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541.
by zik 13y ago
"First" apart from the three implementations which were released before it - including one for linux. So that'd be fourth then...
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by zik 13y ago
"Party gas" is partly nitrogen and partly helium. Nitrogen by itself doesn't have lift.
543.
by zik 13y ago
What's worse is that it's not even 1920x1080 - the screen is divided into two halves, one for each eye. So the visible resolution is 960x1080. But since those pixels are also stretched over an area three times wider than your norm
544.
by zik 13y ago
Thanks for saying this. I've tried the developer version and while it was great fun the resolution, screen door and shimmer issues were really disappointing. I agree that it needs a couple of generations of improvement before it become
545.
by zik 13y ago
The servers are diskless. If they confiscate the servers they get nothing. Mind you if they keep the servers in place and take control of them it'd be hard to stop them from doing whatever they like.
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by zik 13y ago
That's the exact reason why I changed from Ubuntu to Mint. I really tried to like Unity on Ubuntu, but in the end it was a big improvement to change to Mint's non-Unity interface.
547.
by zik 13y ago
I'd love to know what Moonshine's doing now and how long he managed to keep up the subterfuge.
548.
by zik 13y ago
Writing exception-safe code is non-trivial. There has been a lot of debate recently about whether exceptions are a mis-feature. The main worry is that if you allow exceptions sensible-looking code can lead to many non-obvious bugs. This lin
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by zik 13y ago
It's also interesting that according to the Language Shootout Go uses a fraction the memory of Java - meaning you can save a lot of money by deploying it on cheaper machines or VMs and get similar performance to Java.
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by zik 13y ago
Go developer here. It really looks like the game developer is trying to cover something up here. The article is very misleading. Go doesn't work as they describe - it implies that the library can change underneath you and that's not true.
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by zik 13y ago
> When I grew up, Switzerland's population was 7 million. Now it's 8. That almost 9% growth. Switzerland's projected population growth for 2000-2050 is 1.8%. Just for comparison Australia's population growth over the same period is 28.9
552.
by zik 14y ago
It does have inheritance although the syntax is different: type SubClass struct { SuperClass other fields... }
553.
by zik 14y ago
I'm using Go at my new startup. I've only been working with it for a couple of weeks but I'm loving it so far. They just got so many things _right_ with this language.
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by zik 14y ago
> The current notation has been in use for hundreds of years because it works. But it doesn't. And that's why tablature notation is far and away more widely used these days. Old-style musical notation is horribly designed and is gradual
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by zik 14y ago
> Bitcoin isn't backed by anything. It's unusual in that it does have a cost of creation - the expense of the machinery and power required to mine a bitcoin. So it does have a "base value" of a sort, you just can't redeem it.
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by zik 14y ago
FWIW the EU is proposing to ban neonicotinoids. This article from Salon gives the history and supporting evidence: http://www.salon.com/2013/03/21/without_honeybees_we_may_cea...
557.
by zik 14y ago
TL;DR: "It wasn't us, it was an organisation closely affiliated with us with almost the same name who we have absolutely nothing to do with". Convincing.
558.
by zik 14y ago
I joined the ACE some years ago for the same reason - because it seemed like a good idea to be a member of a professional organisation. I also didn't renew after I realised what a joke the ACS really was.
559.
by zik 14y ago
Since the vast majority of these licenses are sold to OEMs to build systems it doesn't reflect anything much. The number sold to actual customers would be a lot more useful.
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by zik 14y ago
His software murdered my computer too.
561.
by zik 14y ago
Everyone seems to be trying to get the quick answer to longevity from this article. The message I took home is that there _is_ no quick answer. No-one really knows why these people live longer. What they do know is that they lead a complete
562.
by zik 14y ago
The definition of "near space" says it starts at 60,000ft.
563.
by zik 14y ago
As an Australian I find this hilarious. Britain and Australia have been picking up Americanisms for a long time. I've even heard younger Australians refer to the "boot" of their car as a "trunk". Horrifying. To see some cultural imperialism
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by zik 14y ago
The statistics show that introducing and enforcing helmet laws reduces the number of people cycling by about half. That's bad for the health and fitness of your whole society.
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by zik 14y ago
I suppose it's all a matter of taste. The error handling design decision is one thing I really like about Go. I write high reliability embedded software and "throw/catch" just doesn't cut it for me since it obscures possible error condition
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by zik 14y ago
Mandarin and Cantonese are different languages, not dialects of the same language.
567.
by zik 14y ago
I wonder about the credibility of this article given that it talks about "Chinese" as if it were a single language. There are many spoken languages in China (most notably Mandarin and Cantonese). They share a common written form but if you'
568.
by zik 14y ago
Most large companies are already part of a patent cartel called "RAND". It's pretty much a Mexican stand-off where all the major companies "trade" patent rights with each other rather than being sued into oblivion. Where Apple went wrong wa
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by zik 14y ago
I work on embedded linux boxes in vehicles and boot times are hugely important to us. The time from when someone turns on their car ignition to the time when our box is usable is critical. I understand that this feature isn't important to d
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by zik 14y ago
Xerox had the first "fixed drop-down menu". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_graphical_user_i... Apple's Jef Raskin did come up with drag-and-drop though so that's pretty much the one original thing they did.

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