duckson
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Developer for Apple platforms. He/him.
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Comment · 2 years ago
Right? Here in the Netherlands, Teletext is still very much alive and has several millions of users per week. [1]
In fact, at the end of 2023 our public broadcaster rewrote the Teletext backend system using modern programming practices to keep it running into the future. [2] Before that it was running on software from the 80's.
[1] https://over.nos.nl/nieuws/teletekst-kan-weer-jaren-vooruit-... [2] https://tweakers.net/reviews/11700/hoe-werkt-het-vernieuwde-...
Comment · 3 years ago
This performance art sure sounds like some sort of kink!
Comment · 4 years ago
Talk about flipping the Bird to your staff.
Comment · 5 years ago
> Different responses to different touch and gestures, oriented towards the blind
That's VoiceOver on iOS. It's a screen reader that's also available on the Mac, iPad, and Apple Watch. Android has a similar screenreader called TalkBack.
I work with visually impaired people on accessible apps, and the large majority of them prefer Apple's devices because they have more advanced accessibility features.
Comment · 6 years ago
Reminds me of something Jim Weirich (author of Ruby's `rake`) used to say:
> Fun game at apple store: on any mac, in terminal type: "grep Copyright `gem which rake`"
... which would print his name, because Ruby and rake are bundled with macOS. :)
Comment · 8 years ago
The docs include a recipe for Breton crêpes. :)
[1] https://github.com/guardian/frontend/blob/master/docs/99-arc...
Comment · 9 years ago
Is there a Swift environment running on this yet? /s
Comment · 11 years ago
Their site seems to be down, here's a Google cache link: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:2VSoNL8...
Comment · 12 years ago
I don't know about Philae/Rosetta's hardware in particular, but there are very specific requirements to hardware that's sent into space.
I'm using the Mars Science Laboratory as an example here:
The MSL uses twin PowerPC RAD750 boards. If one of them fails, the rover could use the other as a backup. After all, you can't go out to Mars to fix a firmware update gone wrong. :) The RAD750's are hardened against radiation in space, and can withstand extreme temperatures. They run at about 200Mhz, and cost around $200.000 a piece. [1] [2]
It runs the realtime operating system VxWorks, which also happens to be what Apple uses for their Airport routers. :) [3]
NASA uses C as their main language, with specific coding standards. [4]
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Science_Laboratory#Rover [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAD750 [3] http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/134041-inside-nasas-curio... [4] http://lars-lab.jpl.nasa.gov/JPL_Coding_Standard_C.pdf