bkil vs. programming

= The Computer Language Benchmarks Game The Computer Language Benchmarks Game is a free software project for comparing how a given subset of simple algorithms can be implemented in various popular programming languages. The project consists of: * A set of very simple algorithmic problems * Various implementations to the above problems in various programming languages * A set of unit tests to verify that the submitted implementations solve the problem statement * A framework for running and timing the implementations * A website to facilitate the interactive comparison of the results = Supported languages Due to resource constraints, only a small subset of common programming languages are supported, up to the discretion of the game's operator. https://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/ * Ada * C * Chapel * Clojure * C# * C++ * Dart * Erlang * F# * Fortran * Go * Hack * Haskell * Java * JavaScript * Lisp * Lua * OCaml * Pascal * Perl * PHP * Python ...

I wish most people grew intuition. Are you one who regularly gets bothered by friends, relatives or random people with every snippety problem they encounter? Are they also spreading your recommendation for such problems to more random people? Then you need to start distributing the following on your calling card: Tech support cheat sheet (xkcd)

Sunlight readability is an interesting difference between computer display technologies. Displays based on the very mature reflective and transflective, (mostly monochromatic and passive matrix) FSTN/DSTN LCD gain readibility with increased exposure to sunlight. In essence, that means you can both read electronic books and take notes outside in nature, be it under a tree, or just seated in the park. The displays that are dominating the (initially only portable) market for more than a decade now is the transmissive (active matrix) TN TFT/LCD. These displays, on the other hand, loose readability with exposure, and are best viewed indoors, or in deep shade. Naturally, the level of usability varies with both season, and the exact model of display. They also manufacture ones that are equipped with very powerful backlights, but you must keep in mind the possible effects on both your batteries, and on your eyes.