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The last major version of Microsoft’s graphics platform DirectX 11 was announced about 6 years back. Since then the desktop graphics API development has stagnated. During this time, AMD has developed their own set of APIs called Mantle. OpenGL/OpenCL has come a long way since then. ... and cancel it in November
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The wildly simple yet infinitely frustrating game Flappy Bird is no more, though it continues to live on in countless clones. Now Code.org, the non-profit aimed at teaching people how to write code, has created a tool to make your own Flappy Bird game while learning some code at the same time. $50,000/day income not included
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Flappy Bird files again...into a wall and a pipe and the ground.
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Kind of like code.org from what I've heard.
TTFN - Kent
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As we now have a sufficiently good idea of how devs are working on C++ in Visual Studio, there’s little sense to keep the gates closed. That said, we’re now opening ReSharper C++ EAP to the public. C++ folk get a taste of the fun
*Excluding MFC, ATL, WTL, C++11, some conditions apply, void where prohibited by law
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I'm getting pretty sick of being nagged to install your damn apps. Stop sugar coating it, how do you really feel about them?
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In order to help organizations and businesses develop secure, flexible and interoperable online identity environments, the OpenID Foundation has launched OpenID Connect, an authentication protocol backed by companies such as Deutsche Telekom, Google, Microsoft, Ping Identity and Salesforce. Because there's an Internet-wide shortage of those
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Google ATAP (Advanced Technologies and Projects) only just announced Tango, its 3D-environment sensor for mobile devices, and now it’s revealing a two day developer conference April 15 and 16 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View.
Come one, come all, journey to the land of Ara.
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Imperative programming language replaces basic keywords with classic one-liners from Schwarzenegger movies.
AssignVariable CallMethod= GET TO THE CHOPPER DO IT NOW
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calling a function: I'LL BE BACK:dosomething()
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Is that a GOSUB?
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Yessir!! Wooohooo!!!
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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My favorite one is probably MethodArguments I NEED YOUR CLOTHES YOUR BOOTS AND YOUR MOTORCYCLE
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return would be GET OUT.
Wout
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ON ERROR CONTINUE ==> ELEPHANT YOU AHOLE
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Definitive proof that we now have enough programming languages.
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Today, we are excited to launch the public beta of Atom, a new text editor that's deeply programmable but also easy to use. Not that Atom. No, not the other Atom. This one.
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The Ariel Atom?
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No, the other Atom.
Really, could they have picked a worse name for a product? There are just too many other things named Atom in our industry. OK, maybe if they had named it notepad or something.
TTFN - Kent
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Maybe "Prism", that's always popular.
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Ugh, yeah. Another one that seems to pop up too often.
On a similar front (I'm working on tomorrow's Mobile newsletter), we find two phones announced: Blackphone (from some Phil Zimmerman's company) and the Black phone (from Boeing).
I think we need a thesaurus.
TTFN - Kent
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Man, they really split the atom with that name choice.
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