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shash commented on GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation theverge.com/news/757461/... · Posted by u/Handy-Man

Eric_WVGG · 15 days ago

Are there any improvements to be done to Git? It seems like kind of a solved problem, like word processors or spreadsheets… most “improvements” to those are diminishing returns.

I don't mean to sounds like an MS apologist, btw. I fully predicted and hoped for an exodus from Github to GitLab or something back when it got acquired — I'm from the Microsux generation.

shash · 15 days ago

Maybe not too many improvements are needed anymore? And maybe it’s a viable business without being a “growth” space?

Nah…

shash commented on Cadence Guilty, Pays $140M for Exporting Semi Design Tools to PRC Military Uni justice.gov/opa/pr/cadenc... · Posted by u/737min

Simulacra · 24 days ago

True, fines should be significantly higher for corporate malfeasance. Give them a $1 billion fine and they will start to consider but maybe they should change their behavior.

shash · 24 days ago

The amount they seem to have made from the offence is 45 million, so the fine is twice that plus some more. I guess the idea is that you fine them enough that this particular business they’re doing is no longer feasible and hope they drop it.

The fine doesn’t need to be a significant portion of their earnings, just like a parking ticket needn’t be a significant portion of your wealth. It just needs to be high enough that the action that caused it makes them less than the act of not doing that.

shash commented on Cadence Guilty, Pays $140M for Exporting Semi Design Tools to PRC Military Uni justice.gov/opa/pr/cadenc... · Posted by u/737min

15155 · 24 days ago

> Furthermore, the resources that you would need to spend constantly cracking newer versions just isn't worth it when similar capital could be spent building home grown alternatives.

Zero of these programs have any level of copy protection remotely resembling Denuvo: no virtualization, debug symbols are commonly left intact.

shash · 24 days ago

Yeah, but try using them without _constant_ support and see… even for mature nodes, even with experienced teams you keep running into tool limits that make it impossible to get anything done without going back to support.

shash commented on Cadence Guilty, Pays $140M for Exporting Semi Design Tools to PRC Military Uni justice.gov/opa/pr/cadenc... · Posted by u/737min

trebligdivad · 24 days ago

You mean they stopped using FlexLM license manager that everyone knew how to hack to bits?

shash · 24 days ago

They upgraded FlexLM.

shash commented on What went wrong for Yahoo dfarq.homeip.net/what-wen... · Posted by u/giuliomagnifico

alberth · a month ago

I don’t think that’s entirely accurate.

Isn’t the Board supposed to act in the best interest of the shareholders?

And if one person holds a majority of shares, wouldn’t that mean the Board is effectively acting based on that individual’s direction?

shash · a month ago

The board is supposed to act in the interest of _all_ shareholders, not just majority or controlling. Meaning, a group of minority shareholders could sue for discrimination as happened at Tesla recently.

Also, I’m not sure of the ownership structure, but he may own 57% of voting stock but a minority of non voting stock, and the non-voting members may have certain rights irrespective of voting rights. I’d be shocked if they didn’t negotiate some kind of escape hatch.

shash commented on Preliminary report into Air India crash released bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx20p... · Posted by u/cjr

vishnugupta · a month ago

Up/Forward ==> Run ==> Fuel supply is on

Down/Backwards ==> Cutoff ==> Fuel supply is off

https://www.reddit.com/r/indianaviation/comments/1lxxatc/fue...

shash · a month ago

I mean, there doesn’t seem to be a different amount of force necessary.

shash commented on Preliminary report into Air India crash released bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx20p... · Posted by u/cjr

wkat4242 · a month ago

Why didn't they turn them back on then? Or does it take too long to spin up again even if they are still spooling down? This is one of the worst possible moments for this to happen of course. Low speed, low altitude, lots of drag...

shash · a month ago

They did, about 10 seconds later (which is both incredibly short and an eternity). But the engines almost immediately start losing thrust and it takes them much more time to restart. At the end of the flight, FDR records that one engine was gaining thrust, and the other was attempting to spin up, but it was too late and they didn't have enough glide time for both to gain enough thrust to climb.

shash commented on Preliminary report into Air India crash released bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx20p... · Posted by u/cjr

vishnugupta · a month ago

The pilot is toggling the switch on.

Toggling it off presumably requires more power and is multiple actions.

shash · a month ago

You move those switches down apparently. I don't think so.

shash commented on Preliminary report into Air India crash released bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx20p... · Posted by u/cjr

bgwalter · a month ago

Not precisely the electrical malfunction, but dual engine shutdown has occurred, fortunately after landing:

https://www.aerosociety.com/news/ana-787-engine-shutdown/

shash · a month ago

Different engine (those are Trents and this was a GEnx), but yeah, that _did_ happen.

shash commented on Preliminary report into Air India crash released bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx20p... · Posted by u/cjr

Spooky23 · a month ago

Serious question: why is it so difficult to fathom that a deranged pilot could decide to commit suicide by plane?

shash · a month ago

Not difficult, but can you close an investigation on that note without going over other possibilities?

What if there's another safety lesson to be learnt here?

u/shash

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