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rrao84

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rrao84··on Indian govt bans 43 more Chinese apps including AliExpress, CamCard, Taobao Live
Good
rrao84··on Ask HN: How to Learn Rust
Follow-up question .... why learn Rust?

(asking to understand and not troll)

rrao84··on Ask HN: Job prospects for pure C and C++ programmers?
Thank you for your insights. A couple of answers talked about Rust - do you have an opinion on this language and its uses?
rrao84··on Ask HN: Job prospects for pure C and C++ programmers?
Do you think Rust will get a leg up on C++ in the near future?
rrao84··on Ask HN: Job prospects for pure C and C++ programmers?
Thank you. I feel more comfortable with C++ & Python. Somehow Java irritates me!
rrao84··on Ask HN: Job prospects for pure C and C++ programmers?
I have seen C++ programmers jump from HFT to image processing to video compression and then to embedded systems.

They were completely different domains.

rrao84··on DAZN has Crowd-DJs for adding Artificial/Augmented Sounds to soccer games
I think Fox Sports does something similar and people complained. I've gotten used to seeing cut-outs of people at ballgames now .. weird times that we live in!
rrao84··on Ask HN: Mac or Linux based laptop for development
I have done codec development, heavy C++ programming, web development (front end), worked with MS Office exclusively for a year when I was a "manager" and now onto to blogging and copywriting. My trusty companion in all of this has been my Macbook Pro 2015 (Early) and it has never once crashed or stopped working.

I have seen so many Windows machines come and go and nothing can hold a candle to a MacbookPro. This is my personal opinion - ymmv. But, if you are looking for a 1-time purchase that will last you atleast 6 years, and you use your machines carefully, then a Macbook Pro is worth the investment.

Fair warning: I have no idea how the ARM-based macs are going to turn out.

rrao84··on Discrete Cosine Transform in Video Compression – Explain Like I'm Five
Fantastic explanation of transforms and the example of 20 questions and DCT totally did it for me. The rest of the explanation is hard to grok if aren't a programmer or not interested in image & video compression. YMMV