wfraser

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by wfraser 9y ago
You mean Harvard architecture?
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by wfraser 10y ago
> plugins Finder doesn't have plugins, hence the accessibility API shenanigans necessary to get the same effect.
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by wfraser 12y ago
Re: 1, 2, 3: Those are Linux problems, not Surface ones. There are types of hardware that Linux is just poor at supporting. It's up to Linux devs and the component manufacturers to fix that problem, not Microsoft. I found it pretty eas
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by wfraser 12y ago
> there isn't a clean way to make 'unit types' (second, millisecond, meters, etc) in Rust.. Actually, there's this bit on Tuple Structs[1] in the tutorial: > Types like this can be useful to differentiate between d
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by wfraser 12y ago
Correct. It also needs a wall wart.
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by wfraser 13y ago
I'm guessing that's what the Wikipedia article means by "modern": able to work on most any surface, not just a special mat.
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by wfraser 13y ago
I think they're too distracted with the WinRT and its accompanying C++/CX silliness to properly focus on C++11. It feels like the 1st party platform got the priority in manpower.
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by wfraser 13y ago
Interesting. What are PostgreSQL's "fingerprints"? What makes it possible to tell a PostgreSQL derivitive from one based on another engine?
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by wfraser 13y ago
"GNU's Not Unix."
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by wfraser 13y ago
"How dare they tell people about the insecure API we wrote and how it works!"
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by wfraser 13y ago
The part of this metaphor that I really like is how a garden is always changing. Unlike a bridge or a building, software doesn't stand in isolation; it's always relying on other software for something. These other pieces of the sy
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by wfraser 13y ago
Wow, thanks! I didn't know about that. I'll try it!
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by wfraser 13y ago
Yeah, from a technical standpoint, it runs pretty well. There's still at least one hardware compat issue to be resolved (when I last tried Ubuntu Saucy beta, the wifi didn't work), but it was very performant, and looked nice.
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by wfraser 13y ago
The only problem with using Linux is that there isn't (as far as I can tell) a good Linux UI that's very touch-friendly. The closest one is Unity, and well, that's all I need to say there. (I realize some people like it, but
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by wfraser 13y ago
What's wrong with the developer onramp? I thought it was pretty painless to sign up, grab the SDK, and figure out how everything worked. Just curious what beef(s) you have with it.
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by wfraser 13y ago
Did you even read the article? It has nothing to do with EAS or Microsoft; it's Motorola software siphoning pretty much all the user's credentials off to Motorola servers.
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by wfraser 13y ago
Only at larger sizes. At the 16x16px version, there isn't anymore.