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by ronjouch 10y ago
Thanks for digging this up for me :) . However, 0) leaves room for interpretation: when it says "to recombine or relink the Application with a modified version of the Linked Version to produce a modified Combined Work" , should w
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by ronjouch 10y ago
Really? Why? Is this something applicable to all commercial software using GPL/LGPL components? Which clause of the GPL/LGPL makes you say that, or is there prior judgement that resulted in making such a demand?
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by ronjouch 10y ago
100% agreed! When writing bash, there are so many hoops to jump through (e.g. syntactic traps, bashisms to avoid) that people who like me who use these languages only occasionally will shoot their foot repeatedly . For this population (and
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by ronjouch 10y ago
Yes but they're hidden behind the little "Play" button at the left of each point. Clicking it reveals further explanation and, often, examples. Not very discoverable; even though this feature is documented at the top right of
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by ronjouch 10y ago
Tangentially, http://www.shellcheck.net/ is an awesome static linter for shell code. Available online, as a command-line tool, but most importantly as a plugin for your favorite $EDITOR.
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by ronjouch 10y ago
Postbox looks like a fully-featured fork and I'd be glad to support their awesome work with dollars, but sadly there's no Linux build: https://www.postbox-inc.com/download
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by ronjouch 10y ago
> "SQLite4 is an alternative, not a replacement, for SQLite3. SQLite3 is not going away. SQLite3 and SQLite4 will be supported in parallel. The SQLite3 legacy will not be abandoned. SQLite3 will continue to be maintained and improv
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by ronjouch 10y ago
> "how can the "canvas fingerprinting" work since I had to browse to a new page and all the old pixels from the previous page are no longer there" The linked page answers this: "Differences in font rendering,
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Bruce Hauman: Good configuration feedback is essential(rigsomelight.com)
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by ronjouch 10y ago
Great to see all this progress :) . I have three questions about Rust static binaries on Linux through musl, and how they compare to Golang static binaries: 1. At low level (binary format, system calls), is a Rust static (through musl) bina
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by ronjouch 11y ago
Also, how does Canonical's snap compare/compete with Freedesktop/GNOME's xdg-app? https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/SandboxedApps
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Facebook switches off email forwarding(blog.gerv.net)
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by ronjouch 11y ago
Oh right, thanks for pointing this out :) In this case, I'd still contradict OP, arguing the same as stevebmark did in a sibling comment: "[...] these syntax details are well thought out, practical, and improve the readability an
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by ronjouch 11y ago
Am I the only one to think throwing "difficult to parse" as criticism to a programming language like JS is disingenuous? It could be an argument to criticize changes proposed for a nimble performance-oriented language like Lua w
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by ronjouch 11y ago
Also, - On Windows there's https://autohotkey.com/ - On Linux there's (unmaintained but still working) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoKey , EDIT seems this fork is maintained: https:&#x2F
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GNOME 3.20 released(gnome.org)
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by ronjouch 11y ago
Very nice to see three (EDIT: two) of the main highlights have nothing specific to Qt: - Clang Static Analyzer integration - Autotest Integration (EDIT: I was wrong about this one, it's tied to Qt Test) - Automatic CMake triggering Pro
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by ronjouch 11y ago
Agreed, except when you have no idea what it's related to. Then there's nothing poignant because there's no message conveyed, the contrary of the initial objective. Like an4rchy mentioned here in a comment, yesterday I though
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by ronjouch 11y ago
@hn, since it's not the first time this question pops up, for increased "discoverability", what about making the black bar a <a> that links to the associated news? This, or pushing it even forwards, adding text?
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by ronjouch 11y ago
For another take on the TODO list in Sublime, check PlainTasks. It may not have the ambition of a "full orgmode" if compared to emacs's orgmode, but has nice default settings and keybindings. It's on Package Control and
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by ronjouch 11y ago
> QuickFlux is promising start for the Flux pattern in Qt. I was thinking more on the lines of React Native [1] like support in Qt. I know :) , and I searched for that too when I joined a QML project after working on a React one. So fa
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by ronjouch 11y ago
Nothing from the Qt Company itself, but there are some community initiatives around what you're mentioning. This recent mailing list thread mentions a few of them, especially quickflux by community contributor Ben Lau. However, nothi
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by ronjouch 11y ago
In addition to this high-level summary, you might also enjoy https://wiki.qt.io/New_Features_in_Qt_5.6 (linked in the blog post, but easy to miss)
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Qt 5.6.0 released(blog.qt.io)
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by ronjouch 11y ago
In the Python world also, Alex Clark recently blogged about exactly this: http://blog.aclark.net/2016/02/21/updated-django-website/ He shared his makefile: https://github.com/aclark4life&
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by ronjouch 11y ago
I'm confused and couldn't find an answer searching for "xdg-app" in AppImage's website/github. Is this a whole alternative to xdg-app, or a layer on top of it? If it's indeed an alternative, why would anyo
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by ronjouch 11y ago
YES! Thanks :)
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by ronjouch 11y ago
> I don't think the writer was placing entire blame with the partner, but actually making a good point earlier about the psychological reinforcement from being around them This. To badly reformulate a similar article found here (f
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by ronjouch 11y ago
I'm regularly hearing about web applications written in ClojureScript, a.k.a. Clojure (a dialect of Lisp, [1]) compiled to JavaScript. Recently I've heard of: - https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema-player -
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by ronjouch 11y ago
I was wondering whether this was a joke/exaggeration. Turns out it's not: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/10/surreal_world_of_the... Thanks for bringing our attention on this.

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