mavhc

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721.
by mavhc 4y ago
No company would exist with major budgetary support from the government. Energy is subsidised, roads exist, international commerce, the internet, laws, money.
722.
by mavhc 4y ago
Don't need to test them all, just enough to probabilistically catch anyone hacking them.
723.
by mavhc 4y ago
1. Send the results to multiple independent organisations 2. Print out for each voter a list of codes they can use to show that they voted for each candidate, show on screen the code they need to memorise/highlight for their actual vot
724.
by mavhc 4y ago
.uk has .ltd.uk and .plc.uk which are only available to registered companies. No one uses them
725.
by mavhc 4y ago
So you'd suggest they gave money to, for example, Media Foundation for West Africa: The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is a non-governmental organization dedicated to protecting and defending the right to freedom of expression
726.
by mavhc 4y ago
Except the parent talked about reflections and other frequencies of light. Do we need a next gen colourspace (materialspace?)
727.
by mavhc 4y ago
I think I'd start with: a list of how much of each range of frequencies of light are reflected, a list of light that's emitted, how matte/mirrored the surface is
728.
by mavhc 4y ago
Is there a more advanced standard colourspace that we could be using?
729.
by mavhc 4y ago
https://croftnuisk.co.uk/coltsoft-docs/fireworkz/GSGuide/win... is a Wordprocessor/Spreadsheet/Database in one. https://textease-studio-ct.apponic.com/ is a DTP/WP/Spreads
730.
by mavhc 4y ago
But did they win the smartphone war? The question behind the question is can a closed ecosystem survive? Will the open competitor replace it over time? The closed ecosystem company always has to invest more money because it's not share
731.
by mavhc 4y ago
No, it's actually a single application OS that accepts plugins, so instead of buying a spreadsheet, you add spreadsheet functions to The Text Editor, you learn one application, and add features to that instead of buying new application
732.
by mavhc 4y ago
And they only almost went bankrupt a few times. Rolex has been doing the same thing. If they don't want to sell to everyone, that's fine, but if most people can't afford your product, you're not going to win the market b
733.
by mavhc 4y ago
That is the question of the ages, many cheap things or fewer expensive things. Problem is the cheap things get better and better until the only reason you stay on the expensive thing is they're actively trying to lock you in in a despe
734.
by mavhc 4y ago
Not sure how either of those things mean Apple has won. Samsung outsells Apple, which has only 20% of sales.
735.
by mavhc 4y ago
DVD and BD (read-only, such as a DVD or Blu-ray movie) 10 to 20 years Why are they so bad compared to a disc that was burnt?
736.
by mavhc 4y ago
Almost all of everyone's success is built on the back of a lot of hard working individuals. Questions are how do you get the best people, what do you tell them to work on, and how do you get good results?
737.
by mavhc 4y ago
Depends on whether you're trying to get a large number of viewers, it's always been the case that you conform to a middle ground to get a large audience, if not many people can understand you you're not going to get millions
738.
by mavhc 4y ago
Turns out twitter's not so bad at managing a few million users after all
739.
by mavhc 4y ago
He thought you could return a rocket from space and have it land vertically
740.
by mavhc 4y ago
People are way more stupid than you imagine, half of them are paying for addictive drugs that slowly kill them.
741.
by mavhc 4y ago
WiFi that has a route to the internet?
742.
by mavhc 4y ago
Fitts' law forgets one thing, once you've selected your menu, you'd probably want to return to where you came from. Popup menus also take 0 mouse movement, so they win over any other form
743.
by mavhc 4y ago
99% fine here too
744.
by mavhc 4y ago
That's sandboxed though, for a reason
745.
by mavhc 4y ago
I hear some babies spend 100% of their lives around same-sex married couples
746.
by mavhc 4y ago
a locked down machine that lets code run from places users can write? how pointless
747.
by mavhc 4y ago
When people don't have the ability to update for very low cost
748.
by mavhc 4y ago
Wait until they try a GUI with windows
749.
by mavhc 4y ago
It's open source, just add the feature yourself
750.
by mavhc 4y ago
a) It's not on the desktop, it's on the laptop b) CISC machines are just RISC machines with an extra layer of decoding c) Bringing your CPU design in house means it can interface better with your hardware and software d) cost

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