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> The hardware is lustworthy

what part? I have a 1440x1080 ereader retailing at $170.

acc01 | 12 years ago | on: Sony Digital Paper e-ink PDF tablet for notes and forms

Previously: http://www.asus.com/Eee_Family/Eee_Note_EA800/

acc01 | 12 years ago | on: Announcing the C++ FAQ

An essential companion to the consolidated C++ FAQ is the indispensable C++ FQA.

http://yosefk.com/c++fqa/

acc01 | 12 years ago | on: An Introduction to x86_64 Assembly Language

> anyone know of a mirror?

http://siyobik.info.gf/main/reference/

acc01 | 12 years ago | on: The New Razer Blade

These seem to fit your description pretty well: http://www.asus.com/zenbook/ .

acc01 | 12 years ago | on: Postfix Code Completion in IntelliJ IDEA 13.1

It's amazing what hoops people are keen to jump through so they don't have to program in Forth.

acc01 | 12 years ago | on: Simple 8-bit Assembler Simulator in Javascript

This is not an assembler simulator (i'd enjoy having one, though), it's a 8-bit computer simulator that includes an assembler.

acc01 | 12 years ago | on: Tell HN: Ask Golang is my vacation project

http://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html

(aside: how is GoF "high-level/architecture/design"? it is just a collection of tricks for overcoming language inexpressiveness)

acc01 | 12 years ago | on: Firefox OS: System wide orientation lock in 45LOC

The one with icons you use to start programs. Probably "main menu."

acc01 | 12 years ago | on: Firefox OS: System wide orientation lock in 45LOC

Off-topic, but I always wondered why both on iOS and Android some built-in applications (notably program selection screen) are always portrait-locked?

As a Nokia E70 (Symbian) user, this always buggers me. What if I want to search for something (and for that, use the long-edge keyboard)?

What is the rationale here?

acc01 | 12 years ago | on: User-triggerable NULL pointer dereference

Is this a new kind of viral adverts for Coverity?

acc01 | 13 years ago | on: Do Devs Need Custom Linux Laptops? Dell Thinks So

Remember we are talking about "power user" hardware, or something like that. Of course I'm going to install the O/S of my choice on my work laptop.

acc01 | 13 years ago | on: Do Devs Need Custom Linux Laptops? Dell Thinks So

You've probably misread "going to use" as "heard of."

acc01 | 13 years ago | on: Do Devs Need Custom Linux Laptops? Dell Thinks So

If by "custom" you mean rebranded consumer hardware coming with some Linux distribution I'm never going to use preinstalled, the answer is likely to be "no."

Clarification added later that I never anticipated to be needed: my point here is that there are more significant departures from mainstream needed to call something a "custom Linux laptop for developers": most likely, significant hardware changes.