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by aristidb 14y ago
Well, at least the monad abuse uses a real monad, but why not just use lens ( http://lens.github.com/ )?
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by aristidb 14y ago
The article mentions one such app...
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by aristidb 14y ago
I don't buy the claim that process isolation is superseded by NaCl-style validation.
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by aristidb 14y ago
I like the format. A formal spec would be nice, to aid implementations in as many languages as possible.
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by aristidb 14y ago
I've personally found that reading technical/scientific books on an ebook reader like the Kindle is not a joy. The main problem, for me, is very much the linearity. It's actually easier to navigate paper than the dominant ebook UI paradigms
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by aristidb 14y ago
Sad that every criticism of a phone operating system requires an explicit justification of not being biased.
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by aristidb 14y ago
Are you consciously taking the valuation of the stock into account?
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by aristidb 14y ago
So... back in the day I cross-compiled GCC to write code for the original Mindstorms in C (and to some extent, in C++). That wasn't easy for my early-teen self, but it was possible. To which degree is it possible to program Mindstorms NXT o
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by aristidb 14y ago
Another example: Nokia. Right before the iPhone was introduced, Nokia's R&D budget was _huge_ compared to Apple's. I guess that proves that Nokia is more innovative than Apple?
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Mean Mr. Metric - Usenet Oracle (1991)(ofb.net)
1 points by aristidb 14y ago|0 comments
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by aristidb 14y ago
Civil liberties is another topic that HN cares about.
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by aristidb 14y ago
"GHC Developer Simon Marlow Leaving Microsoft" :)
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by aristidb 14y ago
In fallback mode, it was possible.
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by aristidb 14y ago
If the goal is to learn about how thinking works, and maybe find ways to adapt specific methods to software problems, simulating brains makes a lot of sense, of course. But it bewilders me how so many people see the "holy grail" in simulati
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by aristidb 14y ago
The segment in which VIA competes seems better served by cheap ARM cores IMHO.
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by aristidb 14y ago
Microsoft Trains for Windows Live Home Premium 8.0
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by aristidb 14y ago
There's not a single line in the interview that confirms this title. In fact he says he does not code anymore today. WTF?
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by aristidb 14y ago
That seems a bit sketchy to me - black-mailing merchants into signing up for your "service" of not sending them chargebacks?! Maybe you should explain why it's not.
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by aristidb 14y ago
Not accepting Github pull requests because they're not up to Kernel standards is not exactly proof of unforgivingness.
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by aristidb 14y ago
What's wrong with Dropbox again?
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by aristidb 14y ago
Too bad he only mentions Minecraft in passing, because in some ways I think it tries to learn from the same problems: It tries to stay fresh to be able to attract new buyers, and it's so open-ended that it has a lot of replay value. So it s
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by aristidb 14y ago
I soo wish the firms would give out more than boilerplate in such cases. If only we knew the actual reason... Now we're forced to speculate.
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Windows Chief Sinofsky Leaving Microsoft(bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
2 points by aristidb 14y ago|0 comments
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by aristidb 14y ago
It isn't. Storing passwords on a mobile device, unencrypted or encrypted, is just wrong. Fortunately authenticating with Google services requires neither.
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by aristidb 14y ago
Even in 2010, 1 hour is not acceptable, but a reasonable number to expect from a high-end, lightweight 2012 laptop would be around 7 hours (using Linux).
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by aristidb 14y ago
For a laptop that costs $199, yes.
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by aristidb 14y ago
"We must change fundamental human nature!" Yeah right. Also, it's not like Linus does not provide reasoning for his opinions, and deriding him for not being a desktop developer is unfair.
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by aristidb 14y ago
"Our final estimate of registered voters was an unallocated 49% for Obama, 46% for Romney. The transition to likely voters moved that to the unallocated 49% Romney, 48% Obama." Ouch. So their "transition to likely voters" estimation is just
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by aristidb 14y ago
OK, admittedly the fact that I stick to Google Nexus and Apple brand kind of makes me oblivious to the existence of all that crapware. But as far as I can tell, some people actually like what HTC and Samsung are doing with their Android.
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by aristidb 14y ago
And I fear this kind of crappy PC experience is a significant factor in why many people move to primarily using tablets.

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