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Am i mistaken or is there an error in the writing? > For example, if I have a &own T I can reborrow it into a &mut T but not a &pin own T. From the table can't you do both? Maybe t…

I used to have btop running in a stand-alone terminal, so that I could monitor my system for any weirdness, but I ended up ending the practice as btop leaks memory like crazy: http…

I'm unfamiliar with the majority of these customization apps as I remain on Windows 10. Are the two apps mentioned (ExplorerPatch and StartAllBack) the most common user tweaking ut…

DXIL is pronounced "dixel", like "pixel" but replace the p with a d

Since this is on the front page I guess I'll post the resource that the graphics programming industry actually uses (note, I'm an author): https://raytracing.github.io/ It's includ…

Apologies to ask off topic question, but what is HENRY? I've never heard of this before.

Oh FFS. Writing code is like writing natural language. It's editing that counts. Not the first draft. Whether or not you should throw out your first draft is in proportion to its v…

I imagine it's the same way they measure scoville units. It's sensitivity. How much of the substance is required for a group of people to consistently correctly guess which of two …

? This is mostly wrong? > The reason gamers want higher framerates is mostly for lower latency, "Gamers" are absolutely not a monolithic group, but in general, they mostly want hig…

Are you saying that the next age will be defined by new materials? Or will just be more broadly considered an age of new materials? Because, almost without exception, the former de…

Six percent annual turnover for non-compliance seems too low. Should be six percent for first offense, 12% for second, 25% for third, etc. Until the company fixes it's compliance o…

Very little. Correlation. Not causation. Apple shied away form Intel due to their failure at landing mobile chips. Intel failed at mobile due to their (then) sales-focused (rather …

Yining Karl Li has mentioned in previous posts their intention to write a blog post about modern lens optics, which should outline multiple things. Hopefully, a general overview of…

Buying second-hand prices will always be variable, But the cheapest brand new are probably Panasonic BGH1 - $2k Panasonic S1H - $3.7k Canon C70 - $5.5k Blackmagic Ursa - $6k