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Is this extension, or the function recommended by Codesleuth, a good solution for creating “diffs” that summarize how the values of a record have changed from time A to time B? Codesleuth’s comment: https://news.ycombinator.com&#
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This is worth submitting as a separate post. Thanks for sharing!
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The concern you raise is a valid & important to consider. I’ve seen situations where there’s a mismatch between the update schedule of a component and the update schedule of the larger project & it creates an issue.
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Open source is an implementation strategy for closing a business model. Strategic use of open source can move a business model from a money loser to a money maker. It can be extremely strategic to use source components in the supply chain o
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I’m watching the hearing on C-SPAN. Congress is asking better questions. Congress allows the content can be posted. They’re asking why algorithms recommend the content to users. For example, at 1:14:11 Frank Pallone asks if Facebook is awar
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I’m disappointed by the lack of quotations in this article. The headline, tone, and conclusions of the author call for a higher level of direct citation. Here’s the C-SPAN archive of the hearing with searchable text transcripts. https:&#x2
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It’s quite useful for 3D printing enclosures or mechanical devices. Edit: FreeCAD is designed to work the way tools like CATIA work. Think of parametric CAD less as a “concept development tool” and more a “programming language that can be c
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A key to changing this is to invest in public research universities that release research papers publicly & emphasize reducing the cost of manufacturing & distribution. Another key is to fund nonprofit foundations that act as custod
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> Today, Tauri uses Rust for the backend - but in the not too distant future, other backends like Go, Nim, Python, Csharp etc. will be possible. This is because we are maintaining the official Rust bindings to the webview organisation an
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What small, growing companies are in the general field of mapping? Are there companies that fund employees to work on Open Street Maps?
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This seems exactly right to me. A super simple way for self-hosted websites to exchange RSS feeds would go a long way to recreating “social media”.
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Looks like there’s a spike in Clubhouse sign ups. For people who have tried it, what do you think? Is it worth creating an account?
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You are 100% right. Of course it doesn’t matter. > Does an over-reliance on documentation indicate a lack of critical expertise that will ultimately result in considerably lower job performance? Technical research is a skill. I love work
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Agreed. It’s still too complicated to run a personal website. “Social media” is a UX layer over web hosting. There’s no reason a Facebook like experience can’t be created using a domain registry, hosting, an RSS/atom feed, and a friend
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Wikipedia is also amazing because the foundation publishes a lot of detail about engineering and technical operations on Wikitech ( https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page ). I’ve learned so much about DevOps just
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More photos and video are still being posted/released. If you’d like to help out, the FBI is asking the public to help collect and review evidence. > The #FBI is still seeking information to help identify individuals who actively in
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Yes. Early live video showed people who looked like tourists. Things escalated dramatically. Zip cuff guy appears to have a gun on his hip in addition to the body armor & zip ties for taking hostages. https://www.snopes.com&#
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No. The talking point is that the violent extremists who broke into the Capitol chanting “kill [Republican Vice President] Mike Pence”, wearing body armor, armed with guns, pipe bombs, and zip ties for taking hostages are terrorists. Do you
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The constitutional scholar perspective: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/28/trump-is-...
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Thank you for sharing.
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Anaconda switched its software license recently to require large companies to purchase a license, so now people must wade through the purchasing department before installation & use.
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> problem #1: Environment management Great observation. Python environment management is getting simpler, but is off putting for people without a software background. Unclear even CS majors get enough classroom exposure to package &
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There’s probably something to be learned from how Mexico processes & reuses glass soda bottles (assuming they still do).
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Try checking the file into GitLab (or GitHub) pages. It’s just an HTML5 file. Use pull requests to manage changes. Use the git repo as your history. In the 2005-2009 timeframe I served a TiddlyWiki from PTC Windchill as a project website fo
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The lake analogy is inverted. Investing in open source is like adding fish to the lake. There are more fish for everyone.
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Related to this topic, I recently listened to “Compete to Create” ( https://www.amazon.com/Compete-Create-Approach-Leading-Authe... ). It struck me how much time professional athletes spend on preparation and recovery relativ
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So true! If the tool can’t be used by everyone on your team, then it is unlikely to be used. I’ve experienced this many times.
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git-send-email https://git-scm.com/docs/git-send-email Git was designed for patches (diffs) to be sent in email. That’s how many people used it before GitHub.
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> my response has been to disengage What if disengagement (demoralization) is what the people who oppose your politics want you to do? Wikipedia, “Demoralization (warfare)”, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoralizati
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> Pipelines capable of producing computer graphics films and games typically generate, store, and transmit great quantities of 3D data, which we call "scene description". Each of many cooperating applications in the pipeline

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