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CrystalGammaon Raw Linux Threads via System Calls

> (notice: a, b, c, d)

Either I am wrong or is the actual order a, c, b, d in x86 (I remember at least the 32bit GPRs being coded in the order EAX, ECX, EBX, EDX)? :D

CrystalGammaon The Next Twenty Years of Java: Where We've Been and Where We're Going

"Nashorn"? I guess someone made a shout-out to Rhino ...

CrystalGammaon Your data fits in RAM

You are talking about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl's_law , am I right?

CrystalGammaon Improve your touch typing

You do know that the term "touch typing" predates the invention of the touchscreen by decades?

CrystalGammaon Improve your touch typing

I'm actually typing this on a Das Keyboard 4 Ultimate (no C) which I specifically bought to learn typing without looking on the keys, because I don't have the discipline to use apps like the OP.

Also, thank you for your link. When I need another keyboard, I'll consider the compact version. The tenkeys are really just a dead weight (literally, given how heavy Das Keyboard is :D) for me. Good that it has media keys too, I could never live without them (especially volume obviously; sadly GNOME has a bug that makes play/next/prev useless after a few suspend-wake cycles).

CrystalGammaon JavaScript at 20

So that's why I didn't notice any of that ...

CrystalGammaon Servo: Embeddable Browser Engine

Unless you have CSS floats affecting the whole page, 90% of DOM elements in one parent element or other pathological cases my impression was that it is.

CrystalGammaon Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions

The Alienware Alpha is NOT a Steam Machine. It was supposed to be, but Valve couldn't figure out their shit soon enough, so they sold it as a normal small-form-factor PC before the hardware became obsolete.

CrystalGammaon A re-introduction to JavaScript

Its main purpose is deleting a property from an object, which is a pretty slow operation on modern JS engines. Unless some code tests for the existence of a property, setting it to null is a better idea.

CrystalGammaon Germans, still outraged by NSA spying, learn their country may have helped

IIRC there are laws saying that any commercially relevant information obtained by NSA is supposed to be forwarded to domestic businesses.

CrystalGammaon How the Languages in Game of Thrones, Defiance, and Thor Were Created

I tried to do some conlanging in my school days, but I always hit the word invention bottleneck. So I tried writing scripts to automate that. Turns out making randomized phonemes sound good was too hard for me (probably still is, haven't tried in a while). Kinda sad, really.