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marksands07··on Why is Swift so slow (timeout) in compiling this code? (2022)
Is there anyone on the compiler team that also plays a role in llvm development and optimizations? Or is there anyone on the llvm core team that cares about optimizations that would directly benefit Swift? If there's no one available that either can or is willing to optimize llvm, this feels like a worst case scenario. I'm curious what steps need to be taken to see actual compiler performance gains as it relates to llvm.
marksands07··on Show HN: Color Picker for iOS and Android developers
This is a really good native color picker http://sipapp.io
marksands07··on Adnan Syed, of ‘Serial’ Podcast, Gets a Retrial in Murder Case
Ok my mistake. But he's the best lead anyone has at the very least.
marksands07··on Adnan Syed, of ‘Serial’ Podcast, Gets a Retrial in Murder Case
Did you listen to the podcast? Jay ADMITTED to it. And he walked.
marksands07··on PDF Viewing
Unfortunately, I can't get a single paper to load on https://github.com/papers-we-love/papers-we-love, at least on my laptop. I guess PDF.js is limited to smaller PDF files or it just requires more GBs of RAM to support all file sizes.
marksands07··on Lossless audio compression with libpng
Wow, a Weissman Score of 5.2!
marksands07··on Id Software founder John Carmack resigns
I guess I should feel dumb, because I thought Carmack left id when he joined OculusVR.
marksands07··on It's A Terrible Time To Buy An Expensive House
+1. I live in an extremely rural community where you can afford to buy a 3 bedroom home for under $100k. If you can put 20% down on a 15 year loan and pay it off in 12 years, then yes, buying is much better than renting. If you're 25 years old, from the age of 37 to retirement you've just earned almost 30 years of free living (with the exception of taxes, utilities, etc.).
marksands07··on Open source style checker for Objective C
clang-format exists to do the same thing http://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormat.html
marksands07··on Humble Indie Bundle 8
There is a soundtrack, actually. It was even nominated for Excellence in Audio at the 2012 IGF awards. http://jessicacurry.bandcamp.com/album/dear-esther
marksands07··on Simple user styles for popular websites
This repo appears to be outdated. I forked it and submitted an extension to the Chrome store so you can use it with the latest version. https://github.com/marksands/dotcss
marksands07··on Simple user styles for popular websites
You could try dotcss: https://github.com/stewart/dotcss
marksands07··on Disqus bait and switch, now with ads
Have you seen Twitter's "Sponsored Tweets", Facebook's "Sponsored Stories", Amazon's "Inspired by your browsing history". Ditching the word "advertising" is nothing new and we all use sites like these every day.
marksands07··on How to attend a hackathon
Every one of these comments is about the xxx TDL. GG OP.
marksands07··on Microsoft updates C++ compiler
tl;dr these features were FINALLY added to the Visual C++ Compiler, currently available as a Customer Technology Preview release:

Variadic templates

Raw string literals

Explicit conversion operators

Default template arguments for function templates

Delegating constructors

Uniform initialization

marksands07··on PJSON: pretty, colorful json output formatting for terminal
Sweet! I went with a quick conversion rather than doing any research. Thanks for the link, I'll definitely give it a whirl tomorrow evening.
marksands07··on PJSON: pretty, colorful json output formatting for terminal
Hey kids, why shouldn't every python tool have a Ruby counterpart? :) https://github.com/marksands/pjson-rb
marksands07··on Solving FizzBuzz with C++ compiler error messages
Couldn't help but notice you're one of those void main people..
marksands07··on Behind Fez: Trixels in Depth
Note that there was also only 1 programmer on the project throughout its development.
marksands07··on Spotify launches in the US
if you have any left, marksands07 at gmail :)
marksands07··on Skype 5 for Mac
Agreed. I have no idea why the author prefers the 20 window view http://cl.ly/5cqD to Skype 5 http://cl.ly/5cmT I've hated Skype's UI until now. Personally, I think everyone's greatly mistaken for thinking otherwise.
marksands07··on Phpfog "Down for maintenance"
At least the staff is now aware: http://phpfog.com/maintenance.html
marksands07··on 160 People: Skype 5 for Mac = Fail. Skype: No Comment
I, for one, like the new Skype. I think they did a great job with the redesign. Surely I'm not the only one who thinks this.
marksands07··on Creating an iPhone App From Scratch (sans Xcode/IB)
I'm with Groxx. You do understand that IB is not necessary for iPhone development, right? I fear a lot of people go into iOS development with that notion in mind and it's simply not true.
marksands07··on Creating an iPhone App From Scratch (sans Xcode/IB)
In all honesty, the only reason why I don't use IB is because I'm too lazy to learn how the advanced functionality and customization actually work. Besides that, I always end up wasting too much time trying to figure out why the app won't build because I forgot to ctrl+drag an outlet to the File Owner or something silly. I'm insanely faster at building the UI when I code by hand so I choose that over IB.
marksands07··on How to build an 8x8x8 LED cube
Someone should implement Pong in this cube. Now that would be cool.
marksands07··on I've made Dayta free
Sweet, thanks for making this free! I actually have a bug report for you, though! ;)

To recreate:

- Add new folder

- In the new folder, add a new idea

- Select the idea to bring up the the data input view

- Make the text field become first responder

- Select the Recent History button to view Data Points

- Hit close

- App crashes

Tested on my iPhone 4/iOS 4.2.1

marksands07··on Introducing The Disqus Commenter's Dashboard
that's why we call it "constructive" criticism
marksands07··on Ask HN: Any good math jokes?
I like how you explained it just in case.
marksands07··on Beta of "a startup" I'm working on: Billable. Easy invoicing.
http://billmebob.com/ has been around for a while and seems to work fine for me. You need to find and implement a reason for me to switch, but I like what you have so far!