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Gutting the Servo team makes me wonder if management is going to move the rendering engine from Gecko to Blink.

Perhaps the "Foxium" browser is "coming soon."

I can't tell if you're joking or not, but this seems very sensible to me, because it could offer great performance, and it's easy to create bindings from almost any language to C.

Yes, all the time.

I'm temporarily between computers and using my iPad as my main computer. I also thought it would be a fun experiment so that I could learn the pros and cons of using an iPad as my main computing device first hand.

The new(-ish) mouse support is wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. I have a keyboard with a built-in trackpad, and when I'm using my iPad at a desk, it's far superior to constantly reaching up and pawing at the screen. Apple took a huge step forward here.

But there are still some pretty serious issues. The iPad is really aggressive about killing apps, to the point that I'd switch back and forth between apps (using Cmd+Tab on the keyboard) and it would frequently restart the apps from scratch. Even when switching between just two apps. And a lot of apps don't fully restore where you were at when the app was killed.

This issue alone is bad enough that, long-term, there's no way I could use my iPad as a laptop replacement.

The other issue is that I'm a software developer, and the software development story on the iPad (not for the iPad) is quite sad. There's absolutely no support for the two languages I use most frequently (Java and C). I can't even develop a simple web page (HTML/CSS/JS) on the iPad itself. There's no way to save and view local web pages.

Based on Apple's history, I think they'll be stubborn and thus really, really slow to add the features I want (though I think they'll add them eventually).

I couldn't disagree more. It depends on the video game, but a lot of them really get the brain working hard. And it's simply impossible for most people to be purely "productive" all the time. Video games are a great way to break from the grind but keep the brain engaged in something more challenging than, for example, watching TV.

You either get roguelikes or you don't. You clearly don't.

Once again, I couldn't disagree more. I've played Rogue-likes for more decades than I care to remember, and I "save file scum" to avoid perma-death. Sure, some individuals might "cheat" and jump to the "conclusion" of the game quickly, but that's their problem.

I don't care to repeat the same beginning of a game over and over (and over and over). It's just repetitive and annoying.

I assume you're talking about iPadOS.

I use the new mouse support in iPadOS all the time, and absolutely love it when I'm using my iPad like it's a laptop computer at my desk. It's so much more comfortable and ergonomic than constantly reaching up and pawing at the screen.

Maybe Hacker News should be mirrored on Usenet...

I wonder what it would take for something like this to spread across the globe as the standard way to say "I'm sorry" to someone in another vehicle.

Should Intel really be considered a U.S. company these days?

I tend to consider companies like Intel (and IBM, and Apple, and Microsoft, etc.) international companies.

1. Write Once, Run Anywhere

2. GUI in the standard library

3. Way less complex than hyper-complex C++

4. Garbage collection

5. Memory safety

6. Applets that ran in the web browser

7. Comprehensive standard library

8. Free compiler and JVM for all major (at the time) operating systems

Some of these things have ultimately not worked out, but at the time, all of the aforementioned features helped propel Java to huge success.

This kind of thing is a pet peeve of mine. So many codes require digits and letters these days -- why not just digits?! It would be so much more user friendly, especially when using a smartphone keyboard.

Light sleeper here.

Apartments are a nonstarter for a lot of people, due to poor soundproofing.

Unless and until soundproofing gets better -- and I mean a LOT better -- apartments will never be practical for a nontrivial percentage of the population, as much as we might otherwise prefer them.

If you ever find a solution, please, let us know! Thanks!

Another way might be something similar to ad-blockers for web browsers.

The flat fad is just a new coat of paint to make things look fresh and new. When the flat fad has run its course, they'll put on another fresh coat of paint.

That's my guess, anyway.

On my new 8th gen i7, restoring a Skype for Business window (from the task bar, so it's already running), I've measured at sometimes in excess of 10 seconds for it to restore. No other application I use exhibits such horrible performance.

I can see the typing latency in the latest version of Outlook, too, when composing an email. And don't even get me started on web-based Outlook, the performance is abysmal.

Not sure what's going on at Microsoft lately, but something very, very wrong has been happening for 3-4 years now.

The recently refreshed MacBook Air and Mac mini really smacked me in the face. Astonishingly, ridiculously high prices for the specs. Upgrades at even crazier prices, even by Apple standards. Such a shameful show of greed and contempt for their customers.

I can't help but think Apple has decided it'll be the brand for rich people only (and people who haven't yet maxed out their credit), and to hell with everyone else. These days, the Genius Bar seems more interested in selling you upgrades rather than fixing your problems.

Do you have any experience changing the size of your melatonin dose, and if so, could you share any findings?

Doesn't this change in behavior make things far less confusing for non-technical users?