacy and open source wi
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by johnx5c 5y ago
> the telemetry can be disabled in settings I searched and could not find it anywhere (v0.2.3).
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by johnx5c 5y ago
> Windows 10 is such a user hostile OS That's a bit ironic. Microsoft is only trying desperately to do what Google has already succeeded at with ChromeOS - an OS with no browser choice designed solely to funnel user data to them for
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by johnx5c 5y ago
Thanks for sharing your experience. I'm curious how changes in graphical user interfaces of programs and operating systems over the years have impacted your workflows. Do you develop on Windows or the command line?
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by johnx5c 5y ago
Thanks for the recommendation. I'm looking at Talon at the moment but I'm disappointed that it has no clear way to opt out of user metrics and the first thing it does on launch is download blobs from the internet without explanati
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by johnx5c 5y ago
Thanks, that looks interesting. I'll try it out.
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by johnx5c 5y ago
On a related note, does anyone have suggestions for an engineer who will have to use his hands less and less over time?
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by johnx5c 5y ago
I would love to work in a similar company but I can't see Rust challenging C any time soon with so few Rust developers available and no functional safety compiler on the market.
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by johnx5c 5y ago
Aside from the immaturity of the talent pool and tooling I mentioned in another comment, I think the embedded domain is incredibility slow to change. My team have in the last decade spearheaded initiatives like adopting Agile, C++ (subset)
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by johnx5c 5y ago
It's a combination of things. The first is the lack of expertise in existing companies and lack of available hires. Rust is new and has a steep learning curve. I work in a company with 7k+ engineers. Our Rust interest group has less th
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by johnx5c 5y ago
Embedded systems: Rust, checked C and other languages or methodologies designed to act as a "safer" alternative to C will see little real impact in the near to medium term future. Code running on microprocessors in medical, indust
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by johnx5c 5y ago
That's really absurd. People make food for friends and build everything from furniture to vehicles for fun in their garages without complying with any professional standards or laws all the time. How many people on Hackaday or any DIY
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by johnx5c 5y ago
Every company developing medical and automotive software for production use (ISO 262652 etc).
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by johnx5c 5y ago
One is a developer putting his reputation on the line for a free open-source product he has put hundreds of hours of work into. The other is a faceless trillion dollar advertising company operated mostly via black-box Machine Learning with
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by johnx5c 5y ago
While that's true, products from Telegram, Cisco, Dell etc etc are targeted by nation states with infinite budgets who employ the best coders and cryptographers in the world. They have track records of selling bogus/backdoored pro
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by johnx5c 5y ago
Is it possible to root and install locally via a local network or USB key so I don't have to connect my TV to the internet?