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What I Want to Do in Apple Vision Pro — Prolost

I’m a VR skeptic in many ways. I don’t want anything to do with “the metaverse,” and I’m beyond annoyed by fake demos of people pretending to do creative work by waving their hands around like a wannabe Tony Stark. But I’ve owned several Oculus/Meta headsets, and I’ve had some experiences in VR that keep […]

The Story of Titanium – by Brian Potter

But despite its abundance, it’s only recently that civilization has been able to use titanium as a metal (titanium dioxide has been in use somewhat longer as a paint pigment). Because titanium so readily bonds with oxygen and other elements, it doesn’t occur at all in metallic form in nature. One engineer described titanium as […]

英伟达中国特供芯片遇冷，中国云计算大客户「看不上」性能降级版芯片，如何看待此事？ – 知乎

因为需要几千个分支机构统一部署，首先排除了英伟达，原因很简单，三家厂商都保证不了售后，以及将来是否断供，会不会提价。所以，英伟达的一切型号都不考虑。 三家厂商拿出的方案，软件不尽相同，核心算力方面，不约而同的选择了华为昇腾。 Source: 英伟达中国特供芯片遇冷，中国云计算大客户「看不上」性能降级版芯片，如何看待此事？ – 知乎

Ben Shneiderman

Design dialogs to yield closure. Sequences of actions should be organized into groups with a beginning, middle, and end. Source: Ben Shneiderman

Costs of running a macOS app studio business — Alin Panaitiu

So what are the largest costs of running such a business? Well to be honest, that is time. Time I could have spent with my wife, my brother, my dog, instead of answering support emails from my first waking moment to right before sleeping. Time I could have walked outside, do some handy work in […]

Database Fundamentals

About a year ago, I tried thinking which database I should choose for my next project, and came to the realization that I don’t really know the differences of databases enough. I went to different database websites and saw mostly marketing and words I don’t understand. Source: Database Fundamentals