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by mimixco 6y ago
I don't think users care how software is deployed. (ie: does it live on the web or in their desktop?) But what looks dead to me is desktop-specific development. With modern UI frameworks and Electron, you can deliver an app that look
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by mimixco 6y ago
"Software product overhaul" is a terrifying term because there really is no such thing. The program you have already might be able to be modified to have a different user interface (which is what I think you might be asking for),
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by mimixco 6y ago
Two great kanban tools to try are Trello[0] and Codecks[1]. The latter is sold as a tool for game devs but there's nothing about games in it and we use it for enterprise software dev. Interestingly, kanban was invented by Toyota who us
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Five ways to be a better radio or podcast host(davidbethune.tumblr.com)
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by mimixco 6y ago
The short answer is that it takes large panels to generate any significant amount of power, larger than would fit on a most consumer devices.
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by mimixco 6y ago
Turing proved that the only difference between any two computers is how easy they are to program and how fast they run. All computers are functionality equivalent in that every computer that can be made can solve all the same problems as an
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by mimixco 6y ago
How about right-click and choose Copy Link Address?
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by mimixco 6y ago
Yes. It's poorly written and spends too much time talking about Unix without explaining VMS, which purports to be the topic.
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by mimixco 6y ago
After 30 years away from it, I can't. But others have echoed my comments. Perhaps Bitsavers has some VMS doc. One thing was clear: you could learn VMS from the manuals. That wasn't the case with any Unix manuals I've ever see
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by mimixco 6y ago
Wouldn't it be best to have your own domain and use ProtonMail to deal with the mail? That way, your address is portable and you have far more flexibility (catch all addresses, custom security, etc.) Domains are cheap.
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by mimixco 6y ago
Unix is the ultimate example of "worse is better." VMS, which is what the article is about, was definitely more elegant, easier to grok, and far better documented. So was IBM's VM which had what we now call "containers&q
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by mimixco 6y ago
I think the whole Covid and remote work thing has given new perspectives to a lot of people who didn't think their companies could be run any way other than physically and in person. Perhaps YC's previous succesess had them believ
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by mimixco 6y ago
Personally, I agree with the author. Since code executes linearly (in a single-threaded app), it makes sense to write it that way, too. We recently wrote a large a complex parser, interpreter, and backing database for a new text processing
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Critics question whether novel reactor is “walk-away safe”(science.sciencemag.org)
2 points by mimixco 6y ago|0 comments
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by mimixco 6y ago
"Officially safe" is a hilarious term which tries to predict the possibility of an MCA or "Maximum Credible Accident." Of course, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima were also "officially safe" when the
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by mimixco 6y ago
Vegas isn't mentioned anywhere in the article (which focuses on NYC) but it seems particularly relevant. Why do I suspect that, had more effort gone into computing the "economic height" of some Vegas hotels and condos, they
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by mimixco 6y ago
I can't comment on the valuation but generalized AI (or the belief that it could exist) has some quasi-religious aspects. There are those who think it's inevitable and that some company or companies will actually come up with a ge
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by mimixco 6y ago
Viber works well for sending one or two things across the net. It's cross platform and works on both mobile and desktop. We use it often to move things spontaneously from PC to phone or vice versa.
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by mimixco 6y ago
Same here! I really wanted a TI-99/4A but the parents ix-nay'ed that idea. Many fond memories of VIC, and also many times when I'm doing something horribly manually-oriented on my current PC and I think, "Geez, this feel
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by mimixco 6y ago
While disputed, here's the article[0] where I got those numbers (2016). It's definitely not 80/20. [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/business-35339475
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by mimixco 6y ago
While this is undoubtedly true, the 80/20 rule doesn't apply to wealth -- at least not anymore. Today, the top 1% of the world's population has more wealth than the other 99% combined.
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Design machines online. Receive real parts to build them in the mail(vention.io)
1 points by mimixco 6y ago|0 comments
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The First Two Hours of MTV (Remastered from 1981)(digg.com)
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by mimixco 6y ago
TL;DR = A tablet-shaped device without a front facing screen is appealing only to a limited audience with specific use cases in mind, notably not making calls or consuming audio/video content.
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by mimixco 6y ago
I'd say go to the source and read John Backus's original paper[0] on functional programming. Yes, there's some math in it so you could read up on that but the narrative text itself is enough to convey the important concepts o
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by mimixco 6y ago
Intended link is probably [0]. [0] http://www.philocomp.net/ai/elizabeth.htm
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by mimixco 6y ago
I worked at Borland just before this came out. CASE (now called "no code") was hot then and didn't really absolve anyone of programming or debugging skills. And it still doesn't. Best part is the beginning where the teac
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by mimixco 6y ago
What kind of "posts written for developers" are you referring to? Since the dawn of software, there's been disagreement been the sales and marketing people and the developers and support folks. Usually the issues are around s
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by mimixco 6y ago
You've skipped the most important part of the puzzle: Find something people want to pay you for and do that. Think of all the kinds of software and services that you can provide. Pick 3 that you know for a fact that people will pay f
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by mimixco 6y ago
Agreed. The biggest problem with OOPS lies in its original premise: that code and data should be the same thing! This is grevious error, IMHO, that leads to nothing but problems: endless boilerplate code, lots of "interfaces" that

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