throwawaywindev

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by throwawaywindev 5y ago
That’s why you use COM or WinRT with strong contracts.
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by throwawaywindev 5y ago
Agreed, my first thought was why don’t they remove the Like button too?
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by throwawaywindev 5y ago
They teach that stuff in business school. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFLjudWTuGQ
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by throwawaywindev 5y ago
Time to sell every possible 4K bitmap as individual “generative art” NFT’s.
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by throwawaywindev 5y ago
Has to be for their mixed reality product rumored to launch next year that they’ll want native apps to be developed for. There are only so many ProRes video editors out there.
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by throwawaywindev 5y ago
Yea, I originally ordered an M1 Max model after the presentation, then cancelled it when I realized for what I would use a GPU for (gaming and 3D development) a RTX 3080 laptop would be a much better choice. I also don’t care about performa
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by throwawaywindev 5y ago
C++ compilers probably will.
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by throwawaywindev 5y ago
I believe they compared it to a ~100W mobile RTX 3080, not a desktop one. And the mobile part can go up to ~160W on gaming laptops like Legion 7 that have better cooling than the MSI one they compared to. They have a huge advantage in perfo
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by throwawaywindev 5y ago
The M1 Max is drool worthy but Mac gaming still sucks. Can’t really justify it given that I don’t do video editing or machine learning work.
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by throwawaywindev 5y ago
Video game consoles have been using integrated graphics for at least 15 years now, since Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.
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by throwawaywindev 5y ago
After 15 years I realized that all the code I’ve ever written is nothing fancier than a clumsily wired breadboard. I’m transitioning to engineering management as I get way more out of coaching, planning, and product management, and it’s a l
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by throwawaywindev 5y ago
“ Second, running in a browser makes the top of your user acquisition funnel wider, because all it costs to try your platform is a click.” While often cited, I don’t think that’s as much of an advantage anymore in the age of app stores, Ste
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by throwawaywindev 5y ago
Those look like phishing for answers to account security questions.
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by throwawaywindev 5y ago
Probably could have made most of the event handlers separate methods rather than lambdas. That would have made the UI structure easier to read. I don’t know Swift or SwiftUI though.
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by throwawaywindev 5y ago
Efficiency is not always a good thing. We’re not machines and we shouldn’t aspire to some Wall-E existence where we do nothing but consume without any inconvenience.
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by throwawaywindev 5y ago
You know what’s even better UX? Light switches. The Hue dimmer switches are great. The most value I get out of them being “smart” is that I can program a double tap of the “off” button to turn off all lights in the house, or multiple taps o
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by throwawaywindev 5y ago
Only because housing cost usually isn’t included in the definition of inflation for some crazy reason. Housing costs are out of control.
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by throwawaywindev 6y ago
It’s not really about trust for me, it’s an employer requirement to have Bitlocker turned on.
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by throwawaywindev 6y ago
You can make breakpoints that just print stuff (at least in Visual Studio)
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by throwawaywindev 6y ago
I went from an X to a 12 Pro and love it for the camera upgrade. I’m trying to force myself to take more video/live photos than stills, and the 12 Pro’s HDR video is a major improvement so far. I’m considering getting rid of my Nikon Z
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by throwawaywindev 6y ago
Have you heard of Lottie? https://airbnb.io/lottie/
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by throwawaywindev 7y ago
I wonder if the increased “harvesting” has to do with Bezos getting older.
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by throwawaywindev 7y ago
A lot of MSFT management are engineers (including the CEO) so that’s probably not what he meant. Disclosure: I work at MSFT.
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by throwawaywindev 7y ago
US banks created Zelle, with free instant transfers via your banking app. It’s a shame more people don’t use it. Otherwise people just use credit cards for paying for stuff.
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by throwawaywindev 7y ago
It’s an economic problem that boils down to not putting a high enough price on negative externalities.
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by throwawaywindev 7y ago
In my experience, learning a new UI framework is harder than learning a new programming language.
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by throwawaywindev 7y ago
Everyone likes Figma because of its real time collaboration. The performance is terrible but you put up with it because of the features.
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by throwawaywindev 7y ago
Debugging can be logging that doesn’t bloat your binary with strings. Or adding adhoc logging to code you don’t own or have access to.
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by throwawaywindev 7y ago
Take the risk! It’s clear that you have a very rare combination of design, programming, communication, and marketing skills. The sky is the limit :)
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by throwawaywindev 7y ago
Target, Costco, and Best Buy fill that void for me.

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