johnvega | 3 years ago | on: YouTubeDrive: Store files as YouTube videos
My family had Atari 400 with a tape drive. I remembered buying a tape with a game. We also use it for basic programming language and the Astroids game using a cartridge.
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johnvega | 3 years ago | on: Why do you waste so much time on the internet?
Attention hijacking becomes micro-habbits that become a rourtine. After just a few days, it becomes very difficult to undo, even if being aware of what's going on. This is what I understood from Tristan Harris several years ago and it's still happening today.
johnvega | 4 years ago | on: Firefox 94 to start using EGL on Linux
"For most cases, you do all the actual rendering work in GL or GLES contexts, which you create with WGL, CGL, GLX, or EGL, depending on your platform.
GL and GLES do the actual rendering. EGL and friends are basically just the glue layer to get things to the screen. (Well, to the window manager)"
https://www.reddit.com/r/opengl/comments/11q0oz/what_is_the_...
johnvega | 4 years ago | on: Raspberry Pi 3 Fastboot – Less Than 2 Seconds
"bootcode.bin: This is the 2nd Stage Bootloader, which is run by the 1st Stage Bootloader which is embedded into the RPI by the manufacturer. Runs on the GPU. Activates the RAM. Its purpose is to run start.elf (3rd Stage Bootloader)."
johnvega | 4 years ago | on: iOS 15
Last time I checked several weeks ago, 2016 SE looks like it wasn't going to get it. This is great.
johnvega | 4 years ago | on: My Room in 3D
Not as elaborate also created in three.js
johnvega | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2021)
Location: San Jose, CA | San Francisco Bay Area
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Possible
Technologies: C/C++, Go/GoLang, CAD, AutoCAD, Computer Graphics, Cloud Computing & IoT
Résumé/CV: Upon request
Email: john.dlvg at gmail
Over 5 years C++ Programming Experience in CAD software. In production release for over 10 years.
johnvega | 4 years ago | on: An old hacker's tips on staying employed
How would you compare your job search experience with "traditional employee job" versus "contract job" ?
johnvega | 4 years ago | on: Initial preview of GUI app support for the Windows Subsystem for Linux
On my 2nd chromebook computer but likely moving back to mostly to Windows because of WSL2.
Just 1 of many benefits: build native Windows GoLang app from WSL2: (Caddy server)
env GOOS=windows go build -o caddy.exe
No need to setup gcc in native Windows. Not sure if this works on all GoLang apps, but at least works for a reasonably complex Caddy server
johnvega | 5 years ago | on: Apple targets car production by 2024, eyes ‘next level’ battery tech: sources
An iPhone with 4 wheels
johnvega | 5 years ago | on: Amazon EC2 Mac Instances
Maybe good option to test out a small iOS dev side project. Average 10 hours per week will cost around $500 per year.
johnvega | 5 years ago | on: Facebook News
Scroll down to the bottom of page, you'll see "Facebook © 2019"
johnvega | 5 years ago | on: Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person (2016)
The success depends on how much both value marriage itself
johnvega | 5 years ago | on: Apple for the first time makes a top-of-the-line iPhone model in India
May have been cut off if it was at the end. Perhaps change to "in India" from "near Chennai"
johnvega | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: Is it just me? why is “news” so addictive?
Attention hijacking, turns into subtle micro-habits, then turns into routines, backed by the most powerful computers in the world and most likely AI.
Internet + Smartphones + Apps
johnvega | 5 years ago | on: Doordash and Thousands of Other Companies Passively Send Your Data to Facebook
Coincidentally Sleep Cycle iOS app crashed once (can't remember ever crashing before from over 5 years of using it almost every day/night) within the approximate 3 hour time frame with other major apps crashing caused by Facebook SDK.
johnvega | 5 years ago | on: App suddenly crashing on startup due to FBSDKRestrictiveDataFilterManager.m
Seems like FB way of forcing devs to use the latest SDK, unless FB shares technical details on what happened.
This is what FB for dev says:
"To make your app compatible with the latest iOS, be sure to use the latest Facebook SDKs for iOS."
johnvega | 5 years ago | on: Microsoft to permanently close its retail stores
Bought this computer I'm using right now from a Microsoft retail store. Great place to try out new computers. Disappointed.
johnvega | 5 years ago | on: Biohacking Lite
Has anyone tried or looked into Carnivore Diet?
johnvega | 5 years ago | on: Most tech content is bullshit
The word "most" is mostly used between 60% and 90%, or more precisely greater than 50% and less than 100%
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