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by xbar 2y ago
I'm jealous, too.
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by xbar 2y ago
Are there management texts from some era where this was actually promoted as a model?
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by xbar 2y ago
Cursor input latency is the continuous galling impediment to my satisfaction with an application or operating system. IDE text cursor delay? Unacceptable. Shell text cursor delay? Unacceptable. GUI mouse cursor delay? Unacceptable. All a
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by xbar 2y ago
You deserve an invite to our discord server.
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by xbar 2y ago
Goodbye booking sites.
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by xbar 2y ago
Will NEXT decade be possible? 8k traditional rendering at 144Hz is a lot of pixels. We are seeing a 25%/3 years improvement cycle on traditional rendering at this point, and we need about 8x improvement in current performance to get th
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by xbar 2y ago
QModem was amazing software, and I was sad when Mustang bought it. I was happy to see a software company in Bakersfield, though, and continued to use it. Without it, I never would have come as far as I did. My condolences to you and your f
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by xbar 2y ago
Calling the end of the Inca civilization a collapse fails to convey a fair bit of history. I expected a term that suggests destruction by invasion.
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by xbar 2y ago
"...I ALWAYS start writing code AFTER I have designed and constructed a properly normalised database..." I found success with this practice, too.
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by xbar 2y ago
Now "What happens on your iPhone stays on your iPhone" seems like it deserves the Lindt chocolates defense: "exaggerated advertising, blustering, and boasting upon which no reasonable buyer would rely."
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by xbar 2y ago
I mean, it was fine for 50 years.
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by xbar 2y ago
No, many have forgotten it, but it is strangely one of the references that arises for me most quickly because at age 12, my best friend used to quote it from Telefon. I wouldn't read from seriously for several more years yet, and both
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by xbar 2y ago
For me, the repetition calls into question the snapping out of it, as though he might yet succumb, hypnotized.
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by xbar 2y ago
True. Nor does any other manufacturer of cars nor toys nor paint nor cosmetics nor AI software nor canned foods.... Consumers and victims care about safety. Regulation is the only reason safety exists.
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by xbar 2y ago
I might modify your argument to say that there is nothing uniquely Chinese about enshitification of the world around us.
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by xbar 2y ago
Great museum.
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by xbar 2y ago
What a terrible and sad loss.
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by xbar 2y ago
This is a useful fact to have handy.
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by xbar 2y ago
"Auction closed. Reserve not met. Try again."
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by xbar 2y ago
Upon which some people may rely...
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by xbar 2y ago
I am inclined to find a Streisand album to play on a "Tom Evans" amp.
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by xbar 2y ago
I'd like to address the aside for completeness' sake. An x86 monopoly in the late 80s was a thing, but not now. Today, there are sufficient competitive chip architectures with cross-compatible operating systems and virtualization
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by xbar 2y ago
That curve is generous in the amount of type safety it distributes.
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by xbar 2y ago
Specifically, Prop. 13's impact on commercial real estate, which was the real reason for it all along.
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by xbar 2y ago
I think you are saying that if you are not ready to lie on a form, you do not belong in the military, and thus it is an appropriate control during recruitment?
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by xbar 2y ago
Brushed metal has no effect on information context. Blur offers sliding-scale context. Blur is seldom the right choice, but sometimes it is.
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by xbar 2y ago
Blur is a form of information hiding while maintaining an adjustable amount of context. If you need lots of context, blur is a poor choice. If you need no context, it is a poor choice. Sometimes it is a great choice.
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by xbar 2y ago
Yes. I would have preferred that they had used Canadian flags for both.
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by xbar 2y ago
Great work, but I will hold my adoption until c++ source is available.
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by xbar 2y ago
Well said.

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