Crazy how there’s this sudden jump in price from $205 for the Generic wire mesh trash can, to $1100 for the Better Bin.
These cities seem to be on the track of modifying people’s behavior, instead I think they should accept the behavior for what it is and just place more bins and empty them more frequently.
Why not just use Lua? I get that it’s fun to make your own language, but if Garmin is trying to create a developer ecosystem then having their own C/Java/Lua-like language seems an unnecessary impediment.
I maintain a few applications for Garmin's ecosystem in Monkey C and I share the same sentiment. While Lua's syntax might "feel weird" to some, it has standard tooling (language server, formatter, etc.) that could be leveraged. Instead, Garmin is on their own with a hand-rolled VSCode plugin and their own type checker implemented in Java.
I really don't understand why they were compelled to make their own language.
X11's problems were rooted in the abstractions presented by the X11 core protocol and its extension mechanisms. The interface, not merely the implementation.
Wayland was correct in first focusing on replacing this interface. The problem is the effort stopped there and left the ecosystem to figure out the implementation part.
Don't take it from me, Daniel Stone has a whole talk on the motivation for Wayland: https://youtu.be/RIctzAQOe44
Broadly, the X Server has a bunch of capabilities which are irrelevant. The modern model is really Window <-> Compositor based, and the X Server protocol is just a pointless middle man in that exchange.
Sorry, I know this nonsense from Daniel Stone I am interested why you believe it.
"compatibilities which are irrelevant" do exist, such as old drawing primitives but those are not really an issue. They can be maintained for backwards compatibility and eventually deprecated and removed, but they are not anything which holds back modern clients. The X server protocol is not anymore a "pointless middle man in that exchange" than the Wayland protocol is a "pointless middle man". A protocol is obviously needed so can not be pointless.
Agree. Impossible is on a different planet in terms of being very very close to the taste of real meat. Unfortunately still premium priced.
It’s a pity that Beyond is getting so much attention because they’re not the best ambassadors for meat alternatives. People will try it, and then decide to wait another 5 years before trying again.
These cities seem to be on the track of modifying people’s behavior, instead I think they should accept the behavior for what it is and just place more bins and empty them more frequently.
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