@lupyuen I was there when IBM acquired Rational c2002, which followed a Rational courtship with Microsoft. #lookingforbuyers
Rose was something of a legend, but Rational wanted to sell themselves using their paramour's IDE as the vehicle (or bait). So in quick succession we got XDE (for Visual Studio) and RAD (for WSAD/Eclipse).
XDE and RAD remained hot messes for years, and the IBM acquisition meant both XDE & Rose got sidelined.
Wireshark 4.0.0 released
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.0.0.html
New web-based Python editor for BBC micro:bit
https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/10/05/bbc-web-based-python-editor-microbit-board/
@lupyuen "This meant that one would regularly be in a room of 20 people arguing over definitions, with at most 1 or 2 people realistically capable of translating the outcome of the discussion into rigorous (or, perhaps more accurately, semi-rigorous) semantics — and probably only the same 1 or 2 people capable of fully understanding the results."
Having been involved with several standards, that sounds painfully familiar. If you're unlucky, the room is dominated by one of the other 18.
Morning Walk at the Airport ... Driest place in Singapore right now 🌧️
"I'm going to try and explain some of the factors that I think contributed to UML's downfall"
https://tratt.net/laurie/blog/2022/uml_my_part_in_its_downfall.html
"Connectivity Standards Alliance has certified and released the first version of the #Matter Smart Home interoperability protocol"
The Illustrated Stable Diffusion
"Web" Browser for MEGA65 (Commodore 65)
https://c65gs.blogspot.com/2022/10/working-on-web-browser-for-mega65.html
Project Fugu: "make it possible for developers to do anything on the Web that Platform-specific apps can"
"Hacktoberfest welcomes people of any experience level to participate, and Low-Code and Non-Code contributions are fantastic choices"
(Australia) "Almost three-quarters of Dating App users subjected to online sexual violence"
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-04/qld-dating-app-sexual-violence-study/101497134
Alibaba T-Head TH1520 #RISCV processor to power the ROMA laptop
#RISCV Developer Boards program: "Want a free board? Submit a proposal for a project"
@lupyuen Another point: it's better to be parsimonious when it comes to the number of dependencies in a project.
Spray-on Dress: "scientists applied a misty liquid that transformed, almost instantly, into a Wearable Material"
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/bella-hadid-coperni-spray-on-dress/index.html
Berlin Tegel Airport: $8 billion project to transform shuttered airport into an eco city
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/berlin-txl-tegel-airport-redevelopment-spc-intl/index.html
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