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8 versions of UUID and when to use them
  • My face, screaming in horror, but in words instead. I've only really worked with projects in homogenous languages on the application side, so hadn't considered that. Thanks for taking the time to reply.

  • 8 versions of UUID and when to use them
  • There is an IETF standard for UUIDs? Do we need an IETF standard for UUIDs? I've been coding since the '90s and never thought a UUID to be complicated or contentious enough to need a standard. I guess it makes for a pretty unique icebreaker to say you've contributed to an IETF standard, if you get invited to those sort of parties.

  • The anti-AI sentiment in the free software communities is concerning.
  • One of the critical differences between FOSS and commercial software is that FOSS projects don't need to drive sales and consequently also don't need to immediately jump onto technology trends in order to not look like they're lagging behind the competition.

    What I've consistently seen from FOSS over the 30 years I've been using it, is that if a technology choice is a good fit for the problem, then it will be adopted into projects where relevant.

    I believe that there are use cases where LLM processing is absolutely a good fit, and the projects that need that functionality will use it. What you're less likely to see is 'AI' added to everything, because it isn't generally a good solution to most problems in it's current form.

    As an aside, you may be less likely to get good faith interaction with your question while using the term 'luddite' as it is quite pejorative.

  • Water firms ask for bill rises of between 24% and 91%
  • Both. Some households, usually in older buildings, pay 'water rates' based on the size of their property. Others, including all newly built homes, have water meters which report usage back to the company. We pay for supply of clean water as well as transportation and processing of surface water run-off and sewage.

  • Google is quietly blocking RCS on rooted devices.
  • I don't get the RCS hype. I already have apps for rich messaging and RCS offers nothing for me over those apps. What I do appreciate is SMS, which is posed to be killed-off by RCS. I can rely on SMS even when there is no data signal, can't say that for RCS. I wish I had a way to permanently disable RCS on my Pixel 6a, instead I have to keep rejecting the 'upgrade to RCS' dialog.

  • Yes Ash Tyler, I can hear you!

    Accessibility text: Character Clem Fandango from Toast of London saying, "Hello Burnham, this is Ash Tyler, can you hear me?"

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