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“Definitely”. How exactly? Do you know something?
Re:Source code of the Estonian online voting system on Saturday October 17, 2026 @06:55PM (#50135931)
Lots of concerns in the discussion yet the fact is that e-voting is used for quite a long time in Estonia, and proved robust and secure. It will scale well. Check the source code.

I believe the Swiss also open sourced their e-voting software.

Re:I Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is Broken on Sunday October 04, 2026 @05:26AM (#49952119)
PR firms such as Spitfire Strategies got steadily growing stream of business. It’s great for the GDP, diversifies the economy from compute-centric growth.
Re:The Murky History of Soviet-Born Tetris on Saturday September 26, 2026 @07:37PM (#49861685)
Nobody ever referred to software as “samizdat”, and there was no concept of “freeware” - everything was “free”, including stolen Western software. Source: I’m from there and then.
Call for people who severely dislike Jira to chip in $1 each, that should give you some runway.
Re:Google's Open Agentic Orchestrator on Sunday September 20, 2026 @08:48PM (#49781737)
Making Kubernetes a centre of everything. This one, they won’t sunset, because it helps selling GCP services.
Re:The most important product decision is what you don't build on Thursday September 17, 2026 @05:38PM (#49746935)
It’s hard decision, but it has to be made.

I’m not building space elevator.

Re:T. Rex Had a Body Temperature of 97 Degrees on Thursday September 17, 2026 @05:36PM (#49746913)
I’m missing Marc Bolan.
Re:Logo Programming Language on Saturday September 12, 2026 @12:49AM (#49668920)
Few years ago I became interested in modelling complex societal and economic processes. That led me to discovering NetLogo, a multiagent-based programming and modelling environment derived from Logo. Can recommend! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetLogo
Re:Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem on Friday September 04, 2026 @06:54PM (#49571151)
Interestingly, in his ICM 2026 lecture, Terence Tao specifically mentioned that Lean is not based on ZFC.
Re:Mojo 1.0 on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @01:49AM (#49268266)
From Mojo Wikipedia article: ``` The intention behind Mojo is to bridge the gap between Python’s ease of use and the fast performance required for cutting-edge AI applications. ```

Basically, same raison d'etre as that of Julia.