In a discussion thread on the MX Linux forum someone made the comment “flatpaks are magically bloated in size.” Kids today! Statements like this require a lengthy response. Despite what Twitter and “news media” have conditioned you to believe, life is not a soundbite. Being a very old geek who started out on Commodore Super PET then moved to PDP-11/70 running RSTS/E . . . having written some geek books that won an award or two, … Flatpaks are Magically Bloated in SizeRead more
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16 Minutes to Build a QList
It took CopperSpice almost 16 minutes to build the same QList Qt built in under a second. I have spent more than a day creating the test case and running the test data. It is currently 6:24pm local time. I started my callgrind test of this at about a quarter to 2pm. It’s still running. Here are the current stats. Here is the code: The Qt version is a CMake project. I developed this on … 16 Minutes to Build a QListRead more
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ZipRecruiter Duth Sucketh
I reported this to ZipRecruiter months ago. When you use Agile, off-shore and “priced right” labor, one cannot expect valid software or anything that was even partially tested. Agile is just hacking on the fly after all. To start with, C++ is one of the most popular embedded systems programming languages ever. It’s predecessor, C, is the “portable assembly language” used to write numerous operating systems, including Linux. Anyone who went to college for an … ZipRecruiter Duth SuckethRead more
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FDA Must Ban Agile and Mandate Static Source Analysis
Yes, we have complete whack job in charge of HHS, and the FDA is lead by an anti-vax nutter, but, they could still do something that would greatly benefit mankind. They could ban the use of Agile in the medical device and software industry. They could also mandate full static source analysis for all medical device code. This means from the UI all the way down to the OS, not just a tiny portion underneath … FDA Must Ban Agile and Mandate Static Source AnalysisRead more
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Humana – Even Free Is Too High A Price
Even if it is free, a policy from Humana (NYSE:HUM) comes at too high a price. It’s time shareholders threw out the board of directors and sent upper management to prison. Besides suffering from Gross Incompetence, this has to be some sort of malfeasance. Agile is not Software Engineering. “Priced right” does not make a developer qualified. The Letters If you are unfortunate enough to have any policy with Human where they badgered you to … Humana – Even Free Is Too High A PriceRead more