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That got my interest. Why companies are trying to do this? Isn't the ESC key one of the commonly used keys on the keyboard? What's a net gain by replacing it?
Re:Shipping Clubhouse on Android in ten weeks on Friday September 10, 2021 @08:55AM (#28480835)
Why you would build different server features for different client's? Aren't server endpoints supposed to be independent of the client specific implementation?
I wish more companies would follow the way of open source, self-hosted free version and paid version hosted in the cloud. Win - win.
Re:Why Windows 11 is forcing everyone to use TPM chips on Saturday June 26, 2021 @10:16AM (#27642054)
To what? Biometrics arent available eveywhere.
Chips have internal timers which can be configured programmatically so they emit hardware interrupt in specified time intervals. When the interrupt is emitted, CPU jumps to the method which executes the certain program. After that it goes idle, waiting for the next cycle.
Nope, more likely there are internal CPU timers which emits hardware interrupts on which the tasks are performed
Why? Why so much effort is put in something so meaningless as emojis? There's nothing more confusing than messages with emojis. When I read the text I know what information writer wanted to send me because it was all coded inside the text. When I see emoji I have to stop and think, what the writer wanted. Is it part of the information or just the background noise? Should I 'read' this emoji as a part of the sentence or as a separate phrase? Clear text is just so much less confusing.
Re:Show HN: Hurl.it is back – Make HTTP Requests on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @05:40AM (#27047943)
But why not simply use curl? Am I missing something here?
Re:So I finally sorted out what happened to my brain on Saturday May 01, 2021 @04:03AM (#27004331)
Wait. You're telling me that you're supposed to be able to do so? I thought it was some mind hack that gives you the power to become an artist, not everyday stuff.
This is not a rivalry, this is collaboration. NASA has different goals and SpaceX has different goals, but where they can, they're working together. Without NASA's contracts SpaceX wouldn't be where it's right now.
Re:How to find a job as Software Developer in Germany on Thursday April 22, 2021 @12:31PM (#26904685)
And even those 60k Euro is for western Europe. In central-eastern Europe it's around half of it.
Re:You Are Not ‘Behind’ (2016) on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @10:01AM (#26874782)
> or useful to college applicants

This. So many things was skipped and glanced over in school, because it won't be on final exam, so you don't have to know it. This constant focus on exams and numeric results is driving the education system into the ground.

Re:First Flight of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter [video] on Monday April 19, 2021 @08:21AM (#26861914)
Would you rather want these funds to be spent on PR team and video editing or on missions?
How many actual missions SpaceX failed?