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HolyJit: A New Hope

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Re: HolyJit: A New Hope

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Post by pjmlp »

hajile wrote: post #150
pjmlp wrote: post #46

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He/she is right though, just wait when WebAssembly gets more mature. I bet all those plugins will be back.

Shipping an entire Java/ruby/python/whatever VM with your code doesn't make much sense (not to mention, wasm doesn't have a good GC story). Then there's the DOM API issue. If you aren't making games or crunching big numbers, wasm isn't for you yet. Even so, let's assume wasm added all those features today. History shows it would still be a decade before you could ship to all your users. That may not matter for fancy…

I don't remeber ARM, MIPS, x86 or x64 having a good GC history either.

If WebAssembly is good enough as C and C++ target, it is good enough as any of those processors.

As for the potencial of WebAssembly, there are already ongoing efforts to port .NET and Java runtimes to it, and I am looking forward to Adobe porting Flash to it as well.

So it will come, WebAssembly + Canvas + WebGL is already quite usable.

Re: HolyJit: A New Hope

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Post by rileyphone »

jcadam wrote: post #139
Touche wrote: post #125

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I know that that is typical, but there are exceptions, and if you work for the right agency you can be paid well, so I don't want to make any assumptions. If he's not paid well then I hope he realizes that by merely being aware of HN and GitHub puts him in the top 10% of developers and he can do a lot better than working at a place that restricts his ability to educate himself.

Oh, I'm a contractor and I'm paid decently, but the working conditions are terrible. I've been trying to find a job outside of defense/govt work for a long time, but either the pay isn't as good (the one or two times I managed to land an offer) or I'm not a "cultural fit." Not having a network outside of the govt bubble makes it hard.

Man, I grew up in Brevard, and I wish I could work there, but unfortunately all the software jobs are for defense contractors. You'll probably have to work remote if you want to get out of the defense bubble.

Re: HolyJit: A New Hope

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Post by cholantesh »

4xXg4XMxfpd5CZe wrote: post #145
cholantesh wrote: post #60

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Really tragic case, Terry. Doubtful that TempleOS would exist without his schizophrenia, but everyone would be much better off emotionally if he just took his medication...

> everyone would be much better off emotionally if he just took his medication You say that as if the schizophrenic person, someone who lives in an alternate reality due to psychosis, has any kind of agency over taking his medication. You can only make that choice when you're sane, and even then the drugs aren't perfect and people routinely decide to come off them for some psychotic reason - yes, you can become psych…

Please don't put words in my mouth.

Re: HolyJit: A New Hope

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Post by mintplant »

k__ wrote: post #141
steveklabnik wrote: post #93

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I mean, maybe, in theory, someday. But the browser would still be "Firefox", that is, very few people would even be aware of this name, regardless of what the name is.

lol, how much of the Firefox today is still Firefox of the beginning? :D

You'd be surprised. When working on Firefox I regularly run into files with "Copyright 1999 Netscape Communications..." file headers.

Re: HolyJit: A New Hope

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Post by Deadron »

woodrowbarlow wrote: post #104
dspillett wrote: post #95

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That's all well and good, but you need to raise that with your IT department if it is an inconvenience rather than complaining to us. It seems odd that github would be blocked especially given HN isn't unless your company has some sort of pathological fear of accidental IP dilution, so perhaps it is a mistake that will be quickly corrected once pointed out?

my coworker's previous employer blocked all code-sharing and question-and-answer sites for programmers because of a pathological fear of accidental IP dilution. it's a real thing.

I had the same issue at one company. Thats the company where I first learn about ssh tunneling. All the smart devs did it.

Re: HolyJit: A New Hope

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Post by always_good »

eradicatethots wrote: post #134
steveklabnik wrote: post #93

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I mean, maybe, in theory, someday. But the browser would still be "Firefox", that is, very few people would even be aware of this name, regardless of what the name is.

I think you must’ve taken my comment too seriously... I agree that Firefoxs success does not depend on the meaning behind the name holyjit lol. It was just a joke. The main point was that if they came up with this name without the intention of punning holy shit, I have low confidence in their abilities to succeed in general and with Firefox in particular. But also don’t take this too seriously.

Hopefully you can refrain from such "jokes" in the future. Look how little value this chain and your attempts to explain the joke provide the discussion.

Re: HolyJit: A New Hope

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Post by FeepingCreature »

4xXg4XMxfpd5CZe wrote: post #145
cholantesh wrote: post #60

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Really tragic case, Terry. Doubtful that TempleOS would exist without his schizophrenia, but everyone would be much better off emotionally if he just took his medication...

> everyone would be much better off emotionally if he just took his medication You say that as if the schizophrenic person, someone who lives in an alternate reality due to psychosis, has any kind of agency over taking his medication. You can only make that choice when you're sane, and even then the drugs aren't perfect and people routinely decide to come off them for some psychotic reason - yes, you can become psych…

> people tell you you can't handle being off the meds

> you'll show them

> go off the meds

> you can't handle it

> man fuck those people tho, it's all their fault

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