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I've been in several patent lawyer meetings where we discussed blocking patent strategies and their mitigation when deciding what to patent, so I don't think it's made up. Company …

It's not widely known, but GNU Emacs works like this. When you launch the Emacs editor, you're loading an Emacs Lisp image that was populated at build time by running Lisp code, wi…

> what is the point of a patent if not to enforce the right of exclusivity it grants Usually it's to defend against another company using a "blocking patent" by pursuing you for in…

Unless, as purplefox speculates: > My guess is that's a fake one. I've seen fake Apple chargers in local shops recently, with complete Apple packaging, "made by Apple in California…

Fwiw, in all my Ghostel updates recently, the Zig module failed to compile, with an error message from Zig about a line in the module source. I have a fairly up to date Zig install…

> the possibility that Daniel and I are able to keep our personal opinions separate from the mission of our company This isn't about opinions. Very large political financing is not…

Unfortunately SLAAC doesn't force upstream to provide a /64 universally. Some ISPs are reportedly giving out a /128, and SLAAC works adequately with a router performing IPv6 NAT, s…

Any ideas why Nim seems missing from job and contract boards? Although it's niche, it doesn't seem that obscure compared with countless other niche things I see advertised. I reall…

It's a very scalable and almost fun task once you get into it. Alternatives to VMware can run VMware VMs almost immediately, by translating the configuration and with only a few (o…

My point is the example code has a generic C bug, not depending on FAR, which is why it should be taught in good C courses. Although the code worked on Win32, and works on most mod…

Yes, there are a few exceptions to the Linux kernel's backward compatibility. I've encountered others, but I don't remember which any more. They are quite rare, though. cgroups v1 …

> Not if they're GPL licensed you can't. Wrong, misleading and possibly FUD. Yes you can ship GPL licensed software with your application, even a proprietary, closed source applica…

char FAR *p; char FAR *mem = farmalloc(65536); for (p = &mem[65535]; p >= &mem[0]; p--) { dostuff(p); } Nice one. To be fair to Windows, good C courses should still teach this, but…

Thanks to the Linux kernel's extremely high backward compatibility, and virtually all the libraries being open source, you can ship old or frozen versions of libraries with your ap…

> Did you hire a Linux release engineer That's often a great idea! But a full time hire? The GP's post implies that wouldn't make business sense for them, as even half a day occasi…

Demand for DDR3 is up because people who want DDR5 or DDR4 but can't afford either any more are choosing DDR3 and old DDR3-compatible systems to put it in, instead of what they rea…

I think they mean that Apple is shipping the M5 now, while Asahi only runs reasonably on the M1 (from 2020!), half-works on the M2, and won't run at all on the M3 and above. Asahi …

A byte is not always 8 bits on old machines, though it is standardised as 8 bits nowadays. This is why network RFCs talk of "octets", to avoid the ambiguity. Octets are always 8 bi…

Linux did /dev/random first, so naturally it had the oldest design for a few years, without the security expert scrutiny and experience, which the other OSes had for their implemen…

Back when I did much work outside, I used a laptop that had accidental transflective characteristics. In bright sunlight, the LCD actually become quite clear monochrome, with some …

It's one of the nicest things to do if you love computers, and great for your health compared with staying indoors. > Could one actually work like this, typing and everything? Afte…

They use TOTP for 2FA (industry standard), which doesn't require a phone. Their help page lists a bunch of 2FA app options, all of which run on phones, so it's understandable to th…

The GPL has no effect on this issue. For service providers like AWS, who provide the service not the software, the GPL doesn't require them to do anything differently than with mor…

People are rightly concerned that AI chatbots could result in worse customer experience, so I'd like to share my anecdote. I recently had the best customer support experience I've …