johnvega

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by johnvega 7y ago
https://humanetech.com/ Attention economy unintentionally promotes "human downgrading" Great opportunity to innovate on apps and services that promotes reversal of human downgrading.
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by johnvega 7y ago
Microsoft tried to compete with XPS, xml paper specification around mid 2000's but did not succeed.
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Fusion power startups go small in effort to bring commercial reactors to life(nbcnews.com)
1 points by johnvega 7y ago|0 comments
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by johnvega 7y ago
This is the most exciting technology (software & hardware) and business event in a long time.
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by johnvega 7y ago
My family also had Atari 400. Also had the cassette drive. I used it to program in BASIC. We got it with the Asteroids game and a joystick and that was a lot of fun.
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by johnvega 8y ago
I'm a C++ programmer for over 10 years and looking forward to becoming a Go programmer, professionally.
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Apple Plans Sleep Tracking Feature for Future Watch(finance.yahoo.com)
2 points by johnvega 8y ago|0 comments
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by johnvega 8y ago
Size. Great for one-hand operations. Easily fits on pockets or anywhere. Apple Pay & Touch ID. A9 chip. Relatively disposable. Got it for $99 at Walmart, 32 GB version. Screen size is not as important for me. Been very happy with it for
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by johnvega 8y ago
This was the reason why I mostly use GitLab for several years now. I prefer to make public those code that are refactored, well crafted and documented.
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by johnvega 8y ago
"C++ is hanging around for a long time ( 34 years till date according to Wikipedia). It is powering some of the world’s oldest and stable piece of software written over all these years." Autodesk AutoCAD (36+ years old) CAD softwa
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Tesla’s Secret Weapon: Intense Focus on Batteries(insideevs.com)
26 points by johnvega 8y ago|4 comments
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by johnvega 8y ago
Golang comes to mind when I read this: "He is known for introducing the notion of “literate programming,” emphasizing the importance of writing code that is readable by humans ... "
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by johnvega 8y ago
I think this is a great idea. I use 3 Windows computers and use Chrome Firefox and Edge on all three computers. My experience is that Edge is less stable than Chrome which surprised me at first since Edge is owned by the host OS having all
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by johnvega 8y ago
"... keeping the language small and clean" + Go Modules is the sweet spot for me.
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by johnvega 8y ago
Part of why I like Golang as I interpret beauty as readability. "Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity."
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Microsoft's Bitlocker compromised by bad SSD encryption(engadget.com)
2 points by johnvega 8y ago|0 comments
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Jeff Bezos: Today's internet is a 'confirmation bias machine'(businessinsider.com)
19 points by johnvega 8y ago|6 comments
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What I learned by bringing down LinkedIn.com(venturebeat.com)
3 points by johnvega 8y ago|1 comments
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by johnvega 8y ago
I did lots of coding for x86 assembly in college, so this article was interesting. Actually, it was fun reading it.
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Impossible Aerospace launches drone that flies 2 hours on a single charge(venturebeat.com)
1 points by johnvega 8y ago|0 comments
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Distracted? Work Harder(nytimes.com)
3 points by johnvega 8y ago|1 comments
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by johnvega 8y ago
You're right short term within 5 years, but 10 years out, technology is growing exponentially
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by johnvega 8y ago
3D printing construction tech should be a great way to offset this. Also great for space explorations.
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by johnvega 8y ago
If working on complex code that requires Deep Work (Cal Newport) then having a quiet private office/room is a must, otherwise, open office should be okay. Having my own quiet private office, and depending on my current tasks, with opti
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AMD's 32-Core Threadripper 2 Is Making Intel Sweat(pcmag.com)
4 points by johnvega 8y ago|0 comments
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by johnvega 8y ago
I rode bird scooters many times and I'm in favor of electric scooters succeeding. Yesterday, saw a couple of bird scooters that were not properly placed, just lying on the ground not using the kickstand. Just to do my small part, I fix
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by johnvega 8y ago
I plan to buy Model 3 in about 2 years or so, so this is great news!
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by johnvega 8y ago
This is fake news. Jump off a 10 story building balcony into a cement and see if "There Are No Laws of Physics" or the title can be changed.
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by johnvega 8y ago
This is great. I've been exploring Chromebook for the first time, but immediately got it in dev mode, then installed ubuntu gnome using crouton (chroot). Then installed golang and vscode, chrome and firefox browsers, and some tweaking
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by johnvega 8y ago
They need to explain why it is an accident in detail, otherwise they are just being incompetent for disrupting large number of their valued customer's internet connections, and likely wasting their valuable time. They can't just s

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