gcatlin

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   by gcatlin 5y ago

   For those who are wondering what the config setting is: Finder -> Preferences -> Advanced -> When performing search: Search the current folder
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   by gcatlin 9y ago

   Premature abstraction is the root of all evil.
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   by gcatlin 9y ago

   Interesting proposal for a forward compatible instruction set architecture by Agner Fog: http://www.forwardcom.info/
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   by gcatlin 9y ago

   Slides: https://talks.golang.org/2016/asm.slide
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   by gcatlin 10y ago

   I don't want a general purpose tree editor. I want a general purpose text editor that understands the semantics of the text I'm editing. One that understands all the various not-necessarily-sexp-based code I'm editing is a
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   by gcatlin 10y ago

   I think that's why Stroustrup says "zero overhead" instead of "zero cost". There are costs to many of these abstractions; some at compile time and some at run time. For me, "zero overhead" conveys this a l
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   by gcatlin 10y ago

   Another one by ryg: https://fgiesen.wordpress.com/2012/07/21/the-magic-ring-buff...
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   by gcatlin 10y ago

   A funding campaign for Wasteland 3 recently completed successfully! https://www.fig.co/campaigns/wasteland-3
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   by gcatlin 10y ago

   Cached version http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:OAPjMoZ...
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    by gcatlin 10y ago

    https://cr.yp.to/snuffle/spec.pdf https://cr.yp.to/snuffle/design.pdf
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    by gcatlin 10y ago

    See also Foster's Rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster%27s_rule
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    by gcatlin 10y ago

    Interesting page! It links to what is now my new favorite wiki page name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffal...
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    by gcatlin 11y ago

    Jonathan Blow is currently doing an AMA on reddit right now https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/45fu74/i_am_jonathan_...
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    by gcatlin 11y ago

    Rob Pike talks about it here: https://youtu.be/cF1zJYkBW4A?t=29m6s
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    by gcatlin 12y ago

    Apparently, a Vulkan "Hello, world!" program takes about 600 lines of code! https://youtu.be/EUNMrU8uU5M?t=1h33m54s
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    by gcatlin 14y ago

    "Elegance" is a slippery slope. I'd much prefer "Clarity".