stoeckley
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Comment · 3 years ago
Apple has pushed OS updates to help the Asahi team, though they did not publicize this, of course.
Comment · 3 years ago
I used an iPhone 4s from 2011 until end of 2018. Probably most remarkably, I never put a case or any kind of screen protector on it. The thing was still practically scratch free when I stopped using it. It’s still sitting in a drawer next to me.
Comment · 4 years ago
> the article doesn't state Heroku by name
Heroku is mentioned in the first sentence.
Comment · 4 years ago
> Whatsapp is the de-facto communication tool in India and LatAm from experience
And much of Europe.
Comment · 4 years ago
As do many other countries. You really cannot live without it in much of the world.
Comment · 4 years ago
Rich Hickey talks about this, calling it "hammock-driven development."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f84n5oFoZBc
Aaron Sorkin has also touched on this:
> Most of the time, me writing looks—to the untrained eye—like someone watching ESPN. The truth is if you did a pie chart of the writing process, most of the time is spent thinking. When you’re loaded up and ready to go—when you’ve got that intention and obstacle for the first scene that’s all you need. For me at least, getting started is 90% of the battle. The difference between page zero and page two is all the difference in the world.
Comment · 4 years ago
I don't know the history, but there is supposedly a fixed set of Porter Duff blend modes, specific algorithms. For example, this C++ library:
> Blend2D supports all Porter & Duff compositing operators
Also, the link shared by one of the sibling comments can be searched for "Porter" to see how they are referenced:
Comment · 4 years ago
They are typically referred to as Porter Duff blend modes, so I assume that these algorithms were invented mainly by those guys. (by Thomas Porter and Tom Duff)
Comment · 4 years ago
Same. I've written probably more C++ than any other language, and I have a lot of respect for the language overall, but I recently had to use only C for something, and I found it rather refreshing. My use case didn't hit a lot of the pain points of C, but it did feel refreshing as there are fewer ways of doing things, fewer options, compared to C++, and my code ended up feeling more straightforward and readable as a result.