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Re:Tacky men with ridiculous glasses want you to wear them too
on Monday June 22, 2026 @06:32PM (#48637273)
The accessibility features for blind and low-sight individuals is life-changing. These are available already for Meta glasses, and I am very hopeful that the Google Audio glasses will be as good.
The problem is not the glasses.
Re:The world could run on older hardware if software optimization was ...
on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @08:27AM (#43983691)
It wasn't; see U.S. vs Microsoft.
Re:MLTon: A whole-program optimizing compiler for Standard ML
on Monday December 30, 2024 @04:57PM (#42554004)
Release Notes for today's release: http://mlton.org/Release20241230
Re:COBOL’s youth culture
on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @04:13PM (#32829624)
techbeacon.com is a MicroFocus “publication”; you know them, the company selling COBOL tools.
Re:Ask HN: What was your experience switching domains within the softw...
on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @06:30AM (#28299845)
I have done this a few times. I transitioned between more adjacent domains each time, bringing strength in a couple of the required skills. I learned the rest on the job, and never had to take a pay cut to do so. I have always extended this to those I hired, or hires I approved, as well.
Really, given evidence that you can do the work, the most important criteria are: smart, hard-working, plays well with others.