It doesn't matter what they "can" or "can't" do. They'll do it.
Exactly. They probably see their ads revenue is getting saturated by now, so a subscription model is a way to keep the revenue as the same level or higher.
Readit Newsmelx commented on Meta pitches EU to charge a $10 subscription for ad-free Facebook and Instagram wsj.com/tech/meta-floats-... · Posted by u/rasbt
melx commented on Asus Formally Completes Acquisition of Intel's NUC Business anandtech.com/show/21080/... · Posted by u/mikece
I bought my first NUC only few months ago, and could not be happier (maybe except that Intel has sold off....). I use it as my primary machine for programming and data analysis. I read reviews that said it's noisy little machine yet I heard its fans once or twice, in my very quiet office.
melx commented on What every software developer must know about Unicode in 2023 tonsky.me/blog/unicode/... · Posted by u/mrzool
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melx commented on An Introduction to LiteStack for Ruby on Rails blog.appsignal.com/2023/0... · Posted by u/unripe_syntax
It says people are using sqlite for production. How big can you grow your database before it becomes a problem ?
Something else will be a problem...before size of sqlite is a problem.
melx commented on BT confirms it's switching off 3G in UK from Jan next year theregister.com/2023/09/1... · Posted by u/Doches
Does make me wonder what will happen to a lot of the Gas and Electricity Smart Meters that rely on 3G (will they fall back to 2G?)
A very costly replacement?!
The UK smart meter rollout is/was the most expensive among countries that went this route of smart meters.
Or move up North (or Scotland) as "our", ekhm, "smart meters", are using a radio technology.
melx commented on How (not) to apply for a software job benhoyt.com/writings/how-... · Posted by u/nalgeon
I had this happen with an applicant recently, where they fed our job description into ChatGPT to generate a cover letter which was very non-descript and flowery, quoting phrases from the job spec verbatim which made it sound rather insane.
Trying to give the candidate a chance, I asked them why they had a applied to the position in the hopes that they would write me a short answer about what piqued their interest. Alas they chose to use ChatGPT to generate that answer as well, hitting me with another wall of text of mindless bla bla bla.
"Well, it sounds like they've mastered the art of 'Ctrl+C' and 'Ctrl+V'!" *
* generated by ChatGPT itself
What’s the major thing that Erlang/OTP (or Elixir) needs for greater adoption?
Yyyy... Erlang has great adoption - examples:
- Ericsson (they designed Erlang) is using it for its mobile products/networks. Approx 40% of all mobile traffic worldwide goes through Ericsson's infra.
- WhatsApp used/uses Erlang - again millions (billions?) of users
- Bet365 / Klarna use Erlang - millions of users
- from OSS, RabbitMQ, is written in Erlang
I could go on... Erlang has great adoption, but it's probably smaller than, e.g. Python, due to Erlang's specific applications.
melx commented on U.S. national debt hits $33T for the first time cnbc.com/2023/09/19/unite... · Posted by u/rntn
For context, US GDP is currently approximately 25 trillion, leading to a debt-to-GDP ratio of approximately 130%
UK's debt-to-gdp reached 100.5%, and France has about 112.5% (many other western economies probably have similar level of debt.)
I'm not economist, so can someone tell me what does such high debt mean in short/long term perspective?