Arjuna

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by Arjuna 12y ago
Thanks for the link to that study. In "europe" a two week vacation (10 work days) is common/standard. As opposed to American's "long weekends." To that point, if you've ever wondered (as I have) about th
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by Arjuna 12y ago
Good points. "We should have had a SaturnV-level replacement the day the Shuttle was retired." I think, in part, the historical reason involves the following [1]: The reality is that we need something other than the threat to na
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by Arjuna 12y ago
This is awesome . Two thoughts spring to mind: 1. This is the equivalent of the Apollo 4 mission in that it also flew without a crew, and was used to prove, validate and verify that Saturn V and associated systems were fully mission-capabl
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by Arjuna 12y ago
To add to the discussion... according to the briefing, they believe that all of the technologies required for a human mission to Mars are 15 years away, assuming that all technologies are fully tested. This puts an approximate time-line nea
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by Arjuna 12y ago
Some other interesting artifacts left on the Moon: Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment arrays [1][2]. These are retro-reflectors that were left during the Apollo program. They are used for laser ranging. This is always good for getting a &quo
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by Arjuna 12y ago
In case you missed it, John discussed his functional programming adventures in Haskell at QuakeCon 2013... well worth a listen. "So what I set out to do was take the original Wolfenstein 3D, and re-implement it in Haskell." [...
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Oculus Mobile SDK Now Available(oculus.com)
2 points by Arjuna 12y ago|0 comments
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Dynamic Vision Sensor – Asynchronous temporal contrast silicon retina(siliconretina.ini.uzh.ch)
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by Arjuna 12y ago
Maybe an experiment with pending comments [1][2][3] would be beneficial? [1] Coming Soon to Hacker News: Pending Comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7445761 [2] Pending Comments Update https://news.yc
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by Arjuna 12y ago
At this time, unfortunately, I think we may have hammered the server. I'm seeing, "Error establishing a database connection." Here's the "Text-only version" from Google's cache: https://webcache
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Building a simple VGA-adapter for an 8-bit self made computer(tldr.fi)
134 points by Arjuna 12y ago|17 comments
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by Arjuna 12y ago
Can anyone expound further on the practical applications of quantum computing? In my limited understanding, I think the following are definitely candidates (presented in no particular order), but I'm sure there are others: 1. Shor&#x27
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by Arjuna 12y ago
"You should better educate yourself, the article is about seizure with a warrant, with which Apple and Google will no longer be able to help them." To add to the other great comments: I understand that it is via warrant. In fact
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by Arjuna 12y ago
My reply is... "What about the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution?" Would we really be having these discussions if Americans (speaking as an American here) were better-educated on our own rights, our own foundati
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by Arjuna 12y ago
Speaking of the Saturn V... it's one of the most powerful machines that humans have ever created. It was equipped with five F-1 rocket engines, with each engine producing an absolutely staggering 1,500,000 pounds of thrust; that's
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by Arjuna 12y ago
"Why do people always pass judgment [...]" I wonder this as well. I would like to share one story and one HN comment that I think are both eloquent and highly relevant to the discussion: Why Explore Space? http://ww
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by Arjuna 12y ago
As to ISRO: you've made me feel proud to be an Indian! I'm "sort of" Indian... by way of marriage ;) I get really excited when rockets go up, by generally spending too much time on telemetry [1]. I have been excited ab
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by Arjuna 12y ago
"I think that even while awake, the decision making happens first unconsciously, then it gets brought into our consciousness." If you aren't familiar with Benjamin Libet [1] and his neuropsychology experiments, I think you
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by Arjuna 12y ago
A little slice of history regarding one of the technical foundations of Commander Keen, for those that aren't aware: "Then, the first breakthrough. John Carmack devised a smooth, scrolling routine similar to that used for the back
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by Arjuna 12y ago
"I'm sure there are many here that dream of having their idea be a huge success [...]" In the broader picture, I am struggling to understand some of the opinions of this story out there, particularly on HN. What I mean is,
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by Arjuna 12y ago
"I don't know how many of those ports Carmack personally worked with [...]" Although it's not Doom, he personally ported Wolfenstein 3D for iPhone. You can read his write-up here [1]. Wayback Machine, FTW... it's
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by Arjuna 12y ago
Although Woz wasn't a CEO... for those that don't know about this, I thought you would find it interesting [1]: "And when Jobs (in the movie, but really a board does this) denied stock to the early garage team (some not even
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by Arjuna 12y ago
Just some random thoughts... I've been working with Swift since it was offered in Xcode 6 Beta 1. I'm having a blast with it, but it probably goes without saying that I've also experienced my share of frustration each time a
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by Arjuna 12y ago
"I'd really like to see more transparency when it comes to title changes." I think dang is working hard to be transparent about this topic. You can see a number of examples of this by reading through the following search
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by Arjuna 12y ago
I agree 100%. In addition, a friendly reminder to us all... When you see a Show HN, assume that whoever created it, perhaps not unlike you, is working to drive his or her dreams into existence. Each post represents a dream, a personal story
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by Arjuna 12y ago
Sigh... I've hit this issue. Everything looked great on 64-bit targets, but then a quick check of 32-bit targets revealed the flaw. My first workaround was to go down the conditional compilation path by using the "#if arch([...])&
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by Arjuna 12y ago
But that problem is so ingrained in our culture it is never going away. To your point, you may find this study interesting, entitled "Europeans Work To Live and Americans Live To Work (Who is Happy to Work More: Americans or European
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by Arjuna 12y ago
Wow... for that hardware, a 4.77MHz 8088 PC with CGA graphics and Sound Blaster audio, those stats are overwhelming: 1. Variable frame-rates up to 60 FPS. 2. Audio rates to 45kHz. 3. 16 colors through composite artifacting. 4. Simultaneous
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What's The Big Deal With Apple's Metal API?(renderingpipeline.com)
2 points by Arjuna 12y ago|0 comments
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by Arjuna 12y ago
Assuming that this search represents nearly all of them, that is approximately 133 patents: https://www.google.com/?tbm=pts&gws_rd=ssl#q=inassignee:%22T... Edit: Nice catch, peter_l_downs ... I didn't realize that

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