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by maeln 7y ago
Honestly, being a contractor in this situation do suck. Normally, especially in B2B, contractor have at least a bit of power to negotiate with their client. Sometimes a lot, sometimes not so much, but in the case of a Uber driver, you have
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by maeln 7y ago
Since they started to seriously open-source their driver and work with the Linux maintainer, definitely.
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by maeln 7y ago
I whish they would go the same way that AMD did, but I doubt we will see it any time soon. The thing is, AMD/ATI lost the software war against NVidia for quite a while now. AMD didn't have much to lose by open-sourcing their drive
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by maeln 7y ago
It's arguable in the case of ARM/Mali but sadly, there is for NVidia. Their driver are not merely to "communicate" with the hardware. The driver include a lot of hotfix and optimization, sometimes specific to one game&#x
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by maeln 7y ago
Props to you :) ! Being able to choose the render resolution is already a killer-feature for me (or anybody who got a laptop with a cheap integrated GPU ^^). If I got one feedback to give, it would be to have a quick style switcher on the w
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by maeln 7y ago
From a quick glance, it has some feature that ShaderToy really lacks, like choosing the rendering resolution and being more mobile-friendly. On the other hand, there is also a lot of thing lacking that ShaderToy has, like multiple stage sha
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by maeln 7y ago
It's even more simple using a SDF, and making it a pie-chart is almost trivial: https://iquilezles.org/www/articles/distfunctions2d/distfunc...
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by maeln 7y ago
If you can surely debate hate away, it is extremely costing for your mental health. My own experience is that, when doing it face to face it's more easy, you can really get through someone. People are less "protected" and hav
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by maeln 7y ago
Hyperbole don't bring anything to the discussion. The consequences was that he was ban from several services. There is also a defamation lawsuit against him. That is how it work in a lawful society. And whatever happen, yes mistake ha
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by maeln 8y ago
Last time Kempf made a AMA, he said that the project is still ongoing : https://www.reddit.com/r/france/comments/736ghk/ama_je_suis_...
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by maeln 8y ago
In a residential building with no central authority on how AP are distributed, it seems to be a impossible task. I don't see myself explaining this kind of technical stuff to my neighbors and going door by door configuring each of thei
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by maeln 8y ago
My biggest issue with it is that what is written in the specs often doesn't hold true when using lousy drivers ;) .
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by maeln 8y ago
Khronos publish GLSL spec and Vulkan Spec in several format, including HTML[0][1], so they definitly don't have anything against HTML/Plain text. I don't know why OpenGL specs are still only available has PDFs, maybe because
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by maeln 8y ago
All Sony console use a derivative of OpenGL[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSGL
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by maeln 8y ago
In France, a lot of cities propose "accessible housing" which can be brought with a zero interest, or nearly zero interest, loan. The condition usually is, if you buy it, you cannot rent it for 5 to 10 years. It does allow for mor
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by maeln 8y ago
If you like the subject of emulator and Rust, I suggest you take a look at Ferris youtube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4mpLlHn0FOekNg05yCnkzQ/vid... He stream is development of a Nintendo 64 and Virtual Boy
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by maeln 8y ago
I use it a bit for small things and more in-depth for a 30 minutes montage. For a free (as in free beer) software, it is really good. It support a wide variety of feature that can be extended through plug-ins, has a decent UX (even though s
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by maeln 8y ago
I am European too (French) and having "secret" database/file of journalist is happening without and outcry about it. There is at least one journalist who has the infamous "Fiche S". This one is not illegal, but cont
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by maeln 8y ago
Not even. Only "charity" are tax deductible in France and not every Loi 1901 association are considered to be "charity". The state control the status that allow to be tax deductible and they strict rule about what your a
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by maeln 8y ago
GPGPU is definitely not having "no use outside of HPC". Almost any modern game engine that you use nowadays use GPGPU in some ways (for AI, Physics, some terrain processing, ...). GPGPU is also insanely popular in modern AI these
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by maeln 8y ago
I like the comment of Peter Sunde on it : https://twitter.com/brokep/status/1098485289528500229 Seriously, what are the advantage of Tippin compare to a service that use real word currencies ? Anonymity ?
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by maeln 8y ago
Also, and thats the main thing keeping me from having an iPhone at this point, is that, even after paying a premium price for an iPhone, you have to spend even more money due to the App Store situation. On my Android, I use a lot of open-so
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by maeln 8y ago
And how would you know that an employer refused you a position because of your health record ? These kinds of laws exists in most country, but if you cannot prove it, they are useless. So if a employer has a public access to your health rec
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by maeln 8y ago
There is many example why medical record is a very sensitive data. You can be blackmailed because you have or had a "shameful" disease, a potential employer can deny you a job because you were too often sick for his own taste, ins
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by maeln 8y ago
Government is not the justice system. It is one of the basis of Democracy: separation of power. You can absolutely take your government to court (at least in democratic country). Class action doesn't exist in all country though. Each p
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by maeln 8y ago
I supposed he is talking about the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons [0]. Israel never signed it though (Iran did), so you cannot really called them "rule breaker" (they didn't sign the "rule"). Alt
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by maeln 8y ago
We have to remember that the current WASM spec is still "just" a MVP. It doesn't yet include performance related spec (like SMID). WASM is also fairly recent. JS interpreter/JIT in browser has seen years of optimization
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by maeln 8y ago
France tried to push two time such a law (with the difference that it was for viewing terrorist website "regularly")[0]. This law was banned two time by the Conseil Constitutionnel (equivalent of the supreme court I think)[1]. But
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by maeln 8y ago
Summary in English (didn't find any english article yet): AirBNB failed to properly register many housing as short term renting in Paris and may have over rented some housing (over the limit of 120 days/year by law). Due to this,
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AirBNB could get a €12,5 Millions fine in Paris(capital.fr)
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