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by khitchdee 8mo ago
A trend prediction on web-apps and app development in general, based on last year's data.
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by khitchdee 3y ago
It's definitely an odd number. If it were even you could divide it into 2 parts which, by definition, is not possible. You count up from 1 in steps of 2 and never stop. Infinity is the process of this never-ending count.
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Ask HN: Should the front-end of technology be personalised?
1 points by khitchdee 4y ago|0 comments
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by khitchdee 4y ago
I guess if the AI is good enough, your point makes some sense. It's a good programming habit to doc your code as you write it. If you do this in a structured way and code folding is used the comments should get out of the way from the
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by khitchdee 4y ago
Why could you not create a comment block above the code section in question and fold it. All IDE's nowadays support folding, including comment block folding. To see what a section of code does, you unfold the comment block above it, re
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by khitchdee 4y ago
Emacs is a great editor if you don't want to have to use the mouse and once you get familiar with its command set. What I'm working on is creating a keyboard-input only GUI SDK that enables you to build something like Emacs easily
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by khitchdee 4y ago
Thanks. I'll try that.
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by khitchdee 4y ago
A keyboard based IDE for a keyboard based GUI for PCs. Common PC GUIs are WIMP based (Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointers). They require the usage of a mouse and are pretty complicated. I find the usage of the mouse in a PC GUI "unnatural&
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by khitchdee 4y ago
Connecting the IDE to teaching makes a lot of sense
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by khitchdee 4y ago
Intel.
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by khitchdee 4y ago
FWIW, A sitar also has a 12 note scale, but the frets are moveable so you can tune by ear. The drawback is, you only play melodies on the top string and there are no chords. It's possible to design a guitar where the frets are spaced a
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by khitchdee 4y ago
I'm thinking more in terms of what you put into that interface. Do you add features that you might need later? My approach would be no. You design your first interface with only what you need right now. And if you don't need an in
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by khitchdee 4y ago
Generality leads to bloat in software systems and increases complexity unnecessarily. As a general rule of thumb, software should be designed with the specific use-case in mind that applies to the current needs of the user. Generalisation s
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by khitchdee 4y ago
FWIW, it's possible to program multimedia using Java via the ISO's MPEG-J framework. It's not as easy as PureData but it's very flexible and you get all the goodness of Java to boot. https://mpeg.chiariglione.
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by khitchdee 4y ago
No virtual fns means no inheritance. Also, you can blame the implementation and not the language. But real-world it is slower. Can't say by how much. Why bother?
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by khitchdee 4y ago
> Overall, I think ... That's a reflection of their company culture. They're a bit stiff.
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by khitchdee 4y ago
That comparison is Intel 14nm vs. TSMC 5nm nodes. Please verify from the link. That's appx a one node difference. Intel fumbled the ball on EUV intro.
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by khitchdee 4y ago
Their stock options are not worth anything now. It's no longer a great place to work. Because they do not show you the money.
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by khitchdee 4y ago
C++ adds a layer of functional indirection above the level of the C structure. This is what causes the bloat. The implementation of the C++ object vs. the C struct. Iostream is implemented as an object. C++ is definitely more convenient and
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by khitchdee 4y ago
C++ is slow and bloated but people just hide that under the rug.
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by khitchdee 4y ago
XPU is too generic a term and harmful looking at it from a business perspective.
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by khitchdee 4y ago
Intel does not have a number 2. They only own x86. They have failed to diversify.
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by khitchdee 4y ago
That performance difference is not due to architecture but process technology. Intel is on Intel' best node and Apple is on TSMC's.
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by khitchdee 4y ago
Google used to be search only. Now they have Android. That's pretty good.
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by khitchdee 4y ago
Execution is about engineers. Intel can't retain their engineers. Without good engineers you can't compete. So you downsize and try compete only on one thing -- better x86. Pat Gs return as CEO does help with engineer retention th
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by khitchdee 4y ago
If you translate, you do face performance issues. Apple or some other vendor cannot make an ARM chip so fast at a competitive cost that beats an x86 chip in emulation mode. The underlying acceleration techniques for both ARM and x86 are the
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by khitchdee 4y ago
If I were Pat Gelsinger, I would keep PC Client, DataCenter and FPGA(Altera). Get rid of everything else.
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by khitchdee 4y ago
Apple will always be niche because they are too expensive. ARM based PC client processors accounted for about 9% of the total market. But I don't expect that number will grow a lot higher due to cost of Macs. Also, you can't bring
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by khitchdee 4y ago
Intel should double down on its core business which is selling x86 chips for Windows PCs. If it loses to AMD+TSMC here, there's nowhere left to hide. IFS is very long term and a new business opportunity in a market where Intel is not t
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by khitchdee 4y ago
Here is an editor for C I'm in the process of writing with a Modal, keyboard-only interface. It features a 3 column source code display format which is different from the traditional single column format. Also, there are on-screen cont

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