Readit Newsthepete2 commented on Donald Knuth – The Patron Saint of Yak Shaves (2017) yakshav.es/the-patron-sai... · Posted by u/rdpintqogeogsaa
Besides Tex there is also git. Written only as a SCM for the linux kernel it went on to be used basically anywhere.
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thepete2 commented on Inviting another GitHub user to be your successor docs.github.com/en/accoun... · Posted by u/bobblywobbles
> to manage your user owned repositories if you cannot
At first I was thinking this was more general, like say you got trapped in Afghanistan with no internet and nothing but a phone line, you could direct your successor to take over your project. But then the process clearly states you have to submit a death certificate.
I agree with gp: why the obscure language. Why not just "in the unfortunate event of your death blah blah blah"?
Actually the trapped without internet thing makes me think. Why not do some sort of dead-man-switch? I.e. when you haven't committed (or been online) in X months the project is transferred to your successor.
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thepete2 commented on Should you contribute open data to OpenStreetMap? ctrl.blog/entry/re-maps-p... · Posted by u/nathan_phoenix
Question: if I contribute a fix to Google Maps or Apple Maps, does that fix back-propogate to OSM? My home address needs to be slightly shifted and wondering for best practice.
No and that is IMO the point of using OSM in the first place. The data is public and free for everyone and if you contribute there's the possibility of other services adopting your change. I know that mapbox integrates osm data, Google and Apple might too.
thepete2 commented on Selling my own GPL software, part 1: a lot of hurdles raymii.org/s/blog/Selling... · Posted by u/jandeboevrie
Cool. I suspect this model will mostly work, but only if the price of the app is low enough to not justify a lot of inconvenience by compiling it yourself or maybe getting it from f-droid. I like this model a lot, apps like OsmAnd do the same.
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thepete2 commented on Apple’s use of Swift and SwiftUI in iOS 15 blog.timac.org/2021/1219-... · Posted by u/ingve
Swift is a language that feels right to me in ways that others don't. I code on Linux and Windows, not on Macs. Swift on Linux works OK, but it's there that you really see how few pure Swift libraries there are. For example, on the project we were exploring, the only Swift library for handling zip files--and we asked the community several times--was a personal project with 14 stars. That was not going to work for our enterprise.
The port of Swift to Windows barely functions and in every dimension is in worse shape.
It's a shame b/c the language is truly beautifully designed.
Don't swift and rust share a few of these things that make it "feel right"? With rust the whole ecosystem thing seems to be a lot better. Also rust has C(++) interop (so you have every library you could wish for), does swift not have that?