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by ChrisSD 7y ago
Only if y is known to be dependent on x. If y is random but just so happens to be `not x` or `== x` then that won't make the result any less random. 0 is as random a number as 529890873740477 is.
722.
by ChrisSD 7y ago
See my caveat that excludes facts that can't be disproven. An historical miracle cannot be disproven short of using a time machine.
723.
by ChrisSD 7y ago
Under what circumstances would xoring `x` and `y` not produce a result with entropy at least as great as `x`?
724.
by ChrisSD 7y ago
Christianity does not require insistence on "factual historicality of a particular set of events", or at least not disprovable ones. That's mostly a Western phenomena, to which American protestants seem particularly prone to
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by ChrisSD 7y ago
A good programming font helps avoid confusion. For example, it should be clear if a character is l, I, or 1 without having to see them next to each other (also o, O and 0 as well as others). A font should also make reading code as pleasant
726.
by ChrisSD 7y ago
First you need to create a universe...
727.
by ChrisSD 7y ago
From replies it seems my two sentences weren't as clear as I thought. I'll try to refine it: A property of bitwise xoring random variable `x` with a constant (or otherwise non-random but independent) value is that the entropy of `
728.
by ChrisSD 7y ago
Using CPU jitter is a clever solution. I hope it stands up to scrutiny. > but mixing entropy from the hardware with other sources is considered to be safe by most, even if the hardware generator is somehow suspect. To be clear, it's
729.
by ChrisSD 7y ago
> The dataset started out as a Microsoft Excel file, presumably in Windows-1252 encoding. This was converted into a CSV, then loaded into the R environment for adding additional information required by GBIF, then exported from R as a tex
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Do things that don't scale(paulgraham.com)
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by ChrisSD 7y ago
> The structs are defined in terms of C with Winapi (stdcall) calling convention. This isn't quite right. The calling convention is a Windows C++ variant of stdcall. See this issue: https://github.com/rust-lang/
732.
by ChrisSD 7y ago
> Independence is a strong part of the character of the people of the island. We’re not part of the UK, or the British Isles – we’re Manx It should be noted that this is more aspirational than reality. It's not just the currency tha
733.
by ChrisSD 7y ago
As clickbaity as the ads are, the actual technology used to show them is much better than most ad networks. Last I looked into outbrain, the ads were simply a picture and some text. These linked to the advertised site. All images and script
734.
by ChrisSD 7y ago
What does setTimeout have to do with deadlocks?
735.
by ChrisSD 7y ago
If it's available for a fee than it's not suppression, though it is an impedance to the free flow of information. And to be fair it does cost money to host large collections of data.
736.
by ChrisSD 7y ago
But MS were, at the time, against all things open source. Not just free software (although that did seem to get the full brunt of their ire).
737.
by ChrisSD 7y ago
When I asked HN about the licensing for windows.h and similar header files, there was some incredulity that MS could ever give them a permissive license (or even a slightly less restrictive one). And this was just for the public header file
738.
by ChrisSD 7y ago
I'm not sure that rehashing Rust vs. C is particularly interesting at this point. At least not for those who regularly read HN. Maybe in another few years...
739.
by ChrisSD 7y ago
The fact that that polygraph tests don't work was well known certainly by the 90's (if not much much earlier). I struggle to believe anyone at all interested in the field wouldn't have some awareness of that, especially if th
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by ChrisSD 7y ago
Most modern C++ games use an Entity Component System (ECS) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entity_component_system
741.
by ChrisSD 7y ago
So... essentially "I know and like C". Which is great! But as you say, that's not particularly useful for anybody else.
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by ChrisSD 7y ago
Legalising safer drugs would also be an option.
743.
by ChrisSD 7y ago
It depends what you mean by "OOP". Generally most mainstreams programming languages are mixed: that is they support more than one paradigm (e.g. procedural, class based OOP, functional, etc). Though I've noticed that programm
744.
by ChrisSD 7y ago
I make it 9 years since the first release and 4 years since the first stable version (aka 1.0). Either way it's a short time in which to gain acceptance anywhere near the level of C++ so it's not surprising it hasn't. Althoug
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by ChrisSD 7y ago
There is also a cost in learning. I'll doff my hat to parents who have the time, energy, resources and ability to teach their own kids a wide range of subjects but in practice this seems to be the exception. Most homeschooled kids I&#x
746.
by ChrisSD 7y ago
It's unknown how the hackers gained access to install the backdoors. The article suggests, at least in one case, a web server was compromised but they don't know how. All they know is a web shell was installed in that one case.
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by ChrisSD 7y ago
What's broken with keyboard shortcuts?
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by ChrisSD 7y ago
You can set /etc/random.seed (or /var/db/host.random for spawned instances) prior to first boot. That's what cloud providers do IIRC. It also mixes in hardware random (if available).
749.
by ChrisSD 7y ago
Just to clarify, Python has always been strongly typed. Every object has to have an explicit concrete type. However this type is only known at runtime and variables can be bound to any type of object. Aka dynamic typing. What the "whol
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by ChrisSD 7y ago
Wait, how many London buses fit in a Turing award winner's head? And can they all fit in to Wales despite the number of Olympic sized swimming pools already there?

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