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Every snowflake is unique [1]. That doesn't mean you study every snowflake that means you study the system that makes snowflakes. [1] https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/clima…

In theory that’s what bitcode protects against. Today, that doesn’t save binaries not distributed through the store or ones you compiled yourself via other compiler chains. It is p…

> Monocultures reinforce bad habits. Very true but it is interesting that Apple is often used as an example to follow on avoiding a monoculture. In the business press anyway. https…

Apple is a huge company so certainly experiences will vary but all the anecdotes, podcasts, and books written by former employees mention the highly collaborative environment, even…

They expire. People legally write whole books about their time at Apple. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37638098-creative-select...

> On the other hand you cannot talk about anything you do at all ... to people outside of Apple. Apple has 137,000 employees in 25 countries. I’m sure you’ll find someone to discus…

It’s an interesting thought exercise but there are reasons a product may not work that are not necessarily under your control.

I understand your point and, as I am sure you know, life can definitely be unfair. Do you think it's so unfair that 90% of students would feel the same way? It's not impossible but…

> To prevent fraud Honest question, I am not trying to be obtuse, but in this context can you more specifically define fraud? Is it just "ad fraud" as defined here: https://www.cli…

"Ninety percent of students think they are more intelligent than the average student." Does anyone know which study this came from? I was trying to figure out exactly how the surve…

Why can't one stick with the old UI with a web application? That's an implementation choice Google makes.

I didn't say anything about minimizing blow back. I agreed that there will be blow back. But life moves on.

> you can't just revamp the UX for a product used by billions of users without some pretty serious blowback... but it is often difficult to justify the benefits of an improved UX v…

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it

> familiar with the version terminology That's probably because I was using the wrong word. I should've said "variant".

Interesting. The AX is out but the AX1 ($15) is in stock. https://www.crowdsupply.com/tinyfpga/tinyfpga-ax-bx I suppose the price is a bit misleading because the AX also requires t…

I'll bet EM travels more than the typical CEO, who already travels a lot. Especially if the company is international. https://hbr.org/2018/07/how-ceos-manage-time "About half (47%)…

I really do love visiting Austin but... Ouch. https://www.kvue.com/article/weather/austin-tied-for-the-thi... "As of Thursday, Austin has officially had its 19th day of triple-digi…

Technically that was an "electric car" subsidy, not a Tesla subsidy. But I am pretty sure the lion share of those 200,000 cars were Teslas judging by whose driving in the carpool l…

The Fremont factory and Palo Alto headquarters will still be in California... for now. I imagine they will open up some Texas sites, which everyone is doing, but I think Tesla will…

Some FPGAs are commodities. Here’s one with a PCB for $13. Can be used with an open tool chain too. I could probably find an even cheaper one if I looked harder. https://store.tiny…

> established professional audio companies offering better sound Didn’t these just come out? How do you know the other offering have better sound?

Do you really need all those tools or just a subset? Of those that you need and don’t work yet, have you considered reaching out to the developers for an ETA or priority of the por…

What an interesting year 2020 is. MacBook Air lost its fan and Raspberry Pi found it. Strange times.