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macmac··on What Elon Musk Should Learn from Larry Ellison
I cannot think of a living, non-incarcerated business person that would be able to contribute less to the betterment of Musk.
macmac··on Why I Chose Common Lisp
Not really. OP needs to build executables. It is documented here: https://blog.djhaskin.com/blog/release-common-lisp-on-your-f...
macmac··on Why I Chose Common Lisp
Look at the hoops OP had to jump through to get SBCL working on Windows. I think Graal would compared favourably with that.
macmac··on Embracing a new era: kdb+ unleashed for everyone
For anyone hoping that meant it would be open source, that is not the case.
macmac··on The sham legacy of Richard Feynman [video]
Awful title, but the video is actually quite good. It explores how Feynman - at least in the popular imagination - is more famous for being Feynman than for his actually contributions to physics.
macmac··on Appeal for British oak to recreate Sutton Hoo ship
The French? For Lord Nelson's flagship? Really?
macmac··on SQLiteStudio: Create, edit, browse SQLite databases
How did you get the tables from Oracle into SQLite?
macmac··on Fman Build System
Please notice the license. Not really an alternative for commercial use unless you want to pay, and even the look out for PyQT being GPL. Looks great for open source though.
macmac··on Rust's Ugly Syntax (2023)
My hot take is that Rust should have been a Lisp. Then it could also have had readable macros.
macmac··on Inject a beautiful landing page into your SaaS website with a single click
Link is 404 for me.
macmac··on The End of Finale
There is an agreement that the price can be offered, that is plenty. As long as the product is in the market there is competition, even if it is not actively being sold, and nothing prevents the seller of finale from changing their mind, as an agreement with a competitior to stop selling their product would most definitely be illegal.
macmac··on The End of Finale
Well, finale is advertising the price as an offer to their customers, it is hard to see how they could do that without an agreement. How else could they make the offer? Price discussions between competitors is an absolute no-go under EU law.
macmac··on The End of Finale
I am absolutely not saying that it is clear something is illegal here, but there kind of is a resale, the product being sold is an upgrade from finale to dorico, which can only be sold if finale confirms the existance of a finale license. And the parties have obviously agree what the price must be.
macmac··on The End of Finale
I am wondering if they cleared this with their lawyers? At a minimum it looks like a variant of a binding resale price, which is not legal in the EU. Yes, Dorico is selling their own product, but it is based on the ownership of of finale. On the other hand it seems pretty obvious that a lot of value is being created for the customers.
macmac··on Ask HN: Freelancer's Dilemma – Client Won't Pay Despite Clear Agreement
Have they given any reason for not paying or disputed the invoice in any way? Which jurisdiction applies to the agreement? Many jurisdictions have fastlane procedures for collecting on undisputed claims that you might be able to use.
macmac··on Copenhagen rewards tourists for climate friendly actions
It is a perfectly working incentive. Less available trash just means that the price of the "collect thrash" option is converging.
macmac··on Space rocket crashes in flames after accidental launch
"accidental launch" - I am no rocket scientist, but that sounds bad.
macmac··on Blue Origin files public comment asking FAA to cap SpaceX launches
Pathetic.
macmac··on Vestas Sailrocket
Here it is breaking the record: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZVIj5TUSKE
macmac··on Mathematical Optimization for Cargo Ships
Or detention for that matter.
macmac··on Google CEO Sundar Pichai takes a look at a sample Google search [video]
Definition of corp. speak. Just own that it is a less than stellar result and move on.
macmac··on Bento3D
So strange, I get "Access Denied"
macmac··on Bento3D
Do the video links for other people? I am getting a AWS S3 error.
macmac··on Amarok 3.0 "Castaway" Released
This looks great, too bad there does not seem to be a 3.0 release for Windows.
macmac··on Akaunting is free, open-source online accounting software for small businesses
I am curious which requirements you think this applies to?
macmac··on Akaunting is free, open-source online accounting software for small businesses
There are absolutely no requirements in Danish law neither current or pending that requires a system to be "online" or "hosted".
macmac··on Engineers Pinpoint Cause of Voyager 1 Issue, Are Working on Solution
I love the deadpan conclusion:

   "Voyager 2 continues to operate normally."
macmac··on Tacit programming
The Blackbird combinator in Clojure:

  (defn blackbird [f g] (fn [x y] (f (g x y))))
or

  (def blackbird (comp comp comp))
macmac··on Neal Stephenson on Generative AI and "The Diamond Age"
https://web.archive.org/web/20240206200354/https://www.theat...
macmac··on The Reality of the Danish Fairytale
Ad education. It is true that High School grade average is the primary access criteria for university level education. But, and this is a big but, there is also the "kvote 2" (quota 2) route, which gives extra points for job experience, travel experience etc. The avg. student debt for people who completed a universoty degree in 2021 in Denmark was approx 25% of the US average for same.

Ad taxes. Church tax is on by deafult, but it is a 5 min. task to opt out.

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