arjun-menon

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by arjun-menon 9mo ago
https://arjun-menon.com
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by arjun-menon 5y ago
This seems to be a project that was derived from or a fork of Morphic.js, which in turn was inspired by the Smalltalk-based Squeak: https://squeak.org/
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by arjun-menon 6y ago
> Retiring sounds good right about now. My personal plan, instead of retiring, is to work on inventing solutions to the issues plaguing large and complex software projects. One of my primary sub-goals under this mission, is to create a
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by arjun-menon 6y ago
> Culturally it seems that fitness in general is encouraged, combined with a very different attitude toward being overweight (I had several locals comment that I was a bit fat [my BMI is ~26]) This, perhaps, is the key to their longevity
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by arjun-menon 6y ago
> The only thing that's seen more impressive growth than memory volume is the relative cost of a cache miss. Has the cost of cache misses truly increased? (Also: relative to what? ) Today's CPUs have far larger caches than in
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by arjun-menon 6y ago
I was thinking, instead of that, what if you had a separate isolated tiny computer on spacecraft, that was powered by its solar panels (so there's no electrical wiring, or other connection to it), and have its own radio. And this sepa
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by arjun-menon 6y ago
That does make it a bit clearer, but I do hope the compiler optimizes away the redundant curr variable. Now, on a different note, I am a bit puzzled because I don’t see a free(*ptr) call in Linus’ or anyone else’s code. The code, as-is, wou
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by arjun-menon 6y ago
You’re partly right, but there are actually a fairly significant amount of lateral transfers to other emirates (through the federal budget, which is mostly funded by Abu Dhabi). Things like the electricity and water system are run federally
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by arjun-menon 6y ago
Do you realize most 401(k) and IRA accounts in the US are all invested securities (like equities and bonds)? Similarly, most wealthy people invest their money in general ? Also, I didn’t pull the 4% out of a hat. It’s actually the “Safe Wi
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by arjun-menon 6y ago
Who do you mean by “they”? Unscrupulous private companies with criminal managers that break the law? A company taking a person’s passport is explicitly illegal in the UAE: https://dubaihow.com/holding-passport-employee-uae&#
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by arjun-menon 6y ago
Not sure what you mean “the outside”. Only indoors are air-conditioned (using electricity). And in the UAE, right now, electricity generation is slowly being switched over solar energy (away from natural gas), which is clean / renewabl
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by arjun-menon 6y ago
> I wonder if it will be solar energy generation due to natural abundance. Yup, it’s happening. Gigawatts of solar power is being constructed. The UAE is getting this solar energy at the cheapest price per watt worldwide as well: https:
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by arjun-menon 6y ago
The quote is actually likely from a member of Dubai Royal Family. An interesting fact here is that the UAE will never become poor . The UAE has saved up over 1.3 million USD dollars per citizen [a]. And this is just the government’s savin
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by arjun-menon 6y ago
GitHub: https://github.com/arjun-menon Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Java, Android, C++, C, Python, JavaScript (+ Flow types), React, ReasonML (OCaml analogue), Compiler & Interpreter implementation