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And what do windows / linux / macos do about apps getting hacked to billions of pc's simultaneously? How is that a new problem?
Re:Did Meta's Big Settlement Actually Help It? on Thursday August 27, 2026 @11:23AM (#49466344)
Still, even in the examples given, cars allow you to drive fast, but you can still sue a car manufacturer if they sells cars without airbags and a seatbelt. Doritos can make you fat, but you can still sue Frito Lay if they put overly addictive and harmful chemicals to keep customers coming back. Isn't this the same?
This needs an additional subscriptions service tier, that's even more performative and even more AI
Re:Make some art with your phone sensors on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @03:38AM (#48033388)
I did NOT know the motion sensors on my phone were THIS precise, that’s surprising
You can spend a lot of time perfecting the test suite to meet your specific requirements and needs, but I think that would take quite a while, and at that point, why not just write the code yourself? I think the most viable approach of today's AI is still to let it code and steer it when it makes a decision you don't like, as it goes along.
Re:Show HN: Tusk for macOS and Gnome on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @03:36AM (#47671891)
Had the same thought, I can suggest JetBrains Datagrip (paid software), works really well for me
Re:Dead Internet Theory on Monday January 19, 2026 @06:00AM (#46677550)
As much as many are against it, couldn't this be yet another argument for social network wide digital identity verification? I think that this is an argument that holds: to avoid AI slop / bots → require government ID
This reply is actually so funny lmao. But yeah, agreed
Re:Apple typewriter memo (2020) on Saturday June 21, 2025 @06:25PM (#44341184)
Personally, I don’t see this move as a negative. It implies that a company believes in its product and potentially wants to improve it. Usually, you can tell when a product is not used by its creator(s), and it’s not a good experience.
Re:AnimeJs v4 Is Here on Friday April 04, 2025 @03:32PM (#43586748)
Don’t want to sound repetitive, but yes
Re:The State of Vim on Saturday January 11, 2025 @10:46AM (#42666600)
Strange, this is the first time hearing Treesitter is slow. From experience, Treesitter has been incredibly fast for me (when running its core functions). I’m not discrediting your observation, but it might be something else in the pipeline.
Re:Ars Technica guide to mechanical keyboards on Sunday December 29, 2024 @11:06AM (#42540759)
That is true, however, one thing to keep in mind, is that these tools like Via / Vial, will always be limited compared to a fully fledged programming language like C with and its QMK framework. Something that I only realized after the fact.
Wall hacks might be funny, but when you get killed on sight in .25 sec it’s not so fun anymore…
I doubt he meant « two engineers full time », I suspect it’s more like a role of maintaining / improving when necessary.
Re:Show HN: macOS Reminder Sync for Obsidian Tasks on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @09:20AM (#39766049)
For anyone looking for a simple markdown editor (nothing more), I would recommend Typora. It's closed source, and the plugin system is lacking, but it gets the essentials basically perfect.
So much for Apple "security"
Re:A Coder Considers the Waning Days of the Craft on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @03:13AM (#38260453)
Just like the author suggests, sometimes you have to tailor your question to ChatGPT, for it to succeed.
Re:Forty Years of Programming on Sunday October 08, 2023 @07:03PM (#37815214)
It’s crazy to think that even a rock climber can suffer from RSI. Goes to show it can happen to anyone.
Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @05:34AM (#37672323)
It doesn't matter what the intent behind the fix is, even if it is 100% for personal gain. In my opinion, it should be treated fairly, like any other commit and given credit where credit is due.
Re:PyCharm 2023.1 on Friday March 31, 2023 @10:02AM (#35387304)
I don't mind the changes
Re: on Thursday February 16, 2023 @03:46AM (#34816483)
I meant installing 3rd party apps through other means than the app store
Re: on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @10:50AM (#34805397)
They do this to discourage users from installing 3rd party apps. I know it is still greedy, but that's the reasoning behind it.
Re:Supporting the Use of Rust in the Chromium Project on Friday January 13, 2023 @03:46AM (#34365364)
Like Kotlin? Can you please elaborate?
Re:Exception Patterns on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @06:30PM (#34074399)
I agree, this also breaks the reader feature on iOS
Re:Atlas OS: We redesigned Windows for gaming on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @11:33AM (#33721312)
For anyone not interested in installing foreign OS, I like to use Chris Titus' tweaks. https://christitus.com/windows-tool/
Re:Affinity Version 2 Is Here on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @02:40PM (#33536800)
Great value indeed
Re:Nobody wants touch-screen glove box latches on Sunday October 30, 2022 @08:55AM (#33394068)
The reason they do this is simple, money. It is much easier for a manufacturer to produce a single screen that contains all the functionality that can be adjusted on the fly using software. The alternative (and the way it has always been) is early in a car conception, to design the cabin with the buttons layout, design the switches, find a manufacturer, test the switches, test the layout, repeat, etc… Plus if they find a flaw in the cars button design / layout late in the process, it becomes even more expensive to fix. Nowadays, car companies have an excuse to use screens, not only does it save them money, but they can disguise it under « modernism ».

Disclaimer, this is from what I heard and using common sense, but in might be completely wrong.

This has been happening for a while, my solution was to disable google chrome, and install chrome beta instead just to have a "chrome"
It isn't necessarily difficult, but one of the aspects that makes it challenging is the lack of resources to learn a new language from the POINT OF VIEW of a programmer. When learning a new language I don't need to go through all the basics again like, if statements, loop types or variables, it just makes learning tedious, and I can't just skip that part, or I might miss out on nuances of the language. Again, tedious, not difficult.

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