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Comment · 43 minutes ago
Yeah, it's a Tauri app, which makes the claim in the README about it being a native app also rather a lie.

Did Tauri ever figure out how to run performantly on Linux, or are they still using webkit2gtk? They were looking at integrating Servo last time I checked, but I have no clue how far they've progressed with that since.

Comment · 2 days ago
It does make sense, when you consider that Google had its earnings report yesterday, and missed its targets. $GOOG is already down 13%. It's an announcement purely for their investors.
Comment · 6 days ago
Comment · 6 days ago
Yeah, their worktree implementation was very recently hacked in, and it really doesn't work well. The IDE project list duplicate entries for every worktree, IDE project settings don't transfer across worktrees, and every time I switch to another worktree it asks me again what project I want to open, instead of just opening the same solution I have opened.

It's wild that a set of IDEs that are generally fairly good just completely fail in this basic workflow. I really wonder what went through the minds of the product owners and developers that implemented this.

Comment · 9 days ago
So this is trying to compete against Wero, which is being backed by most major western European banks? I wish them luck, but I somewhat doubt they can compete against that.
Comment · 10 days ago
Doesn't Wikipedia run on PHP? Wonder what their mitigation strategy is for this.
Comment · 19 days ago
Typically the gathering of requirements is not that hard if they're my own requirements.
Comment · 19 days ago
Isn't the entire benefit of AI-driven software that I can easily throw together something that fits my exact requirements? Why would I want someone else's requirements?
Comment · 1 month ago
I don't disagree that functions with many execution paths are harder to read, but I do believe that the solution given here; 'just split it into multiple functions' frequently makes a function even harder to read. It forces you to scroll back and forth between code.

I think generally when you run into something like this, the better way to handle it is to sit back, and reconsider how your overall handling is designed.

Comment · 1 month ago
The biggest one was probably 2 years back, the dispute with WP Engine, a hosting provider for WordPress. He used WordPress infrastructure to force all instances hosted there to break, then removed the extensions they built from the plugin store, and then replaced them under the exact same name and identifier with his own.

He then went on this site, and placed incriminating comments under posts discussing that, without discussing it with his lawyers. These comments were then of course used in subsequent lawsuits, which so far he's been losing.

He then also told his employees that if they didn't agree with his actions, they could leave with a severance package, which then had 10% of his employees quit.

Comment · 1 month ago
We're talking about the "free-speech platform" that bans words like "cis" and "cisgender"?

https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/on-elons-whim-x-now-treats...

The platform that randomly banned journalists for using Substack?

https://newrepublic.com/post/179067/twitter-files-matt-taibb...

The same platform that banned left-wing journalists because they were criticizing Musk?

https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-journalists-f...

I don't know, it sounds like there's some very good reasons to move away from a centralized platform where the owner can randomly decide he doesn't like you and ban you.

Comment · 1 month ago
Comment · 2 months ago
I wonder how they're doing right now with water levels reaching critical low points.
Comment · 2 months ago
It sounds neat, but I do wonder how viable this is commercially. How high do we rate the chances that governments around the world will step in before another kind of E2E is rolled out.

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