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by tabtab 3y ago
Our current web standards are ill-suited for what we really want out of the web (rich desktop-like GUI's), so people keep trying different things in desperation. One thing not really tried yet is a state-ful GUI markup language standar
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by tabtab 3y ago
Whatever it's replaced with will be subject to the turbulence of whims and fads. COBOL is like ancient Latin: it ain't going nor coming.
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by tabtab 3y ago
If they "solve" that then they risk being the next Java Applets.
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by tabtab 3y ago
Solution: invent practical flying cars. Musk, git on it!
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by tabtab 3y ago
I think "knackered" is the term you are looking for.
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by tabtab 3y ago
Use 1950's logic: Until it puts an eye out, it's fine.
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by tabtab 3y ago
I wanna Faraday'd House.
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by tabtab 3y ago
Many of these management techniques require a well-run shop to work well. They are not forgiving of riff raff and institutional dysfunction, and may even magnify dysfunction. So yes, they CAN work under ideal conditions, but ideal condition
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by tabtab 3y ago
There are probably tons of memos to public officials saying "we need funding to shore up the system", which were of course ignored.
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by tabtab 3y ago
For quick and dirty data-oriented projects, xBASE is wonderful, there's something clean and minimalistic about it. But I do prefer interpreted versions.
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by tabtab 3y ago
I find it's better to keep abstractions small and independent, so you can mix and match. Too big, and they risk not fitting future change well. Even if the smaller ones create a bit more work or "mini duplication", it's
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by tabtab 3y ago
Disney in 2020: "Gambling taints our family reputation, we want a clean record." July 2023: "Boss, we're plumb out of cash and laying off employees!" Aug 2023: "We love sports gambling! It's very recreatio
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by tabtab 3y ago
2B || !2B
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by tabtab 3y ago
"shillouettes" are what politicians use ;-)
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by tabtab 3y ago
Newton, Shmooten, Epicycles worked!, they just didn't add enough layers. I'll put this next to my wonderful flat-Earth globe. https://makingmaps.net/2007/09/19/making-flat-earth-globes/
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by tabtab 3y ago
I frankly don't see many similarities to PRQL.
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by tabtab 3y ago
What are the top embedded usage chips and what is their typical niche?
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by tabtab 3y ago
Except for niches, one is not going to unseat SQL as the primary de-facto standard relational query language unless the replacement is significantly better, not just slightly. Unless a fad storm kicks in, being slightly better is rarely
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by tabtab 3y ago
DOM wasn't meant for real GUI's and trying to trick it into being one seems a fool's errand. It was meant for static documents. DOM is the wrong tool for the job. Time for a new state-ful GUI markup standard so we don't
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by tabtab 3y ago
Nobody has proven that they can predict the future reliably, and I doubt anyone can. They'd be golfing with Warren Buffett if they could. For one, predicting the future requires intimate knowledge of multiple disciplines. A space exper
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by tabtab 3y ago
It may have landed at a steep angle on a boulder, like Viking 1 did. Fortunately, Viking 1 still worked.
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by tabtab 3y ago
In the 1970's many thought we'd be mining asteroids by now for precious metals, making commercial missions profitable, or at least financially viable.
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by tabtab 3y ago
Some try to dress it as science, but when people find the truth, they feel mislead, and want to yank all the funding in frustration. But like I mentioned, it is "body science" and survival lessons.
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by tabtab 3y ago
The internet is crack to conspiracy nuts. They can always find new half-truth tidbits to reinforce their whackadoodle notions.
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by tabtab 3y ago
The Eagle ended up off course, but I've seen multiple reasons given. One is that they modelled the moon as perfectly round, which turned out to be incorrect, mucking up timing plans. The side facing Earth is more dense, due in part to
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by tabtab 3y ago
Manned exploration is expensive and risky. In general the science-per-dollar is much higher for unmanned probes. I won't claim on-premises analyses can't be helpful, but the ability of bots to survey more areas usually offsets tha
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by tabtab 3y ago
How is this news? China has always been snoop-ish for industrial secrets, and "lobbies" to have its views known. This was less of a problem before it became a global super-power. Power brings scrutiny, critics, and caution.
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by tabtab 3y ago
Send the nuttiest of politicians to investigate, it keeps them distracted from important stuff. (If they are ET, Congress will miss them anyhow.)
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by tabtab 3y ago
Ah Nostalgia. Makes me miss the simplicity of WYSIWYG tools. These "responsive" auto-format CSS/DOM driven things are turning me grey, requiring whack-a-mole tuning & debugging. Most our users are not even using mobile, s
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by tabtab 3y ago
But I learn about the past from National Geographic.

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