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jaseton I promise never to use C/C++ for a new project

There appears to be ongoing work for AVR support in both clang ( https://github.com/4ntoine/clang/ ) and llvm ( https://github.com/dylanmckay/avr-llvm ).

jaseton Why not DANE in browsers

Previous discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8908880

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:facepalm:

jaseton PostgreSQL is more popular than MySQL

I'm quite surprised that Percona Server didn't make an appearance in the list.

jaseton Show HN: Sublime Text Book

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8424337

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8418552

jaseton Poll: Do you want a smart watch?

I want a smartwatch that has the capability of accurate and continuous heart rate monitoring (à la Mio Alpha or Link) coupled with a respectable battery life. Until one appears, my opinion of smartwatches will remain that they are quite underwhelming.

jaseton 15 Things You Cannot Do With a Chromebook Pixel

Um, it can run linux, therefore it can run WINE and therefore it can run some Windows software though?

Edit: and can probably run VMware / vbox too, which opens up even more possibilities?