ArtifTh | 4 years ago | on: An intro to Zig's integer casting for C programmers
C# has GC by default, but you can do manual memory management in "unsafe" blocks
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ArtifTh | 5 years ago | on: Trump administration goes ahead with rule to scrap visa lottery
This looks extremely low, you should be able at least twice of that as a junior without much experience.
ArtifTh | 5 years ago | on: .NET 5.0
Huh, that's quite a dramatic code size reduction. Which percentage of this codebase was in tests and boilerplate code for stuff like helper data classes?
ArtifTh | 6 years ago | on: NeutralinoJS: Lightweight Electron alternative using native browser controls
Current version of Windows already have Chromium in the form of new Edge and Microsoft seems to start pushing progressive web applications. At least they made good integration with system for them.
So, perhaps, soon we will have PWAs instead of bunch of electron apps each carrying its own Chromium.
ArtifTh | 6 years ago | on: Stop Teaching Code, Solicit Predictions Instead
In short: prefer induction over deduction in early stages of teaching.
ArtifTh | 6 years ago | on: Hellvetica.ttf – Kern in Hell
This also need to have somehow broken hinting instructions so it would render blurry with rainbow edges on a screen.
ArtifTh | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: Transform Data Without Programming
>Which distributions to support?
Target flatpak and/or snap.
ArtifTh | 7 years ago | on: New Metal-Air Transistor Replaces Semiconductors
So, basically a nanoscale electron tube?
ArtifTh | 7 years ago | on: Silent and Simple Ion Engine Powers a Plane with No Moving Parts
>Are there already atmosphere-breathing engines that do this and what are they called?
Generally this kind of engine is called Magnetohydrodynamic drive. I'm not sure about atmospheric engines, but according to wiki[1] there are prototypes that uses water as working fluid.
ArtifTh | 7 years ago | on: The Dipole Drive: A New Concept for Space Propulsion
Looks similar to Ionocraft[0], but only for low density plasma instead of an air.
ArtifTh | 11 years ago | on: Russia now selling home-grown CPUs with Transmeta-like x86 emulation
МЦСТ (MCST) was an abbreviation for "Московский центр SPARC-технологий", now it's just a meaningless letters. ARM in computer name means probably "Автоматизированное рабочее место" - "Automated workstation"
ArtifTh | 11 years ago | on: Minimal Wikipedia redesign concept
So, how am I supposed to select language?
ArtifTh | 12 years ago | on: UBook – Markdown for eBooks
There already is FB2 format. Sure, its XML-based and many people may not like it, but why reinvent same thing againg?
ArtifTh | 12 years ago | on: Yotaphone
Man, standing on its head is the logo of Yota[1], so it's a part of the design ;-)
ArtifTh | 12 years ago | on: Yotaphone
According to russian news site[1] it will cost 19990 rubles ($600) in Russia.
ArtifTh | 12 years ago | on: Tsar Bomba: Largest weapon ever used.
And irony here is that one of the guys, who were developing this thing, was awarded Nobel Peace Prize later.
ArtifTh | 12 years ago | on: Tools used by influential developers and designers
> Almost everyone uses a Mac.
Where? I, actually, don't know anybody who uses mac.
ArtifTh | 12 years ago | on: Snowden granted 1-year asylum in Russia, leaves airport
http://visualbooster.com/share/20130801230340534.png Here is graph which represents fertility rate in Russia (orange) comparative to Japan (red) and Germany (blue). It's obviously climbing up since economy stabilized. Now, would you expect huge increase after anti gay-propaganda law is established?
ArtifTh | 12 years ago | on: Snowden granted 1-year asylum in Russia, leaves airport
Being gay or not is not a choice, so how can fertility rate be linked with number of homosexuals?
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