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by wtracy 7y ago
That's hardly unique to Apple hardware: https://www.microsoft.com/accessories/en-us/products/keyboar...
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It appears that an OS X server can take any compatible printer and expose it to the network as a generic PostScript printer. Clients on the network only need to support PostScript, and the server handles everything device-specific. I'v
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Crisper as in everything has 4x antialiasing.
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It's not your dog that has to stay six feet away from other people, it's you.
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I think what's needed here is a tool that transparently uses Git (our some other VCS) in the background.
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My impression is that gamers still represent a much larger pool of GPU hardware than crypto miners. All of the really big miners are mining Bitcoin using ASICs. Obviously, I don't have real numbers, and I could be completely wrong.
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by wtracy 7y ago
Maybe someone's already done this and I haven't noticed, but having Docker and/or Flatpack images for this seems like an obvious way to include as many machines as possible.
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Okay, think less "my home internet connection went down" and more "the build server fell over" or "I need confirmation from Bob and he's not responding on Slack." It's a learning-to-work-without-direc
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The common assumption is that the company-issued VPN client will only ever be installed on hardware owned and controlled by the company, and never inside a VM. Realistically, the usual plan is to create controls that are impossible for most
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You must live in Europe. :-) 4 or 5 hubs would cover maybe half of California.
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I think the implication is that if an issue blocks work in the workplace, management tends to notice and intervene. This could be by directing people to assist in resolving the issue faster, or by assigning another task not impacted by the
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by wtracy 7y ago
This is perfectly normal behavior when Intel Hyperthreading is involved. I'm on my phone, so rather than trying to type out an explanation, I'm going to link to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-t
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by wtracy 7y ago
Python is pretty performant if you're comparing it to Ruby. ;-) Python/Django is a great choice for line-of-business/workflow applications where you have dozens or hundreds of users. If you're trying to be "web scal
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by wtracy 7y ago
> The fifth step is to attach it to power generating equipment The part that jumped out at me as strange is that they claim their process generates electricity "directly" without having to drive a turbine. Supposedly they produ
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The argument seems to be that the donor is not making any actual financial sacrifice, and therefore shouldn't enjoy any publicity or goodwill for their non-sacrifice. There's also this cynical idea that these donations are made pu
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If you think there's ever going to be enough people flashing their phones with custom ROMs to support an industry of consumer software developers, I think you're going to be very disappointed. Now, if we could get some major carri
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by wtracy 7y ago
What's the alternative for native mobile apps today? Roll your own smartphone OS? And yes, I'm deeply frustrated with Apple and Google for so forceably locking everyone into their walled gardens.
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The App Store explicitly forbids LGPL code.
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Apple has a history of paranoia and unwillingness to trust their own employees, let alone their business partners. Also, there's a surprising number of colo facilities that are pretty lax about who is allowed to come and go.
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If "will this be usable in ten years?" is a concern, then you shouldn't be worried about your language choice. You should be worried about the services your program depends on. Does your mobile app do anything useful if Googl
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by wtracy 7y ago
> scan all visible barcodes on the product Almost. Amazon FBA requirements are that the UPC barcode for your product be the only visible barcode on your packaging. I would bet money that in the name of "efficiency", warehouse
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The article links to this page, which offers a definition near the beginning: https://thezvi.wordpress.com/2020/01/12/how-to-identify-an-i... FWIW, this author seems to use the terms "moral maze" an
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They're also easier to negotiate down on salary.
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I'm having trouble envisioning very many markets where a "fan" is going to consistently spend $1k/year. The article mentions professional training and education, which makes sense. I can also see certain people spending
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by wtracy 7y ago
There's a certain startup I won't name that has a reputation for outsourcing it's engineering proof-of-concepts this way. You're certainly not going to get code you could actually put in production by doing that.
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> You wouldn't ask the cook to work for free just to taste his dish and then decline without paying him. I'm under the impression that exactly this happens in the restaurant industry all the time. Employers are abusive in all i
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TBH, I'm in a similar situation but with three years since I worked in the industry. I burned out, moved out of the Valley to be close to family, and worked odd jobs, mostly IT. The odd jobs are getting old, and I miss programming.
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It doesn't strike me as particularly expensive compared to getting thirty-plus bicyclists to go down the street in a block like the Critical Mass activists do.
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I think it's only because genetically modified plants are common enough already to not make headlines. When they were new, people went bonkers. (Many people still do.)
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AFAIK it hasn't been done with mammals yet, but transgenic pets are here now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GloFish Most PetSmart and Petco stores in the US stock these animals. If you live in the United States, y

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