colig | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: Do you still buy/read technical books?
I find the recumbent bicycle is the steadiest way to do reading and cardio at the same time.
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colig | 10 years ago | on: Is Dolphin (browser) the New Chrome?
The submission title does not match the content. The majority of this post concerns the author's investigation of processes running on his Nexus 7.
He claims to have empirical evidence of Chrome being slow, but does not supply it. Something like a dump of logcat showing lots of GC is an idea of what to expect.
It does not state if the list of processes was obtained after a reboot. A complete list of installed apps would be useful, too.
Code for the ProcMan app that he used to get the list of processes is not provided under the excuse it was ugly and incomplete. This is on a website dedicated to sharing code.
All in all, article should have spent more time in the oven.
colig | 10 years ago | on: New Perl 6 Homepage
Just a idea that drifted into my head:
The background being of a butterfly specimen display, realistic and in faint grey, and one of the butterflies in full colour with the label Perl 6. The other butterflies can even be labelled as other programming languages, like Perl 5 or C or whatever.
colig | 10 years ago | on: DAWG data structure
I was just looking into this today and I found GADDAG: (http://ericsink.com/downloads/faster-scrabble-gordon.pdf), which claims to be faster than DAWG.
colig | 11 years ago | on: Two-year-old Nexus 4 issue status changed to obsolete
Ever since updating to Lollipop, my Nexus 4 has had sudden restarts a few times a week. It's a very disappointing reduction in quality which makes me question whether to go Android for my next device. If Google can't support its own hardware reliably then I don't see why anyone else should put their trust in it.
colig | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: What to put on a donated laptop for a 12yr old
You haven't said anything about the kid being interested in programming, so I'm not sure IntelliJ is going to be of any use. It's a very heavy tool, perhaps too much for anyone just starting to learn how to program.
colig | 11 years ago | on: Why Racket? Why Lisp?
Does anyone else find it difficult to highlight things on this page? Specifically, 'kvetchery' which is found in the third paragraph.
I believe the author is the one responsible for the facelift of Racket's documentation. He may belittle his own lack of formal programming education but I am thankful for his design chops.
colig | 11 years ago | on: Google, it's time – We want Scala for Android
Um, people have already been able to use Scala to make Android applications. Just about anything that doesn't require dynamically generated JVM bytecode can manage, difficult and error-prone as it is.
If we're talking about official support, then I'd rather Java 8 instead. And beefing up ART even more.
colig | 12 years ago | on: Hemingway makes your writing bold and clear
I like it. Is the grade level calculated with Fleisch-Kincaid?
$5 is a reasonable price (to me) for a minimal text editor with this feature, though I would prefer something meatier and more expensive along the likes of Scrivener.
colig | 12 years ago | on: Hackers in Perth?
There's not much going on here. Look on meetup.com for a few things that might interest you.
colig | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: I'm 15, won a grant to develop a suicide prevention app, what next?
This is a major undertaking. IMO, you will most likely end up reaching the lower-hanging fruit of depression rather than suicide. Good luck.
colig | 12 years ago | on: Kotlin: A statically-typed language that compiles to JVM bytecode and JavaScript
I started using Kotlin on the weekend and I have been pretty happy with it. The only issues I have with it so far is that I would like to use a package name with more than two identifiers (eg. com.android.scripting, instead of just com.android), and there isn't a succinct way of declaring multidimensional arrays. I resort to doing something like
val arr: Array<Array<Tile>> = Array<Array<Tile>>(height, { x ->
Array<Tile>(width, { y -> Tile(x, y, Terrain.GRASS) })
})
colig | 12 years ago | on: Android: The Land That Python Forgot
How much of the 'batteries included' approach of Python will work well in the Android environment?
It reminded me of this: http://www.tinypy.org/
colig | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: Conjure - A launcher for Android
Does this replace the homescreen like Apex Launcher and Nova Launcher? It doesn't seem to be that kind of launcher, from looking at the screenshots.
colig | 13 years ago | on: There is something magical about Firefox OS
I enjoyed reading this. I mostly know Java and not so much Javascript, but there's something delightful in the idea the writer lays out. As much as I like Android, it isn't really 'hackable' by the average user, and Firefox OS seems capable for that.
colig | 14 years ago | on: Google is losing control of Android
IIRC the Galaxy S II has had hardware acceleration from the start, provided by Samsung's modifications.
colig | 14 years ago | on: The Average Font
The 'o' in 'computer' at the start of the third line of that page seems a little taller than the other letters. Other than that, seems interesting. I'd prefer to see a sans-serif version, though.
colig | 14 years ago | on: We Need to Talk About Android
The issue with backups is understated. Titanium Backup is a crutch where I expect a cloud solution from Google would have been obvious and easy to use.
colig | 14 years ago | on: Mozilla partners up with LG to combat Apple and Google with its own device
I would like to know if it is possible in the future to write a 'native' app for this OS, and by that I mean one that is not encumbered by the speed limitations of Javascript.
colig | 14 years ago | on: Android Income Report
Please do not Airpush. Users hate it and apps are almost guaranteed to get one-star reviews because of it.
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