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sourcehut.org 4y ago

Sourcehut's 2021 Financial Report

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www.wsj.com 5y ago

Many Companies Want Remote Workers–Except from Colorado

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www.theverge.com 5y ago

Amazon delivery drivers have to consent to AI surveillance or lose their jobs

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drewdevault.com 5y ago

How to design a new programming language from scratch

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nojs.club 5y ago

The NoJS Club

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Ask HN: Best Repos for Learning Rust?

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iosdevsurvey.com 6y ago

The iOS Developer Community Survey (2019)

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www.joelonsoftware.com 6y ago

Please Sir May I Have a Linker? (2004)

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www.theverge.com 6y ago

Google reveals major iPhone security flaws that let websites hack phones

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Finding a New Git Host

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Low-level is easy (2008)

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www.reddit.com 7y ago

Have you ever wondered what the hiring process was 20 years ago vs. today?

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www.change.org 8y ago

Have Disney Strike Star Wars Episode VIII from the Official Canon

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I'm a developer, but just to play devil's advocate... think about the end user. Having a review process (though, Apple can improve theirs, see below) helps protect the end user. Programmers, companies, etc. can't just repeatedly push updates non-stop, starting with half-baked apps, iterating too quickly. How do you have a check process that ensures an app is up to standard and "safe"? In addition, the time cost to release adds value to a release, hopefully helping it be more thought out, bringing more value to the user.

Again though... I think the point is that Apple could have a better review process that A) values the developer more and B) shouldn't take as long. I agree with that.

The desktop experience, at least for me, has been amazing. Very fast and clean.

The download times for messages / etc have been MUCH slower recently. I’m thinking it’s because of the load they are experiencing. As more people donate and as they scale for the load I imagine (and hope) it might even be faster than it was before.

To a normal internet user, they make it look like they endorse the product.

The 'meets our minimum security standards' seal is still next to the product.

What is Mozilla doing? They are endorsing the 'Google Home'? The 'Ring Doorbell'? Products from Nest? I guess it makes sense, with the amount of money they get from Google- they have to.

While these devices might have encryption, security updates, etc, many of the devices listed ABUSE user privacy. Many of the devices here ARE creepy!

I could provide 10 links as proof, but it's not even worth the time. You can go ahead and 'Google' the proof.

This is horrible.

Edit- want some proof? Listen to these: https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/TD

Wow... this was an incredible read, thank you for sharing.

I can't imagine what it would be like to grow up in that environment.

Humans are amazing... one of my favorite lines from the article:

The family’s principal entertainment, the Russian journalist Vasily Peskov noted, “was for everyone to recount their dreams.”

Save .org 7 years ago

Ah man.... the exhaustion I feel... is summed up so well by this comment.