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Re:Apple chief executive Tim Cook gets $750m payout on Friday August 27, 2021 @07:24AM (#28326398)
I see your point and I somewhat agree. But this is based on the assumption that only upper-middle-class engineers work for Apple. However, the people in factories producing these products for Apple definitely deserve a raise. Income inequality should be fixed throughout the supply chain and not only benefit the upper-middle-class.
Re:Rufus: Reliable USB Formatting Utility on Saturday May 08, 2021 @04:50AM (#27085194)
For anyone complaining that there is no nice GUI for dd on Linux and macOS, I recently discovered Fedora Media Writer [1] which works great for this job. Despite it’s name, it can be used with any ISO just like dd.

[1] https://github.com/FedoraQt/MediaWriter

Re:NumPy – Matrix Library on Sunday December 13, 2020 @10:12AM (#25407065)
Wait, so this provides the same API as "normal" numpy but returns python lists? Sounds neat, but what is it actually used for?
Re:Ask HN: What RSS Reader do you use? on Friday October 02, 2020 @04:18AM (#24660322)
Regarding an alternative for fever, I'd recommend https://www.freshrss.org/. I use it myself in combination with reeder on all my devices.
Re:Firefox push[ing] irrelevant notifications on Saturday July 25, 2020 @03:24AM (#23947426)
What do you consider bloatware in that regard?
What do you mean by learnings? Actual skills or facts like TIL?