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wiineeth

353 karma · joined May 4, 2013

Just a random geek
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wiineeth··on Moving the Linux Kernel to Modern C
Why modern C when you can move to Rust
wiineeth··on Is C++ Doomed?
I used to be a C++ Fan Boy. I just started learning rust last week and noticed how old c++ is. All the good practices are built into rust that you need to specifically write in C++.
wiineeth··on Why no one uses functional languages (1998) [pdf]
Jane street is a very successful company that uses Ocaml for everything. Any other companies like that?
wiineeth··on Folly – Faceboook’s open source C++ library
Even i wonder about this! Also is Abseil widely used in the industry or only at Google?
wiineeth··on Async-await on stable Rust
Is there anyone who has used rust instead of C++? What's your opinion on it?
wiineeth··on Ask HN: What is the most beautiful piece of code you've ever read?
C++ STL algorithms written by Alexander Stepanov.
wiineeth··on An introduction to deterministic builds with C/C++
So i'm planning to learn C++ to get into HFT industry can anyone suggest me what all things do i need to learn to get into HFT as a software engineer?
wiineeth··on No CS Degree – Interviews with self-taught developers
It's so hard to get a job in India without a degree. i'm trying from 2 years and i'm still not employed
wiineeth··on One Program Written in Python, Go, and Rust
Should have also considered C++
wiineeth··on What Makes .NET Core So Special?
How is ASP.NET core these days? How is it compared to node js? Is it worth using it?
wiineeth··on China is catching up to the USA, while Japan is being left behind
Thing i love about japan is they think very out of the box compared to others. i don't how their society gets it but it's kind of amazing.
wiineeth··on Show HN: Javalin 1.0 – A Kotlin/Java web framework
Hey man, im currently learning web dev and want to learn asp.net core for web development, im attracted to it after seeing that Stackoverflow uses it and also bcoz i can do a little bit of C#. Your thoughts?
wiineeth··on Broadcom Offers $105B for Qualcomm in Landmark Deal
Good that samsung started making their own SOC, Mobile manufacturers should shift from qualcomm worldwide. They have almost monopoly in mobile SOC now. US and china are the only markets which require qualcomm patents to work. Mobile operators should move away from cdma. need more competition.
wiineeth··on China Bans Foreign Waste – What Will Happen to the World's Recycling?
Probably will shift to india
wiineeth··on Base-4 fractions in Telugu
Shocked to see my language mentioned here
wiineeth··on Time Warner will spend $100M on Snapchat original shows and ads
waits for instagram to do the same thing
wiineeth··on Tensorflow v1.2 released
Because they depend on cuda which require NVIDIA Gpu and most of the macs are run by Amd GPU
wiineeth··on iMac Pro
I actually tried it.

Intel announced their 8 core cpu for 600 usd. Power supply 150 usd. 32GB ECC ram 350 usd. top graphic card 600 usd. High end motherboard 300 usd. Fans and case 250 usd. 1tb ssd 350 usd. 5k 27 inch monitor 1200 usd. Speakers 150 usd. So the total Cost is around 3850 usd. Apple just lied to us Tbh. I wish they made mac pros like the the original ones. Easily changeable hardware which is what exactly pro people need

wiineeth··on [dead]
Is it that costly tho?
wiineeth··on Mozilla has stopped all commercial development on Firefox OS
The problem is Android and IOS basically came at the same time and got almost same apps in them. For a new platform there is not much to innovate other than we have the same features, but not the same company. There is only way to win in this industry now. Its to create a OS which has compatibility with android apps and has excellent hardware integration.
wiineeth··on ClojureScript Year in Review
Really intresting clojure and clojurescript seems to be wonderfully designed and with the advancements that's going to take place in jvm I hope it can be as good at performance as java or Go.
wiineeth··on Go 1.5 concurrent garbage collector pacing
so what does it mean to performance?
wiineeth··on Boston Dynamics' New Robot – Spot
I feel scared looking at them
wiineeth··on Boston Dynamics' New Robot – Spot
I feel scared looking at them
wiineeth··on Microsoft to invest in Cyanogen
i would later change that and install google rom and use the beautiful microsoft hardware