what's the future for processors? will we hit a plateau and end up resorting to some new theory of machines and logic?
also, would it be possible to make a whole CPU from discreet transistors? how big would it be?
>>45216942
you're joking about the discreet transistors, right?
>>45216961
nah man we need to go back. think about all the pros vs. the cons B^)
>>45216942
Probably some grapheme based technology.
Yeah you could build a CPU with transistors. You could build one with tubes and marbles if you wanted to (in theory), but I don't know how large either would be.
You know when Microsoft started to go wrong?
When they decided that they will push what the company wants, rather than selling something that the consumers actually want.
Nobody wants this metro minimalist shit.
Microsoft is living on borrowed time and only exists because of their legacy and stranglehold of the desktop market with Windows 7.
>>45214684
you're a retarded baby duck that can't handle change
You know they already changed this with Windows 10.
You are too late to the bitch fest.
>>45214706
Windows 10 is the exact same thing
I have 1,800 to buy an Ultrabook.
Tell me, what would you buy.
Put yourself in my shoes:
Living in Japan
Always on the go
Programming apps
Originally I said an Asus 305 or a thinkpad X1 but many jimmys were rustled.
So what light laptop would you buy? Also, has to be at most 15 inches.
Mac? No, girlfriend will be getting one.
>Ultrabook.
Kill yourself
rMBP obiviously
easy
https://www.google.com/chrome/devices/google-chromebook-pixel/
Getting a new smartphone very soon, /g/. I can't decide between these, pick for me.
The Contenders are: Z3 Compact, OPO, Moto G, Moto X. I seriously can't make my mind up between these four, or are there better recommended ones? I'll put the order in tonight, budget isn't an issue. Also, which Moto gen is preferred? I've heard stuff on both of them.
Also been considering a HTC, but I don't really know anything about their models.
if budget isn't a problem don't get an OPO or the Moto G
Nexus 6
Nexus 6 is made my Motorola this year so if you like them you'll be getting the best phone ever built to date
Post your stupid/small questions here.
Previous thread (over bump limit): >>45200826
What is a good PDF reader that supports pen functionality for Windows 8
and
What is a good and cheap keyboard dock/case for a tablet (Size of an iPad Air)
reposting from other thread
>>45208265
I recently asked this too. I had the same problem, just uninstalled my antivirus and no longer had the problem
it's probably this
https://github.com/ccd0/4chan-x/issues/182
First time installed ffox, went from chrome to try out.
What plugins would you recommend installing ?
>Sitting on exercise balls
Just a fad or is it beneficial?
I know some of you are sitting on one right now
Fad, and a bad one at that. Also look at that guy's hunch.
shit hurts
what's the exact opposite of exercise ball? laying propped up in bed against the wall? because that's what i'm doing right now.
Home screen thread.
Rate hate masturbate
>>45200659
Is that a Moto X?
>>45200720
Moto G
Wallpaper is fractal pro
old one is at cap, time for a new one
>What did you recently buy for your station?
>What do you want to add to your station?
>Are you going to change anything with your station soon?
i haven't bought anything new yet, but i'm going to get another floor lamp and another bookshelf. i'm probably going to rearrange the posters on my wall again as well.
>recently bought
AKG K712 and some velcro (for cable management).
I bought both a while ago, but I just got back from the US yesterday.
>want to add
New desk, coffee table, new speakers, and an amp/preamp combo.
>soon?
Soonâ„¢
Nothing special
Hi
Why is /g/ against OOP? I haven't worked on huge projects and have no idea how to organize them but the idea of combining functions and data in logical units seems like a good idea. Why is making all functions global a better idea? Proper abstraction is always better and more powerful in anything.
/g/ isn't a person.
The backlash against OOP is because it's inappropriately applied to problems.
OOP isn't bad on principle, and can be useful or even beautiful, but overuse by idiots leads to the tremendous bloat we have today.
Trendoids latch on to the criticism and declare OOP universally bad, just like every programming paradigm that's behind the curve of hip/rockstar tech.
>>45208891
I absolutely love OOP. I also love functional programming, though I admit I'm mediocre at it at best, and my current job (at a medium sized reverse engineering/porting/development project) doesn't leave me that much room to work on my functional skills yet. That project is using OOP with quite a few really nice patterns and principles. It's great, and life is pretty good right now.
I find that most people who are really against any given thing here are most likely quite inexperienced. I remember being very strongly for some things yet strongly against others when I was first starting out, though there are things I'd still rather not touch again, like PHP and JS. I got my very first few grey hairs while working with PHP, and JS (and Java for that matter) are the only languages that have succeeded to make me angry.
Recently, I heard someone talk about "friction" in programming, while he was laying out some ideas for a language he'd like to make, and it really got me thinking. The language, principles, methods and whatever else should be chosen by how much they help you achieve the task at hand. If I need to make a website, the language of choice is not going to be assembly, while both Python and C# look like valid options (Python is fast, fast, fast to write, but may not run as fast, while C# is fast and fairly secure, but takes ages to write and pretty much ties you to microsoft, for example). If I need to make a game, then it's possible, but not likely that a GC'd language is going to quite cut it. It all depends on the scope and aims of any given project.
>>45208891
> making all functions global
OOP is not the only way to organize functions.
If you want to hear some anti OOP stuff, here's a basic reading list.
http://www.paulgraham.com/noop.html
https://www.sics.se/~joe/bluetail/vol1/v1_oo.html
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ArgumentsAgainstOop
New thread on the desktop variety
olden >>45206765
hi
You pull out the pricker, you pull out the stick
Let's bore each other with some stories, /g/.
>Be in CS class.
>One of those intro- to prog classes.
>Taking C++ instead of Java, still upset there's no C class though.
>That's besides the point.
>6 or 7/10 girl walks in.
>Red, fucking astroturf... as in, this-color-does-not-exist-in-real-life red hair.
>Pony shirt.
>Bracelets out the ass.
>Either one of those "gaymur girls" or straight feminist.
>Try ignoring the obvious turd in the punchbowl.
>Start taking notes
>Going through pointers, operators, etc.
>Look over to her.
>She's playing on her fucking phone.
>Tumblr logo is clearly visible.
>Begin remembering all those stories I heard on /g/ about wymmin being the first to drop out.
>Start laughing a little.
>She hears.
>Turns around.
>I'm still looking at her and chortling.
>My face is beet-red by now, I'm sure.
>She puts down her phone and raises her arms in this "What's wrong with you" fashion.
>I mouth the words "Sorry, sorry" and wave my hand to dismiss myself.
>Trying fuckhard not to reveal my powerlevel.
>She rolls her eyes and frowns, then returns to her phone
Cont.
finish the story
I agree, I'm interested now.
>monitoring_thread.jpg
>report_submitted.jpg
ITT: God tier discontinued products
/g/, I want to learn programming from the ground up. Now where's the ground, and how do I start?
Pic unrelated.
>>45199176
get this book http://it-ebooks.info/book/2628/
get the environment where you write and run your code in from http://download.racket-lang.org/ .
If you don't know what some function does or you're looking for a function that does something check http://docs.racket-lang.org/
Practice a lot.
>>45199176
How to design programs, 2nd edition
http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/HtDP2e/index.html
http://racket-lang.org/download/
Since we are talking books here.
Where I can get a decent epub version of sicp. I got one from bookzz but I cant upload it to play books.
Why aren't you programming in C right now ?
Are you afraid of pointer arithmetic ?
Do you hate minimal execution time ?
Do you hate crafting every bit of your program ?
Do you hate the most efficient procedural language ever made ?
Do you hate one of the greatest monument to the glory of the human mind ?
Your average CS student does not know what a pointer or what a bit is, especially if they need to use for programming.
> inb4 cannot find C.jar
Because I'm sitting in a Java class at the uni.
Because I'm afraid of hackers
Also Thinkpad general /Tpg/
I was looking at the t420's on amazon which are pretty decently priced but as I understand it the t420's also came with core i7's and that sounds really appealing to me.
Examples of what I've been looking at: http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Thinkpad-Laptop-2-5GHZ-Windows/dp/B00MWZDL98/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1416182860&sr=1-1&keywords=t420&pebp=1416193660683
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-ThinkPad-T420-4180-WND-14-WXGA-2-50GHz-CORE-i5-2520M-4GB-320GB-/251714824564?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item3a9b5f6974
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-ThinkPad-T420-14-500-GB-Intel-Core-i7-2-8-GHz-8-GB-Notebook-/121487423175?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item1c4936f6c7
>>45198100
Faggot thinkpad fan-boys.
>>45198131
>mac user detected