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stcont··on WebKit on GitHub
BSD for some, LGPL v 2 for the rest.
stcont··on A 14kb page can load much faster than a 15kb page
It’s a filter derived from the first SVG element on the page.

Check out the page in the web inspector! Simple websites have the bonus of being easy to poke at.

stcont··on Why should I have written ZeroMQ in C, not C++ (2012)
init functions and factory pattern are not orthogonal.
stcont··on Why should I have written ZeroMQ in C, not C++ (2012)
We used init functions at my last job and got to enjoy a lot of the other benefits of C++. Lambdas, templates, std::variant, the STL, the list goes on.

Not wanting to use feature X of C++ doesn’t make it a shittier C.

stcont··on Local simulation feature to be removed from all Autodesk Fusion 360 versions
The absolute contempt people would show others for suggesting the use of Blender over Maya was astounding. I hear it’s much better now. When I was in the industry in 2013-2015 it was very amusing to hear someone in the same breath talk about how much they hated Maya but how silly and *unprofessional* Blender was.
stcont··on The unsustainable growth of the container ship industry
Mortgages and equity funding aren’t really comparable since the terms of the instruments and risk tolerance of the investors is very different.

Just because someone can’t qualify for a mortgage doesn’t mean they can’t raise funds for a business.

stcont··on Vim Clutch – A hardware pedal for improved text editing (2012)
To add to this ci works for all sorts of things like [ { < “ ‘ etc.

There’s also di (delete in) and vi (visual select in) and probably a ton of others that I don’t know about. I’ll never know all of the wonderful ways to use vim

stcont··on The PlayStation 5
Personally I'm a fan of the flowing lines which depart from the PS4's hard edges. I do hope the design doesn't cause any functionality issues; the PS4 would eject discs when it got hot due to (from my understanding) a rubber foot expanding and pressing against the control.