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Exactly, tiny text on the main screen (if I un-dim it, Immersed dims it automatically). I am not aware of text issues, I guess I never noticed any. There is a mouse emulation mode …

I can only describe my setup, have never tried an 8k monitor. I am guessing I have about 40 PPD. I still have a sliver of space on each side where I see part of my support screens …

I use a Quest 3 + Immersed software and code 6+ hours a day like this. One giant 50" monitor + 3 support ones on the sides. Best "monitors" ever. I love that I have no eye strain a…

If I could afford a Porsche I would still get a manual option. Changing gears cleanly, heel-toe blipping the throttle when gearing down, getting the right gear at the right time - …

You will be inside of Xcode for most of your time - I just upgraded to a 13" Air (maxed out configuration) from my 2012 11" Macbook Air which was still fine with Xcode. I think any…

When last did you change jobs? A year ago I did and set a hard minimum at 120, and managed 2 offers as high as 160 and took a lower one due to more interesting work and great envir…

The IDE is where the super powers are. Like any IDE it just takes a little time. https://pharo.org/ has an online course to get into it. Being in a live system is unlike anything e…

They are still positional in Swift. color(r: 255, g: 255, b: 255) is not the same as color(b: 255, g: 255, r: 255). Also the parameter names are part of the method signature.

Is 10 years normal for the lifespan of a car? Mine is 23 now, still works fine, and I feel is nicer than similar new cars in terms of interior finishes, hydraulic power steering, a…

“Stepping through code a line at a time” is a rather narrow definition of using a debugger. Setting a logging breakpoint. Conditionally breaking. Introspection by calling functions…

The majority of soy goes to feeding animals ... http://www.wisoybean.org/news/soybean_facts.php

There is plantUML. Then diagrams can live alongside source code and be under version control.

http://www.injectionforxcode.com lets you hot load swift/objc

This scheme has been Running in South Africa since 1981: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drakensberg_Pumped_Storage_S... It’s interesting as it is a network of a few dams and river…

It's still my favourite machine ever. Mine has dual core i7, the MacBooks don't look like an upgrade in any way.

This isn’t happening specially for Defcon, it’s been standard practice for a while.

Don’t forget 1987 and the Self language from which Java got Hotspot. Fascinating language and runtime: http://www.selflanguage.org

Who is judging the skill of these sudden savants? Aside from code, I draw and paint well (art school) and have built my own furniture. I know I am far from an expert. However to pe…

I believe the Squeak/Pharo VMs are much faster than the Python and Ruby interpreters. There are other tricks - an Int maybe be an object, but a special one that fits in a register.…

My experience is the polar opposite - I've had updates before and after, even just to say sorry it's taking so long (4 days isn't long to me). It must very much depend on who is ta…

You are thinking logically. It's not applied in Vancouver. I rent for just over 2k. If my place was put up for sale, it would be for just over 1 million. Factor in $300 a month str…

I agree, but would add I wish student had to build compilers/interpreters for 3 languages: Forth, Lisp and something like C. As a student we went right into C: BNFs, lex, yacc, emi…

I found this excerpt useful: https://blog.codinghorror.com/quantity-always-trumps-quality...

No mention of the fact that the human driven truck pulled out in front of the care. From the description it sounds like the car should have break breaking hard - one doesn't just h…

I thought the removal of P2P was due to a patent: https://www.google.com/patents/US6108704