How does that make graph transformations easier and avoid issues with memory management related to those? I tried looking in the docs at your link to see (because it looks a lot more like a syntax extension for an assembler than anything that helps with the problems the author noted), but the page notes,
> Sorry, right now there is no proper documentation included other than some Examples and of course the source code. The source is well documented, though (IMHO).
and the example doesn't seem to have anything relevant to the problems identified above.
Not very wise to export your (assumed) copyright-infringing activity over to a third party that has complete records of who you are. Folks have been sued for less.
They're an old company (probably more than a decade old), and I'm using them since they started. I didn't download much and honestly used them for distribution .ISO files 99% of the time.
However, they're still operating, they only know my e-mail, nothing else, and they honor DMCA take down notices.
If a company takes legal action against you or other users, they will subpoena the card processor, too; the fact that the first company doesn't hold your personal details is irrelevant.
Plenty of individuals have had significant penalty for torrenting, including settlements [1] (search for singapore), and being blocked from accessing the internet [2]. The RIAA also sued a large number of individuals in the US [3]. And that's apart from the large number of companies that have been sued for supporting torrents.
So, yes, people easily could be sued for torrenting and plenty of people have suffered significant penalty.
It's called "commoditization". Since programming is now a commodity, the barrier to entry had to be lowered in order to pump up the numbers. Growth at all costs!
There is still rock-solid engineering to be found, usually in domains where the stakes are high (for example, fintech), but anything web-related is best kept away from if one is allergic to bullshit.
I don't see how this is in any way competitive with the current options. It would't be competitive at sub-$500 pricing, nevermind $2000+.
And then there's the platform bit which is the final nail on the coffin. Let's not kid ourselves here, VR at this point in time is all about the ecosystem rather than hardware and if there is no ecosystem [or backing from the heavyweights], odds are one is going to end up with a very expensive paperweight.
1. There aren't any other portable Linux VR Computers, as far as I'm aware. (There isn't even a portable Windows VR Computer, unless you count the Hololens/AR headset).
2. The Simula One has a higher PPD than any other portable VR headset on the market. This is one of the things driving its cost, but we think it's worth it when we're trying to build something so good that people will want to work in it for hours a day.
3. Our raw headset (not including the detachable compute pack) is competitive on specs with the Varjo Aero (priced at $2K), but the Aero is tethered and doesn't have Linux support. If you just want a Tethered version of our headset (for tethered Windows gaming, or if you want to provide your own Linux compute), it will be available on our Kickstarter for $2K.
4. Other fully portable headsets with comparable prices to ours: the Hololens 2 ($3,500) and the Magic Leap ($2,300). We're offering a Linux VR Computer with excellent specs for $2,800, without any economies of scale or venture backing.
5. Though our headset is competitive with other portable VR platforms (offering higher PPD, etc), it's in some sense not fair to compare it to them. We're offering something for people to work in. We'd like you to also compare the Simula One to premium laptops, which offer less screen real estate.
I think Simula One is competitively priced for enterprise hardware, but I think of Kickstarter as more of a B2C platform.
It might be best to reproduce a B2B playbook like getting a government contract or one large enterprise contract to fund the next phase. I wonder if there is an under served market that overlaps with your goals.
This helps with some of the anxiety I had when I first saw the email update this morning. A bit of sticker shock - but the pricing makes some sense when placed in this context.
.. but exa is not backwards compatible with ls OOPS
Which is why I stick with ls (and grep instead of rg and coreutils instead of shiny rust equivalent), I can't deal with the cognitive dissonance that arises from these differences.
"I've never read anything that wasn't a bad regurgitation of ideas better presented elsewhere from this guy, and I have to wonder why he has amassed such a following."
I wrote this 2 months ago, my opinion hasn't changed. I guess there are worse charlatans out there (ribbonfarm springs to mind) but why should one waste his/her time reading chewed takes by someone who doesn't seem to have a single original thought-idea streak in him.
Having lived in SF for more than a decade, I couldn't agree more. When I left, years ago, the guilt syndrome was so prevalent among well-compensated young tech workers that one could talk about mass-psychosis. I'm told it's gotten a lot worse...
Entering the European prison system is not a life ending experience like it is here in the US. Once you get out of prison, you have a record and because of that you are ineligible for many jobs. That leads to a cycle that lands you back in prison. Like they say, once you are in the system it is extremely hard to get out.
These laws that are causing all this chaos are a desperate attempt to break this cycle but clearly poorly implemented. But the fundamental truth is that we cannot achieve the European method without overhauling the whole system. That takes either a very brave politician at the top or people elected in the various multiple layers that form the current apparatus. I don't see progressives capable of doing this. It is near impossible to get just one person elected so overhauling the prison system? Forget about it.
