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by alxmdev 6y ago
Reading this makes me grateful that I can get away with just apt-get . I wonder how prevalent this is, since not every project needs specific or latest versions of the runtime and libraries, only a minimum. Some are just plumbing tools tha
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by alxmdev 6y ago
For what it's worth, none of that subtlety is reflected in the article's 10+ word title, at all.
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by alxmdev 6y ago
"Under the hood" makes it sound like you wouldn't deal with any COM stuff yourself, it's just how the different languages' APIs were implemented to interface with the OS runtime.
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by alxmdev 6y ago
MIPS itself is a RISC, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIPS_architecture As for what else is out there in large numbers, I think a lot of 8bit Z80 and AVR microcontrollers (like the ATmega328 used in Arduino Uno) are
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by alxmdev 7y ago
But we're talking about a painting that was sitting in a museum, stored and cared for in ideal conditions and available to the general public. Sounds like it already fulfilled its purpose, without needing to be stolen and traded around
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The history of the strategy game(pcgamer.com)
1 points by alxmdev 7y ago|0 comments
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by alxmdev 7y ago
If anyone wants a taste of what it's like to start with a clean code base that sharply turns spaghetti when the deadline gets close, give Ludum Dare a try sometime! By the end of the 48h you're forced to choose between growing the
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Linux Mint 19.3 “Tricia” Cinnamon Released(blog.linuxmint.com)
16 points by alxmdev 7y ago|0 comments
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SuperTux 0.6.1(supertux.org)
4 points by alxmdev 7y ago|0 comments
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by alxmdev 7y ago
I've recently been lightly toasted by GNU Make's implicit "old-fashioned" suffix rules, where it was looking for YACC files as prerequisites for my own generated C code. The manual suggests a workaround that clears the i
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by alxmdev 7y ago
The headline is great: > Once you realize most things you search for online are boring and obvious, you realize you don't really need Google in your life. Yes! DDG really does work just as well as any other search engine for most
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by alxmdev 7y ago
Reading the comments here it seems like I'm not the only one who thinks some Rust code is pretty syntax-heavy even compared to older systems languages like C and C++. I wonder if this is in part to further separate application developm
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New gaming device is like a Game Boy for design snobs(fastcompany.com)
1 points by alxmdev 7y ago|0 comments
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by alxmdev 7y ago
Accidents happen all the time there though, like when they accidentally lock your new account minutes after you create it, and all but force you to give them your phone number in order to reinstate it.
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by alxmdev 7y ago
This shouldn't be overlooked either: "son of Lebanese American parents whose families were both in the juice business. His father’s family supplied ingredients, his mother’s sold consumer juice brands, and they met at the funeral
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by alxmdev 7y ago
I wonder why traditional hardware makers are still dragging their feet when it comes to investing in quality software that does justice to their physical products. By software I mean both firmware with extra functionality and clumsy compani
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by alxmdev 7y ago
> The current animus against cell phone use while driving is the result of a moral panic Spend some more time walking then, it'll feel a lot more personal when you have daily close calls with multi-ton monsters doing rolling sto
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by alxmdev 7y ago
Graphing calculators weren't part of any math classes I took, but my first experience with programming was TI-BASIC on a used TI-86. Programming a PC wasn't really an option, but the small calculator felt personal and a lot less i
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You Can Make a Good Living Off of Being a Bottom Feeder(gameskinny.com)
2 points by alxmdev 7y ago|0 comments
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by alxmdev 7y ago
> It's amazing how radios don't care about international borders. :) Indeed they don't https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Free_Europe/Radio_Libert...
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by alxmdev 7y ago
It really does seem hard to get visitors these days, even for original niche content. The first page of Google search results is half social/video/news carousels instead of genuine long-term content, and a lot of the other links p
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by alxmdev 7y ago
Absolutely, real-life word of mouth trumps all the algos and search engines. About time more people realize those are business marketing tools, not tools to help you .
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by alxmdev 7y ago
Hold on, strncat and strncpy are considered dangerous too, now? Not just the older versions without the size_t num argument?
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Porting Games to Linux Is a Waste of Time? This Dev Says You're Doing It Wrong(forbes.com)
3 points by alxmdev 7y ago|0 comments
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by alxmdev 7y ago
> I feel like a superior person by using their products Well, as long as you're happy...
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by alxmdev 7y ago
This is about a re-release of the first Doom game from 1993, not the recent reboot from 2016 with the same name.
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by alxmdev 7y ago
It doesn't help that there are mountains of cash at stake. Suppose scientists determined that 5G networks are harmful to people's health, what then? Are people gonna stop using cellphones? Are companies like T-Mobile and Verizon
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by alxmdev 7y ago
That's Apple trying to save you!
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by alxmdev 7y ago
I almost got into IRC ten years ago, when I was active in a programming community that used it in addition to their message board. The idea of having to keep my computer on all the time in order to stay in the loop, and having to learn yet
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by alxmdev 7y ago
They're still based in the UK, though, aren't they?

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