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by gulpahum 11y ago
One case would be configurable code. The code is copied to ram and then tweaked based on some parameters. The modified code runs faster than having a bunch of branches to check/calculate result based on the parameters. It might even be
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by gulpahum 11y ago
One major problem are games which generate code into ram and then execute it. I can't remember if there were any NES games doing that, but I've seen other 6502 based games doing that.
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by gulpahum 11y ago
There is a Galactica '78 episode about a massive fire in space :) . It isn't scientifically accurate, though. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0519742/
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by gulpahum 11y ago
Looks like Vulkan support didn't make it to this release. https://blog.qt.io/blog/2016/02/16/the-qt-company-joins-khro...
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by gulpahum 11y ago
Stephen Hawking has concluded in his book "The Grand Design": "So it seems that we are no more than biological machines and that free will is just an illusion." [1] Machines don't have afterlife. So, enjoy every mom
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by gulpahum 11y ago
Samsung Galaxy S7 will be shipping with Android 6.0 and Vulkan API support. Exciting to see how Vulkan performs on mobiles. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Galaxy-S...
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by gulpahum 11y ago
The French are going to get a new standardized keyboard, partly to protect the language. [1] Would dropping circumflexes help creating a simpler keyboard? [1] http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/21/10805562/fr
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by gulpahum 11y ago
Here's a full list of conformant products: https://www.khronos.org/conformance/adopters/conformant-prod... I don't know why some dates are in the future..
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by gulpahum 11y ago
The reason I have been waiting for Vulkan is to get rid of OpenGL driver bugs. I hope that being closer to metal means less bugs.
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by gulpahum 11y ago
There was one good point, which was also my conclusion: "Given all that, I wonder if it makes sense to prefer plain old functions most of the time. Is that right, or am I overlooking something?" The response was yes. Avoid impl me
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by gulpahum 11y ago
Interesting, on the Southern hemisphere, the sundial needs to point to the South Pole and the design needs to be altered: "in the Openscad script you can set a flag that will simply rotate upside-down the whole swiss cheese inside the
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by gulpahum 11y ago
True, but I didn't think that we should go to Ball's Pyramid and eat them up. I was thinking about mass production. Think about chicken: there are more chickens than humans on this planet [1]. These creatures have such a great nam
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by gulpahum 11y ago
Are those edible? They look like a good replacement for shrimps. Nothing would guarantee their survival better than becoming a food source for humans!
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by gulpahum 11y ago
US customers here must mean that if you sell directly to US customers. If you sell via App Store to end users in US, then this is not needed, because Apple will be your customer (Apple Luxembourg for Europeans), not the end user.
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by gulpahum 11y ago
I believe those are closed systems not connected to the internet. It still would be better to upgrade them (for easier access to spare parts, knowledge, etc). Otherwise they end up like this French airport which was shut down just few weeks
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by gulpahum 11y ago
It is a strange world! (and a planet) Again, the reality is stranger than fiction. I don't think any science fiction movie would have depicted a planet with a giant heart on it. It would have been just ridiculous!
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by gulpahum 11y ago
Another way to understand the distances is the old scroll-through solar system. If the moon is one pixel, then Pluto is pretty far away. http://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.h...
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by gulpahum 11y ago
Safari / Webkit used to be the leader and get all the new features: CSS Animations, transitions etc. Since Google started developing Blink for Chrome, it is now getting all the new features, such as CSS will-change, http2, shadow dom,
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by gulpahum 11y ago
I think WebVulkan would be great with WebAssembly! The nice thing about those technologies is that they are low-level APIs, which means less rooms for bugs. WebGL, HTML, DOM, and most other web technologies suffer from not being consistent
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by gulpahum 11y ago
It's great that Google Android will support Vulkan. Now, the support list seems to be: Android, Windows, SteamOS, Tizen, and many Linux distributions including Ubuntu and Red Hat. [1] It's sad that it doesn't include Apple, m
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by gulpahum 11y ago
Web Components are not needed for that. SVG2 will include the video element [1], just like html, and it should be possible to clip, mask, filter etc. it. It may take several years before that happens, but it should be coming. [1] http:&#x2
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by gulpahum 11y ago
I think the open source obsession is a bit sad. Open sourcing would mean an end to another entrepreneur and indie developer. So, instead of open sourcing, I think these should happen: 1. He should get partners who can take care of Sublime T
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by gulpahum 11y ago
The MIT license says: "The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software." Typically, "Software" means also binaries [1]. The MIT license text i
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by gulpahum 11y ago
I was also disappointed that Soylent doesn't ship to Europe. So, I have been drinking Ambronite [1]. It has a similar idea, but it is a bit more expensive, because it is made of real food ingredients. [1] http://ambronite.co
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by gulpahum 11y ago
Yes of course.
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by gulpahum 12y ago
Do those moons really have a flowing ocean under the icy surface or is it water trapped in rocks? Earth has a huge "ocean" deep in its mantle, but it's inside rocks. http://www.livescience.com/1312-huge-ocean-
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by gulpahum 12y ago
Nice to see you trying print media. I saw the announcement on Arctic Startup website, is the new magazine connected to it or is it completely independent? I'm wondering if the money from magazine can fund Arctic Startup, which was almo
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by gulpahum 12y ago
In the video (at 35:39), they show the future plans and the plan is to start using bits of Servo code in Gecko. So, they will replace small parts of C++ code with Rust. http://youtu.be/7q9vIMXSTzc?t=35m39s One plan was to f
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by gulpahum 12y ago
Indeed, this is a solved problem. Use ngettext, see its page for all different language variations (even the Slovenian four different forms) https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Plural..
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by gulpahum 12y ago
There are healthy alternatives for Soylent. I've tried Ambronite. It's made of real food and is organic, but it's also more expensive. Its taste is quite strong when mixed with water. Mixing with juice or fruits makes it bett

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