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> this executable is ~2MB --- why it needs to be this big, I'm not certain Because writing this in 200 lines against the Win32 API resulting in a 15 kB executa
by dom0 9y ago
> this executable is ~2MB --- why it needs to be this big, I'm not certain
Because writing this in 200 lines against the Win32 API resulting in a 15 kB executable would be far too straightforward. Abstraction is required.
- candiodari 9y agoLet's replace that with a tab for users to keep open ! (presses shift-esc, sees this number 91.372K standing next to the hackernews tab. Wonder what that means. Say, the number next to my gmail is like 10 times that. I wonder what that means)
- JustSomeNobody 9y agoThen why use gmail?
- i336_ 9y agoGoogle search results frequently use 200MB+ on my machine. It's like the Internet has collectively decided nobody has 2GB of RAM anymore. (Yep.)
- mysterydip 9y agoJust wait until people start making services and software-bundled-with-drivers in electron.
- i336_ 9y agoWell, this used NW.js: http://www.computerworld.com/article/3018972/security/ransom32-first-of-its-kind-javascript-based-ransomware-spotted-in-the-wild.html http://www.computerworld.com/article/3018972/security/ransom... I vaguely recall something that used Electron, but I can't find it. It was 30MB+.