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by uticus 3y ago
> I don't know of any portable / standard way to achieve that... Don't you simply make sure all bit fields are adjacent? https://beej.us/guide/bgc/html/split-wide/structs-ii-more-fu...
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by uticus 3y ago
I would love to see a side-by-side example of C and assembly to demonstrate what you're claiming here.
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by uticus 3y ago
This is why C is a high level language (and portable)
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by uticus 3y ago
Related https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38188759
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by uticus 3y ago
That's pretty cool, C# performance chasing can be fun or maddening. Thompson NFA was obviously a good choice based on the speedup. But after reading this article I'm wondering if it was the best choice for all-out performance: &gt
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by uticus 3y ago
I have no idea. I can easily imagine a turbine being a good chunk of the installation BOM cost and budget constraints saying price recoup in x years that extra parts doesn't balance against. And in this scenario, then no, another turbi
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by uticus 3y ago
> So, after all those television-watching Britons go to bed, Dinorwig’s generators are run backwards. > It’s a remarkably efficient process, with about 75% of the energy available for reuse. Not an (hardware) engineer, so wondering: a
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by uticus 3y ago
> Faith communities taught me lazy thinking, blind faith, bigotry, etc. shame on faith communities - and parents - that teach laziness of mind. the effects are obvious, you are not the only person saying this. > Public schools weren&#
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by uticus 3y ago
> Public schools at least aim for a measure of neutrality i'm sorry, but surely you're joking? no schooling - especially public schools of today - is aiming for neutrality. neutrality is a fiction, and saying it is possible is
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by uticus 3y ago
> parental involvement is the single biggest determinant of children's success and growth yes! > my problem with homeschooling is that it's completely unregulated oh dear. so...if perhaps you meant "not regulated to x s
521.
by uticus 3y ago
previous HN discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38037284
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by uticus 3y ago
Dedicated FN row supported by 2 out of 5 links above, check Cyboard and MoErgo. Most places (all in these links) provide turnkey, no soldering required. Agree your requirements get into rarefied territory if you want something ready-to-go,
523.
by uticus 3y ago
Even more DYI https://github.com/YangPiCui/ErgonomicVerticalKeyboard
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by uticus 3y ago
I don't know how popular you would like, but ZSA has been around for quite a while. Their ErgoDox has been around for years, and they have other models as well. [0] The Dygma Defy has also been making waves, it released not too long ag
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by uticus 3y ago
Welcome to the rabbit hole https://aposymbiont.github.io/split-keyboards/
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by uticus 3y ago
I could see how this would be great for special event materials etc... if the pictures are what I want? There's no way to scroll through and choose, or even filter or change to get closer to something I want. So, no. Not interested in
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by uticus 3y ago
good point on nice diffs. collaborative work (using git or other source control) is really why text is king. there's no good way to collaborate, compare, etc with a low-code format.
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by uticus 3y ago
makes sense. did you have in mind something like makecode[0], something else, or wishing for something that hadn't been invented yet? [0] https://makecode.adafruit.com/
529.
by uticus 3y ago
Which also runs Python https://www.numworks.com/calculator/apps/python/
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by uticus 3y ago
Knew somebody was gonna say this!
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by uticus 3y ago
If my smartphone had good physical buttons I would agree with you.
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by uticus 3y ago
Had a 48G+, was dog slow. There were 3rd party replacements for the main screen (stack) written that were way faster. But yeah it was a delight to use otherwise esp compared to TI-xx
533.
by uticus 3y ago
I would love to see into the future and know if Rust adoption will meet or exceed C adoption in the microcontroller space. Right now, it seems like the trend seems to be going more towards greater adoption of high-level/scripting langu
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by uticus 3y ago
That's a fair point.
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Demystifying the Solar Synoptic Drawing(swpc.noaa.gov)
3 points by uticus 3y ago|0 comments
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by uticus 3y ago
Sometimes it vacillates between times of war and peace. The gap is usually wider when extended times of peace allow the "war tech" to be developed with the increased funding and secrecy allowed by peacetime. Sometimes it vacillate
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by uticus 3y ago
I mean, sure, I guess, technically. But really? Look at past submissions here on HN alone. The percentage of headlines containing "SiFive" without "RISC-V" is like minimal. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRan
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Coronal Hole High Speed Stream Influences Likely on 29-31 October(swpc.noaa.gov)
1 points by uticus 3y ago|1 comments
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by uticus 3y ago
ref also info about Coronal Holes: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/phenomena/coronal-holes
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Secretary of Defense Statement on U.S. Military Strikes in Eastern Syria(defense.gov)
3 points by uticus 3y ago|1 comments

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