empyrical

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Comment · 3 years ago

They used to let you sort subscriptions into "Collections", but they removed this feature in 2015. I remember they teased they might bring it back in 2021, but I haven't seen much come of it. [1]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGSHPhR8k8g

Comment · 5 years ago

I love the little part with the fake Windows BSOD. The QR code is supposed to link to the documentation page on error boundaries, but sadly it's broken

Comment · 5 years ago

Yes, there's code in Chromium going back to the KDE/ Konqueror and WebKit days that's LGPL licensed. Mostly in the Blink rendering engine like you linked.

Comment · 5 years ago

You really should not use this ever in any situation, but for historical reasons[1], if they are the only thing on the line you can use HTML comments in JavaScript like so:

  function foo() {
    <!--- returns true ---->
    return true;
  }

This works at least in Chrome and V8, not sure about Firefox.

[1] https://stackoverflow.com/a/1508005/1888964

Comment · 5 years ago

It looks like they're transitioning/have transitioned to editing the books with Google Docs:

https://openstax.org/blog/saying-goodbye-cnx

Comment · 5 years ago

Also, Chromium's Blink renderer has a lot of LGPLv2 source files that date back to the KDE KHTML days[1] and as you can see by the numerous proprietary applications that use Electron and Chromium Embedded Framework, that this doesn't hinder companies from using LGPL libraries as long as they abide by the license.

However, one thing to note: the OSS version of Qt uses the LGPLv3 license, which has additional restrictions (like the "Anti-Tivoization" clause) which make it incompatible with the iOS AppStore thus forcing you to use the commercial version of Qt in those situations. Not sure about the Mac and Windows 10 app stores, I am curious if anyone knows/has experience with LGPLv3 and those stores?