switchbak

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by switchbak 11y ago
This is actually surprisingly novel, and especially impressive given the developer was in high school at the time. Running ethernet to these locations can be challenging, and often an SMS based approach or mesh network is used instead - whi
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by switchbak 11y ago
You could do with toning down the personal attacks. "no clue", "stupid" - these do nothing to add to the conversation. Your anecdotal experience doesn't necessarily translate to all corporations.
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by switchbak 11y ago
One might view that as a form of perfectionism - for me it all depends on what you're trying to optimize. I've lived much of my life like that - but what's my goal here - to be right? Or to be happy? To me being happy means w
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by switchbak 12y ago
Are you sure about that? I've seen exactly the opposite, that the richer you are (typically), the less empathy you express. Bill Gates being a notable counterexample. Below a certain threshold, poverty is very damaging on a person, but
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by switchbak 12y ago
I've definitely been nabbed by unpleasant surprises while using it - when you have lots of transitive dependencies you can get some surprisingly interesting behaviour :) That said, you can also be fairly granular about you configuratio
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by switchbak 12y ago
And forcing OSGi induced brain damage on someone is just cruel. After years working with that, there's absolutely NO way I'm ever doing that again. The number of projects that don't work (mainly classloader issues) and/o
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by switchbak 12y ago
You're still basically using many of the libraries you're mentioning - but personally I shun (most of the) JEE in preference of lighter weight approaches. If you need more of the heavy weight libraries / environments, it&#x27
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by switchbak 12y ago
That's very true - one of those mini Linux sticks would fit the bill nicely, for example: http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Original-authentic-R... And apparently Intel has the same thing with it's
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by switchbak 12y ago
If we had halfway-usable power management back in the day, it would have a lot more sense (for occasional use) as it would be idle/sleeping most of the day. But we most certainly didn't, especially in Linux - and most people ended
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by switchbak 12y ago
It's been a while, but I used to work with some folks who performed maintenance on helicopters that had composite rotor blades - and they were constantly being inspected and sent back to the manufacturer. Perhaps it's different in
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by switchbak 12y ago
There was - it was called LiveConnect - but like most things to do with Java and the browser(s), it languished in a half-supported state, and really isn't worth thinking about any more. As are applets - a great idea, implemented poorly
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by switchbak 12y ago
I'm sure you're trying to make a point here. But the fact is upwards of 80 THOUSAND people died immediately. Not sure what this hair splitting accomplishes.
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by switchbak 12y ago
I believe Qt does offer a shared library for Qt that can be shared/upgraded across multiple apps. I wonder if that's enough to allow one to deploy on Android (iOS is obviously a no-go). I have an early prototype in Qt that's
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by switchbak 12y ago
I was under the impression that I could use the (L)GPL version and deploy to various app stores - I wouldn't get support though. But this article describes "deployment rights", which one would apparently not have access to if
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by switchbak 12y ago
If you have a friend that knows mountain biking well, then going used is a good approach. Pinkbike.com is a good place to start for people in the USA/Canada. REI is also a good place for reasonably priced, new bikes.