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.
I went to high school when cell phones were common and most students had them. But, at least at my school, if you had one out during class it was instantly confiscated and returned by the front office after school. I assumed this was the norm, so articles about "cell phone bans" as a new policy are surprising to me. I assumed it always was this way.
When did schools start allowing cell phone use during class? Do teachers no longer have the power to confiscate devices that are used at inappropriate times?
I don’t think this is discussed enough when PLCs are compared to other embedded systems (such as this product).
Through a PLC’s IDE, which is almost always proprietary software provided by the PLC manufacturer, a developer has the ability to view variable values, edit their values, “force” or “lock” a variable to a specific value (making assignments to that variable a no-op), and make edits to the code logic. This can all be done while maintaining the realtime guarantees of the system. These features (called “online editing” by PLC manufacturers) are essential in many applications where PLCs are used and are the biggest differentiator between a PLC and any other embedded system, such as Arduino’s products.
GDB-style debugging of a desktop program or JTAG/SWO debugging of a microcontroller can do some of what a PLC IDE can do, but it’s not as reliable and safe as PLC products.
This is notable not because of the board itself, but because of the incredibly small footprint of the MCU on it. This chip is ~40% smaller than the already tiny Kinetis KL02.
While the Broad institute is private, it is a non-profit that is tightly affiliated with MIT and Harvard. To me, this is different than a patent getting transferred to a multinational pharmaceutical corporate.
You're confusing Panic (the software/video game company behind this device's concept and software) with Teenage Engineering (a Swedish hardware company that designed the device)
Teenage Engineering has a variety of products unrelated to this game console, including the ITX case.
This is not true. 5 axis mills and 9+ DOF CNC mill/turn centers exist, and they are becoming more common, however 3 axis vertical mills are still the backbone of most machine shops.
I attended a large state school in the early 2010’s and I witnessed a lot of the things described in the article. Many affluent out-of-state students had dorm rooms lushly decorated with disposable tchotchkes. Most of this is completely between the students and parent, however, there definitely was some sort of commercialization involving university administrators.
At the beginning of every school year, the university distributed marketing material literature for services such as:
- On campus “pop-up shops” for dorm decorations
- Overpriced minifridge rentals
- Overpriced and low quality linens/sheets/towels
- Organized shopping trips to department stores (students were bussed from campus to the store and the store was closed to the public)
The advertisements were often construed as official university services, but were actually just lead generators for 3rd party businesses.
Obviously, the university was getting some sort of kickback for all of this.
The title seems inaccurate. Disney didn't make a trademark claim on a specific work. A marketplace voluntarily removed a work because it's title contained the word "Loki".
From the screenshot in the tweet
> [...] We had to remove your artwork from the Redbubble marketplace, because it _may_ contain material that violates someone's rights.
(Emphasis added)
> In most cases, this means that the rights holder did not specifically identify your work for removal, but that Redbubble has detected potential similarity between your removed work and one or more words, phrases, or images in the right holder's removal guidance.
It seems that Disney gave Redbubble a blanket list of keywords. The item in question is entitled "Low Key Loki", and despite not containing any depiction of the Disney/Marvel character, was removed because Loki was in the name.
I really don't understand why they were compelled to make their own language.