kevincox

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by kevincox 1y ago
It's not pettiness, its just business. They want the lock in, they want the ad views they want the user data. Don't anthropomorphize your lawnmower.
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by kevincox 1y ago
And most importantly these are anti-competitive. They are using Google's other markets to give them an unfair marketing advantage that other browsers do not have. Neither Firefox, Brave or anyone else can have these prompts on Android,
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by kevincox 1y ago
IIRC it was basically undefined, some data formats were defined. Eventually it was specified that it must correctly parse RFC 3339 and everything was browser defined. I think in the name of web compatibility they have started to carefully d
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by kevincox 1y ago
Getting robbed less is better than getting robbed more.
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by kevincox 1y ago
I think the case of tips "regulars" does definitely make more sense then in a lot of other situations as the customers can make a good evaluation of their service. But even then a simple per-drink bonus or commission would serve t
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by kevincox 1y ago
I'm not saying that these companies aren't charging "fair" prices (whatever that means) but for many hardcore gamers their spending per hour is tiny compared to other forms of entertainment. They may buyba $100 game and
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by kevincox 1y ago
Yeah, this seems like a huge missing feature for C2Rust. IIUC the main idea is to serve as a base for then porting to idiomatic Rust. But if you lose all of the constants that is a huge productivity loss.
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by kevincox 1y ago
> Which makes C2Rust seem pretty useless? It does what took him 6 months in seconds. Of course it isn't perfect, failing to keep the name of constants being an obvious flaw. But presumably with a few improvements you could then spen
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by kevincox 1y ago
Once the codebase is all Rust you can start introducing Rust idioms and patterns. Basically step 1 is to get it working in Rust then step 2 is to clean up the Rust to actually take advantage of the language.
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by kevincox 1y ago
They literally said this is the reason in their marketing. > features an entirely new material called Liquid Glass. It combines the optical qualities of glass with a fluidity only Apple can achieve https://www.apple.com/c
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by kevincox 1y ago
The GMail web client definitely doesn't create an HTTP endpoint to receive updates. But the API it uses is likely proprietary and private (even if it was built on top of the public API there would be a backend bridging the two)
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by kevincox 1y ago
The problem is that they have an obvious incentive to err on the side of positive reviews. Because if every product on the site has a 1 star review few people will buy anything. But if most of them have 5 stars people will be much more eage
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by kevincox 1y ago
> the market is naturally prone to converging on a single solution Not only that it is "naturally prone" to it (with thinks like bulk efficiencies) but also that it is economically prone to it. A free market with no monopolies
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by kevincox 1y ago
I find math far easier to read when the authors use proper names for variables. But I understand that it isn't the idiomatic style and agree that it can be useful to match the paper when re-implementing an algorithm.
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by kevincox 1y ago
I've used PhotoPrism and Immich. Everyone's definition is different I have about 100k photos and videos which are a bit over 1 TiB (original data, not thumbnails and previews). Nether had any performance issues with a few minor ex
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by kevincox 1y ago
Being able to program in languages that don't fit into ASCII is a good idea. Using one-character variable names is a bad idea.
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by kevincox 1y ago
I don't think this is nearly as effective of a solution. It stops working if the script is crashing before hitting the notification, it doesn't work if you break your email setup (which for an email that almost never sends is like
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by kevincox 1y ago
We just need to expand it to all forms of communication. Smartphone notifications, web notifications, phone calls, carrier pigeons, town criers and messages in a bottle. Doesn't matter what the medium is. If it is unsolicited commercia
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by kevincox 1y ago
My most reliable way to find feeds is to read things here. Then if I like the article I subscribe to the blog.
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by kevincox 1y ago
Yeah, the occasional bold word, inline link, heading or even the occasional image can make a message much more readable. If you don't like bold words your client can ignore that tag. I think this is partly an over-reaction to some send
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by kevincox 1y ago
My main question is in 90% of cases these are installers. How are you actually verifying the software that you install? In some cases it is signed and verified but in many cases it is just coming down from the same HTTPS server with no addi
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by kevincox 1y ago
I suspect that if it was common the reader would also use it to help find the right line to continue on. Especially for longer lines where it is fairly easy to try to read the same line again or skip one.
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by kevincox 1y ago
Reminds me of https://www.unison-lang.org/docs/the-big-idea/
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by kevincox 1y ago
I'm generally a fan of wired-everything but headphones are the one thing that I love to have wireless. Not only is it not a tangle with the cord but I can go grab a glass of water without any interruption even still listening to a meet
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by kevincox 1y ago
I loved older phones where you could just pop or slide off the back and replace the battery. So many people carry around portable battery packs to recharge which is large, heavy and clunky (you need to hold these two devices while the phone
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by kevincox 1y ago
Why not both? Let's also stick an extra USB-C port on the side of the phone so that you can charge from whichever port is more convenient at the time. Or use an accessory like wired headphones and charge at the same time without carryi
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by kevincox 1y ago
Yeah, I had this too. T9 on the keypad was great for typing one handed without really looking while the keyboard was excellent for longer messages when you had two hands available.
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by kevincox 1y ago
Yes, and due to having been used for a long time we are aware of the effects (and at least for lead have implemented reasonable rules around its use). My point is that the longer we have used and consumed something the better we understand
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by kevincox 1y ago
The problem isn't that "chemicals are bad" but that we don't know which chemicals are bad. Ones that we have been eating for centuries are unlikely to be significantly harmful and we can stop consuming them them when evi
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by kevincox 1y ago
The problem isn't reducing payroll costs and increased productivity, it is the consolidation of wealth. If we can do twice as much with half of the labour people should work 20h weeks, not be unable to afford a home.

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