epenn

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I think therefore I engineer.
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Comment · 1 month ago
Speed. Most people are going to choose a fast binary download + automated integrity check over compiling from source, regardless of their reason for using F-Droid.
Comment · 4 months ago
I misread IMDSD as IMDB and still thought yeah they might as well throw that in too at this point.
Comment · 6 months ago
While I can't speak for these wrecks specifically, archeology as a field is chronically underfunded. They have to pick and choose their battles.
Comment · 6 months ago
Hopefully the negative responses in that thread + the conversation here on HN might help them realize that totally removing Code access for Pro users isn't a good look.

And with no free trial period on top of that, nobody is going to want to pay $100+ just to check it out. I can't imagine the conversion rate of that test being positive.

Comment · 6 months ago
It was originally codeveloped by Apple and Intel.

Though from Thunderbolt 3 onward Intel has been the sole developer.

Comment · 6 months ago
Comment · 9 months ago
In light of this I propose "Doom's Law" as the ultimate expression of late stage capitalism:

- Society continues to produce more and more powerful devices.

- More and more of these devices begin running Doom.

- When this reaches the saturation point, society becomes Doom.

Comment · 4 years ago
Minor nitpick, but I would say Phoenician is to Canaanite as Byzantine is to Roman. It gives a name to the local continuity and further development of the Canaanite culture in the northwestern coastal region of Canaan, i.e. Phoenicia, at a time when Canaanite culture to the south developed related but distinct branches of its own.
Comment · 10 years ago
You can install a Chrome extension manually. The store is convenient but not required.
Comment · 10 years ago
You don't have to eat the cake to sharpen your baking skills.
Comment · 10 years ago
I'm fairly certain you misinterpreted that. He was complimenting the smooth process.

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