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Yeah those are at the bottom of the list of companies I would trust
Re:New Apple TV 4K on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @05:42PM (#50079272)
Hence “snake oil” — gold plated digital cables are an unfortunately huge market for people with too much money and too little sense.
Re:Margaret Hamilton has died on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @09:55PM (#50001117)
Grace Hopper would like to show you her collection of nanoseconds.
Re:F-Droid 2.0: A New Chapter for Android Freedom on Thursday September 24, 2026 @07:51PM (#49838357)
No, it doesn't. It says:

> Should be a default

Meaning the developer should opt-in to this explicitly but choose it as the default option. The actual default is no strategy at all.

Re:The Year of Internal Tools on Thursday September 24, 2026 @08:41AM (#49829813)
Who pays for ongoing maintenance of all those things you built and now own
They’re flat earthers, they either have no explanation or a completely bogus explanation. Certainly don’t look for any semblance of reason. They just invent whatever to try and feel like they have some secret knowledge.
Re:Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era on Thursday August 20, 2026 @12:36AM (#49370421)
The biggest benefit of the passport-style foldable is it might actually fit in your hand. Modern phones haven’t been ergonomic since the iPhone 13 Mini.
Re:Waymo – Dallas Open to All on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @05:32PM (#49175477)
Seattleite is fine, it is close to satellite
Re:Waymo – Dallas Open to All on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @05:28PM (#49175433)
> a magnitude of order

unless I'm missing something, you meant "order of magnitude"

Re:GitHub has alternatives, but no replacement on Saturday August 01, 2026 @12:49PM (#49136023)
Yeah seems like six of one, half a dozen of another. GitHub’s downtime blocks devs
Re:GitHub has alternatives, but no replacement on Saturday August 01, 2026 @12:30PM (#49135818)
I might have moved off for self righteousness but my company might be more interested in moving off because their reliability is absolutely garbage
Re:The End of an Era on Friday July 31, 2026 @11:17AM (#49124221)
Nitpick, Silo is the name of the adaptation, the books are WOOL, SHIFT, and DUST
Re:Claude Code uses Bun written in Rust now on Sunday July 19, 2026 @09:02AM (#48967867)
> I'm a developer

Then you must know that the hardest part of software development is getting clear requirements...

> everyone on this planet could create a software for themselves exactly as how they wanted

Even with perfect AGI this will never happen because people will never be able to express clear requirements

Welp, it’s inevitable. Pack it up. No point trying to improve things
> I can't imagine that's many people

Well, I don't know how many people it is but I certainly haven't bothered to use it except once or twice. What's the point in getting used to it as a daily driver when it won't be available in perpetuity?

But in any event, you're still right that it won't affect those of us in that camp.

Re:The AirPods Effect on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @08:28AM (#48745631)
2017 Zero SR
Re:The AirPods Effect on Friday June 19, 2026 @07:39AM (#48597460)
Fully agree that its dumb but even on my electric motorcycle at sub-highway speeds, the wind noise was the only thing I could hear.
Re:.gitignore Isn't the Only Way to Ignore Files in Git on Thursday June 18, 2026 @06:39PM (#48592603)
package-lock.json shows all your transitive dependencies, package.json just shows your direct dependencies. It is simply not true that the latter is "the real human-readable version". They serve different purposes and it is dangerous to say you can always ignore the diff in your lock file.
Legitimately not sure if serious
Re:macOS Container Machines on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @02:42AM (#48472341)
Yes, thank you iOS autocorrect.
Re:macOS Container Machines on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @11:28PM (#48471057)
Postman Desktop too
Re:CT scans of BYD car parts on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @06:27PM (#48377184)
I remember playing with my parent's VW key fob as a fidget toy in the 00s. Little spring loaded switchblade style mechanical key.
Re:If I Could Make My Own GitHub on Friday May 01, 2026 @05:06AM (#47972634)
A remote execution cluster and CAS for build artifacts is a good way to avoid duplicate work on local vs CI, and avoid the problem of needing to trust local builds.
Re:Simplest Hash Functions on Sunday April 12, 2026 @01:13AM (#47736319)
Here is a hash function that does not have hash collisions:

  fn hash(data):
    return data
Why pick elixir specifically here? I’m using opus/sonnet via Claude code for a moderately complex personal project built on phoenix and have had a good experience
Re:Flighty Airports on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @09:00PM (#47511824)
Similar in Australia, BNE shows up before SYD.

Edit: actually it's even weirder. Here's the zoom levels I see, from zoomed out, to zoomed in:

- BNE, MEL

- BNE, SYD, MEL

- BNE, CBR, MEL (??)

- BNE, SYD, CBR, MEL

Re:jQuery 4.0.0 Released on Sunday January 18, 2026 @12:22AM (#46665012)
Are those people/products upgrading jQuery though?
I’m not a sparky but would you need inverters if the panels are just for charging batteries? On the other hand, there is probably already inverters onboard to provide AC power to passenger power points.
Re:The ancient monuments saluting the winter solstice on Monday December 22, 2025 @08:20AM (#46353906)
The local archaeologist? Incredible
Re:Ireland’s Diarmuid Early wins world Microsoft Excel title on Saturday December 20, 2025 @09:10PM (#46341624)
Maybe the files store the formulas in an intermediate format that can be localized by the client

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