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Re:Dates That Don't Exist (2015) on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @10:33AM (#49169573)
I tried to create a date object in Swift from the date October 5, 1582. The resultant date object was October 15th 1582.
And it's option-m on a Mac.
Re:Amazon Vega OS and Vega Developer Tools on Friday October 03, 2025 @08:12AM (#45462031)
This is exactly what I've been wondering... The developer page doesn't really provide much insight into things either. Other than their development environment is based on React Native...
Re:Why Electric Truck Sales Are Accelerating Quickly on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @08:37PM (#45354730)
If you want to see what it's like to actually drive an electric big rig, check out the Electric Trucker[1] on YouTube. He's German but has invested a lot of time in documenting what its like.

[1]https://www.youtube.com/@electrictrucker

I think they get heavily used by security researchers, and other people that do regular Penetration Testing.
Same here! I always like to say that software engineering is 50% knowing the basics (How to write/read code, basic logic) and 50% having great research skills. So much of our time is spent finding documentation and understanding what it actually means as opposed to just writing code.
The lack of API doc's for the c version is kind of frustrating. It makes it impossible for someone to evaluate whether or not your library is suitable for something they need. Or if it is, how to use properly.
This is pretty cool. Just needs clients for iOS and Android and it would be a rock solid replacement for a lot of large enterprises, or privacy minded companies.
Re:Too many Mac apps are being built with Electron on Thursday January 25, 2024 @07:24PM (#39137383)
I couldn't agree more. Yes there is some utility to things like Electronc and React Native. They are great for small startups that don't have the money to hire a team for each platform. Or they just need to get something that they can demo to investors. But really when it comes down to it, they should take some money and hire some people that can write the app natively.
Re:An eruption has begun north of Grindavík on Sunday January 14, 2024 @10:11AM (#38991073)
Yeah they evacuated the entire town from what I heard. So there is no danger to any lives. I'm pretty sure the city has accepted that as long as no one dies, that everything else can burn.
I've been a software engineer for nearly 20 years now, and you know what I do when I hav the time? I blow glass. Honestly I enjoyed writing code much more when I was a teen and in college in my free time, but now that I do it 40 hours a week I need something else. Sure I have some programming projects I do outside of work. But they are needed for something else I help run. Besides now that I'm nearly 40, I have a house and family to look after. I barely have time to take care of those with my full time job.
Re:PysimpleGUI on Saturday December 09, 2023 @09:37AM (#38582250)
Thanks for posting about this. I had no clue it existed and I have to say I agree I really like how elegant it looks.
The title on this is very misleading. It tested USB 3.2 not Thunderbolt. While they are the same port, they are not the same standard. My guess Apple doesn't support 10Gbps over USB 3.2, only thunderbolt.
My Partner is from Sonoma, and we have driven past this exact spot several times, and I honestly had no clue.
Re:Circuit.js – electronic circuit simulator on the web on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @09:45AM (#35439501)
I've used the one on falstad.com many many times to design op-amp circuits quickly so I could see exactly changing each component would do.
Re:Poll: Which Editor/IDE do you use daily? on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @09:25AM (#34325261)
Technically I use three: Xcode, VS Code, and Atom
Re:WordPress to support SQLite back end on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @01:03PM (#34069664)
I'm happy to see WP finally supporting a DB other than MySQL. Maybe they'll support PostgreSQL as well.
Re:WordPress to support SQLite back end on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @01:00PM (#34069629)
While I'm glad to see them supporting a DB backend other than MySQL, I would also like to see a PostgreSQL backend get built.
This sure sounds like a good way to get an antitrust/anticompetitive lawsuit launched against you.
Re:A circuit simulator that doesn't look like it was made in 2003 on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @07:40PM (#33993228)
I use this a lot for quickly testing things out when I am not entirely sure what I need. It's incredibly powerful, and give you scopes so you can verify things work. It may be very old and look ancient by modern standards but it's much more usable for me. Also I don't need sonmething to simulate an Arduino, I need something to say test a op-amp summing amplifier.
Definitely not. Though I never completed it, I still ended up in as a software engineer in the end. Hobby programming definitely made me a much better programmer during my time in college. However Work definitely took the fun out of hobby programming.
Re:ButtFish – Transmit Morse Code of chess moves to your butt on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @08:05PM (#33014752)
Upvoting for the amazing InfoGraphic this GH repo has.
Re:Zoom Alternatives for Longer Meetings? on Saturday August 13, 2022 @10:08AM (#32450025)
Have you considered Webex? The newer versions are a lot more comprehensive and more akin to say Telegram or Slack.
I work for a Fortune 500 on a pretty large app, and we use C++ as the core language for all the platforms we support with the UI layer being written in whatever makes sense (Swift -> iOS/Mac, Kotlin -> Android) Its not new new but its been this way for about 5 years now.
Re:What a gas stove ban means for restaurants on Friday June 03, 2022 @03:06PM (#31612358)
For me I think this misses another issue that may or may have not been pointed out: The bigger issue isn't people or resturaunts using gas, but the gas pipelines themselves leaking and emitting green house gasses. Natural Gas isn't going anywheres anytime soon even if we switch over to electric. So why isn't the government making sure leaky gas pipelines get fixed and maintained?
Re:Ghost 5.0 on Monday May 23, 2022 @09:27AM (#31478743)
Would you consider adding support for PostgreSQL instead of just MySQL. I realize that it can greatly complicate things, but PostgreSQL is generally a much better DB.
I'm a transported New Englander that lives in the bay... and the clam chowder out here is bad... its not even New England Clam Chowder. Its something else...
Re:Jeremy, I think you'll wan't this job on Monday July 27, 2020 @05:40PM (#23969720)
This is so relateable. I generally reply to all recruiters from NY/NJ and tell them I don't ever want to talk to them. I have no desire for hedge fund backed companies. Another thing that always get me is when so company wants x number of years experience with y technology, but x is larger than the total time since technology was available. Worst thing I had a recruiter do to me was send me an email, and instead of BCCing all the candidates they CC'd them thus disclosing all of their recruitment efforts. Also they're emails.
Re:Ask HN: Fastest IDE on macOS? on Friday July 24, 2020 @04:54PM (#23944316)
This is a bit of a loaded question. It greatly depends on what kind of IDE you need. iOS/Mac apps Xcode, Android apps Android Studio, Web stuff vs-code, atom or anyone of another handful of apps. Each one has specific markets.
I would like to point out that the AAPS is not actually a medical group. Its a conservative group that poses to be oriented around doctors. I don't think a single medical professional right now would recommend opening the US economy yet.

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