henfredemars

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Supreme Court ruling shields presidents on official acts in c/politics
[–] henfredemars 37 points 6 months ago

I see this upcoming election will be the final one. Nice work.

[Axios] Texas Democrat enters race to unseat Ted Cruz in c/politics
[–] henfredemars 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh cool, thanks. I have friends in Texas and they make it sound like it could never happen.

[Axios] Texas Democrat enters race to unseat Ted Cruz in c/politics
[–] henfredemars -5 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Snowballs chance unfortunately. I understand getting a Democrat to win in Texas is effectively impossible.

Plume ("feather" in french) is a very fluffy doggo who enjoys running in the forest. in c/aww
[–] henfredemars 3 points 2 years ago

Very cute! The grooming must be a task.

Lemmy.world (and some others) were hacked in c/lemmyworld
[–] henfredemars 2 points 2 years ago

How do we know this post isn't fake? Perhaps it's all part of the ruse.

[ Feature Request ] Blur NSFW and allow cross instance upvoting in c/liftoff
[–] henfredemars 2 points 2 years ago

Is there a problem upvoting on other instances? I've never noticed it not working.

[ FEATURE REQUEST ] Import / Export your subscription in c/liftoff
[–] henfredemars 9 points 2 years ago

Even more, make it more like a backup feature that's opt out not opt in. Thus, when a server goes away, the user still has their community list to import somewhere else.

Some awesome Flutgirshy art! [artist: amuandroid] in c/mylittlepony
Android Auto Lets You Use Google Maps on Phone, Car Display Simultaneously in c/[email protected]
[–] henfredemars 1 points 2 years ago

Ehh, I'd like to think so. It looks like a ton of work to replace the single USB port in my center console. Most places want me to buy an entire radio kit that's like $400 just to get a new port. I've looked into it briefly, but it looks like it's financially untenable to replace what should be a $2 part if that.

Liftoff! Version 0.10.4 is available today! in c/liftoff
[–] henfredemars 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you so much for this effort. I’ve only installed the app this afternoon, but it’s completely usable despite the occasional bug or instability from the upstream server’s API. It’s become my go-to for Lemmy on mobile, and with all this being made available for free, you have my appreciation.

Why does Android bother with Java? in c/android
Hardline DeSantis immigration law causes exodus of migrant workers from Florida agriculture and construction in c/politics
[–] henfredemars 18 points 2 years ago

No one could have predicted this /s

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Why does Android bother with Java? (self.android)
submitted 2 years ago by henfredemars to c/android
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More concretely, I'm asking this: why aren't applications compiled fully to native code before distribution rather than bytecode that runs on some virtual machine or runtime environment?

Implementation details aside, fundamentally, an Android application consists of bytecode, static resources, etc. In the Java world, I understand that the main appeal of having the JVM is to allow for enhanced portability and maybe also improved security. I know Android uses ART, but it remains that the applications are composed of processor-independent bytecode that leads to all this complex design to convert it into runnable code in some efficient manner. See: ART optimizing profiles, JIT compilation, JIT/AOT Hybrid Compilation... that's a lot of work to support this complex design.

Android only officially supports arm64 currently, so why the extra complexity? Is this a vestigial remnant of the past? If so, with the move up in minimum supported versions, I should think Android should be transitioning to a binary distribution model at a natural point where compatibility is breaking. What benefit is being realized from all this runtime complexity?

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