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Comment · 9 months ago
Yes we stopped building.

Because every new technology is sold as a way to fire people and not “grow the pie”. What do you expect?

Rich folk don’t like it when poor people get more. It’s not partisan, it’s class based.

Comment · 9 months ago
When the the only thing CEOs talk about for every new technology is how many people they are going to put out of work because of it, the collective desire for new technology and progress is understandably lessened.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
Cheyenne Wyoming not Cheyenne mountain.
Comment · 2 years ago
Apple won’t let you install software you wrote onto your own computer. Culturally the same as Ma Bell.
Comment · 2 years ago
I have had an ember mug for a couple years now. Never have used the app. Works fine without, unless you want to tweak the temp from default.
Comment · 2 years ago
Mangling the quote about regexes… http://regex.info/blog/2006-09-15/247

Some people when confronted with a problem, think “I know, I’ll use a different language to generate another language.” Now they have two problems.

Comment · 2 years ago
System Verilog is the C++ of chip design. It sucks, but it’s everywhere and tied into everything. Like C++ there are so many ways to write dangerous code. We do need a new chip design language but it’s going to take something special to move the needle.
Comment · 3 years ago
Sideloading, otherwise known as installing software you want, on hardware you own.

Love how the term tries to make it sound so suspicious.

Comment · 3 years ago
The ADA also helps anyone who has kids and a stroller. Also helps people when they are injured and immobile for a time. Dealing with these things in other countries makes you appreciate the ADA so much more.
Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
Being actively updated and maintained when Perl wasn’t helped Python dramatically.
Comment · 4 years ago
Code can absolutely be incorrectly indented in python and to make matters worse it changes the functionality of the code when it is.
Comment · 4 years ago
Sounds like they learned from Apple pretty well.
Comment · 4 years ago
Well, many of make’s features is what makes it trash.

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