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Re:Year 1: My full time indie developer life on Monday March 19, 2018 @11:06AM (#16618891)
Still sounds less financially risky then e.g. marrying with kids in same country which is way more mainstream. Unless you start playing with debt.
I wonder which engine it works best with...
Re:Testing the Jai Compiler on Friday March 16, 2018 @04:22AM (#16599327)
It compiles now? I thought it was a C++ transpiler.
Three kids will benefit from a dad who learned to drive slower.
Re:Mail art on Thursday March 15, 2018 @07:51PM (#16597522)
Reminded me about keyset art: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=94482.0
Re:Google and LG creates VR AMOLED 120 Hz at 5500 x 3000 on Thursday March 15, 2018 @12:15PM (#16594121)
Desire to easily buy GPUs for gaming at a reasonable price!
Re:Google and LG creates VR AMOLED 120 Hz at 5500 x 3000 on Thursday March 15, 2018 @11:56AM (#16593935)
Participating in cults is profitable for a subset of cultists.
Re:Google and LG creates VR AMOLED 120 Hz at 5500 x 3000 on Thursday March 15, 2018 @11:24AM (#16593629)
Whatever the price crypto currency cultists will buy them all.
Re:Google and LG creates VR AMOLED 120 Hz at 5500 x 3000 on Thursday March 15, 2018 @11:23AM (#16593615)
Interesting, I wonder whether dynamically adjustable lenses can be used to treat vision problems.
> automated filtering of code would make software less reliable and more expensive

I can see how it's bad for business, but as a developer wouldn't it mean more jobs and more of custom libraries to make?

Re:Making WebAssembly better for Rust and for all languages on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @12:48PM (#16586096)
> This is because JS is a good choice for most things.

That's why it's one of few languages: 1) with mainstream transpilation; 2) more than one transpiler.

Re:Stephen Hawking has died on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @09:16AM (#16584525)
Musk is more like Thomas Edison.
Re:How knowing Lisp destroyed my programming career (2006) on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @07:07AM (#16583812)
A required thought-piece for all JavaScript devs. Enjoy monopoly while it lasts, but be humble.