HardyLeung

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by HardyLeung 14y ago
I have been running Windows 8 (RTM version) on my laptop for two weeks (as I am a MSDN subscriber, thanks to BizSpark). The Metro interface is cute but after a while, I am completely back to the Desktop environment. To my surprise, it is e
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by HardyLeung 14y ago
You gotta fix your website (I'm using Chrome, and the background image took forever to load, and for the longest time I was puzzled by the small window to the right with some text). Not leaving a very good impression... Plus $29?
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by HardyLeung 14y ago
How about: Build $1001 app, purchase 1 copy; profit! No?
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Mobile Apps: HTML5 vs Native(ericsink.com)
1 points by HardyLeung 14y ago|0 comments
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by HardyLeung 14y ago
Marissa Mayer: "it was a reasonably easy decision" ... This is probably what went through her mind... If Larry can lead Google, and I being the smarter one of the two ... Despite all her flaws, she may actually succeed at Yahoo! just to pro
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by HardyLeung 14y ago
This algorithm is likely very slow. In fact, the authors didn't mention runtime at all.
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by HardyLeung 14y ago
I don't think this is entirely correct. If you write in Native (C/C++) then true, it won't run on WP7. But if you write in C#/Xaml you could have targeted your app to WP7 and I believe it will run on both WP7 and WP8 -- of course this will
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by HardyLeung 14y ago
It doesn't hurt to do that. Be frank about it. If done right they might even see this as a positive.
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by HardyLeung 14y ago
Definitely. Not even "putting in a large number so I'll get whatever market clearing price". At $4,000 Facebook will be worth $10T.
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Download Volume Needed to Hit Top 25 in iTunes Store(distimo.com)
2 points by HardyLeung 14y ago|0 comments
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by HardyLeung 14y ago
Your bottomline is probably somewhere X months of equity, where 3.5 < X < 11. Why don't you (politely) email them that you are a reasonable person and believe it fairness. You don't expect full cliff vesting per agreement, but a 3.5
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by HardyLeung 14y ago
The reasoning is very poor. I thought he was going to say something along the line of portability. Nope. It was about exception. Granted, exception is problematic. I don't use exception for similar reasons. However, given the nature of this
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The Doug Tygar Practical Joke (1986)(lscheffer.com)
1 points by HardyLeung 14y ago|0 comments
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by HardyLeung 14y ago
A nitpick on the title, cuz it annoys me. Why would anyone say "You'll never believe X"? The X in question (95% HTML) is actually not that unusual to begin with. But even if X is mind-blowing, the fact is that the article was written to sho
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by HardyLeung 14y ago
I think both of you are right. To each his own. I have a few applications that are algorithmically complicated and it is impossible (or very expensive) to implement multiple versions of the same thing on different platforms. Even though the
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by HardyLeung 14y ago
Your objective C code in iOS can directly call your C++ code. Your C++ code just need to be renamed with extension .mm.
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by HardyLeung 14y ago
You are right that details are not out. What I said was purely conjecture on the part of WP8. However, given the roadmap, rumors, hints, discussions, the kind of people in charge (Sinofsky, known .Net hater), etc... I am pretty sure that WP
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by HardyLeung 14y ago
WP8 and Windows 8 are definitely very C++ friendly. I actually think that C++ may be the language to rule them all as the next generation of web application goes beyond what Javascript can handle. Well, that and C# given Miguel's effort. I
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Ask HN: Does a Server-side Native Client Make Sense?
2 points by HardyLeung 14y ago|1 comments
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by HardyLeung 14y ago
I don't like that book. I tried it with my kid (almost 8). The first 3 chapters are okay, but then chapter 4 goes into the discussion about floating points, integer vs. doubles, integer-to-double conversion, arithmetic precision etc. I'd sa
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Harvard University Says It Can't Afford Journal Publishers' Prices(guardian.co.uk)
12 points by HardyLeung 14y ago|0 comments
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by HardyLeung 14y ago
That's right, if I recall correctly. You can't copyright a font. You can rip off an existing font and create a new one that looks strikingly similar, even visually identical. However, if you do that by reverse-engineering the font (e.g. ext
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by HardyLeung 14y ago
Usually the topic of fair use is rather subjective, and even the four guidelines (roughly: is it transformative? what's the nature of the work, is it for-profit or not? how much of the original is used?) are subject to interpretation. This,
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by HardyLeung 14y ago
A caveat here... Say you carve out prior inventions, existing knowledge, exception to non-competing projects, etc. You think you're safe... BUT you ask your employer to reimburse your high-speed internet connection. All of a sudden, they ca
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by HardyLeung 14y ago
The article mentioned AutoESL, which compiles C, C++, or SystemC to Verilog/VHDL. This allows you to focus on the algorithmic, or behaviorial level. The advantages are plenty, but the main drawback is that it is one more level abstracted aw
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by HardyLeung 15y ago
I was actually about to suggest something similar, and in fact the number I was thinking is 20%. You are right -- it ought to cost something to downvote, but not so much that it discourages downvote completely. It may be a bit complicated t
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by HardyLeung 15y ago
This is sadly so true. It's hard to play devil's advocate sometimes because unless you are going for the "conventional wisdom" some people are bound to disagree with you, and disagreement is often expressed in the form of downvotes. Since o
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by HardyLeung 15y ago
"I’ve seen a lot of people go through and calculate the area of a polygon by breaking it up into separate triangles, carefully calculating the area of each, then sum and halve." I doubt anyone do that. What was described seems a lot more wo
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by HardyLeung 15y ago
Since you call me out, I need to point out that you are wrong. I do understand what it takes to do that, and that he needs to handle every bit and memory and all. You're passing a judgment based on a shallow interpretation of what others wr
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by HardyLeung 15y ago
This is very very impressive, though I hope the kid's next project is some creative and useful applications rather than another Minecraft undertaking.

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