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You mean Harvard architecture?

> plugins Finder doesn't have plugins, hence the accessibility API shenanigans necessary to get the same effect.

Re: 1, 2, 3: Those are Linux problems, not Surface ones. There are types of hardware that Linux is just poor at supporting. It's up to Linux devs and the component manufacturers to…

> there isn't a clean way to make 'unit types' (second, millisecond, meters, etc) in Rust.. Actually, there's this bit on Tuple Structs[1] in the tutorial: > Types like this can be…

Correct. It also needs a wall wart.

I'm guessing that's what the Wikipedia article means by "modern": able to work on most any surface, not just a special mat.

I think they're too distracted with the WinRT and its accompanying C++/CX silliness to properly focus on C++11. It feels like the 1st party platform got the priority in manpower.

Interesting. What are PostgreSQL's "fingerprints"? What makes it possible to tell a PostgreSQL derivitive from one based on another engine?

"GNU's Not Unix."

"How dare they tell people about the insecure API we wrote and how it works!"

The part of this metaphor that I really like is how a garden is always changing. Unlike a bridge or a building, software doesn't stand in isolation; it's always relying on other so…

Wow, thanks! I didn't know about that. I'll try it!

Yeah, from a technical standpoint, it runs pretty well. There's still at least one hardware compat issue to be resolved (when I last tried Ubuntu Saucy beta, the wifi didn't work),…

The only problem with using Linux is that there isn't (as far as I can tell) a good Linux UI that's very touch-friendly. The closest one is Unity, and well, that's all I need to sa…

What's wrong with the developer onramp? I thought it was pretty painless to sign up, grab the SDK, and figure out how everything worked. Just curious what beef(s) you have with it.…

Did you even read the article? It has nothing to do with EAS or Microsoft; it's Motorola software siphoning pretty much all the user's credentials off to Motorola servers.

Only at larger sizes. At the 16x16px version, there isn't anymore.

Wow, the amount of circlejerking in here about Microsoft by people who apparently know very little about the company is extremely depressing.