> (seems they have high temp advantages over LCDs)
According to Wikipedia [1], it's their low temperature advantage: "...unlike LCDs, VFDs are not limited by the response time of rearranging liquid crystals and are thus able to function normally in cold, even sub-zero, temperatures, making them ideal for outdoor devices in cold climates."
FTA: "...the backlash was overinflated given that the FCC rules never went into effect and that popular websites not covered by the regulations also use customers’ data for advertisements."
True that people shouldn't be upset because they repelled a bill sooner than it could be implemented? How does that change anything if people wanted the bill.
This program won't install on Windows 7 because it requires .NET Framework version 4.8, which won't install on Windows 7, because Micro$oft doesn't support it any longer. Given this, you'd think TablePlus would explicitly mention this before putting Windows 7 users through this unnecessary waste of time.
> And by the way they actually explicit mention it on the homepage - it says .NET 4.8 right under the download button.
True, that. Except who keeps track of which version of .NET works with what? I for one don't.
Years ago, I used to use TablePlus on my Win 7 box but eventually canned it for better (IMO) alternatives. So when TablePlus recently reappeared on HN, I decided to give it another tryout.
Not one to keep track of .NET compatibility, I simply clicked their "Download for Windows" button, and ran their setup program, which eventually prompted for me to download/install .NET 4.8, as if everything was okay so far...
All this extraneous effort could easily have been avoided simply by:
a) s/Download for Windows/Download for Windows 10/
b) Browser OS sniffing-->Sorry, you're using an unsupported OS
c) Their install program could have announced straight away-->Sorry, you're using an unsupported OS
Windows 7 end of life began in January 2020. Around a quarter of all PCs are still running it.
Remind me again what the EOL for Windows 95 was.
"Even today, millions of PCs are still running Windows 7, and the operating system still runs on a massive 26 percent of all PCs according to data from Netmarketshare."
That's EOL, it's been deprecated since 2015, if you're a developer using it and can't see why people can't bother supporting it I don't know what to say other than should we support XP since random PCs in China still run it ?
"Thousands of enterprises around the world have done exhaustive security reviews of our user, network, and data center layers and confidently selected Zoom for complete deployment."
Interesting that he would point out the failure of thousands of IT departments around the world.
that jumped out to me as well. I'm in a large org that uses Zoom, not company-wide, but certainly in several departments. We have a SaaS questionnaire that vendors need to submit for review as part of the procurement process.
With everything that's come out since (not just the iOS client issue), I'm wondering how deep that questionnaire goes with regards to security concerns.
[1] https://scholar.google.com/