mkrdouble

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   by mkrdouble 12y ago

   Thank you for posting this. This is the kind of thing I come to HN for.
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   by mkrdouble 12y ago

   Yeah, I don't see why it's so bad to point out that the site is completely illegible. Reminds me a bit of Wired magazine circa 1997.
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   by mkrdouble 12y ago

   Also consider dragging one of these to your bookmark bar: https://readability.com/bookmarklets
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   by mkrdouble 12y ago

   I believe he's only been temporarily blocked, but he doesn't say why (which doesn't lead much credence to his argument, IMO)
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   by mkrdouble 12y ago

   I suspect most people are up-voting this story because of the link-bait title. The author's blog posts don't really give much in the way of a substantial explanation of what's going on here. The impression I get is similar to
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   by mkrdouble 12y ago

   This looks really great, and has some big names endorsing it. Has anyone here read the book and could provide some additional insight on what the book did for you?
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   by mkrdouble 12y ago

   If you're into this kind of thing, then I cannot recommend the group blog, "Arms Control Wonk" enough! http://armscontrolwonk.com/ It contains some seriously in-depth analysis of both current and historic nuc
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   by mkrdouble 12y ago

   This is really cool! What I'm wondering is how well the "compiling Python code to a highly optimized Dart code" step works. For instance, does the standard Python test suite mostly pass? I imagine this is a monumentous task,
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   by mkrdouble 12y ago

   One bit of feedback: the text under the item descriptions is such a light gray that, on my monitor (MacBook) it can't be read at all.
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    by mkrdouble 12y ago

    If you didn't know much about this (I didn't), here's a cool animation of the expected launch and re-entry procedure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NSFZAKd-nk
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    by mkrdouble 12y ago

    Perhaps it's just my connection, but this link loaded the PDF for me: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-574.pdf
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    by mkrdouble 12y ago

    Does anyone know how this compares to `htop`, which is also quite excellent? It sounds like `atop`'s primary advantage is that it records process information in-between screen refreshes? Cool stuff, either way!