meindnoch

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by meindnoch 4y ago
Yes, it is quite saddening. iOS used to be the platform that destroyed Android in user experience in no small part due to its “bare metal” programming model. I still remember how laughably slow and laggy my friends’ Android devices were, wi
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by meindnoch 4y ago
These declarative frameworks always work well for demo stuff, then fall flat for actual complex software. I’m talking not just about declarative UIs, but also declarative business logic tools (Windows Workflow Foundation anyone?) too. They
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by meindnoch 4y ago
Apple is trying very hard to shove it down the developers’ throats. E.g. they make certain new OS frameworks SwiftUI-only, like the new “dynamic island” APIs for iPhone 14. (Pretty misguided in my opinion, but it’s their platform to ruin…)
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by meindnoch 4y ago
If you factor in the industry and acrage required to produce the massive amounts of fertilizer and animal feed they import, then their agricultural operation is not so tiny, nor green anymore.
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by meindnoch 4y ago
In game programming this is called “double-buffered state”: https://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/double-buffer.html
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by meindnoch 4y ago
I never thought I would feel like I’m watching TikTok when reading an article from Harvard, but here we go…
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by meindnoch 4y ago
Maybe because he’s 93? I mean, I’m no fan of ageism, but let’s be realistic…
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by meindnoch 4y ago
Most likely Democrat couples don’t feel the need to marry at the same rate as Republicans. Anyhow, the quoted figures doesn’t exactly show that married people “barely vote Republican”.
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by meindnoch 4y ago
"Risky business: linking Toxoplasma gondii infection and entrepreneurship behaviours across individuals and countries" ( https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30051870/ ) >Among professionals attending entrepreneu
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by meindnoch 4y ago
That was back when the so called “middle class” still existed. Now you need to work two or three jobs (as a software engineer!) to afford a house in a good school district unless you inherited generational wealth.
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by meindnoch 4y ago
>Earth's gravity *Earth’s atmosphere
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by meindnoch 4y ago
Speaking to a voice assistant is like speaking to a toddler. They have limited vocabulary, limited comprehension and limited ability to perform what you’ve asked them. The only difference is that a toddler stops being a toddler after a year