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I’ve been a long time Subversion user, and I’m very comfortable with its quirks and limitations. It’s an example of a centralized version control system (CVCS), which is very easy to understand. However, there’s been a lot of talk lately about distributed version control systems (DVCS), of which there are two well known examples: git and Mercurial. I’ve spent a moderate amount of time evaluating both, and I decided to post my thoughts. This entry is about Mercurial.
More …Earlier this week, an Engadget post appeared reporting that Clear WiMax (aka 4G wireless) throttles bandwidth for users who have used a ‘substantial’ amount of bandwidth. The exact amount isn’t clear but 10GB appears as a common number. Once you trigger the throttle, you’re stuck at 0.25 megabit for an indeterminate amount of time. As it turns out, I’ve signed up for Clear and am still within their trial period. If there’s a cap, now would be the time to find it.
More …I’ve been working with Lua recently, and apparently neither Lua nor LuaBind come in binary distributions. They’re also kind of a pain to build, so I thought I’d go ahead and post fully prepped binaries, built by and for VC 2010. Lua 5.1 LuaBind 0.9
More …Been burning the oil on this for a few weeks. What do you think? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueQWas5Z5DA&fs=1&hl=en_US&hd=1] Also can’t help but notice that YouTube HD’s quality sucks. The Vimeo version looks a bit better.
A more accurate title would be PhysX and its lack of hardware acceleration. In retrospect this is largely my fault for believing marketing hype without looking into details, but I figured that I’d discuss it. Finding resources on the subject was difficult, so I think a lot of people may be suffering from the same delusion as I was.
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