Today we announce the launch of the first generation of the Qt Automotive Suite.
The idea for the Qt Automotive Suite was born when The Qt Company, Pelagicore and KDAB sat down and shared their experiences of projects using Qt for In-vehicle Infotainment (IVI). With cumulative experience from over 20 automotive projects it was noted how Qt is really well suited to the needs of building IVIs and Instrument Clusters, that there were already millions of vehicles on the road with Qt inside, and that there were a lot of ongoing projects. There was though a feeling that things could be even better, that there were still a few things holding back the industry, contributing to the sense that shipped IVI systems could be built faster, cheaper and with a higher quality.
One observation was that additional infrastructure components and tooling were being created. While it is great to see software being

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What is happening?
The artwork is an artificial intelligence program,
ready to play chess with the viewer. If the viewer confronts
the program, the computer’s thought process is sketched on
screen as it plays. A map is created from the traces of literally
thousands of possible futures as the program tries to decide its best move.
Those traces become a key to the invisible lines of force in the game as
well as a window into the spirit of a thinking machine.

What do the images mean?
When it is your (White’s) turn to move, the chess board will
gently pulse to show the influence of the various pieces.
Each white piece causes light ripples on the squares it attacks;
black pieces, in turn, add darker ripples.
When the
machine (Black) is thinking, a network of curves is overlaid on the board.
The curves show potential moves—often
several turns in the future—considered by the computer. Orange curves
are moves by

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The Apache Software Foundation recently released its 28-page annual report for its 2015-2016 year, but here’s the TL;DR in one word: amazing.

What started as a simple HTTP server supported by a handful of developers in 1995 has become an army of 3,425 ASF committers and 5,922 Apache code contributors building 291 top-level projects.

Of course, during this same time, open source in general has grown exponentially. But the ASF has seen particularly impressive growth as it propels big data forward with dozens of popular projects, along with dev tools and more general fare. The reason, as board member Jim Jagielski explained in an interview, is the ASF’s emphasis on neutral, community-focused development.

Not bad for an organization that costs less than $1 million to run each year — especially compared to other open source foundations that put the needs of corporate interests above those of the developer community.
First, the data
By any metric,

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Where we’re at with 1999.io
davewiner
Well, it seems 1999.io is about finished. What that means is that it appears to be stable, it can be used for what it was designed to do. There are docs for getting people started, and a home page that links to it all. Here’s the reviewer’s guide page. It says what makes 1999.io different from other blogging software like WordPress, Ghost, Tumblr, Blogger, Medium, Drupal, etc. 1999.io picks up the thread from the blogging software I started in the 90s, culminating with Radio UserLand in 2002. Lots of good ideas there that weren’t picked up by the competitors. 1999.io goes way beyond Radio, with a more powerful Edit This Page feature, liveblogging, and easy backups and mobility. The UI is better — easier to learn and use, and more flexible, inspired by Facebook and Twitter, and the immediacy of JavaScript in the browser. 1999.io pushes the state of the art in blogging.

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LinuxInsider: Just remember that ReactOS is a Windows clone and not a Linux distro with a Windows-like desktop shell.

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