daxelrod

I don’t understand how that conclusion follows from that comparison. We also wouldn’t describe the current day as “after the flu”. Both are endemic.

I have a relatively high-end desktop with a nice monitor. I also have an aging laptop with a tiny screen and an anemic amount of RAM. Most of my computing ends up being done on the laptop.

With a family and a kid, it turns out I’d prefer to spend most of my time at the computer in common spaces; at the dinner table, on the couch, etc. so that I’m present and available for my family. This is far better than squirreling myself away in a room.

(Note that for work, I have a different computer, I’m talking about for life outside of work.)

Part of Apple clearly wants to do that with Focuses giving more control around what notifications people get in which contexts.

Unfortunately other parts seem to think the opposite. For example, Apple News by default sends notifications for puff pieces like years-in-review rather than just urgent breaking news.

Great explanation.

F-Zero managed to do the “change zoom on each scanline” trick without a coprocessor in the cartridge, didn’t it?

Fair point.

MS is still probably somewhere in the supply chain of software you use.

They have contributed to the Linux Kernel, they own GitHub and NPM, they make an extremely popular editor, among other things.

It’s a different set of risks than depending on them directly, but they’re still there.

In practice, customers can also make requests via private support tickets. I’ve seen GitLab determine priority of an issue based partially on demand from paying customers.

This is how a fintech Chief Compliance Officer explained it to me:

The industry that the SEC regulates is full of clever people who have a financial incentive to push rules as far as possible.

The concern is that if they provided a clear line between what is allowed and disallowed, that everyone will go right up to the line and then find creative ways to exploit how it’s defined.

The SEC prefers to keep the line fuzzy so that actors keep their behavior well on the “allowed” side.

Thank you for that answer! Wow, I can't believe how small the team was 6 years ago. Is that 120 engineers or 120 employees total?

Looking forward to seeing GitLab doing this well. It hits a sweet spot for a lot of organizations.

If I remember correctly, GitLab used to offer the same kind of service, but discontinued it because managing it was not a core competency that they wanted to focus on. I'm curious what's different now.

The Pirate Bay may never have deleted anything, but they also don't host any of the music. Just because a torrent exists doesn't mean anyone is seeding it.