Dinoguy1000

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Study predicts imminent irreversible planetary collapse(kurzweilai.net)
32 points by Dinoguy1000 14y ago|41 comments
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This rock could spy on you for decades(kurzweilai.net)
2 points by Dinoguy1000 14y ago|0 comments
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by Dinoguy1000 14y ago
Personally, I believe that any system allowing for indefinite copyright protection (even a system like the current one, that involves constantly changing the system to extend protection) is harmful in the long run, but your compromise is de
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by Dinoguy1000 14y ago
See http://futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/2019.htm#copyright . I have no doubt that when 2019 rolls around, if Disney et al. (I mention Disney specifically instead of the RIAA or anyone else because Disney seems to be the one really at th
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The state of space in 2055(futuretimeline.net)
40 points by Dinoguy1000 14y ago|23 comments
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by Dinoguy1000 14y ago
TrID[1] has a number of definitions for various executable files, but it's designed for general-purpose file format identification. PEiD[2] is built specifically for identifying packers, compilers, etc. for PE files, and should therefore be
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DDR4 memory is coming soon — maybe too soon(kurzweilai.net)
1 points by Dinoguy1000 14y ago|0 comments
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A boost for quantum reality(kurzweilai.net)
2 points by Dinoguy1000 14y ago|0 comments
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Gigabit WiFi? 802.11ac router makes it possible, starting in May(kurzweilai.net)
11 points by Dinoguy1000 14y ago|3 comments
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When death becomes optional(wfs.org)
3 points by Dinoguy1000 15y ago|0 comments
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by Dinoguy1000 15y ago
It's important to keep in mind, though, that this article (and its follow-ups) is written almost entirely from the perspective of the Japanese industry, not the American one. I'm not saying there would be no benefit to disrupting this indus
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A new 3D view of DNA(kurzweilai.net)
2 points by Dinoguy1000 15y ago|0 comments
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by Dinoguy1000 15y ago
Am I really the only one who started reading this thinking the author was going to discuss the paper's claim that dinosaurs, in popular perception, have a lizardlike/reptilian, splayed stance? I've been a dinosaur nerd for years, and the on
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by Dinoguy1000 15y ago
Depending where in the US you look, the price of gas has done anything from less than doubling to increasing more than five-fold over the past decade.* It's not $8/gallon, but there are definitely places where you'd have to pay $4-6 per gal
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Texting in Braille(gatech.edu)
4 points by Dinoguy1000 15y ago|0 comments
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by Dinoguy1000 15y ago
We had decentralized web standards in the past, with browser vendors implementing new markup features on their (and, to a lesser extent, their users') whims rather than marching in lockstep with some "central governance" - the First Browser
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MediaWiki adopts Lua as ParserFunctions replacement(en.wikipedia.org)
4 points by Dinoguy1000 15y ago|0 comments
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by Dinoguy1000 15y ago
Disclaimer: I'm not the one who came up with the concept in this particular case, though I did refine the idea.
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Show HN: repeat functionality without a loop or variable assignation(yugioh.wikia.com)
1 points by Dinoguy1000 15y ago|1 comments
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by Dinoguy1000 15y ago
No, that's specificity (an entirely different beast, and one that can be considerably harder to work with). Inheritance would be styles for a P tag applying to a child I tag.
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by Dinoguy1000 15y ago
To be sure, I wasn't suggesting the problem hadn't been practically solved, and I understand quite well that beyond a certain point, there's very little incentive in improving the solution any further. In retrospect, I probably should have
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by Dinoguy1000 15y ago
If I'm understanding the relevant WP articles correctly, the travelling salesman problem is not solved, since a solution for it would also imply a solution for all NP-complete problems. What these companies have therefore cannot be an absol
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by Dinoguy1000 15y ago
Your first example is a little dated; Wikipedia hasn't had one article per Pokemon since around 2007, at the latest, when they were all merged into a handful of lists. Since then, a small number have been spun back out into articles on indi
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Conversation Topics(blog.trevorparscal.com)
1 points by Dinoguy1000 15y ago|0 comments
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Categorizing software bugs as Minecraft mobs(thecodersbreakfast.net)
1 points by Dinoguy1000 15y ago|0 comments
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Node.js and web workers: safe multiprocess CLI JS(leuksman.com)
1 points by Dinoguy1000 15y ago|0 comments
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by Dinoguy1000 15y ago
Let me point out now that this is definitely not actually definitive; it by far mostly covers archive formats and compression/encryption. It also hasn't been touched in years. On the other hand, it's on a publicly-editable wiki, so if any
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The Definitive Guide to Exploring File Formats(wiki.xentax.com)
2 points by Dinoguy1000 15y ago|1 comments
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Duke Nukem Forever exposes crap reviewers - 100 reviews compared(xentax.com)
4 points by Dinoguy1000 15y ago|4 comments
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by Dinoguy1000 15y ago
There are no general spellcheck bots (I would say there are none, but it's possible there are some that spellcheck within a very clearly defined area, under very specific circumstances). Spellcheck bots are actually a fairly frequent reques

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