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by sevagh 2y ago
>Yeah, they added scammy crypto coins to their offerings for "payments" which is already a solved problem. >Stripe is now openly endorsing crypto scam coins This is hysteria, not a rational opinion. USDC is supported by Circ
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by sevagh 2y ago
It's not so much hating what they do but the manner in which they do it. CLAs and not contributing upstream from the get-go means Canonical's special stuff cannot go further than Canonical.
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by sevagh 2y ago
No way. Flatpaks are clearly represented in the software shops of their adopted distros (I use Fedora and Pop!_OS, both of which use Flatpak). From the software shop GUI, I can choose flatpak or dnf/apt from the dropdown. From the comm
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by sevagh 2y ago
Just like they wasted time and effort on Unity and shuttered it in favor of Gnome, and they wasted time and effort on Mir and shuttered it in favor of Wayland, and they wasted time and effort on Upstart and shuttered it in favor of systemd.
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by sevagh 2y ago
Trains? She's being indoctrinated to public transport socialism and won't buy a Ford F350.
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by sevagh 2y ago
They'll shutter Snap and adopt Flatpak in ~3 years.
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by sevagh 2y ago
>Become an electrician like a friend that just quit engineering? Carpentry? Automobile repair? Write a fantasy novel? Start a cult? Back to privately tutoring statistics? I think your coworkers or customers as an electrician, carpenter,
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by sevagh 2y ago
Yes, thanks.
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by sevagh 2y ago
> It used to be that people would get into these fields thinking ML would need specifically human insights, deep thinking, and philosophical insights about the nature of consciousness. What's sadder is coming into a field pre-decidi
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by sevagh 2y ago
>In my experience, the only people who think architecture/model choice makes a huge difference are n00bs and academics. There are countless competitions, etc. on Kaggle, AICrowd, or other platforms with an enforced standardized data
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by sevagh 2y ago
Ghost does not have a free membership option on their website: https://ghost.org/pricing/
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by sevagh 2y ago
>Testing multiple DEs would be great but I think there's merit to calling Plasma more Linux-y (or hacker-y?) than GNOME. Give some reasons? Or is it just a "hunch", like also people who dislike systemd are hacker-y, or peo
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by sevagh 2y ago
I want to speak to the manager of Unix!
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by sevagh 2y ago
Wouldn't that mean every application has to re-invent (or include) some form of scaling? Isn't it better than the display manager handles that for you?
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by sevagh 2y ago
1 year before it was worth $90, it was worth $340. Asset prices are cyclical, go figure.
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by sevagh 2y ago
BLIS is an interesting new direction in that regard: https://github.com/flame/blis >The BLAS-like Library Instantiation Software (BLIS) framework is a new infrastructure for rapidly instantiating Basic Linear Algebr
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by sevagh 2y ago
On the contrary, it seemingly can be used to make a BLAS implementation (example in a PR: https://github.com/sarah-ek/faer-rs/pull/37 )
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by sevagh 2y ago
No amount of document will make rude people act appropriately. Imagine I'm rude and ready to insult this open-source maintainer. Am I looking for a CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md to be like, "Oh, crap, I _can't_ be rude and offensive? Da
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by sevagh 2y ago
The MIT license already bakes "fuck off" into its core. The license does not put any maintenance burden on the creator. So, choose a regular license, and comport yourself as a maintainer in a manner that tells people to fuck off.
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by sevagh 2y ago
Take a look a the profile a bit of the rude commenter on your issue. The person is a nobody. The internet is rife with them; any online game, any Discord channel has an asshole that types the same way. All bark, no bite. Block, ban, delete
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by sevagh 2y ago
>Why one would use Ada now when it looks like there are much stronger contenders in this space: rust for close to metal and C#, Java, Go for slower programs? Define stronger? C#, Go, Java probably by wide use in enterprise/industry,
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by sevagh 2y ago
Apple should do like this library, re-release Homebrew with their own name on the README and people would lap it up.
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by sevagh 2y ago
This should be backed up by GS hiring statistics only.
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by sevagh 2y ago
I was part of one of these oaths, I have an iron ring (Canada). It's just, look around you. Every bridge collapse, every oil spill had some "certified oathkeeper" or a team of them behind it. The presence of a ceremony - no m
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by sevagh 2y ago
The presence of an oath doesn't prevent traditional certified engineers from causing harm. It's just a goofy ritual.
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by sevagh 2y ago
Number of HN complaints per day posted.
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by sevagh 2y ago
As another example, it's how QuakeWorld (and some other modern improvements on Quake) work. You're supposed to have a licensed copy of the game for the non-redistributable content, but the code of QuakeWorld is modern, runs better
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by sevagh 2y ago
The Dota 2 hero Nyx Assassin (beetle-like creature) has a skill called Spiked Carapace.
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by sevagh 2y ago
YAML is "good enough" for a vast range of tools. It's a good thing that these maintainers are focusing on their core competency/goal of the project and not pandering to niche HN opinions on the stuff that doesn't ma
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by sevagh 2y ago
>I realised I need to spin up a couple of home servers and VPSs to simplify Presumably you're trying to replace some paid services with local self-hosting? Consider that paying for a service _is_ the simpler option.

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