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Comment Re:ack-nak (Score 1) 80

javac references imported classes from the .class(es) rather than, say, a plaintext header file. Java bytecode doesn't typically preserve parameter names*. Hence the only information the compiler sees for Color is a constructor with 4 int parameters.

* (apparently if you compile with the -g option, for debugging, that info is preserved. Or with -parameters with Java 8)

Comment Re:If ubuntu installed (Score 2) 210

Mod up. If the hardware is working, it doesn't make sense to re-installing from scratch without first exploring the alternative desktop environments available from the login manager on startup.

(Let's not turn this into an Ubuntu vs [random poster's fave distro] flamewar - the user already has Ubuntu installed on the device)

Comment Re:Calling poor code organization OOP is flawed (Score 1) 303

C++ is a horrible language. It's made more horrible by the fact that a lot
of substandard programmers use it, to the point where it's much much
easier to generate total and utter crap with it. Quite frankly, even if
the choice of C were to do *nothing* but keep the C++ programmers out,
that in itself would be a huge reason to use C.

Linus. :)

Comment Re:Enough wimpy SBCs (Score 1) 81

The most memory these things seem to have is 2GB - I'm not sure RAM is socketable on these SoC designs.

So if you're expecting an AArch64 workstation to be competitive against Intel's latest Core-M offerings, you'll be disappointed.

But if you're content with the computing power of your phone/tablet and just want a fanless computer you can plug into your tv's HDMI port, read the article.

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