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It does close the gap. Before: cc -shared -fPIC -Os -s -o empty.so empty.c cc -std=c99 -Wall -Wextra -O3 -g3 -fpie -pie -o benchmark benchmark.c ./empty.so -ldl jit: 1.541608 ns/ca…

I've heard OEMs make more money from pre-installing adware/spyware/trialware than what they pay for the Windows license. You can always decline the EULA and try to get a refund for…

Yea, the slow scrolling on Android is annoying. I believe it's caused by not using the native functionality, which I hope gets fixed soon: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi…

It's likely talking about all future dividends (discounted for time value). Startups will naturally reinvest their earnings to grow, but at some point, pursuing growth will be too …

Probably the largest application written in Rust is the Rust compiler itself.

Yes, I'd say a language runtime definately falls in that critical 3% Knuth referred to in the original quote.

Makes sense if you are the only person running your programs (and you are allowed to ignore things like hardware and power costs). Also, 2 minutes per change to compile the object …

They're headings, not sentences...

I like both Dota 2 and HoN, but HoN definitely has the upper hand with regards to fast-pace twitch-based gameplay. The first thing a HoN player notices when trying out Dota 2 for t…

What? That doesn't sound right... how does the distribution method affect copyright? Think of all the free software (with licenses dependent on copyright) that's made available ove…

You need the driver before the chip is out so that your favorite distro already supports it when you buy that new GPU card.

It is really noticeable when dragging something with your finger and the object you are dragging doesn't stay under your finger. I'm actually surprised the delay on all those devic…

Are you sure? The article doesn't seem to say whether it's a hardware or software issue, and the iphone's hardware parts aren't exactly secret proprietary stuff... I mean the Galax…

Well AMD is technically fabless since they spinned off GlobalFoundries in 2009, but yea it's probably a good move for them.