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Telegram's biggest investor is Russia's sovereign fund.

So I'd argue monetization here is not a top issue


Honestly, TG was the most convenient messaging app that I had ever seen.

I used it for the convenience.

Until they focused all their energy, time to monetization features. The quality of rest of the app began to deteriorate.


To be fair, they had to make money somehow. I'm happy that they're trying to be financially sustainable.


Yes, I agree with that. But their focus in being sustainable is coming at the cost of basic functionality.

The app has grown a lot slower, and became buggy, along with it having several dark patters pushing for monetization.


Is is not any non-nato country. Have you heard of Budapest memorandum?


The Budapest Memorandum was negotiated at political level, but it is not entirely clear whether the instrument is devoid entirely of legal provisions. It refers to assurances, but unlike guarantees, it does not impose a legal obligation of military assistance on its parties.[2][52] According to Stephen MacFarlane, a professor of international relations, "It gives signatories justification if they take action, but it does not force anyone to act in Ukraine."[51] In the US, neither the George H. W. Bush administration nor the Clinton administration was prepared to give a military commitment to Ukraine, and they did not believe the US Senate would ratify an international treaty and so the memorandum was adopted in more limited terms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum


It only works one way though (at least in this case). If you know C++ you can quickly become proficient in Rust.

But not the other way around.


If you know rust, you can carry the same ideas to C++. My C and C++ skills greatly improved as I got better with rust. The compiler forces you to learn proper memory management and that carries over.

Smart pointers? Just Box, Rc, Arc and Refcel.

Move semantics? It's just another name for ownership.

Sure, the OOP stuff are different, but okay, that in and of itself shouldn't hinder you.


If it's an experienced C++ job and you don't know the difference between rvalue/lvalue/etc, you're gonna have a tough time.


Are you sure? Many C++ programmers who have learned rust report that it has also made them better C++ programmers.


Yeah C++ have steep learning curve compared to Rust.


It is relatively easy to roll out a solution to this problem and GitHub doesn't care about competition in this niche.


Am I missing something or GitHub can easily block all 3rd party runners if they want to?


Of course, but doesn't GitHub embrace these runners?


Depends on how you define "embrace". Services like Ubicloud violate the GitHub Terms of Service.


Can you elaborate on how and why?


Considering 99% of existing software is pure crap - we need a lot more.


I’d argue that if you want people to be environmentally friendly, you need to abstract all data, dashboards , etc,

The system must just work behind the scenes and optimise energy use as much as possible automatically.


Most of the time issues like these are from companies that pay like $50k salary for senior positions.

So everything checks out.


Companies can always better align incentives by paying more and not try to downplay vulnerabilities.


I was on my iPhone 7 until last year when it couldn't open banking apps anymore. Literally the best phone format ever. If only battery lasted a few more hours.


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