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This is why I refuse to buy anything after a certain date when it comes to cars. Luckily I have the ability and resources to maintain and fix my own vehicle.

Truly this is the year of Linux on the desktop!

The username definitely checks out.

Yeah... the crux is should electronic conversations be afforded the same rights, and by extension are they assumed rights for all communication? Where to draw the line? It's defini…

And just when I was about to get into flow state...

The sibling comment has the right of it from snarf21. Rarely does a job bring you into a state of self actualization. If it does, you're very fortunate! I'm coming up on my second …

bruh the screen savers is such a blast from the past and peak late 90s/early 00s tech. It's crazy to think Martin Sargent co-hosted with Digg's co-founder Kevin Rose quite a bit on…

Not sure about your state's Obamacare, but all the plans offered in my state only cover in network providers. Whereas my employer's plan also covers out of network which I used for…

I hope startups focused on letting builders build is a net positive outcome of this and all the other tech layoffs.

I found this old blog article at a high level on how Dark Sky works... about 12 years old now. I always loved this app and was kind of sad when Apple acquired them... but to have A…

Exact same experience, except I've never gone back to a career in game development... although I've considered it at various points in my software dev career.

No, but all those people making "Netflix money" aren't really changing technology, are they? I'd argue FAANG is stagnating it, and telling themselves differently. I guess if you wa…

> The internet could have been like this. It still can and like others have said it does exist in some places. I mean this site is an example, right? :)

You start/launch applications from the menu? That's my guess.

I like how this book makes the justification for just fixing it yourself.

I would say a lot of this confusion comes from the word engineer. Building software is not like building a bridge. You can't design it first and then go and build it. So I would sa…

So does this also mean that the ISS is no longer able to get serviced, or are there projects to work on in-orbit service vehicles?