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Carver Mead: My First Chip and Physics of Moore's Law(cms.caltech.edu)
1 points by stmw 9y ago|0 comments
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by stmw 9y ago
Unfortunately, "presumably" is not good enough for systems programming - you have no idea when it might run, and you might end up with a lot of environment variables attempting to tame its behavior - like the JDK has.
753.
Hard computing problem might be solvable only by quantum computers(phys.org)
3 points by stmw 9y ago|0 comments
754.
by stmw 9y ago
But Rust doesn't have a GC, which is why it's in a different class from Go or Java.
755.
by stmw 9y ago
That just seems like a long time?, but glad it's getting shipped.
756.
by stmw 9y ago
And the issue is mostly the garbage collector, not any other language features or compiler optimization improvements. You just can't have GC in a systems language.
757.
by stmw 9y ago
The real issue is the garbage collector, something that neither C nor Rust have. Automatic memory management (or thoughtful manual memory management) is good. Garbage collection is a problem.
758.
by stmw 9y ago
This appears to have first gotten funded in 2015?
759.
by stmw 9y ago
Good trick on the #2, reading the negative reviews. Of course, now that you've mentioned it here - soon enough that'll be gamed, too.
760.
by stmw 9y ago
Right, reading about the Alto is one example - or even Atari lore - at least those are still out there..
761.
by stmw 9y ago
They do mention $35K/year salary at some point in the article.
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The untold story behind Apple's $13,000 operating system(cnet.com)
40 points by stmw 9y ago|20 comments
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by stmw 9y ago
This article has too small font, too many words, I lost interest part way through. Is there a presentation somewhere that covers the authors' main points? Thanks. :) j/k
764.
Liquid metal transistor does Terminator2 tricks(phys.org)
2 points by stmw 9y ago|0 comments
765.
by stmw 9y ago
"She seemed to have so much belief in me that I just went along with it. " - great line
766.
by stmw 9y ago
Commure, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | Multiple positions | Fulltime | ONSITE We are a stealth startup working to fix the software doctors use. If you have seen what physicians have to put up with, it's a bad version of the 90s, and make
767.
by stmw 9y ago
That's what I thought, seemed like a really clever idea. Good point about spatial precision.
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How a $10 microchip turns 2-D ultrasound machines to 3-D imaging devices(techxplore.com)
48 points by stmw 9y ago|13 comments
769.
by stmw 9y ago
Well, that's increasingly solved by companies like Stripe & Gusto.
770.
by stmw 9y ago
It's a big and still-unsolved problem, but it's more than just TLS - need a proper set of APIs and platforms. We happen to be working on this, but it's not done yet... :-)
771.
by stmw 9y ago
That, and also there are so many independent confounding factors in these comparison studies that I am not sure they can ever outperform reasoning or personal experience. The reasoning part in your comment - lowering cognitive load, faster
772.
Brain imaging science identifies individuals with suicidal thoughts(medicalxpress.com)
2 points by stmw 9y ago|0 comments
773.
by stmw 9y ago
Good reminder, simpler is better
774.
by stmw 9y ago
Do you mean this Cilk? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cilk
775.
by stmw 9y ago
I couldn't agree more and was just making this point to someone last week - for many of the well-established languages, 80% of the reasons to use or not to use them is the associated culture, from the qualifications of the average appl
776.
by stmw 9y ago
I don't really see where you get that. Is dynamic typing demonstrating a lot of sustainable success?
777.
by stmw 9y ago
This is a great presentation, I wish I could hear the talk track. While we can all differ on the right "winner" for the next programming language (I don't think Clojure is the right answer, someone else might), we are all st
778.
by stmw 9y ago
This is actually pretty neat, although requires more digging
779.
by stmw 9y ago
How is Pachyderm doing, in terms of adoption and features and so on? Do people have comments?
780.
by stmw 9y ago
Commure, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | Multiple positions | Fulltime | ONSITE We are a stealth startup working to fix the software doctors use. If you have seen what physicians have to put up with, it's a bad version of the 90s, and makes

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