It seems to me that the major issue that Cardboard solved is navigation in a 3d environment. Using a mouse or controller to move around, aim, and shoot in a 3d world is natural to those of us who play 3d games. But, these actions aren't intuitive at all, unlike looking around while wearing a VR headset.
A few months ago, Amazon's competitor Flipkart started asking users to order via the app rather than through the browser. That's when a lot of my friends and I switched to Amazon. I never really understood the reason for insisting on ordering via the app.
Apps don't have a good way to convey that they are using HTTPS, so I don't like the idea of entering my credit card details in an app. Most internet banking gateways in India aren't yet mobile optimized, so that's inconvenient too. (Internet banking is a popular alternative to debit cards in India; merchants re-direct users to their bank's website where users can login and agree to paying the merchant. It's actually a lot more convenient than credit cards because you only have to remember your bank account's username and password.)
How does Amazon implement instances like t2.nano? If there are 40 t2.nano instances on a quad core physical machine, what happens when all the users want 100% CPU, even if it's only for 10 minutes? Are instances automatically migrated to a different physical machine if this happens?
My university uses a HTTP proxy too. The proxy makes connections only on ports 80 and 443. So, OpenVPN on port 443 is pretty much the only option. Wish Google Hangout would work over HTTPS.
I like the idea of breathing more life into C. Look at what's happened to C++. These days, when I need the efficiency, I prefer coding in C to C++. But I'm not sure Cello is the right way to make C better. If you're starting a new project, what's wrong with a struct that has an array and length of the array? Cello seems to break the simplicity of C and its memory model.
I think college is a fun place to be until you figure out something productive to do. A lot of people feel that this is a "wrong" reason to do a PhD, but I actually agree with this view.
I agree. In fact, I think that the slowness of Python implementations is a feature. It forces developers to use standard libraries, which in turn makes the program more concise. This is certainly the case in MATLAB where vectorization is pretty much needed for non-trivial programs, and this leads to improved readability.
Does the ISA matter a lot these days? If we look at the mobile world, specifically Android, most programs are written in Java. So, as long as the compiler, the OS, and the JVM are ported to a new ISA, most apps will run happily.
Also, is binary ISA translation restricted by patents?
