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by space_ghost 6y ago
From the petition[0]: "Some schools have called the site a "distraction" as kids are choosing to learn computer science and programming as opposed to working on other subjects." [0]: https://www.change.org&#x2
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by space_ghost 6y ago
My first thought was BonziBuddy: a free "assistant" program that was monetized by capturing and selling your personal data and displaying ads directly.
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by space_ghost 6y ago
The impact could reduced if a single Electron runtime is shared across apps. Imagine the various HTML5 mobile phone environments, like Palm's webOS, but in a desktop setting.
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by space_ghost 6y ago
It didn't go well on that episode of The Outer Limits. John-Boy Walton grew eyes in the back of his head.
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by space_ghost 6y ago
Also "Nanoprobes."
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by space_ghost 6y ago
Surely the cost of upgrading their user interfaces is less than the $500M lost here? What about next time? What about previous losses that were small enough not to warrant press attention but still add up over time?
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by space_ghost 6y ago
Postmates still exists, or at least something does that operates under that name.
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by space_ghost 6y ago
Raku also suffers from a lack of ecosystem. Perl5 and Node have huge advantages there.
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by space_ghost 6y ago
A metal lamp shade, obviously. But, I Want to Believe.
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by space_ghost 6y ago
Yeah, it's a cheap and childish hack.
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by space_ghost 6y ago
"Repairs to the satellite cost $135 million. Lockheed Martin agreed to forfeit all profit from the project to help pay for repair costs" -- yikes! Imagine being the poor sap responsible for removing those bolts. O_O
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by space_ghost 6y ago
Is it really clad in stainless steel? Seems like there would be lighter materials that would serve that role.
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by space_ghost 6y ago
FreeBSD is starting to look really good.
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by space_ghost 6y ago
Yup. The Senate is a Single Input Queue.
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by space_ghost 6y ago
It's still there. Just tested it with google.com/maps in Chrome 86 on Linux. Steps to reproduce: 1. Enter Street View 2. Scroll out a few clicks Expected and observed behavior: the viewport switches to 3D-mode, with the view cente
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by space_ghost 6y ago
That's a missed opportunity. I loved the jog dial input on my old Sony Clie SJ33, for example.
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by space_ghost 6y ago
Outdated engineers?
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by space_ghost 6y ago
There's a wonderful podcast [1] on Youtube that deep-dives into the collapse of various historical civilizations. [1] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT6Y5JJPKe_JDMivpKgVXew
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by space_ghost 6y ago
I've had AT&T gigabit fiber in Louisville for four years now and it's fully symmetric. I frequently run speed checks and I always see uploads close to 1gbit.
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by space_ghost 6y ago
> I think most people underestimate their networks. Not saying you're wrong, but you've worked with people, right? Hopefully not been a complete ass :) ? Done work on a team with or adjacent to them? Wait, I wasn't suppose
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by space_ghost 6y ago
Can confirm that this works in more places than you'd hope.
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by space_ghost 6y ago
This is absolute must for any kind of computing activity that's not on Earth or in Earth orbit.
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by space_ghost 6y ago
Centralized management would be a plus in some circles.
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by space_ghost 6y ago
I suppose it shouldn't surprise me, I'd just expect Microsoft to eat a little more of their own dogfood.
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by space_ghost 6y ago
Honestly, yes. And based on your username I'm surprised you weren't as well. ;)
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by space_ghost 6y ago
The Windows build environment uses Perl?
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by space_ghost 6y ago
The New Yorker did a fantastic reenactment of this. There's a short clip (1) on Youtube but the original is much longer and becomes quite bizarre very quickly. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuDP99eGo2w
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by space_ghost 6y ago
Torx, Philips, whatever, we can all agree that they're both 10x better than Allen-head screws.
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by space_ghost 6y ago
This has been in Debian since forever, and the installer asks if you want it. I've always opted to not install it since it's my opinion that my package choices are weird and shouldn't -at all- influence the distro defaults.
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by space_ghost 6y ago
My former employer was the optical lab that actually manufactured the EnChroma lenses for a few years. My best friend also works there, is red-green colorblind and found that the EnChroma lenses didn't help him at all.

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