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I once started an interview process as a senior developer at Goto, the company behind LastPass.

The contact was a first phone call where someone simply asked the number of experience I had in software development, Java programming, etc. I thought it was weird that basically all they got from the phone call was a bunch of numbers. The weirdest part tho what that they asked how many years of experience I had in... open source? "How many years of experience do you have in open source?"

(Probably because the recruiter had a list of tech and skills required and simply went through it.)

Anyway, I went with it and eventually got a coding assessment. The docx document told me to implement a little deck of cards in Java using classes and inheritance. This was for a senior position.

I did not do that and withdrew my application.

Yeah, the cost of porting to a new platform needs to be lower than the money you think you will make out of it.

I think Factorio's code quality allows the developers to make the ports relatively cheap.

Big studios have so many developers that come and go and just work on legacy code that seems to make assumptions about the platform on every level. The cost becomes too high and not worth it.

It's because one is greedy, but because it's bloated.

If I remember correctly the studio behind Mini Metro gave up Linux on their new game because it was too time consuming to run the game and test it. Obviously if you lack tests and need to have manual testers all the time, new platforms won't help you. (I'm making assumptions from the blog posts I read, I might be wrong about the real reasons.)

No, but they will decrease the severity of the disease and you will be more likely to survive, maybe. Also, know that a shot will provoke a small tumor that should go away by itself after a few days.

Are you asking why alternatives exist in this world?

What about the professional C-suite executives who want to look sharp when meeting potential clients or inventors.

I don't use a single Apple product. What am I missing?

Wow.

I am not sure I understand who you are blaming for this. Google will update its Pixel devices just like Apple updates its iPhones.

If Samsung and other phone makers don't push Android 13 on their current phones, then that's not Google's problem.

> I'm looking forward to trying it out, but realistically it's gonna be running on low single digit percentage of all Android phones for at least 2 years.

What difference does it make to you?

I have an endless pursuit for food. Whenever I eat, I end up eating again only hours later. I've given up on fixing this greedy habit.

Why did you copy paste one of the comments from the Reddit thread here?

> But this is not the only thing you observe.

Yes it is, in this context.

When you take into account more factors, then sure you can get a better prediction. But then it's not the Lindy effect anymore.

I'm talking about the Lindy effect only. Nothing else.

First sentence on the Wikipedia page:

> The Lindy effect (also known as Lindy's Law[1]) is a theorized phenomenon by which the future life expectancy of some non-perishable things, like a technology or an idea, is proportional to their current age.

Proportional.

I think you are taking the Lindy effect too seriously.

You basically only know one thing about something, which is how long it has been around. The things that come to life and die that you observe will be, on average, in the middle of their life.

So if something has been around for five years, given no more information, your best bet is that it'll be around for another five years.

One year? Another one year.

Hopefully this explains well why the Lindy effect also says that something that's been around for a shorter period of time is more likely to disappear sooner.

The package uses https://github.com/RIAEvangelist/peacenotwar to deliver the message.

But I don't understand why/how it would wipe the PC. Unless I missed something, the code from the package does not delete anything.

> This code serves as a non-destructive example of why controlling your node modules is important. It also serves as a non-violent protest against Russia's aggression that threatens the world right now.

Nah, the author knew it's would be controversial. The first sentence is there as an excuse.

Why not v0 instead? It's better suited for that purpose.

Yes, we know that, thank you. This is not what the story is about.

I want to say the opposite. The truth tends to win on the long run. On the other hand, allowing institutions to simply censor whatever it does not like by pressing a button never ended well.

I would like to know why this is down voted.

That's not what I have been reading about the study. The evidence seems to be on the pro-mask side, but it does not appear to be _that_ clear. I'm not an expert in masks, health, or even statistics, so I'm not here to say you are right or wrong. I'm just pointing out that there is a debate. That itself is enough to want to look for more studies, don't you think?

To answer your question, the point of more studies is to increase confidence in our opinions and decisions, make better findings, realize errors, etc. And you are quickly jumping to conclusions with "folks like you are just going to dismiss them out of hand".

Now, my question would be: what do you mean by "folks like you"?

I was thinking, I can currently go from NA to Europe today if I wanted to. But that level of technology and orchestration would not be possible in a lawless and barbaric society (at least I don't think so). This possibility offers me a lot of freedom (traveling around the world) and in exchange, I had to follow rules and work. I gave some freedom and got more in exchange. The same thing applies for many other things like communication, food, entertainment, etc.

But in the end we all win, for each unit of freedom we give away (or invest), we get more back (ideally).

So is equilibrium the right word? Or maybe we are talking about different things. I don't know, I'm not making a statement or counter-argument here, just thinking out loud.

There are definitely attempts in the world to restrict freedom not in the word of efficiency, but control and power. The line between the two can be blurry.

I disagree, obviously if you ask a question you imply the answer might be true. If you want to know whether the mandate is the cause, you need to be able to ask the question.

Recently, no I have not. Hence the question. I have to admit that while I read things get worse, it keeps shocking me.

> Part of what made the email "triggering," the administrators told the student, was his membership in a conservative organization.

That's it? Just being associated with a conservative association can help trigger something like that?

What you mean is fewer people?

Why do you think it does not work? And what would you do instead?

1.1 decades.

How else can you get good at security? I guess you could read, but at some point you'll have to practice. And I never said you need to practice with sensitive information.

By practicing. Run it anyway and get good at it.

Subsidized home ownership? Don't tell Thomas Sowell that idea.

How would that work?

You make it easier for people to own, then the prices increase. Do you subsidize more? If so, then it's just 2008 again.

Then client two can't read the new value until a least one node of the minority side can connect to the majority. Also client two can't update anything.

Exactly! And it's a bad kind of duopoly. It's not like I'm customer and I only have two choices. Here, I only two choices and I pretty much to use them both since if I drop one I loose a lot of potential customers.