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by gardaani 8y ago
Here's another performance comparison (2018). It compares Flutter to native iOS app. Flutter consumes 2x more CPU and memory for an app with 60fps rendering. https://medium.freecodecamp.org/how-fast-is-flutter-i-built-.
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by gardaani 8y ago
Currently, apps distributed in Mac App Store must be sandboxed. Notarized apps distributed outside Mac App Store must have hardened runtime enabled. It's interesting that Apple has created two similar protecting technologies. Here&#x27
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by gardaani 8y ago
I hope that they ship this with image intrinsicsize / aspect-ratio or whatever it is called now. Otherwise this lazy-loading will make page jumping and layout instability worse, because images are loaded only after the user has scrolle
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by gardaani 8y ago
W3C is creating a subset of SVG called "SVG Native". It is intended for icons and simple graphics, so it won't have support for text, scripts, links or XSL processing. Also, use of CSS or animations isn't recommended. It
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by gardaani 8y ago
The photopigment absorption curve [1] shows that the red (L) cones have a slight rise at 400nm (violet wavelength). Also, Wikipedia's image shows it [2]. That's why cameras also have a bump at 400mn, as shown on this manufacturer&
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by gardaani 8y ago
According to Finland's national public broadcasting company, one Finnish MEP also pushed the wrong button. https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10707635 : "However, Pietikäinen later said she voted wrong accidentally. Her
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Sailfish OS Oulanka is now available(blog.jolla.com)
20 points by gardaani 8y ago|8 comments
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by gardaani 8y ago
Sailfish OS is still alive. The company, Jolla, doesn't sell physical phones anymore. But, it is possible to purchase a ready compiled Sailfish OS (Europe only) or to compile it yourself [1]. The OS can be installed on existing hardwar
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by gardaani 8y ago
Varjo VR-1 headset gives 60PPD making reading text possible. It is meant for industrial design, modelling and prototyping. It is a VR only headset, but they plan to convert it to an AR headset. It would be the same VR headset including a ca
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by gardaani 8y ago
I would partly blame the web browsers. They should have better dev tools to check that pages are accessible. I know that Firefox has its accessibility dev tool tab, but I don't really understand it. It looks very technical. Chrome has
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by gardaani 8y ago
It will be interesting to see how soon they will convert it to C++/WinRT because C++/CX will be retired at some point. The first step toward full C++/WinRT support within Visual Studio and the eventual retirement of C++&#x2F
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by gardaani 8y ago
The more APIs browsers have, the more expensive it is for browser vendors to implement and maintain them. Opera and Edge already gave up. W3C and TC39 are constantly publishing new APIs and features. They are pushing the Web towards a singl
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Google kills off Inbox, Allo, goo.gl URL shortener, and Google+ in few weeks(9to5google.com)
2 points by gardaani 8y ago|1 comments
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Drop Huawei or See Intelligence Sharing Pared Back, U.S. Tells Germany(wsj.com)
1 points by gardaani 8y ago|0 comments
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by gardaani 8y ago
Usually online voting supporters say that it would increase voter turnout. It seems that it hasn't happen in Estonia: 64.2% in 2015 and 63.7% in 2019 [1][2]. Also, I am a bit worried that online voting might give young tech-savvy peopl
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by gardaani 8y ago
> With wgpu-rs we can finally deprecate the old gfx and have a solid recommendation for people getting started with graphics in Rust. Does this mean that gfx-rs (the low level API) is deprecated and no longer maintained?
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A new life in startup land(medium.com)
1 points by gardaani 8y ago|0 comments
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by gardaani 8y ago
Dropbox is using Rust to decompress Brotli: https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2016/06/lossless-compression-...
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Nokia 9 PureView has a five camera array capable of shooting 60MP photographs(t3.com)
2 points by gardaani 8y ago|0 comments
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by gardaani 8y ago
I don't know how large is "billboard sized", but iPad Pro with full Photoshop CC can open 3GB 12000x12000 PSD files without any lag. https://petapixel.com/2018/10/30/apples-new-ipad-pro-can-edi.
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Queensland Drivers Set to Get Emoji Number Plates(news.com.au)
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Varjo VR-1: Retina Resolution Headset Puts the “Reality” into “Virtual Reality”(arstechnica.com)
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by gardaani 8y ago
Someone has written a book about ball lightings as an energy source. Maybe grapes will do the same thing... https://books.google.com/books?id=8_lfAgAAQBAJ&printsec=fron...
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by gardaani 8y ago
Few MIT students did that with their simple text generator. It is one way to expose conferences with low submission standards. http://news.mit.edu/2015/how-three-mit-students-fooled-scien...
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by gardaani 8y ago
About a year ago, Google removed all Finnish music from YouTube because there were contractual disputes about royalties. In less than 24 hours, the dispute was settled, most likely favoring Google and YouTube. It seems to be a very powerful
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UK will deploy drone squadron after Brexit(theguardian.com)
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Microsoft Ironically Proves Forced Windows Updates Don’t Make Any Sense(news.softpedia.com)
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by gardaani 8y ago
If you want to see more PWAs, then go to the PWA Directory maintained by Google: https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/gulliver Interesting, there is one speedometer there, created 2-3 years ago. The source code is even
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by gardaani 8y ago
Finland - here's the calculator for customs duties and VAT: https://tulli.fi/en/customs-duty-calculator
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by gardaani 8y ago
Currently I can order cheap products (less than 20€) from China without customs fees or VAT. The shipping cost is around 1€. It means that it is cheaper to buy from China than from my local store. Unfortunately, that is about to change soon

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