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Re:YouTubeDrive: Store files as YouTube videos on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @05:15PM (#31497610)
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.
Re:Why do you waste so much time on the internet? on Friday May 06, 2022 @05:09PM (#31289627)
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.
Re:Firefox 94 to start using EGL on Linux on Saturday October 30, 2021 @12:08PM (#29049854)
"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_...

Re:Raspberry Pi 3 Fastboot – Less Than 2 Seconds on Saturday October 23, 2021 @12:50PM (#28970150)
"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)."
Re:iOS 15 on Monday September 20, 2021 @04:02PM (#28598227)
Last time I checked several weeks ago, 2016 SE looks like it wasn't going to get it. This is great.
Re:My Room in 3D on Saturday September 11, 2021 @09:13PM (#28497692)
Not as elaborate also created in three.js

https://3d.delavega.us

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2021) on Friday August 13, 2021 @11:02PM (#28177459)
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
Looking for a short term contract (few weeks) with option to permanent hire. I think this is a great way for companies to hire a great fit with minimum risk.

Over 5 years C++ Programming Experience in CAD software. In production release for over 10 years.

Re:An old hacker's tips on staying employed on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @02:24PM (#28145742)
How would you compare your job search experience with "traditional employee job" versus "contract job" ?
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

An iPhone with 4 wheels
Re:Amazon EC2 Mac Instances on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @12:55PM (#25267728)
Maybe good option to test out a small iOS dev side project. Average 10 hours per week will cost around $500 per year.
Re:Facebook News on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @10:42AM (#24766017)
Scroll down to the bottom of page, you'll see "Facebook © 2019"
Re:Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person (2016) on Monday August 24, 2020 @10:26AM (#24260974)
The success depends on how much both value marriage itself
May have been cut off if it was at the end. Perhaps change to "in India" from "near Chennai"
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

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.
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."

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/ios

Re:Microsoft to permanently close its retail stores on Friday June 26, 2020 @10:30AM (#23652348)
Bought this computer I'm using right now from a Microsoft retail store. Great place to try out new computers. Disappointed.
Re:Biohacking Lite on Friday June 12, 2020 @08:15PM (#23505336)
Re:Most tech content is bullshit on Sunday June 07, 2020 @01:02PM (#23448742)
The word "most" is mostly used between 60% and 90%, or more precisely greater than 50% and less than 100%
So what makes anyone think this is the last?
Re:Just Build the Product on Friday January 03, 2020 @01:35PM (#21948845)
It is great if it succeeds and useful, but if not, it's usually a great learning experience.
Re:The heritability of self-control: A meta-analysis on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @10:49AM (#21639283)
Would be great if we get more info on epigenetic or gene expression.
Re:Beating C with 70 lines of Go on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @02:51PM (#21587739)
A great example of complex program written in C then ported to Go was the original Go compiler.
Re:Raspberry Pi 4 on Monday June 24, 2019 @11:28AM (#20264463)
Feels like an exponential upgrade.
"Attention Hijacking" apps and websites along with FOMO leads to over-consumption of digital information or even digital addiction. It is subtle, micro habit forming that turns into part of daily routine. Overtime, it turns into "learned helplessness."
Go == Simplicity
Re:Blue Moon on Thursday May 09, 2019 @07:45PM (#19873646)
I'm seeing a lot of exponential technology. If Jeff B. takes more risk and focus, it could be possible. We'll see.

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