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> So the company that actually makes computers programming computers work

Translation (took me while to understand this sentence):

So the company that actually solved the problem of making a computer program write other computer programs

1/10th?

US: $848B (2024)

EU: $508B (2024)

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UK: $102B (2023)

Switzerland: $22B (2023)

Norway: $8.2B (2024)

OECD "Gross domestic spending on R&D"

50 liters per day...
Re:Kilobyte is precisely 1000 bytes on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @05:04AM (#46883852)
Translation: It's not inconsistent if we consider the deviation from the rule as a second rule. Any future deviation will get their own rule. Perfectly consistent
In the EU, jan-nov 2025 compared to jan-nov 2024: BEV market is +27.6% while Tesla is -38.8%.
I have survived outside of the International Space Station my whole life
Re:Swift on FreeBSD Preview on Thursday November 06, 2025 @03:51PM (#45840271)
Everything will be easier to build with Swift on FreeBSD for a Swift developer compared to any other language
Re:The Next Chapter in Swift Build Technologies on Saturday February 01, 2025 @02:19PM (#42901250)
AccessorySetupKit is an Apple framework, not part of swift
The language is controlled by the Swift evolution process but Apple engineers are basically the only ones contributing and submitting proposals.
it's not a rewrite
As a long time mac user I have zero utilities installed. If you want to turn your mac into windows, maybe just use windows.
swift strings handles unicode