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Very impressive work, will comment again if I manage a test compile of some minor project! :)

Odd, I've really enjoyed seeing Crystal develop but this latest release adds so many features that it feels like the language might fall off my radar again - too much complexity!

Think the Pine guys are doing what the Raspberry peeps should have done long ago: releasing products with 3-4GB of RAM. This way consumer facing devices are not constantly disk trashing for swap disk when browsing the web.

> PHP is also easier to get started, easier to understand and easier to modify. So it's a trade off.

And as a result also easier to achieve proficiency in.

Yep, and the effect of having this happen on a mass scale across all major providers/players in the software/IT field is that humanity is collectively left spinning it's wheels aimlessly (literally million of years in lost real time) instead of going from a to b using a set of tools.

If our cars behaved in similar ways (the gearstick is sometimes in one place sometimes in another and the way the wheel works changes at random while the glove compartment could at any one time be found in a new surprising location) we would see the results instantly but because computing is predominantly desk bound the loss incurred is in many ways silent.

Exactly. Running Windows now is like playing roulette. How will this feature work in a month, "no idea". How will I change this option in the UI, "no idea". Will this option I set for important privacy setting stick after the latest (automatic) upgrade, "no idea. Ad infinitum. :/

> We need something that even senior citizens can use to replace Windows XP on a system they can't afford to upgrade.

My personal experience from large scale transition from Windows 7 to Linux Mint at work indicates that people ABSOLUTELY can use Linux - the UI is (unlike Win10) stable and things do not move around, settings don't change themselves on upgrades. And, importantly, updates can be set to be silent and automatic.

Can scratch be run offline?

Totally agree, although hype can at times help bring the real thing in that it raises expectations above the bar they are currently at. Side-note: it's "dysfunction"

Why not simply put the software onto a PC? All it would need is a Windows license and a Cloanto License (https://www.amigaforever.com/) to run the emulation? WinUAE has been stable for years now and the ease with which the system could be automated should make up for any smaller issues encountered in terms of hardware interop.

Not extremely unlikely given that most saliva swapping likely goes on between partners who kiss on a daily basis and hence are extremely likely to have at least one interaction where both parties have a combination of cuts, bleeding gums, cold sores or similar.

Minorly unfair on Mint since it is a 2 versions old screenshot being compared to present day version of Elementary.

Personally by far prefer the Mint paradigm: it is clear what is running and what is a launch icon without studying icon shading/overlays/dots..etc.

My experience too, we've just started switched 100+ PCs at work over to Linux Mint as a result of this maturation - it's just plain better than Windows now, no ads, no upgrade ruining everything, no telemetry, no ignoring and resetting of user settings. Best of all: consistent software deployment via package management that actually works and does not include malware, adware and other janky sideloaded stuff.

Of course, but author is very clear on the early/alpha nature of the project plus there's uncertainty as to whether he will continue this as a project or not.. also he's the only contributor.

In other words, if I build a codebase to rely on something other than the stdlib it's nice to know that it'll have at least some support down the line.

Looks like a super nice way of doing threads in Python, here's the rep: https://github.com/dabeaz/thredo

Sad to see that it has not received any love for last 4 months, is there another "preferred" thread lib for Python?

Site is down for me at moment, mirror at: http://archive.is/W3G60

Congratulations to Cixin, the Dark Forest trilogy is not my favourite work but especially the first book reads very very well.

The last two books suffer from exposing the "Dark Forest" base premise/theory which I find too simplistic* to carry the narrative realistically forward. Almost wish more of the internal mechanics of the universe had been left unexposed since it would have allowed the reader to extrapolate/fantasize more.

Tangential on top of the pile-on: when using a "not-logged into google services browser that is not Chrome" the Google captchas produced are at times never ending for me (i.e. I will never spot enough traffic lights and cars for them to let me past). Would be interested in whether others have had similar experiences?

Ultimately it has to do with how close political ties are maintained. After all it's more concerning if a family member whom you share living space with suddenly becomes unpredictable or violent as opposed to a neighbour 3 houses down the street.

From the respectfulinsolencecom article:

" '... Interventions targeting specific biological mechanisms are then prioritized and prescribed to optimize key biological mechanisms. Medication doses are specified to an individual’s needs. Individuals are re-tested periodically and the protocol is updated as necessary.'

What the hell does this even mean?"

With that type of attitude it will be hard to accept anything novel regardless of it's merits.

Would be interested in member churn data too! It's a big quality of life factor when your life is intimately tied to your working environment - something often forgotten when in comes to advocacy of community living.

This has got to set some sort of record for dubious valuations; effectively means that the worth of this particular vaguely AI related video/news business is worth a 12th of the entire bailout package that saved the UK banking-industry in 2008*

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_United_Kingdom_bank_rescu...

This is why we need truly distributed webapps rather than monolithic tied-to-domain apps. Doing this right is a hard problem and many of current solutions are still essentially centralized despite their reliance on certain aspects of P2P.

Absolutely, the humanitarian implications of making this widely available/accessible are tremendously positive (whereas your average brilliant idea may or may not ever see practical use and additionally the use it eventually sees may be a net negative for mankind on the whole)

The competition is no doubt the driver of reasonable'ish price in Sweden. Honestly feels odd how Sodastream is almost certainly pricing themselves out of the market (I personally know of several families who have abandoned their machines due to cost which can hardly be in Sodastream's favour, unless they are committing a wilful "slow exit" from UK market)

I looked briefly into this but would appreciate a recommendation since that particular market seem very DIY'ish at moment.

Honestly, I would use my SodaStream machine if the cartridges were not so prohibitively expensive in the UK - £15 per refilled cartridge via Argos (being one one the few remaining places where cartridges can even be had).

Feels like Pepsi could revolutionize the carbonated water market in the UK/US by having machines installed in supermarkets to allow filtered bottled water on demand at better prices. Also, feel good and environment factor would be top given no CO2 emissions from trucking tap water around after fizzing it up!

Can't immediately see any mention of of how to accommodate file access on local system (or permanent storage within sandbox) - any pointers?

Thanks for update re. 'radeon_hd' driver - would it work on anything else like internal Intel graphics or does that require hunting for other specialized drivers?

As to multi-user without GUI on Haiku, while I can see that this would technically work (and it's nice to know the capacity is there) it also leaves behind the strongest asset of Haiku which I think is the UI.

Tried Haiku recently and was much impressed with speed and stability but without being able to scale to 1920x1080 and having no multi-user capacity it's hard to see how this fits into modern computing environment.. still, one can hope the project sees improvements - I've tracked Haiku along with ReactOS for potential real world usage for years now.. so.. any day now.

EDIT: congratulations with LibreOffice port, that does make a difference in terms of usability.