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dmit
6,674karma·537submissions·February 21, 2011
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What do you mean? I'm a tech-savvy person, so I checked that the lock was green before I submitted my financial credentials.
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1) That's not his name. 2) "Things were better before so let's revert to where we were five years ago" is a terrible strategy.
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Something like what was discussed in this thread? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14119024
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Normal maps are a technique used in 3D graphics to emulate surface details on a mesh (3D model). Think of a brick house - if you want to render a detailed close-up view of the wall, the naive approach…
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An average new graduate wouldn't be productive in any codebase in a few days. And even if they were, that's a terribly low bar to set. Software development education sucks and most people ha…
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http://linear.axler.net/
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You're absolutely right that not everyone seeing this comment tree knows the details of Electron's memory usage. But I don't think that GGP's original comment was aimed to educate …
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Do you think this thread is the best place for that input? Or that the input is valuable enough to post at any opportunity? For the record, I disagree with both of those statements.
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I downvoted paule89's comment because it felt like a cheap shot at an established product with well-known pros and cons. Yes, Electron apps consume a bunch of RAM. Yes, Rust needs you to deal wit…
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Irrelevant. The story is not about him.