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Re:The Myth of Snow Leopard on Sunday August 02, 2026 @09:40PM (#49150279)
This was my memory as well. Lion was the first version of OS X that was usable as a daily driver.
> Other than real madrid and barcelona and a few italian clubs, very few euro clubs are run as non-profits.

Not non-profit per se, but the Bundesliga[1] requires that teams are majority owned by club members and investors are limited to minority ownership.[2]

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesliga

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50+1_rule

Re:Cisco Workforce Reductions on Thursday May 14, 2026 @12:57AM (#48131267)
> GitLab is in an incredible position to moonshot the next generation of software.

I don't think they offer anything unique. Forgejo[1] offers a similar platform.

[1] https://forgejo.org/

On the other hand, even if the town council takes concerns seriously and denies permission to build, the companies doing the building will just sue and build them anyways[1].

[1] https://fortune.com/2026/05/06/ai-data-center-michigan-salin...

Re:Did Alibaba just kneecap its powerful Qwen AI team? on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @09:20AM (#47247703)
FWIW, the article quotes people close to the researchers saying that the departure wasn't their choice.
Re:C Isn't a Language on Thursday February 05, 2026 @10:57PM (#46908925)
> could things be better if we had an explicitly designed interoperability interface?

Yes, we could define a language-agnostic binary interoperability standard with it's own interface definition language, or IDL. Maybe call it something neutral like the component object model, or just COM[1]. :)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_Object_Model

Re:Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @06:53PM (#46879228)
This article going into more detail on those targeted was posted later:

https://securelist.com/notepad-supply-chain-attack/118708/

Re:Why software stocks are getting pummelled on Monday February 02, 2026 @09:59PM (#46865877)
Most of those companies make huge margins by suckering large organizations into outrageous contracts. I don't see how AI moves the needle on this one way or the other.
Re:Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors on Sunday February 01, 2026 @10:04PM (#46851932)
> Traffic from certain targeted users was selectively redirected to attacker-controlled served malicious update manifests.

I'd be curious to know if there was any pattern as to which users were targeted, but the post doesn't go into any further detail except to say it was likely a Chinese state-sponsored group.

Re:Shai-Hulud Returns: Over 300 NPM Packages Infected on Monday November 24, 2025 @09:32AM (#46034532)
The docs list this caveat:

> Note that previous stable versions will not be suggested. The package will be completely ignored if its latest published version is within the cooldown period.

Seems like a big drawback to this approach.

Re:Freeway guardrails are now a favorite target of thieves on Friday September 05, 2025 @02:29PM (#45141942)
Doesn't sound very profitable:

>Over the last two years, the state transportation agency has spent more than $62,000 on repairs related to guardrail theft in the region.

If the full cost of replacement is ~$31k/yr, the scrap value of the stolen guardrails is surely far less. Seems like there wouldn't be enough for even a single thief to make a living.

Crazy that 27 C is deadly. I imagine most of Australia is hotter than that during any given summer.
Re:Amazon Cloud Traffic Is Suffocating Fedora's Mirrors on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @07:35PM (#40518412)
It might be more appropriate to link to the original blog post: http://smoogespace.blogspot.com/2024/05/where-did-5-million-...
Re:Origin of BDFL (2008) on Monday May 27, 2024 @10:49PM (#40496893)
Ironic that the “about the author” section at the bottom names Monty Python as the origin of BDFL, a claim which is contradicted by the article.
Re:F-35 Program Achieves Full Rate Production on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @08:48PM (#39686762)
Aerospace programs can have extremely long timelines in the private sector, too. Variants of the Boeing 737 have been produced since 1966. While the recent MAX versions were flawed and Boeing has some real quality issues, you can still get service parts for the original airframe.
Re:F-35 Program Achieves Full Rate Production on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @08:43PM (#39686712)
Seems like victory through attrition. It might be the only modern fighter produced for export in the Western world.
Re:Why does the USA use 110V and UK use 230-240V? on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @02:26PM (#37311855)
It's about looking at supply vs demand. Electrical devices are often labeled by the minimum voltage they require to operate. 110 V is commonly used because the device can operate reliably on a 120 V distribution system.

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