DowsingSpoon

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by DowsingSpoon 5y ago
Or, alternatively, the NSA could be tasked with constantly pen testing US companies' computer security. If they find a problem then they would mandate fixes and assess a hefty fine. The fine would be used to cover the NSA's costs
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by DowsingSpoon 5y ago
I used to smoke. I started smoking while drinking and the reason is that it feels fucking amazing. People don't smoke for no reason. They smoke because it feels good. Really good. The long-term health consequences don't feel real
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by DowsingSpoon 6y ago
What an excellent analogy! You can’t put chocolate sauce on the rice you bought because outside food and drink are always prohibited. You’ll be politely, but firmly, asked to leave. So, in a word, yes, because the owner of the restaurant sa
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by DowsingSpoon 6y ago
Disagree. If there is a filter at all then it could easily be that we’ve already passed it. Maybe the filter is the formation of multicellular life, for example. Also, Earth and Mars have exchanged a lot of material. If we find Mars life, i
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by DowsingSpoon 6y ago
>(Very) bad developer API (actually ABI). Having being in N64 emulation, you truly see they have no idea how 3D rendering was supposed to be exposed. I'd be very interested in learning about the N64's 3D API and ABI and the iss
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by DowsingSpoon 7y ago
The term “third world” does not mean something like “third rate.” The first world is the Western bloc, under the influence of the USA. The second world is the Eastern bloc, under the influence of the USSR. The third world is everyone else.
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by DowsingSpoon 7y ago
Thank you! I did not know.
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by DowsingSpoon 7y ago
Why?
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by DowsingSpoon 8y ago
This is a nothing article. The article provides no meaningful analysis. Here’s what might have made it worth reading: * How does the hardware, and software like the kernel, manage heat in the machine? * Some information about CPU power stat
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by DowsingSpoon 8y ago
A while back, I was working on a fun little video game side project which used BMI2 instructions to compute Morton codes on the critical path. Voxels were stored in a buffer sorted in Morton order. The idea was to balance performance improv
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by DowsingSpoon 8y ago
>Using C++ for kernel development means you first have to drop most of the useful parts of C++ and take usability hits with almost all the other features. This is commonly accepted wisdom, but it's not entirely true. (It's only
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by DowsingSpoon 8y ago
Bikes are parked on bike racks, which is to say, in a place designed to store bikes. Scooters are parked — rather, strewn — across the side walk chaotically with no regard for those of us actually trying to walk there. Sometimes scooters ar
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by DowsingSpoon 8y ago
The radio spectrum is limited, and belongs to the people. Careful regulation ensures it remains usable. Likewise, regulating orbits is important. For example, to limit potential damage from space debris.
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by DowsingSpoon 8y ago
Without some sort of pressure to maintain a standard like 40 hrs/wk, employee work hours become a race to the bottom. This pressure could take the form of a formal collective bargaining agreement. It could also take the form of a stron
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by DowsingSpoon 8y ago
I don't believe there is an intention to slow down or stop.
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by DowsingSpoon 8y ago
>Aren't all ads lying? Not at all. Please refer to the Wikipedia page on "False advertising" for an overview of what does and does not constitute false advertising. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_
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by DowsingSpoon 8y ago
The article puts forward the notion that "the universe is simply too big for a government to establish law and order in a top-down fashion." However, conflict will most assuredly not be "extremely difficult to avoid" bec
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by DowsingSpoon 9y ago
You ask how? I accept that any search for meaning in life is founded on a categorical error. Life is not the sort of thing that can have meaning. Then, I just get on with the business of trying to find some modicum of happiness while I stil
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by DowsingSpoon 9y ago
>nobody is spraying wheat right before harvest Glyphosate is sometimes used as a desiccant to alter the timing of wheat harvests, ensure even ripening, and to make harvesting easier. While it's not a widespread practice, it does hap
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by DowsingSpoon 9y ago
Mechanics and Story are often orthogonal. Games that focus on one often do so at the expense of the other. Rare is the game that is able to effectively use gameplay mechanics to provide additional depth to the story.
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by DowsingSpoon 9y ago
Imagine an idiot-savant. He can tell you with complete accuracy the answer to complex mathematical problems, but has no understanding of how he arrives at the result. Now imagine a hyper intelligent alien who is like the savant. It can cons
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by DowsingSpoon 9y ago
Lots of random 'Æ' and 'ö' characters strewn throughout the article... Did anyone proof read this?
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by DowsingSpoon 10y ago
What about applications with soft or hard real time requirements? (So, for example, a video game or an audio player.) I am not aware of any GC language which is suitable for use in this space. Go certainly is not. What about any application
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by DowsingSpoon 10y ago
Mathematics is founded in logic. You cannot use logic to prove logic. Instead, we start with some axioms and build from there using rules that we think we reasonable and intuitive. I vaguely recall learning about a position in philosophy th
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by DowsingSpoon 10y ago
I thought that all sorts of skilled labor was done by slaves in Ancient Rome?
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by DowsingSpoon 10y ago
Can you comment a bit more on the limitations of Metal? I've been spending the last few days reading through the docs and learning how to use Metal. So, I'm curious what you (and anyone else, I guess) perceive its shortcomings to
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by DowsingSpoon 10y ago
Many good monitors have a 144 Hz refresh rate these days.
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by DowsingSpoon 10y ago
The asr and ditto command line tools work very well and cost nothing.
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by DowsingSpoon 10y ago
The newer CPUs include fancy power management features. Operating system participation is needed to make the most of that.
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by DowsingSpoon 10y ago
Care to expand on that? Why do you disagree? What specific points do you disagree with? Is that link meant to be a counter to the argument that "text formats suck?" If so then how does it demonstrate this? If you're saying th

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