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Re:Lisp implemented in Rust macros on Saturday September 14, 2024 @11:51AM (#41540604)
One trick to get out of this is to wrap any function with an asynchronous interface with pollster::block_on which turns the call back into exactly how it would have run if it had been synchronous (which leads to no color leaking).
Re:Apple should pull the plug on the iPhone (2007) on Friday June 09, 2023 @06:07PM (#36264877)
> It was expensive, but not 10x more expensive.

In 2007 carriers were giving away phones for free to those signing up for a plan, and the initial $500 price tag was mocked and lambasted as being way too expensive. There were all kinds of phones that it was far more than 10x pricier than.

> VR headsets are a gimmick, a novelty, they bought one, tried it, put it on a shelf.

Most shelf ridden cast off Quest 2s are there because they were found to be grainy and nausea inducing. A leap in latency and resolution could very well prompt revaluation in the space.

Re:Fish (shell) porting to Rust from C++ on Monday January 30, 2023 @10:47PM (#34590688)
Had this same experience several times in various projects and in all sorts of IDEs, major pain. If it’s helpful, I recently came across the 10x c++ editor project, which has the best c++ code completion experience I’ve seen by a huge margin. Some rough edges UI wise, but it’s still in beta