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spsrich2on Electron apps cannot be submitted to the Apple store

People should start showing Apple the finger back

spsrich2on Ask HN: Why is there this trend to remove/hide useful features from software?

It's Apple, right? There's no plan behind any of it, this is just how the app ended up

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spsrich2on FBI violated Americans’ privacy by abusing access to NSA surveillance data

wow, that's really amazing. I'd never have thought that the FBI was violating my privacy

spsrich2on U.N. postal union clinches deal to keep U.S. in

what a relief. of all the postal unions the USA could be in the global one is the best

spsrich2on The one who kept VLC free

Can I throw in my sincere thanks for VLC. Back in the early 00s a media player that - gasp - actually played videos versus 'visualisations' or printing messages requiring you to install codecs was a rare and welcome thing! And still is !

spsrich2on How much effort to put on a RFQ?

Toss it in the circular file. The consulting firm who wrote the RFP/RFQ are the ones who will end up winning it !

spsrich2on US experts propose having AI control nuclear weapons

Come on it's not as if there is any chance something might go wrong after all!

spsrich2on No CS Degree – Interviews with self-taught developers

One of the top devs I ever worked with, I hired him, his previous job was a fitness instructor. He had left school at 16. Had done some programming on his home computer, and wanted to be a programmer for a living.

I was blown away by his methodical approach to a simple problem I gave him. Less than year later he was running his own team that had people in it that had been to some of the top universities in the UK, like Brunel, and they all respected him. He'd completely taken control of that project. That was all using VB6. 20 years on he's now a leading C++ expert.

Degrees don't mean anything imho.

spsrich2on Pictures of the Cambridge Mathematical Laboratory from the Early 1970s

Awesome. Reminds me of turning on the TV in the 70s on Saturday morning and seeing Open University programmes.

spsrich2on Safer Nuclear Reactors Are on the Way

They have decided to build the containment chamber out of something other than meringue at last!

spsrich2on NSA Improperly Collected U.S. Phone Records a Second Time

Wow, shocker!

spsrich2on Recommended Reading: ``Starting Forth'' and ``Thinking Forth'' by Leo Brodie

I have original copies of these from back around 1982. Wonderful books and Brodie's a natural born teacher.

spsrich2on CERN ditching Microsoft software, angry over price increases

Why dont they retitle inc.com fortune.com and businessinsider.com under the headline clickbait.com

spsrich2on US efforts to jail Assange for espionage are a grave threat to a free media

Amazing the guardian are complaining. Their editorial line usually comes from MI6

spsrich2on US Customs Database Of Traveler Photos Was Hacked And Stolen

Astonishing! I never thought for a moment this data would end up getting lifted !

spsrich2on Americans who fled the country to escape their student debt

How long until people with student loan debt are denied passports

spsrich2on I Charged $18k for a Static HTML Page

He's lucky to have got paid at all. But his experience is totally normal for how large companies operate.