"At the present time, pre-built binaries are not available for Tarsnap — it must be compiled from the source code." https://www.tarsnap.com/download.html
In Canada, the slope is very slippery. Hate speech, under the Canadian Human Rights Act, is anything "likely to expose a person or persons to hatred or contempt". For better or worse, it certainly has a chilling effect.
"The way in which the J-20 was unveiled also reflects China’s use and control of information technology to support national interests. The test airfield is located in the city of Chengdu and is not secure, with many public viewing points. Photography is technically forbidden, but reports suggest that patrols have been permitting the use of cell phone cameras."
I'm interested in how the completeness is defined, as the standards available are loose at best. I couldn't see by what measure they considered this work 'complete'.
That complaint aside, it's a great effort to see. Now to test it out...
It was the sentence before that which caught my eye:
"The cost of a move, in terms of training, hiring experts, rewriting entire application and tool suites, rounds of testing, and final deployment, will easily run higher than continuing to build and deploy Java applications."
so... your costs will go up; whether you end up licensing java, or switching. I'm not sure about you, but that is relevant to my business needs.
The Bureaucracy won't give up paper easily. Please tell me the iPad will kill (at least that part) of The Bureaucracy? Maybe a paperless society is happening closer to the center of the universe. But it isn't here.
Apple's site does list a "iPad Camera Connection Kit" in the Accessory section of the "Tech Specs" page. It allows connecting with USB cameras. So the hardware is there. Who will make the software?
Yes, there's a lot of inertia in infrastructure. And the Internet's infrastructure isn't as centralized as, say, the power infrastructure. There's a lot of links in the DNS chain that will have to be replaced. And I shudder to think about all the links that won't be replaced until they die.
It's not obvious to an outsider that "Hacker News" is Paul Graham's playground and that he is the one "you are having a problem with". As an outsider, I would have assumed as the poster did, that the community would be supportive in resolving what seems to be a reputation issue. But it's not plain that it's a reputation issue, as it seems (to me) that HN-based reputation doesn't map to relationships the same way it does in Real Life; the written rules are not all of the rules.
I do believe that you should be careful about asking stupid questions in public. But I don't think this was unexpected.
It's emotionally draining to wade through all the crap being spewed around (I'm not blameless!).
But in a "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow" kind of way, I'm hopeful this mess spurs renewed efforts to (re)construct a healthier, scientific basis for objective analysis.
Entrepreneurs come in all shapes and sizes. I often fall into the trap of visualizing "entrepreneurs" as the stereotypical lone wolf, jack of all trades type.
I remind myself that it's the "entrepreneurial spirit" that is more important, and can be used to conceptualize people, projects, and yes, cities.
I apologize if I've distracted anyone with the "industrial" reference. I'm much more interested in the science behind the climate change [insert synonym for industry here]. I am very sorry that any industrial effects are more interesting the the quality-of-science issues. But here we are discussing industry...
It's my understanding ( and please correct me if I'm wrong ) that the dataset in question is one of the core underpinnings of the findings of the UN's IPCC. And I'm not up-to-date on the policy implications in your country, unless you live in Canada. But in chilly Canada, I see our local carbon-tax lobby use the global warming meme in their effort to impose heavy taxes on our industrial base. Hence, the "de-industrialization" angle.
I'm concerned that this might involve more power-grabbing than scientific concern for our future. Hence the interest in properly designed and documented datasets.
You're referring to the dataset that is the basis of enormous de-industrialization projects. Is it too much to ask to have it properly designed with sufficient documentation?
~A Jedi hand wave~
"These are not the smoking guns your are looking for."
Specialization would be my first guess. But then the problem is, how do you identify a niche that stays under Google's radar long enough to exploit any advantage? So, you just have to find a knowledge domain to specialize in that Google doesn't cover. And how hard is that?!?
"Oh, ho, ho, irony! Oh, no, no, we don't get that here. See, uh, people ski topless here while smoking dope, so irony's not really a, a high priority. We haven't had any irony here since about, uh, '83, when I was the only practitioner of it. And I stopped because I was tired of being stared at. "
Acard (acard.com) sells battery backed RAM/CFcard solutions for well under $500. There are compromises. It will fit your budget, but may not fit your needs.
Apologies for not being clearer. I believe that they agreed to this co-development project because they are getting a good deal; as in, no being charged 10x because they're chinese.
They will have ample opportunity for the technology transfer required to do the next 800 on their own. And Bombardier will have their opportunity to compete on the next project. But the pessimist in me also believes that Bombardier will do their best to prevent that technology transfer! Sad, but it seems to be the path of least resistance in business these days.