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by snek 8y ago
Maybe you can switch it out :) https://webassembly.org/
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by snek 8y ago
maybe they included compilation? it would make sense as that's a real world use of cpu/memory/energy.
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by snek 8y ago
>typical TypeScript programs are faster than typical JavaScript programs Person who works on js engines here :) You would think this is the case, but in actuality, js and ts are about on par in performance (assuming similarly written cod
244.
by snek 8y ago
which browser doesn't show that right? chrome and firefox have connected lines for me
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by snek 8y ago
https://snek.dev/10print :)
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by snek 8y ago
There has been some light discussion in the standards bodies about this, and so far the write-up looks like this: https://github.com/domenic/proposal-blocks
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by snek 8y ago
But they still haven't got .dev :(
248.
by snek 8y ago
Seems like the authors of this extension have a bias towards chrome.
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by snek 8y ago
WASM is interesting in that its memory design prevents reading anything outside the memory allocated for the vm. To this point, I don't think you would get much use from using this within WASM. That's not to say, of course, that W
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by snek 8y ago
Well four years of a language won't result in you being a very good speaker anyway. The key here is that foreign language classes also teach you about other cultures, which is definitely important.
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by snek 8y ago
It's currently true, but that doesn't mean wasm is finished yet :) major implementations are working on more efficient baseline compilers to further improve performance.
252.
by snek 8y ago
Any info on the camera(s) used for those first two reddit photos?
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by snek 8y ago
Damn shame to see the internet move backwards because Google refuses to use the standardized APIs. Edit: Usually HN is so angry about Google not following web standards but everyone in this thread seems to be in favor of Google trampling th
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by snek 8y ago
>Hacker News is publicly viewable without an account. Totally different. What does that have to do with needing to acquire rights to redistribute your content? >Discord tricks the user into using it as a private messaging platform. Di
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by snek 8y ago
> Modern communication platforms don't have to be all privacy-oriented. Just like in real life, there are public and private places, with different expectations. I wish more people understood this. Discord's primary design is l
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by snek 8y ago
It absolutely is. You know who else has a license like this? hacker news. ( https://www.ycombinator.com/legal/ ) By uploading any User Content you hereby grant and will grant Y Combinator and its affiliated compani
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by snek 8y ago
How would they be able to distribute your content (messages, images, etc) to other people if they didn't have the license to do so? Every chat service and social media has this clause because they couldn't send your messages witho
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by snek 8y ago
It has some interesting dips that seem to be testing some form of sudden dip in altitude which could be seen as related to the system under scrutiny, a safety system designed to prevent stalls which could in some cases "send the plane
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by snek 8y ago
You can read more about the use cases and targeted user here: https://goo.gl/kRnhVe They mention Cobalt (to allow targeting playstation), react native, nativescript, pdfium, and chrome's proxy resolver.
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by snek 8y ago
Just to be clear, the "JavaScript Standard Library" and the "Web Standard Library" are completely separate. (they are worked on by a lot of the same people though)
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by snek 8y ago
Hi, I don't work for Google, but I do work on web standards. In WHATWG, single vendors typically work on features until they believe they are good enough to be standardized, which is when they are submitted to the WICG. At this point,
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by snek 8y ago
Perhaps this is because CF doesn't actually provide a location to host random files. When people say CF is a CDN, they're talking about its caches. You still need your own server. (although they seem to be pushing dedicated worker
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by snek 8y ago
But there's something to be said about needing a lint rule for the API to be safely used.
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by snek 8y ago
I'd be wary to encourage useState. It seems too easy to accidentally use in loops/callbacks/etc where your state would then break because react tracks it via call order instead of call site.
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by snek 8y ago
but you introduce the danger of relying on an api that determines your state based on the order of function calls. if you accidentally take an api that pretends to work based on call site and use it in a loop or callback everything falls ap
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by snek 8y ago
When you want to work with state in a component (so most of the time) but are too stubborn to admit FP isn't the right choice for the job
267.
by snek 8y ago
Why don't the rich people just move to New York?
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by snek 8y ago
you don't need that npm library. just `new Agent({ keepAlive: true })` works
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by snek 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood
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by snek 8y ago
I miss Larry :(

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