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Re:Indian govt bans 43 more Chinese apps including AliExpress, CamCard... on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @11:37PM (#25206085)
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Re:Ask HN: How to Learn Rust on Saturday September 19, 2020 @11:16AM (#24527959)
Follow-up question .... why learn Rust?

(asking to understand and not troll)

Re:Ask HN: Job prospects for pure C and C++ programmers? on Saturday September 19, 2020 @10:58AM (#24527841)
Thank you for your insights. A couple of answers talked about Rust - do you have an opinion on this language and its uses?
Re:Ask HN: Job prospects for pure C and C++ programmers? on Saturday September 19, 2020 @10:55AM (#24527821)
Do you think Rust will get a leg up on C++ in the near future?
Re:Ask HN: Job prospects for pure C and C++ programmers? on Saturday September 19, 2020 @10:55AM (#24527816)
Thank you. I feel more comfortable with C++ & Python. Somehow Java irritates me!
Re:Ask HN: Job prospects for pure C and C++ programmers? on Saturday September 19, 2020 @10:54AM (#24527814)
I have seen C++ programmers jump from HFT to image processing to video compression and then to embedded systems.

They were completely different domains.

Ask HN: Job prospects for pure C and C++ programmers?

Posted by rrao84 on Saturday September 19, 2020 @12:59AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I am looking long-term - 15 years at least and I want to know from the HN folks, what prospects do I have as a C and C++ programmer with a good grasp of algorithms.What other fields should I pick up along the way? And, do I need to have significant knowledge of AI/ML/Cloud-computing/Data-Science, etc. to sustain myself in the long-run (long-run being defined as 15 years)

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Re:DAZN has Crowd-DJs for adding Artificial/Augmented Sounds to soccer... on Sunday September 06, 2020 @01:20PM (#24392910)
I think Fox Sports does something similar and people complained. I've gotten used to seeing cut-outs of people at ballgames now .. weird times that we live in!
Re:Ask HN: Mac or Linux based laptop for development on Friday August 28, 2020 @10:19AM (#24305135)
I have done codec development, heavy C++ programming, web development (front end), worked with MS Office exclusively for a year when I was a "manager" and now onto to blogging and copywriting. My trusty companion in all of this has been my Macbook Pro 2015 (Early) and it has never once crashed or stopped working.

I have seen so many Windows machines come and go and nothing can hold a candle to a MacbookPro. This is my personal opinion - ymmv. But, if you are looking for a 1-time purchase that will last you atleast 6 years, and you use your machines carefully, then a Macbook Pro is worth the investment.

Fair warning: I have no idea how the ARM-based macs are going to turn out.

Re:Discrete Cosine Transform in Video Compression – Explain Like I'm Five on Friday August 28, 2020 @10:05AM (#24304965)
Fantastic explanation of transforms and the example of 20 questions and DCT totally did it for me. The rest of the explanation is hard to grok if aren't a programmer or not interested in image & video compression. YMMV