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I assume they don't want to pay for something that would make search results better rather than worse.
> Welcome to Squeak/Smalltalk
> Squeak is a modern, open-source Smalltalk programming system with fast execution environments for all major platforms.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is $60; I don't think it's correct to add the DLC price to that.
Also Deluxe is improved in a number of ways: new characters, new battle mode with 8 new courses, two items at once, smart steering, etc. And it supports 12 players in LAN mode (though MK World supports up to 24!)
Super Smash Bros Ultimate is also greatly improved vs. its Wii U incarnation (its roster includes basically every character from the series - hence "ultimate"), and is also $60.
They are both fantastic games that you can basically play forever. The Wii U games were also great - but the Switch versions are even better.
Historically Nintendo game cartridges were expensive than disc-based games for PlayStation etc., but these game cards at least are still $60 - same price as the Wii U disc versions (and the Wii U game prices are equivalent to $84+ in 2026 dollars.)
Nintendo's deal is that the consoles are platforms for their outstanding games, and first-party exclusives are the biggest reason to buy a Nintendo console (though they are also great handheld systems and support local multiplayer gaming without an internet connection.)
Apple being Apple; they probably sold a lot of PowerBook 170 laptops at $4600 each in 1991 (~$11.3K in 2026 dollars.)
If only we could somehow share libraries and configuration files across apps rather than duplicating them and having to update them for every app individually.
We could call it a "shared library" system and an "operating" system. Someone should really invent this.
I mean, even docker could maybe use a shared base image or something right? ;-)
That is a pretty good argument for calling it "Pharo Smalltalk" or something, which would be accurate and descriptive.
> A dynamic, pure, reflective object-oriented programming language in the tradition of Smalltalk
Why not call it a modern Smalltalk, which seems to be what it is?
Smalltalk is a great language and its ecosystem deserves to grow.
However, counting homework grades toward course credit also creates an incentive to cheat. It probably makes sense to remove (or at least drastically reduce) that incentive.
Personally I have found well-organized, clearly presented university courses to be great ways to learn the material. The combination of readings, textbooks, lectures, tutorial sessions, writing, labs, problem sets, course projects, etc. has been effective for me. Good textbooks and online resources have also been very helpful. Obviously it only works if you actually do the work yourself.
Even in the age of AI, I think I still prefer a portfolio system where you accumulate a body of work that you can present and defend in an interview for a job or graduate school position. Unfortunately diligent portfolio assessment can be a lot of work when there are hundreds of applicants for a single slot, so the first stage is usually reviewing a summary or list of work rather than the work itself, and that system can be gamed.
In any case, personalized feedback for student work is still very useful, and it may be more beneficial if it is focused on helping students individually rather than ranking them or sorting them into bins.
Without some sort of pre- and post-assessment, it can be hard to determine whether students actually learned anything in a course. The question is: how do you use that information? I think it should primarily be used as feedback to the students and the instructors, with the aim of improving learning.
It depends on the field, but grad student wages in science and engineering are usually much lower than what industry would pay for similar work. Academic research is very cost-effective because most of the work is done by underpaid graduate students.
For using Unix tools in native macOS workflows, ports systems like homebrew, macports, pkgsrc, etc. are a decent option.
In my dreams this might breathe more life into homebrew alternatives for macOS. (I also wonder whether some of the port systems for BSD and macOS could/should be unified.)
> For 99% of the use cases moreutils' parallel (AKA Tollef parallel) is an equal, or even better, alternative.
Can't you select and copy the text in the photo (on most smartphones and PCs at least)?
Haven't Apple (A-series, M-series) and others been copackaging memory for a while? (SiP or MCM?)
https://www.wired.com/2010/06/iphone-4-holding-it-wrong/
But the "fix" was also disappointing: an insulating bumper or $15 if you didn't want that:
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/08/as-epic-attacks-apple...
> "Kept pace with" is fine; consider using this in the future.
Thanks.
poor dog
> Now 500 dogs wear one (snoutcover.com)
enterprising dog
Last I checked it was grabbing the favicons; intentionally bad or not, this is still obnoxious anti-privacy behavior that needs to stop.