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by Malic 10y ago
It's articles like this that re-enforce my disappointment that Apple is choosing to NOT implement checksums in their new file system, APFS. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11934457
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Somewhat related to those that would like to know more... Great efforts were made to extend the Atari 2600 emulator, Stella, to deal with the imperfections of CRT displays that games of yesteryear depended on. Ian Bogost, co-author of &quot
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by Malic 10y ago
Everyone else can down-vote me because this really doesn't contribute to the conversation but I have to say it: Gurren Lagann is a better inspirational substitute for The Fountainhead?! The geek in me understands completely and I think
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That's not quite what I'm looking for - I need an API. I need to maintain client branding on site without mentioning the search service provider - and I would expect to be billed for that. The conversion here at HN on this topic h
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by Malic 10y ago
No kidding! I would totally give such a service a serious look for future client work.
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I'm surprised that Peopleware (DeMarco and Lister) isn't in there somewhere.
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by Malic 10y ago
I'm upset that all of my Llamasoft/Jeff Minter games will go by the wayside. Minter did not find it profitable to make iOS games, so he let his Apple Developer subscription lapse; there won't be a 64-bit recompile of Gridrunn
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by Malic 10y ago
True. The commercially available Atari 2600 Pac-Man was not a visual treat. And that is an understatement. The lead developer for Pac-Man at Atari considered it a rushed effort. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man_(19
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by Malic 10y ago
I think what chpmrc means is that going for a Masters degree in CS versus stopping at a Bachelors degree in CS may or may not be of value.
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Apple File System (APFS) is coming soon(arstechnica.co.uk)
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"Laying Down Glasses", heck, I could use a set of those. There might be the revival of a product idea here...
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by Malic 10y ago
Sounds like a horrible place to work! If things go as planned, "Horrible Place to Work(tm)" will have in install package for it.
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by Malic 10y ago
This kind of thing happens in Advertising all the time. Agencies will get that ">50% of the business" account that they are utterly dependent on. LOTS of layoffs if they lose the business. Wise agencies try to diversify - but a
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by Malic 10y ago
Oh, you mean like this? (Only with an iPhone vs. a MacBook) http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2008/01/timely-a... Apple has been thinking about something like this for a long time.
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by Malic 10y ago
What IS it about AWS and the opaque naming of their services?! There is a reason this exists: https://www.expeditedssl.com/aws-in-plain-english
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by Malic 10y ago
True story: Early 90s. In a world before Windows 95. Was visiting a friend of a friend, an IT professional. We were in his home's “computer room” and his son was having trouble finding his favorite game on one of the many PC’s in the r
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by Malic 10y ago
I guessing that it was just the PHP7 switch. We are seeing similar performance/resource-usage changes just with a switch from PHP5.6 (opcache enabled) to PHP7 (opcache enabled).
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by Malic 10y ago
Why not sit on the iPhone? Because I think (IMHO) the smartphone industry is about to hit the same problem that Microsoft hit with Office. How do you impress your customer base year after year? Do you hit a point were adding more features t
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by Malic 10y ago
While I have an Aeron at home, I have a Mirra at work: http://www.hermanmiller.com/products/seating/performance-wor... The upper-end model has an adjustable "lip" that can take pressure off the underside
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by Malic 10y ago
MiniMap - https://atom.io/packages/minimap Project Manager - https://atom.io/packages/project-manager (this one is a must, IMHO) Sublime Style Column Selection - https://atom.io/pa
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by Malic 10y ago
grin Here we go... For "laughing at ourselves" and oddities of computer languages, there is "Wat" by Gary Bernhardt: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat For an opinion on the Sun to Oracl
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by Malic 10y ago
Agreed. The over-fascination with a feature of a product that is only apparent when you aren't actually using the product is optimizing for an edge-case.
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I've used Front Panel Express's services as well - +1 - they really do a nice job.
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Ah ha! A usage case for Web Assembly!
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by Malic 10y ago
After viewing LFT's work in using an ATMEL microcontroller as a demoscene platform: http://www.linusakesson.net/scene/craft/index.php ...I had the thought a possible frontier in demoscene is make your own har
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Well of course LFT was the one who discovered the reason! His work is impressive. Example: http://www.linusakesson.net/scene/craft/index.php
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There is something to be said about using proven technologies. But there is also something to be said about using still supported technologies. Really, are there producers of 8" floppy media anymore? Are we relying on "new-but-o
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And Scott Manley will upload to YouTube a Kerbal Space Program simulation in 5...4...3...2...1...
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If anyone cares to know more about the City of London, CGP Grey did a nice two-parter video describing its history, its privileges and how to become mayor if you care to. The (Secret) City of London, Part 1: History https://www.
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by Malic 11y ago
If you enjoy stories of Chemicals With Alarming Properties, then be sure to check out Charles Stross's short story, "A Tall Tail." (Very Big Grin) http://www.tor.com/2012/07/20/a-tall-tail/

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