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by thayne 6mo ago
> Lots of retailers (both physical & online) have similar requirements My understanding (IANAL) is that that is illegal, and those retailers should be prosecuted as well. That is essentially price fixing, because the retailer is enfo
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by thayne 6mo ago
Yeah the fundamental problem is there isn't a good way to write cross platform applications that interface directly with a usb device
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by thayne 6mo ago
Almost all of the gui software for programming keyboards with QMK uses webusb or webhid, so you either have to use a chromium based browser or an electron app that is basically just a wrapper for chromium.
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by thayne 6mo ago
Yes there are things that Firefox does better than others, and that is one reason I use Firefox. But there are definitely things I would like to see improved, like: - PWA support on Linux - better performance - devtools should be able to ha
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by thayne 6mo ago
It may not be a single email, they might be using many throwaway accounts.
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by thayne 6mo ago
Having a workspace subscription still doesn't get you a human to talk to.
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by thayne 6mo ago
It's quite possible that google is more afraid of what will happen if they resist ICE than they are of bad publicity like this.
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by thayne 6mo ago
BoringSSL has an unstable API, and Google specifically recommends against using it[1]. AWS-LC is ok, but afaict there aren't really any pre-built binaries available, and you need to compile it yourself, and is a little difficult to use
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by thayne 6mo ago
What if you need it because you are using a third party application that requires an s3 api? Or you want to test your code that interacts with an s3 API?
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by thayne 6mo ago
Simpler than it is now, but the authentication system was never simple. You can't just put a bearer token in the authorization header, you have to follow a complicated algorithm to sign the request. That made some sense 20 years ago wh
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by thayne 6mo ago
I don't think that is what they are looking for. They just want something with an s3 compatible API they can run on their local network or maybe even on the same host.
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by thayne 6mo ago
This isn't even that new. Part of the motivation for building autonomous nuclear response programs during the cold war was specifically to remove accountability, and guilt, from human operators. But AI does bring it to a new level.
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by thayne 6mo ago
There is a theme in a lot of products (and open source projects) of plastering AI all over the description, even if it isn't really related to AI. The first thing I see on the CirrusLabs website is "Accelerate AI Adoption Without
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by thayne 6mo ago
> The single best defense against supply chain attacks is a comprehensive standard library developed by experts, such as Go's one. Go programs, and python programs (which also has a pretty comprehensive standard library) have a lot
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by thayne 6mo ago
Aren't processing fees usually 3-6%? Although it could be higher if a lot of donations are small, and hitting the minimum transaction fees. The average could also be brought up if donations are made through the play or apple app stores
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by thayne 6mo ago
They make incorrect predictions of text to respond to prompts. The neat thing about LLMs is they are very general models that can be used for lots of different things. The downside is they often make incorrect predictions, and what's w
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by thayne 6mo ago
I've even had to prove my salary when applying for apartments. No loan involved. The first time that happened I didn't have a w-2 yet, so they called my employer to check.
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by thayne 6mo ago
You could add your own banner that makes it clear what the status and expectations of the project are. In fact, that is probably a valuable thing to do if the project is archived too. If you archive it, then sure user's are less likely
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by thayne 6mo ago
> if the main work is done by commercial sponsors then it’s crucial those sponsors feel the relationship is beneficial But if the sponsor is getting a tax write-off because of their donation to non-profit to do work on the project that t
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by thayne 6mo ago
You can disable PRs as well
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by thayne 6mo ago
> at the same time accusing others of historic conflicts of interest Collabora clearly has a conflict of interest, as their Collabora Office products both benefit from, and compete with LibreOffice proper. They even allude to that confli
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by thayne 6mo ago
Stepping away from the project would be fine. Archiving a project which has other maintainers is an overreaction.
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by thayne 6mo ago
I think it would make a big difference even if the aggregation of queries was separated out into a separate repo from the other code, so that you can pin the code for installing and updating parsers while still being able to get updates to
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by thayne 6mo ago
The project is archived, you can't.
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by thayne 6mo ago
It isn't justification for being rude. But just because someone is being rude doesn't mean what they are complaining about isn't an issue.
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by thayne 6mo ago
You just lost your job, through no fault of your own, or maybe because you did the right thing and blew the whistle on illegal and/or unethical behavior. You don't know how long it will be before you find a new job or how you are
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by thayne 6mo ago
> She lives in the UK and I'm speaking from a US perspective. But the contract is being enforced from the US.
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by thayne 6mo ago
But they don't have a problem with using unreliable AI bots to audit apps and deal with support.
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by thayne 6mo ago
Maybe it's better now, though I doubt it, but my experience publishing on the Apple app store years ago wasn't any better.
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by thayne 6mo ago
Neovims API isn't (yet) fully stable. So updating neovim could also break a plugin.

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