therockhead

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by therockhead 8y ago
> Go is not an option until they get their story straight with 2.0 Would you mind expanding on this point? Where I work, we do lot of C++ for the reasons you described but I have started to learn Go to see if its a suitable replacement.
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by therockhead 8y ago
The WWDC app has a new short video called “What’s new in Core NFC” which mentiones the new features in the Iphones such as reading NFC in the background.
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by therockhead 8y ago
>Dynamic typing makes it hard to avoid errors at runtime, requiring lots of testing. Doesn't Elixir also have this problem?
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Scenic – a client application framework written in Elixir/Erlang(github.com)
3 points by therockhead 8y ago|0 comments
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by therockhead 8y ago
I know Viber is written in QT, it does not look native on macOS.
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by therockhead 8y ago
Yeah, I loved that show. If your a fan of Tom Merrit, he has another daily show called DTNS (Daily Tech News Show) which is pretty good as well.
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Core Spotlight still broken on macOS 10.13(forums.developer.apple.com)
2 points by therockhead 9y ago|0 comments
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by therockhead 9y ago
Can you point to any apps in the App Store using flutter ? Would be nice to see some real work examples in action.
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by therockhead 9y ago
>But better still, maybe encourage your employers not to death race upgrades versus exploits all the way to the bitter end in April 2020 like they did with XP's extended support period. Ikr, but we can't expect all our custom
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by therockhead 9y ago
My times are similar. I also ran on Safari which is faster than Chrome but slower than Firefox.
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by therockhead 9y ago
The reason is simple, Windows 7 has over 40% market share. It's hard to ignore that.
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by therockhead 9y ago
The platform UWP needs to run on is Windows 7. Without that support it’s not an option for my company.
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by therockhead 9y ago
Why is that? Latest versions of Chrome and Firefox work fine on Windows 7 , so they have real competition in this area.
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by therockhead 9y ago
Link is broken.
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Diseconomies of scale(daringfireball.net)
2 points by therockhead 9y ago|0 comments
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by therockhead 10y ago
I often wonder would Erlang be a good language for embedded automotive systems. It's seems to have the right traits - no GC pauses, built for reliability etc.
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by therockhead 10y ago
It's been a while since I did any serious maths, would I be lost in course like this ?
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by therockhead 10y ago
They are widely available in Europe. Do you mean they don't sell well outside of the USA ?
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by therockhead 10y ago
The Cisco office in SF has free breakfast and lunch.
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by therockhead 10y ago
I know its been a while since it got an update but my MacPro has 32G of RAM and can go a lot higher.
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by therockhead 10y ago
I think they do it for the publicity.
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by therockhead 10y ago
1) Native L&F 2) More responsive UI 3) Lower memory footprint As a dev I'm biased of course and this might not matter to most people. One thing though, you don't have to write the full app three times. For example all the busi
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by therockhead 10y ago
I can understand why small teams with a web background might pick Electron instead of going native but I don't understand why the larger companies like Slack don't write a native app when they have the resources to hire the talen
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by therockhead 10y ago
Why is it considered a dangerous practice?
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by therockhead 10y ago
Whoops - thanks for the correction.
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by therockhead 10y ago
I used to think that way until I watched C.G.P Grey short video on the topic "Humans need not apply" https://youtu.be/9BMcks55vfE
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by therockhead 10y ago
Can not copy the url for a session using the iPad.
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by therockhead 11y ago
I would have guessed that the prices would have come down by this point. I could imagine it retailing for around 200 and doing quite well.
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by therockhead 11y ago
Another take on guard http://ericasadun.com/2016/01/01/another-take-on-guard/
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by therockhead 11y ago
Agree completely, it comes across that the author of the post has read some useful guidelines and created a strict rule which must not be broken.

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