jntun

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by jntun 1y ago
"Lighthouses in the sky" was pro-slavery & pro-racism Virginia Senator John Randolph's criticism of John Quincy Adams policy to build astronomical observatories throughout the US. Adams referred to the observatories as &q
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by jntun 1y ago
Bytecode is not machine code, and I specifically said source files "or usually bytecode". A C program is compiled into machine code (and more specifically a platforms given executable format) before dlopen(3) is called on it. Not
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by jntun 1y ago
They asked if it could be "as fast as the JVM", which JIT is a crucial part of how the JVM achieves its performance. JIT in this context is referring to the process of a source file (.rb, .js, .c, etc), or usually bytecode, being
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by jntun 1y ago
This is an incredibly convoluted hypothetical trying to negate the idea that users notice and/or appreciate how quickly their applications start. Usually as a PM you are managing multiple engineers, one of which I would assume is capab
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by jntun 1y ago
Instruments is implemented under-the-hood with dtrace, that could be what they are referring to.
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by jntun 1y ago
Because the analog equipment back then could only do binary panning.
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by jntun 1y ago
Of course! What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry [2005] Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age [2000] Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make
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by jntun 1y ago
I've recently been reading lots of books about 50/60/70s computing & especially the San Francisco element of it, so I've been watching Engelbart's demo myself on and off for the last few weeks. It really is amaz
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by jntun 2y ago
Well I don't want to talk about that first part, mainly because it's a very poor interpretation of history. You brought up the Taliban and I wanted to investigate that thought you had further. You seem to be trying to paint an ide
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by jntun 2y ago
> to show off things that were of no interest in their original countries at that time You have a very cynical and skewed view of things.
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by jntun 2y ago
Do you have any interest in talking about the British & American roles in funding, training, and arming the Taliban in the 70, 80s, and early 90s? Or would you prefer creating a hypothetical where we are burdened to take care of the peo
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by jntun 2y ago
Looting and pillaging is fine, as long as you build an entire economic / social system around it? Because that is the only semblance of logic I can take away from your statements. These museums didn't just pop into place for the a
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by jntun 2y ago
Excellently written history on a period of time I am fascinated in. However, I think the author puts too fine a point on the literal exact geographic position of the technology, and not the historical & material forces that manifested.
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by jntun 2y ago
> Causing thousands of Americans to unknowingly act in the interest of the CCP This is not a factual statement. It is a statement that contains something resembling a fact, however it is still just your subjective opinion.