FreeCAD is built on top of Open Cascade and I think that’s what’s going to limit them. It was a fast way to get to v1, but there’s only so much that project can do to work around the limitations of the library they built on.
Most of the people most of the time aren't importing data from a different locale. A good assumption for defaults could be that the CSV file honors the current Windows regional settings.
I don't. If I ever have a dataset that requires newlines in a string, I use another method to store it.
I don't know why so many people think every solution needs to to be a perfect fit for every problem in order to be viable. CSV is good at certain things, so use it for those things! And for anything it's not good at, use something else!
True, but in that case I'm not the one choosing how to store it, until I ingest the data, and then I will store it in whatever format makes sense to me.
I don't think we do? It's more that a bunch of companies already have their data in CSV format and aren't willing to invest any effort in moving to a new format. Doesn't matter how much one extolls all the benefits, they know right? They're paying someone else to deal with it.
Of course. I’m not saying I roll my own parser for every project that uses a CSV file, I’m just describing my criteria for using CSV vs some other format when I have the option.
Unfortunately, the PVC used will off-gas even when they're not being played[1], so this even applies to the 48%[2] of record buyers who never play them.
(percentage of people who read) * (percentage of people who want a paper book) * (percentage of people who don't have a better discovery mechanism than browsing shelves) * (percentage of people who want to spend their valuable free-time in a retail area) * (percentage of people who don't have a library card) * (percentage of people who are willing to pay a premium above Amazon for all of the above) = pretty low, I reckon?
I assume people going to bookshops are looking for a nostalgia kick and willing to pay extra for it. I note in the UK that Daunt Books bags seem to be the same phenomenon as these bags.
Kind of yeah. The book clubs I know have avid readers that gather at a book store to discuss, but actively purchase the books online before hand because cost and availability
I read ebooks, but it's not very difficult to determine why people like purpose-crafted goods. Especially when you pay about the same amount for an ebook. Vinyl at least has great arguments why digital copies are straight-up better. Ebooks still have a long way to go to get to that point.
I will however argue that textbooks are straight-up better in the apple books thing. Graphics and footnotes handle like crap in comparison on the kindle. I don't know why as it doesn't appear to be a technical limitation—maybe it's a format thing? Regardless, You'd get like 95% of the benefit with a pdf, though.
I never known a book still in copyright to be cheaper as an eBook than a used, "Like New" or "Very Good" paperback copy from eBay (with free shipping).
There are pest control companies that will fog your property which supposedly reduces the mosquito population. I'm skeptical though that me paying for the service will make a difference unless all of my neighbors do as well.
I can't find it now, but I remember reading about a person that used a box fan, some type of mesh fabric, and dry ice to create an insect trap that was apparently catching pounds of bugs every week.
Yeah growing up in the Florida Keys, our county did this on a county level. They used to use DC-3s to fly super low and fog the entire island but it was found that the pesticide was bad for fishes so they switched to truck based fogging. As as a kid I loved seeing the DC-3s because it would mean relief from mosquitos for a long time.
I can't believe we would get fogged by those planes as we waited for our school buses. It would sting our eyes a little bit but then it was fine and all the mosquitos were dead. It's probably okay... I hope.
ASCII white space (in any encoding) by default with an optional user defined set of trim characters (like Python) would probably solve the needs of 90% of people rolling their own.
Not all unicode whitespace characters take up exactly one byte when encoded in utf8. Not even talking about other possible encodings, just good old utf8. Let that sink in a bit, and you'll realize what a can of worms it is in a language where strings are just byte sequences.
ICU is an unreasonably large dependency for something that many users won't need. Its behavior also changes with new Unicode versions which makes it incompatible with something that cares as much as backward compatibility as the C++ standard library.
> As far as it being a large dependency, the beauty of C++ is that if you don’t use it, it won’t affect your build.
That's the theory. In practice, you have things like iostreams pulling in tons of locale machinery (which is really significant for static builds) even if you never use a locale other than "C". That locale machinery will include gigantic functions for formatting monetary amounts even if you never do any formatting.
> If ICU is too large, complex, and unstable for the C++ committee, then regular users don’t stand a chance.
Regular users have more specific requirements and can handle binary compatibility breaks better if those aren't coupled with other unrelated functionality.
I have been gravitating towards Miele more and more in recent years. Yes, they are expensive but at least they tend to work a bit - something I can’t say anymore for previously reliable brands like Bosch.
We were searching for a long-lasting washing machine 2 years ago.
We asked local electrician shops with their classic Miele sign.
Not one but many were recommending us AGAINST Miele due to recent quality problems. One electrician went with us to the models he had in-store.
They changed the door now from metal to plastic.
While Miele is bragging about their internal tests “our machines are tested to hold up against usage for up to 20 years”, they offer you a meagre 2 years warranty (that is compulsory in Germany). Well, guys, if you brag about your reliability, why can’t you even offer a 3 (!) year warranty for no additional cost if your product cost up to twice the price of a BSH device. “Well, you can purchase warranty extension for additional cost.” FU.
…and recently Miele has problems selling their stuff for quality problems and they try to compensate for that by cutting costs by moving production out from Germany.
There is a market for old Miele washing machines. If they get defect, it’s usually shock absorbers or other easily repairable parts. Once repaired they last long. Of course with the higher electricity & water consumption.
Dishwashers…
My father in law had rust issue with their dish rack of their Miele dish washer. The replacement part cost > 50% of a new dish washer. So he went with a a new Miele dish washer. Result: The new dish washer uses less water to save water. How does it work with less water? Doubling the runtime. Doubling the runtime doubles the wear and tear of parts. Assuming still same quality parts, the dish washer’s life time is halved. He should have been better off with replacing the dish rack.
Should also point out that even if the model has Wi-Fi, it's optional. (Source: just bought one in EMEA) Even if you set it up, the app can't remotely activate it without the washer being pre-set to the "Remote Start" side of the knob.
We are going to be replacing our dishwasher in the next year and Bosch is off my list for now. I’m a little afraid I’ll find out that a dishwasher wanting engagement is the new normal.
Our current dishwasher is a GE and it does a great job washing dishes, but has developed a few quirks that leads me to believe we are living on borrowed time.
My five year old GE dishwasher has WiFi and a "Smart HQ" app, which also connects to my GE ovens. I used it for a while, and then it stopped working and required an update, and re-authorization. I never re-authorized, and I don't really miss the "smart" connectivity. The most annoying thing (for me) about all of this is that the GE ovens have a nice easy-to-read digital clock, but the clocks use a low-quality reference oscillator (apparently not the 60Hz line frequency), so they drift. After spending some time researching, I was able to get the oven clocks to use NTP via (isolated vlan) WiFi, without needing to use the app at all. Unfortunately, the clocks still need to be manually updated twice year when DST kicks on and off.
I did try all of the configuration possibilities with regard to DHCP:
When you say "The point is whether a LLM has any feelings..." are you thinking specifically about an LLM, or AI in general?
I've seen nothing to indicate that Project Aardvark is using an LLM for weather prediction.
