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Re:How I lost my fear of flying (2011) on Saturday November 06, 2021 @08:45PM (#29135333)
Fascinating, thanks for sharing!
Re:Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @09:39PM (#28925846)
I've lost hope of getting a 4-4.5'' phone ever.

All companies are obsessed with these phablets.

Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch on Monday October 18, 2021 @02:40PM (#28909571)
you get +8 GB of RAM, +256 GB SSD, a much faster CPU, and a 120 hz display for the extra $1000
It is true. There's an Oxford Covid risk calculator, and for an average 20 something person, the risk of hospitalization is ~0.002%.

https://qcovid.org/

Improving its efficiency would mean re-writing it entirely, since it's an SPA app with 4 MB of JavaScript.
Doesn't work without JS.

Pass.

Re:Asahi Linux for Apple M1 progress report, August 2021 on Sunday August 15, 2021 @01:23AM (#28186458)
yes, completely silent for one (no cpu fan)

also m1 is pretty quick

codegen, optimizations, ast transformations
Re:The Framework Laptop is now shipping on Friday July 23, 2021 @06:47AM (#27929253)
Windows only, no option to use linux instead. Pass.
Re:Compiling Rust is NP-hard on Saturday July 10, 2021 @05:01AM (#27792129)
they got rid of that
Re:Compiling Rust is NP-hard on Thursday July 08, 2021 @05:43PM (#27777973)
How was the tooling dumb?
> but Apple's store takes 30% of everything once you pass one million/year

So it's much better to earn 999k instead of 1.1 million...

340k of memory quote is a myth
Do you have links to false claims about Nim?
Re:Google can't pass its own page speed test on Saturday June 05, 2021 @10:17AM (#27405249)
or Gmail for the last 10 years
it's because it was created like this 15 years ago, and if it ain't broke, don't fix it

I wish every website followed this rule

nothing weird about HN

it's perfect

Perhaps all countries should adopt 0% corporate tax then, if it's so beneficial.
Re:WWDC21 on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @03:27AM (#27273915)
M1 macbooks are amazing, and you are clearly very biased.
Re:WWDC21 on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @03:25AM (#27273901)
Companies exist to make money.
Re:Sublime Text 4 on Friday May 21, 2021 @12:27AM (#27230504)
Wait, older versions of ST were NOT rendered by GPU?
Re:Tesla has suspended vehicle purchases using Bitcoin on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @07:44PM (#27136597)
hasn't like 99% of it been mined already?
Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @12:46PM (#27132351)
Open web is dying...
Re:Preparing for Pre-Orders! (Framework modular laptop) on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @07:01PM (#27056955)
Windows only.
"Don't you guys have phones?"

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