c141charlie

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by c141charlie 14y ago
I often hear people talk up how the iPhone was never tested in usability labs with non-apple employees. Then I hear that the iPhone was heavily tested. What actually happened? Does anyone know definitively whether or not it was tested by no
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by c141charlie 14y ago
Fabulous work.
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by c141charlie 14y ago
Gee, I wish Microsoft would fix the innumerable bugs associated with Mac Office Outlook & Word before getting all excited about retina displays.
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by c141charlie 14y ago
Microsoft should fire their VP of Marketing immediately without severance. Then hire this guy as his/her replacement. He should be given a $1 million retention bonus for 365 days of employment. Or better yet, Microsoft should create a new p
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Is Scala, or Go, the next Java?(mprescient.com)
7 points by c141charlie 15y ago|0 comments
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by c141charlie 16y ago
The Zune desktop software is stunning. The design and layout of the application is vastly superior to iTunes and Windows Media Player. The Zune pass, and artist bios are excellent people who love to discover new music. Each time I use Zune
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by c141charlie 16y ago
We are seeing the beginning of the commoditization of the smart phone industry. Smart phones will become ubiquitous and intense competition among handset manufacturers will erode profit margins. While I admire the passion that fueled this l
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Screwtape Letter #32: Is Go a Functional Programming Language?(mprescient.squarespace.com)
2 points by c141charlie 16y ago|0 comments
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How to Make Go Programs Generic(mprescient.com)
2 points by c141charlie 16y ago|0 comments
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by c141charlie 16y ago
Good to know about SynchronousQueues and ExecutorServices. I had not heard of these before.
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Concurrency in Go: A Better Call Center Tutorial(mprescient.com)
11 points by c141charlie 16y ago|3 comments
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by c141charlie 16y ago
Ahh. Thanks. BTW, Rob Pike added a comment on the blog to discuss a better way to do this, and another dev wrote up Pike's solution to the comments. http://www.mprescient.com/journal/2011/1/9/concurrency-in-go...
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by c141charlie 16y ago
I couldn't figur out how to update the link. Will do that with future posts.
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Concurrency in Go: A Call Center Tutorial(mprescient.com)
18 points by c141charlie 16y ago|5 comments
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by c141charlie 16y ago
The DSL snippet is every bit as verbose as the PHP code sample, yet somebody had to write the DSL in the first place. Not sure mission was accomplished. I think a better solution is offered by Mustache logic-less templates.