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by michaelneale 16y ago
well it is still 2-3 od MB of weight. I guess you could strip it down easy enough, and package it. But if you are delivering a library - then it has to play nice with other libraries that may also want to use scala - if you really wanted yo
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by michaelneale 16y ago
For me a HUGE feature is: "Mirah code has no runtime dependency other than libraries accessed directly from Mirah code." Wow - Charles has done an amazing job sticking true to that. In fact so much I thought it was a core aim. I love scala,
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by michaelneale 16y ago
Well said. I read somewhere (wish I could remember where, bizarrely I think it was on paper) that the very definition of a framework over a library is that inversion of control - ie your application runs inside the framework - you are behol
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by michaelneale 16y ago
Ok more and more HN is reedit. Yes I flag, no I shouldn't comment but enough please !
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by michaelneale 16y ago
Yes i probably should have. But I am annoyed that I have broken enough electronics that rectifiers weren't always part of it (but that is unrelated to batteries). Fwiw in the apple magic mouse you can only mechanically out them in one way.
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by michaelneale 16y ago
Would this just be a full wave bridge rectifier? I used to do that (4 diodes) for batteries AND powersupplies when I built my own guitar effects board power source. I was tired of either putting things in the wrong way and either a) not wor
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by michaelneale 16y ago
In Australian buildings this is already very very common. In the recent drought many urinals were converted (temporarily) but some are now back to water. When maintained it is ok, but it does smell more. Generally not popular.
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by michaelneale 16y ago
Yes that lept out at me. Isn't that first year physics? I mean I remember it from years back, my first fond memory of university physics (and from which point I knew I would love it). It was really a 1 short lecture task to derive special r
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by michaelneale 16y ago
I think he means that HTML5 is a hedge against the coming collapse in the number and quality of native iOS apps from 3rd parties.
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by michaelneale 16y ago
Very well put. If you find your self with a few spare million, I would think it is good stewardship to apply that advice to selecting charities, with as much care as you would investments. It also helps with the "purpose" aspect paul mentio
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by michaelneale 16y ago
IDEA, emacs (various types), vim, vi if on a server.
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by michaelneale 16y ago
I can totally relate to that - well not the smoking bit. but yeah - a nice scotch and you can turn it off. Otherwise I find I will say "ok, I am finishing this.." go off and start talking to family/friends, and suddenly pause, stare into th
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by michaelneale 16y ago
The scene graph? I think that is what they call it - but that is probably about all (that and the tools that go with it)
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by michaelneale 16y ago
Probably worth noting that in clojure you can have actors if you like (either in clojure, or using some library - even akkasource.org) - likewise, there is STM in scala (see same link) as a library. It isn't one or the other. I really love
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by michaelneale 17y ago
Hold on a minute - that isn't fair. I am an Elec Eng who works in CS. Had to go back and learn stuff (who doesn't). And I can't blame the king for executing a CS for bad inheritance based OO design.
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by michaelneale 17y ago
Well obviously not "OK I give up" but it could (and often end up) as an out of court settlement before anything happens.
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by michaelneale 17y ago
Yes I actually felt a bit sad as I read that "last blog post" - remembering back to when I first came across the essays. I also enjoy the podcast, I hope that continues on in some form. But I agree with and appreciate the need to do somethi
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by michaelneale 17y ago
I won't use an ad-blocker as I think advertising is legitimate, and provides support for many great sites and potential for important startups. I do use flashblock/click to flash (which has the side effect of hiding the most offensive video
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by michaelneale 17y ago
I got the impression that they liked/used the Interface Builder on the iphone SDK (the comment on the easy of making things pretty) - if that is the case that is telling. I do no iphone dev, but I have some close friends who are prolific an
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by michaelneale 17y ago
Q: does the company make its income via billable time of staff? if so, it is a services company (or a tech services company), not a tech company. The difference is subtle to some but makes all the difference in how things work.
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by michaelneale 17y ago
The positive spin for HN folk: if you are an entrepreneur, get cracking ! This is both opportunity for you, as well as a Good Thing to do for the economy (yes yes, I know, unlikely to hire a long term unemployed person for a new internet st
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by michaelneale 17y ago
Some have mentioned that the iPhone/iPad (and probably other mobile platforms) are moving consumers away from file based computing (even if the specific OSes underneath are using them). Each application in the iphone doesn't really think ab
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by michaelneale 17y ago
That article kind of makes being a loser appealing.
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by michaelneale 17y ago
"People are afraid to compete because they prefer to pretend they could have won if they played, than to know that they played and lost." Wow - it would have taken me pages to explain that observation (that I see in myself and others). I re
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by michaelneale 17y ago
I would almost bet my life it is secondary sources referencing the same single primary source - this sort of thing happens over and over and over. And often can continue on for years/decades popping in and out of popular news, despite being
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by michaelneale 17y ago
Right yes of course that is vastly different. One way is to think of classes as immutable (which they are, in that sense). Of course adding a method to a class is possible - but being statically compiled makes that somewhat less useful ;)
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by michaelneale 17y ago
>very clearly should be objects, such as classes, are not objects Well classes are objects themselves, but not necessarily related in a useful way to the objects which they instantiate. You can't do as much with them (other then look at
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by michaelneale 17y ago
I think 3d full time would be terrible ! I don't want my TV 3d ! At most, maybe some movies, some games, and maybe sport (if I watched it). Certainly not for kids - kids have no need for that. Surely it won't be 3d all the time though?
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by michaelneale 17y ago
I just think it would be a very odd world if there were articles written in that style, by science writers who appeal to the mainstream non-scientific audiences, about every novel technology (eg "iPad to make you stupid !!"). And I don't t
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by michaelneale 17y ago
It reads very similar to how people objected to "fast travel" in the past (ie speeds at which we call "slow" in a car or train now) - people honestly thought they would go insane for reasons like sensory overload. It happens to anything new

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