Arelius

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811.
by Arelius 14y ago
Yeah, I have no idea what he is talking about, I have two AirPort Expresses, and an AppleTV, and AirPlay is the only wireless audio protocol I've yet found that actually gets the audio sync right, every time.
812.
by Arelius 14y ago
And the Tesla's value drops over time also. I don't know the exact set of cars you own, but I imagine that together they were likely worth more than 50K new.
813.
by Arelius 14y ago
On that note what are some common misconceptions, myths and FUD surrounding Plan 9? I just get the impression that's it's a pretty amazing operating system that never took off... And considering you are a Plan 9 user I suspect you don't thi
814.
by Arelius 14y ago
Could you talk about the editor? Without knowing the editor specifically, it'd would seem at a severe disadvantage to either editors with much large communities (vi, emacs) or editors that are much more modern (textmate, sublime?).
815.
by Arelius 14y ago
> interesting Real World C programs make use of undefined behavior I assume you've worked with a significant amount of real world C programs? Because they surprisingly often do. The difficulty with porting many programs to 64-bit for in
816.
by Arelius 14y ago
> I'm inclined to believe you if we are talking about a Qt-style C++, but that is only a subset of possible code. I would be happy to be proven wrong, too. If the alternative is to use a separate language altogether to implement extensi
817.
by Arelius 14y ago
Yes, the core C part of Emacs is actually surprisingly small. Sadly the vast majority of the C emacs core is platform-specific code, the sort of thing that emscripten would be worthless at. That being said, a manual port of the VM and C mod
818.
by Arelius 14y ago
> But I do have a challenge for you. Surely you know a “super programmer.” You might even be one. If so, let’s hear from you or them. Tell us that complex problem that is too difficult for the rest of us to possibly understand. I ge
819.
by Arelius 14y ago
> C++ compilation speed (and thus interpretation speed) will make it quite impossible to use it as an extension language. I think you vastly underestimate the speed of the clang C++ compiler (or any modern C++ compiler at that). I can't
820.
by Arelius 14y ago
While a great feature, as Jon does mention, it's not novel invention. He cites NaughtyDog, but it has been use in many major games for quite a few years. The nice part is that since it uses a 3D lookup table, it can do most LDR color correc
821.
by Arelius 14y ago
And yet you still get the random comment about wearing a purse...
822.
by Arelius 14y ago
Even if you are wearing a Kilt, which is a pretty manly version of a skirt, you'll be hearing remarks for a couple of weeks. But to be honest, I feel a little silly making a big deal about the ability to wear a skirt or have a purse for ins
823.
by Arelius 14y ago
> Come over to feminism. We're fighting for everyone to have the same opertunities. The problem is feminism doesn't actually do a particularly good job at making it clear that is what they are fighting for, and perhaps because there is
824.
by Arelius 14y ago
Do you mean Ryan Gordon?
825.
by Arelius 14y ago
> I thought we'd all moved on from thick-client email apps. Besides the main contenders, gmail, yahoo, et al. The thin-client email app ecosystem seems even worse than the thick-client app ecosystem. AFAICT.
826.
by Arelius 14y ago
The point, is there are better technical ways of achieving the same goal. That is basically the second thing Jon says in the linked post.
827.
by Arelius 14y ago
> Do games consoles not implement some kind of transactional system for game saves anyway? It would seem very harsh to lose all progress in a game because of a power cut! Especially since modern games don't seem to have any way to allo
828.
by Arelius 14y ago
But there is a difference between "quite hard" and uneffected by sudden losses of power. It is easy to make it the later, and then suddenly the "extra safety" is simply unfounded paranoia.
829.
by Arelius 14y ago
> I don't think the dictionary is a very useful authority, here. Dictionaries are reactionary -- they document what words we use. They don't create words. We do that. That is a very insightful comment, perhaps obvious in this particular
830.
by Arelius 14y ago
Why would non-competes only apply if fired? I think they are in fact designed specifically to apply when the employee leaves on their own volition.
831.
by Arelius 14y ago
Do you have any data backing up the claim that a significant number of people connect their pcs to their televisions? Outside of the tech industry I imagine this is simply not a large consumer base.
832.
by Arelius 14y ago
I don't have the tools on this CPU to get good numbers, but if that hole is about 35 Meters, I'd estimate to resolution to be about 20 CM/Pixel. I know it's often difficult to find civilian access to Imagery at a better resolution than 5 M/
833.
by Arelius 14y ago
> why are we discovering this just now? I was under the amateur impression that the entire surface of Mars was scanned and imaged by NASA at some point. It's easy to forget just how large Mars is, as a comparison, if we scaled Mars up t
834.
by Arelius 14y ago
Interestingly enough, as a California native, I got hung up on "insure" as well. I'm not sure I've ever used that spelling. Not sure if it's something unique to my upbringing however.
835.
by Arelius 14y ago
Yes, make me have to spend as little effort as possible to tell you that the DDG results are worse than goog. It happens about daily, and I just don't have the time to find the feedback form every time.
836.
by Arelius 14y ago
Exactly, the simplicity and clarity, as I recall, combined with page rank of course, where the main draw of Google. It's evident in comparison, that simplicity pioneered by Google, has been a significant principal in modern web design. Whil
837.
by Arelius 14y ago
I mean, I imagine that the system can handle the density by progressive balancing the tree. The problem is that gameplay doesn't do the same thing, A client wants to see all characters within 10(or w/e) meters, not the closest 10 characters
838.
by Arelius 14y ago
I think that the point is that it's unlikely to.
839.
by Arelius 14y ago
> How does Steam compete with Games for Windows or EA Origin if it is orders of magnitude smaller than both? Did you swap this around? Steam is much larger and more profitable, and has been around longer than either. > How does the
840.
by Arelius 14y ago
I don't mean that it won't be useful in game development, just that I don't think it'll make games particularly more "massive".

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