Meh. I tried a single (reasonable) search and got "no results." Probably a fluke but not initially promising.
Readit Newstytrdev commented on Show HN: Redditle.com – For those of us who add 'Reddit' to every Google search redditle.com... · Posted by u/greentfrapp
This post would benefit from further expanding some of these statements.
> UNIX isn’t good enough anymore and it’s getting worse
Why exactly?
> A new operating system means we can explore new ideas in new ways.
LISP machines were not only OSes but also hardware. Is the author also proposing running this OS on optimized hardware or simply using our x86-64/AMD/M1 CPUs?
> With lisp machines, we can cut out the complicated multi-language, multi library mess from the stack, eliminate memory leaks and questions of type safety, binary exploits, and millions of lines of sheer complexity that clog up modern computers.
Sure, but it also requires rewriting a lot of these things, introducing and fixing new bugs... It feels like the good ol' "let's rewrite this program" that quite frequently doesn't live up to the expectations [1].
[1] https://vibratingmelon.com/2011/06/10/why-you-should-almost-...
I agree, especially with the statement that Unix isn’t good enough and getting worse.
I feel like that was one of the core assumptions and point of the article, but it didn’t have any explanation beyond “multiple programming languages.” Feels a bit flat to me.
tytrdev commented on Java Development on an Apple M1 – A One Year Review rieckpil.de/java-developm... · Posted by u/rieckpil
tytrdev commented on Java Development on an Apple M1 – A One Year Review rieckpil.de/java-developm... · Posted by u/rieckpil
Java for old folks
I guess their abacus broke
This is a haiku
tytrdev commented on Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard news.microsoft.com/2022/0... · Posted by u/totablebanjo
What’s the bullshit part of Tencent owning 40% of Epic Games? Fortnite possibly wouldn’t be what it is if not for Tencent’s early investment and support of Epic Games. That then further goes into Unreal Engine not being what is today either.
I was just getting at the illusion of choice. At the end of the day it's all owned by the same handful of small groups. Found out yesterday that Blizzard apparently owns King. Tencent owns a cut of Activision Blizzard, as well as a slice of basically every gaming company. https://dataromas.com/what-companies-does-tencent-own/
Note that I'm not even criticizing or otherwise knocking these business practices, I'm simply making some observations. My use of the term bullshit was particularly to describe the illusion of choice. Not that it's anything new. http://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/c...
I think the world would be just fine without fortnite, but I will say unreal engine is pretty nice to have. Probably just a matter of time until Microsoft owns unreal engine as well.
Tangentially relevant due to Tencent involvement:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXlauRB1EQ&ab_channel=Peopl...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTMF6xEiAaY&ab_channel=Peopl...
tytrdev commented on Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard news.microsoft.com/2022/0... · Posted by u/totablebanjo
Microsoft uses AMD for their Xbox consoles, not Nvidia.
Honestly wasn't thinking about xbox at all. Good point. Now I'm wondering what the market share is between the two. I'd guess xbox is properly higher?
tytrdev commented on Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard news.microsoft.com/2022/0... · Posted by u/totablebanjo
They still rely extremely heavily on Nvidias ability to create more and more powerful hardware. I recently found out that like 70% of the world's supercomputers are powered by nvidia GPU compute. People often talk about the tech power of different countries (personally I've heard a ton of people talk about China in this way), but at the end of the day they are still reliant on the hardware manufacturers. Who am I to say that China or X country doesn't secretly have something that far outclasses nvidia hardware, though?
Between gaming (the biggest form of media), supercomputers, science computation, crypto nonsense, etc. It's really looking to me like nvidia is actually one of the biggest power players across the globe. Makes me really wonder about the tech they aren't flashing to the public. I was personally astounded when I saw their announcement to purchase ARM. I've seen a few instances of people saying the dead acquisition is stifling innovation. Honestly I'm kind of happy it didn't go through. Probably just a lack of vision on my part, though.
Also apparently tencent owns like 40% of Epic Games? It's all bullshit folks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6-r7GNlZvk&ab_channel=Cap.H...
tytrdev commented on Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard news.microsoft.com/2022/0... · Posted by u/totablebanjo
It's wild how Microsoft has been able to vertically integrate gaming.
They now own the distribution (Xbox Cloud Gaming, Xbox Game Pass), the games (Call of Duty, WoW, Starcraft + what they owned before), the OS (Windows, Xbox), the hardware (Xbox, many PCs), and the back end compute (Azure). The only thing they're missing, the network bandwidth, is mostly a commodity anyway.
That's a heck of a moat.
They still rely extremely heavily on Nvidias ability to create more and more powerful hardware. I recently found out that like 70% of the world's supercomputers are powered by nvidia GPU compute. People often talk about the tech power of different countries (personally I've heard a ton of people talk about China in this way), but at the end of the day they are still reliant on the hardware manufacturers. Who am I to say that China or X country doesn't secretly have something that far outclasses nvidia hardware, though?
Between gaming (the biggest form of media), supercomputers, science computation, crypto nonsense, etc. It's really looking to me like nvidia is actually one of the biggest power players across the globe. Makes me really wonder about the tech they aren't flashing to the public. I was personally astounded when I saw their announcement to purchase ARM. I've seen a few instances of people saying the dead acquisition is stifling innovation. Honestly I'm kind of happy it didn't go through. Probably just a lack of vision on my part, though.
tytrdev commented on Show HN: My proposal for a new keyboard layout github.com/qwerty-fr/qwer... · Posted by u/noname120
For anyone interested in escaping the world of sad layouts, check out some ortholinear options and/or ergo splits.
Also, look into QMK. For anyone who wants a more ergonomic keybind setup, check out some mnemonic namespacing stuff.
Spacevim, Spacemacs, VSpaceCode (for vs code), etc. You can always take the approach and apply it to your existing config. The three important bits are:
1. Give your thumbs more resposibility
2. Namespace actions under an ergonomic leader key, using mnemonics
3. Use a discoverability plugin like which-key to help discover new keybinds