Comment on: How Google's New Logo Can be Just 305 Bytes
1 04 Sep 2015 19:02 u/beavis in v/programmingComment on: Why this sub sucked on Reddit and how to make it not suck here
I don't see a benefit in discussions on advanced programming topics here. Pretty much everyone goes to stack overflow or the multitude of sub-sites with highly active communities and a lot of knowledge already there.
The question I'd ask is: "what can we do to make this sub unique, and not just a clone of something else that doesn't provide much value?". It's a tough one.
Comment on: Microsoft bringing SSH to Windows and PowerShell
Welcome to the 1990's. SSH and variants were available for *nix for a couple of decades.
The command line and related tools have been the weakest link on Windows, specially for those accustomed to the powerful collection of Unix command line tools and interpreters for system administration as well as software development.
Nice that they achieved this. However, focusing on the logo size is misplaced in my book, when the average page served to mobile devices today can hit a meg or thereabouts, with scripts and resources being pulled from tens of sources. Gmail itself can be pretty heavy. The google news page is horrendous to use on iOS or Android.
It would be better if they focus on these issues, as well as power efficiency on portable devices. I can live with 305 bytes or 30500.