sime2009

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by sime2009 4y ago
No, it absolutely did feel revolutionary. Until then only big companies could afford a computer to manage their data and accounting, etc. Microcomputers changed that and made the hardware available to every company. VisiCalc on the software
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by sime2009 4y ago
You know what a great way to complete screw any tech company with a complicated product or service is? People constantly leaving after less than 2 years of service. It means no one knows how things work or how to do their jobs. It creates g
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by sime2009 4y ago
I've used and debugged type issues in Redux, but even when we figured out what was going on I was often left with the feeling that it was trying to be too clever. In the same way that we should strive towards simpler and easier to unde
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by sime2009 4y ago
If you can't explain to the type system what you mean, what makes you think you can explain to your co-worker what you mean?
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by sime2009 4y ago
* You mean "The HU", unless there is another international mongolian throating singing metal band out there with a similar name.
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by sime2009 4y ago
> but it's not fair to work on something and then demand people kiss your ring for doing so. True, but it is fair to expect that people who have paid nothing and have nothing constructive to add to quietly STFU.
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by sime2009 4y ago
A closely related rule of thumb for organising code is: "Things which change together, belong together."
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by sime2009 4y ago
Let me get this straight. Someone is running an open source project. They said they are working on some ambitious feature. Said ambitious feature hasn't materialised up to your standards, and now you feel like you've been cheated
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by sime2009 4y ago
The problem with cars is the huge negative effect it has on city planning and neighborhoods. It is not really about cars vs public transport. It is about cities built for cars vs cities built for people. I live in the Netherlands and have l
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by sime2009 4y ago
They could put together some badges and achievements for the SRE team to help motivate them to keep the f-ing thing running.
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by sime2009 4y ago
> It wouldn't be better "in every way", though. A blockchain is much more resilient; the equivalent would be to have hundreds or thousands of redundant SQL databases around the world and somehow keep them all in sync. Tech
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by sime2009 4y ago
> In general a "senior engineer" is simply a dev. with about 5+ years of experience so that they are no longer junior and no longer need hand holding. Definitions differ around the world, but that is my definition of an interme
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by sime2009 4y ago
The article here is a bit too fluffy. The ABC (think BBC, but Australian) covered the topic quite well via one of their radio programs / podcasts. The came at it from the context of illness, which makes it a more concrete example. You
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by sime2009 4y ago
This merger includes a significant amount new cash being invested. Also, Stratasys will be taking backseat and becoming a minority investor. Ultimaker has continued to invest in Cura and make it available for many competing printers over th
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by sime2009 4y ago
what makes you think Ultimaker is aiming at the DIY market? have you seen their website?
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by sime2009 4y ago
Stratasys will be a minority shareholder in this new company. i.e. just an investor.
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by sime2009 4y ago
Matches my experience too. I've done battle with the VSCode autocomplete many times over the years, trying to stop things from popping up automatically when I'm typing. My escape key has gotten more of a worked out over the years
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by sime2009 5y ago
Don't worry, you are not the first person to think of this. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_window_manager or even start reading at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_manager
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by sime2009 5y ago
Windows XP is back?
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by sime2009 5y ago
The complaint about flat design isn't levelled only at FOSS, but at the whole industry. Your points may explain the situation in FOSS, but it doesn't explain the poor work being put out by the thousands of designers and UI/UX
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by sime2009 5y ago
I'm in the Netherlands and I've rarely see a developer use anything other than US ANSI layout on a laptop. Consumer level stuff often defaults to US ANSI, but there is a bit of US/english ISO layout going around too. A Dutch
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by sime2009 5y ago
==> https://www.keychron.com/pages/keychron-k3-wireless-mechanic...
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by sime2009 5y ago
Maybe some induction stoves use a thermostat, but my 15 year old one is definitely power.
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by sime2009 5y ago
How long ago did you look into Qt's Multimedia module on NodeGui? Also what part of it did you need?
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by sime2009 5y ago
We've been doing this too for some "logical" services. For example, we might have a service which has a REST API and but also needs to do long running processing in response to requests via said REST API. The code for both li
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by sime2009 5y ago
Nothing prevents a browser from doing this. But it does nothing unless websites respect it. So far many websites haven't been cooperative, as evidenced by the amount of shitty cookie consent pop ups we all have to deal with.
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by sime2009 5y ago
The law is just fine. It is the lack of enforcement which has been the problem. I hope that this move from the French is the beginning of the end of these shady pop ups.
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by sime2009 5y ago
I have not forgotten, but Gates and Ballmer are gone and the market situation for MS is totally different. People don't have to take their Evil Empire monopolist crap of the past.
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by sime2009 5y ago
True. People forgot that Microsoft had been developing its own browser for years before they moved to Chromium. That team and expertise didn't just disappear. They've been doing significant work in that code base. See https:&#x2F
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by sime2009 5y ago
I try to follow a Battlestar Galactica approach to critical infrastructure in my house. There are microcontrollers but they are not networked. I do have some Philips Hue stuff, but it is not on the cloud. Some lights use the remote control

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