ajconway

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by ajconway 6y ago
> Everything Apple is doing is helping make a better app store for me. I would prefer paying for Netflix right from the iPhone. It would be great to have torrent apps (they have legitimate use-cases). I would love to run qemu on my power
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by ajconway 6y ago
Not just presumably, it’s literally written in their documentation. It’s not possible to develop a modern browser for iOS.
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by ajconway 6y ago
Could be those unfortunate users who reside in one of the “forbidden” countries or regions. Of course, those countries are unlikely to be able to force Apple into opening up their platform.
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by ajconway 6y ago
It is supported, it’s called web seeding.
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by ajconway 6y ago
What's wrong with JPEG?
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by ajconway 6y ago
That software can be generated and continuously optimized by a neutral net. But that would probably mean that we achieved AGI, so decoding JPEGs won’t be that exciting by itself.
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by ajconway 6y ago
Bitcode is architecture-dependent, you can’t just recompile it for a random target. Additionally, Mac AppStore apps are shipped without Bitcode.
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by ajconway 6y ago
Are you sure you're looking at the "real" RAM usage? Apps nowadays are allowed to claim up to 4 GB of virtual memory. On my machine I'm seeing Finder reported to have taken 800MB in total, but only 160MB of real memory.
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by ajconway 6y ago
Because of how the compositing works, it’s not uncommon to have 100 or more megabytes of RAM taken by the UI alone. Not a bad thing though, it allows for simpler and more performant animations. Other than that, I’m not familiar with any par
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by ajconway 6y ago
Is it an example of bad code? Should we avoid using Cryengine?
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by ajconway 6y ago
Random changes is how you push the world forward. Otherwise you get stuck in a local maxima. Today we're getting new buttons, some other day we'll see the rise of some new technology and will think "yeah, that's the obvi
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by ajconway 6y ago
It’s a solution for a person who really wants in. I’m just saying that when you think about it, it feels weird — privileges literally depend on the “color” of one’s passport. Must be inherent to our civilization.
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by ajconway 6y ago
Entry regulations are fine, every nation has the right to decide who they want to see on their land. However, being treated differently based not on your personality or track record, but on where you hail from is... I don't know, but s
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by ajconway 6y ago
Windows app developers couldn't care less about ARM Windows. MacOS app developers will have to if they want to stay relevant.
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by ajconway 6y ago
If I understand correctly, hypervisors don't emulate hardware, that's what emulators (like QEMU) do. That would mean that physically the most performant option to run x86 code on an ARM CPU is dynamic translation (like QEMU-TCG or
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by ajconway 6y ago
But Apple is not a monopoly.
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by ajconway 6y ago
As a non-native English speaker I wonder — is it common to call a man "beautiful" in reference to his looks?
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by ajconway 6y ago
Apparently, Zoom encodes and decodes video in software using Webassembly.
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by ajconway 6y ago
I come from a land where patents don’t really work. I often wonder, are there any examples of patents in the field of software engineering that worked like they supposed to, protecting small collectives from powerful corporations?
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by ajconway 6y ago
These editors provide instant feedback on the materials, lighting, effects and animations. It’s like live reload for GUI apps. I was very impressed when I got back into the field by how easy it is now to create and run a nearly-photorealist
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by ajconway 6y ago
iOS can do offline speech recognition (for English at least). It is even available to apps as an API. The quality is not great.
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by ajconway 6y ago
If I'm not mistaken, the amount you download when updating from a previous version is significantly less than a full installer image.
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by ajconway 6y ago
iOS users = money
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by ajconway 6y ago
I hope we'll get some VM-friendly features as a byproduct of x86-ARM transition.
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by ajconway 6y ago
This script can be used to set up a macOS VM using Virtual Box running on a macOS Host. Running macOS guest on Apple-branded hardware is explicitly permitted by the EULA. I wonder if using the "secret" string still violates anythi
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by ajconway 6y ago
Historically, developing an app with tools that are native to the platform provided asymptotically better user experience. So, if your goal is to perfect the UX, native is your choice. In reality, rarely do you need to work on the UX first.
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by ajconway 6y ago
If I understand it correctly, a node does not need to be acting malicious, it only needs to cooperate with other compromised nodes.
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by ajconway 6y ago
Lokinet seem to claim ( https://medium.com/@LokiNetwork/lokinet-b8f738fefe7a ) that their network is more resistant to sybil attacks by introducing different incentives (an internal cryptocurrency) and not having a centr
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by ajconway 6y ago
As a US citizen you are entitled to so many things that most people out there could only dream of. That's not the point though. Google is so large that it's just weird to talk about the morality of its employees in the context of
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by ajconway 6y ago
How do you justify being a citizen of your country? (not sure what country that is, but most of them have done bad things in the past). It's possible to be a part of a large organization and not agree with its every action.

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