kartickv

66 ms·

691.
iPhone sales have been declining every quarter for four quarters(docs.google.com)
2 points by kartickv 10y ago|0 comments
692.
by kartickv 10y ago
The NativeScript site says that I can use their cross-platform wrappers like Button, which delegates to UIButton on iOS and android.whatever.Button on Android. So far, so good. But suppose I now want to invoke some method on Button that exi
693.
by kartickv 10y ago
I agree with the other comments as well, that treating F# as a second-class citizen is a self-fulfilling prophecy. As someone who was telling myself, "One day, I should learn F#", this thread makes me pause. Throw all your weight
694.
by kartickv 10y ago
It seems dangerous to commit to spending so much money for so long into the future, with a particular vendor. Who knows whether Google Cloud will be best for your needs four years from now? Price, performance, reliability, support, whether
695.
by kartickv 10y ago
I don't see the problem — look at the right-hand side of the expression to find out the type. Swift does it very well. It helps, not hurts, readability.
696.
by kartickv 10y ago
Being able to run dynamic languages on the VM isn't a substitute for the occasional situations in which dynamic typing in Java would help, say when working with JSON.
697.
by kartickv 10y ago
How is it harmful to say: var foo = new Foo(); as opposed to: Foo foo = new Foo(); ? As for "killing the static type safety we cherish so much", that's a one-sided view. There are situations when dynamic typing works better,
698.
by kartickv 10y ago
That's a sad situation, when there are low-hanging fruit Java can pick from other programming languages, like: Type inference: Being able to say: var foo = Foo(); Or: final foo = Foo(); Keyword arguments Lazy properties / methods,
699.
Reusable Programming Languages(kartick-log.blogspot.com)
2 points by kartickv 10y ago|0 comments
700.
by kartickv 10y ago
> What happens if Mozilla, Google, etc. release a new browser engine for iOS with all the latest whizz-bang HTML features but at the cost of doubling power consumption? What if I use an email app or notes app or other app that consumes t
701.
by kartickv 10y ago
As someone who has to live with a 4mpbs connection, if VP9 produces better quality video, I'd want Apple to use it. I use an iMac, so battery life is not a concern. Even otherwise, I'd take video quality over battery life.
702.
by kartickv 10y ago
When will I be able to build Android apps on this? I'm planning on building one, and it would be great if I could use this laptop to do so. That would immediately make it more powerful than the 13-inch iPad, in that I can get my real w
703.
Does Apple recover taxes they pay from developers?
2 points by kartickv 10y ago|0 comments
704.
Desktop OS Images Should Be Cryptographically Signed(kartick-log.blogspot.com)
3 points by kartickv 10y ago|0 comments
705.
by kartickv 10y ago
Hard to attribute that to GC.
706.
by kartickv 10y ago
This is an insightful comment. Thanks. I wonder how things would change if a second core was sitting idle anyway, like in a mobile app that does everything on the main thread. Would it then make sense to utilise the second core for greater
707.
by kartickv 10y ago
> The pause is completely deterministically in control of your program. In theory. In practice, the programmer may not be able to reproduce the pause to diagnose and fix it, or it may not bubble up to the top of the priority list. Wherea
708.
by kartickv 10y ago
I've seen it repeated many times that GC has higher latency, but is there a benchmark? Imagine writing a Mac app, once with refcounting, and once with GC, and seeing which one has the longer pause time. I can think of cases where GC ha
709.
by kartickv 10y ago
Anything concrete I can do today as a (web) app developer?
710.
A Commercial Reuse License Can Be the Best of Both Worlds(kartick-log.blogspot.com)
3 points by kartickv 10y ago|0 comments
711.
Why Laptops Should Have Ports of the Same Kind(kartick-log.blogspot.com)
1 points by kartickv 10y ago|2 comments
712.
What are the pros and cons of website builders for a marketing site?
1 points by kartickv 10y ago|0 comments
713.
by kartickv 10y ago
I agree with many posters in this thread that Apple is taking "thin and light" to an extreme. I'd want other things than thinness and lightness, like being able to configure it with a 4TB spinning hard disc + a small SSD, con
714.
by kartickv 10y ago
Interesting, I wanted my 27-inch iMac to have a builtin battery, so that it doesn't crash when there's a power cut. Even a five-minute runtime is enough, for it to shut down in an orderly manner. I have a UPS, but it would be bett
715.
It's Time for a Common Framework for Mobile and PC Apps(kartick-log.blogspot.com)
1 points by kartickv 10y ago|0 comments
716.
by kartickv 10y ago
If the tax is more than the sale price, clearly the tax system. Tax should be limited to a fraction of the sale price, say no more than a third. That seems like a common-sense reform to do.
717.
by kartickv 10y ago
"Makes choices" and "focused on tinkerers" are at tension with each other. Because tinkerers want choice, such as with multiple window managers, sound subsystems or what have you. If you have N window managers, now you n
718.
by kartickv 10y ago
I wouldn't buy a $1300 monitor that worked only with a Thunderbolt 3 device. It must work with USB-C and DisplayPort, even if only at UHD resolution than 5K. If I buy a Windows laptop tomorrow, and it doesn't have Thunderbolt 3, I
719.
by kartickv 10y ago
Is the article correct in claiming that the CABLES are backward-compatible? I have a Nexus 5x, which uses USB-C. I want to buy a cable to charge it and connect it to my computer. Would a Thunderbolt 3 cable work?
720.
by kartickv 10y ago
Good point, and that's why, six months back, I chose to buy an iMac 5k instead of a laptop. I saved a couple of thousand dollars, got four USB ports instead of two, and a gorgeous 27-inch 5k monitor that I couldn't buy separately

More ›