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derjames··on Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft
why stopping at rust? Let's have a windows version written in python another in crystal and another in java. At least the generated code will be readable and maintainable!!!/s
derjames··on A Mathematica interpreter in Typescript
In the company I work for, I was using Mathematica as a general scripting language, for designing algorithms, plotting data in 2D/3D, photo/video editing , and some occasional algebraic manipulations. Sadly the company did not renew the license because they needed to cut costs. They asked me to port all my tooling to other languages and tools: now I have a mixture of python, matplotlib/gnuplot, ruby, maxima, ffmpeg, imagemagik and octave. So far good but I preferred to have everything under one GUI/interface and Mathematica was giving me that.
derjames··on Rawdrawandroid – Build Android apps without any Java, in C and Make
Maybe PinePhone or Librem5 are a good start.
derjames··on Footage of Chang'e-6's land on far side of the moon
technically, it is a "video" at 1fps
derjames··on Kagi and Wolfram
If you use "from" in the second example, the answer is the same as in the first ... anyway the system should figure it out.
derjames··on Esperanto, Toki Pona, Swahili, Indonesian
By how you accentuate the word while speaking and by context. papá has the accent in the last syllable, while papa in the first.
derjames··on Nancy Pelosi Made $500k from Her Nvidia Bet, Doubling Her Annual Salary
NANC is up 26% and KRUZ 11% since their creation.
derjames··on RIP Microsoft WordPad
Available in wine as well: $ wine wordpad <enter>
derjames··on Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’
Timex, AMEX
derjames··on Tesla Market Cap falls below $500B
Don't you have to include the shares outstanding in your calculation? Your analysis seems to assume the total shares is the same between the two companies.
derjames··on Adobe now requires you to purchase a subscription to rotate PDF pages
I am using Evince in both Linux and windows.
derjames··on Astronomers Discover Closest Black Hole to Earth
Schwarzschild radius ~28 km https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_BH1
derjames··on Most people don’t finish online job applications
I the UK, I used at some point an Apostille service to verify my UK issued degree. This additional document helps on the verification of authenticity of the degree.
derjames··on Quaternions: A Practical Guide
Ken Shoemake also has an article in Graphics Gems IV. Section III.1 page 175. Theory and Sample program included. This is the only thing I needed to read to understand quaternions.
derjames··on SBCL – New in Version 2.2.7
Kandria, Open world RPG: https://reader.tymoon.eu/article/413
derjames··on Teams is killing my Mac every day
I use a Dell laptop from 2017 with an AMD E2-6110 Quad core, SSD, 8GB memory and Debian 11 with an extra screen attached to the HDMI port. In this laptop I have Teams-Preview v1.5.00.100453 which I use heavily everyday for work (calendar, voice, video and chat). Teams takes about 30 seconds to start but after that just runs very well. No crashes, no issues with sound or video. Everything is responsive considering a laptop with such a slow processor.
derjames··on Show HN: I ranked news websites by speed
The lite CNN website is missing from that list: https://lite.cnn.com/en
derjames··on Pixel Art: Common Mistakes (2020)
Empire Strikes Back remake for c64 https://megastyle.itch.io/esb-by-megastyle
derjames··on DeLorean returns with 300-mile Taycan rival for 2024
I am less demanding, No MrFusion no buy.
derjames··on Ask HN: Why is building Windows apps so complicated?
This is bit extreme and if you are ok with the c language: 1. download tcc for windows(tiny c compiler from Fabrice Bellard). 2. compile the examples in the examples folder. Here you will find the 'hello world' program for both command line and win32 gui.

The download size of tcc is a few megabytes and the compilation times are for practical purposes instantaneous. You will have to bring your own IDE or text editor.

derjames··on The Goiânia Accident (1987)
This reminds me about the Juarez incident. https://culturacolectiva.com/history/cobalt-60-ciudad-juarez...
derjames··on Crystal 1.0 – What to expect
Genie?
derjames··on Performance comparison: counting words in Python, Go, C++, C, Awk, Forth, Rust
with --no-debug --release ?
derjames··on Simulating Fluid Dynamics with Cellular Automata (1986) [pdf]
PowerFlow from EXA/Dassault uses LB. It is widely used in the automotive industry mostly for aerodynamics simulations.
derjames··on New Linux port for the Nintendo 64
Look around for GEOS from Berkeley Systems. It was a graphical OS for the Commodore 64/128. I was using this thing in 1986.
derjames··on New Linux port for the Nintendo 64
Yes, and also GEOS running in a Commodore 64
derjames··on AI that mistook a bald head for a soccer ball
Mathematica mistook Stephen Wolfram for a plunger during an AI demonstration on the Lex Fridman podcast.
derjames··on How to Get Promoted
You forgot taxes. Everybody pay taxes.
derjames··on How Did the Casio F91W Become a Terrorist Icon?
Brian Kernighan is using one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9upVbGSBFo?t=01h07m01s
derjames··on How many of you know that the team is working on something that no-one wants?
This is exactly my approach. Years ago I wrote a set of tools to help me in my day to day operations. In this way I was able to work very fast. I added more and more features. Then at some point I decided to distribute the tools to the rest of the team. Now, nobody can live without them ... (about 30 individuals)
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