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atburrow commented on Governments should adopt and invest in FOSS   jamesmcm.github.io/blog/2... · Posted by u/_vbnz
Supermancho · 5 years ago
> maybe the software on spy satellites shouldn't be available to everyone.

I would agree if I felt it made security stronger. I don't feel that way, given I know now that satellite is likely running windows.

OSS serving as a basis, not the end-implementation of a system is how it would work in practice. Just like it does now with contracted vendors.

atburrow · 5 years ago
The development machines used to create satellite software are likely running Windows, but the satellites are more likely to be running a real time OS such as VxWorks, Rodos, RTEMS, etc.
atburrow commented on India authorises sale of electric vehicles without batteries   electricmotorengineering.... · Posted by u/baybal2
atburrow · 5 years ago
Why was there a regulation in place preventing this in the first place? I don’t get it.
atburrow commented on Intel in Macs (2007)   apple.com/sg/intel/... · Posted by u/cjv
torstenvl · 5 years ago
That doesn't seem to check out. Apple announced the first Intel-based iMac and MacBook Pro on January 10, 2006, when AAPL closed at $11.55.

AAPL did have a daily low of $80.86 on December 24, 2013.

atburrow · 5 years ago
You’re not accounting for the 1 to 7 stock split. 7 * 11.55
atburrow commented on How much Americans make in wages   howmuch.net/articles/how-... · Posted by u/LiweiZ
anoncoward111 · 7 years ago
I mean, do you want a specific number? Because if you go to the Wikipedia page for "List of US Metropolitan Statistical Areas", you'll see the following

Amarillo TX population: 265,000

NY, LA, CHI, DAL, HOU, DC, MIA: 70,000,000

atburrow · 7 years ago
21.5% is not what I would consider “most of the population”.
atburrow commented on Mail Loop From Hell (2012)   blog.dbrgn.ch/2012/7/29/m... · Posted by u/dbrgn
yerasame · 7 years ago
Oh, wow. If they have no recourse, I think I'll start doing this, too.
atburrow · 7 years ago
Years ago you could simply tape the prepaid business envelope to a 2”x4” block of wood, a brick, or anything else heavy and the mailman would take it. Too much fun...
atburrow commented on My phone is spying on me, so I decided to spy on it   abc.net.au/news/2018-10-2... · Posted by u/puffl
rickdg · 7 years ago
Don't think such an app would be accepted by Apple. Why are using iPhone if you want ownership over your device?
atburrow · 7 years ago
This is a naive response I see given to iPhone users when they ask about how to get a certain feature. It’s obvious no research was put into this answer as a sibling comment to yours clearly helped out by suggesting Charles proxy which is now available natively on iOS.
atburrow commented on Google will lose $50M or more in 2018 from Fortnite bypassing the Play Store   techcrunch.com/2018/08/10... · Posted by u/doppp
Skunkleton · 7 years ago
I can't imagine that 100% of the people interested in fortnite for android are willing to sideload the apk. I would be surprised if this wasn't having a net-negative impact on the total number of android users. I wonder if this is just to avoid paying a percentage on in-app purchases? What else could it be?
atburrow · 7 years ago
I'm sure Epic doesn't mind given their savings of staying out of Google Play.

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