Drakim

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by Drakim 9y ago
So you compress the video to a smaller size, and then fill in the bandwidth you saved with random data? Why compress at all? Wouldn't just having a pixel perfect stream solve the same issue and give better quality video?
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by Drakim 9y ago
You could probably save on reusing the video footage of another parking lot, instead of using actors.
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by Drakim 9y ago
It's interesting to imagine what connected planet with no reliable encryption would be like. Although I guess we can always fall back on one-time pads.
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by Drakim 9y ago
All you gotta do is ensure that this 50% discount is tuned to be the actual realistic price, while the full price is secretly just a 200% cost of the real market rate. That way, the customers pay exactly the same as they normally would, exc
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by Drakim 9y ago
To be fair, you can't read any files without software, you need a text editor even for plaintext. However, all software is not equal. Any OS comes with a text editor and a ZIP utility by default now. The same is not true for SQLite&#x2
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by Drakim 9y ago
The amount of the original work used is a very important aspect of fair use. If I write a movie review of The Matrix and include a screenshot of Neo dodging bullets, that's your typical fair use. The reason for this is obvious, the scr
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by Drakim 9y ago
It's your teacher giving you a list of books to check out at the library that you may or may not need for this semester.
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by Drakim 9y ago
Obviously it would be the best if it was accessible to everybody at all times, but that's not the case right now. And my argument is, just getting "rid" of all languages except one would also entail getting rid of a lot of th
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by Drakim 9y ago
> At the same time, each language is a barrier between people, one that prevents ideas to be shared and stories to be told. The fewer such barriers we have, the easier it becomes to understand others. Literally. I agree, the language bar
550.
by Drakim 9y ago
It always puzzled me that internet companies can simply say that the speed is "up to" a certain number. Especially since, they will often sell various tiers of speed, proving that they ARE capable of delivering a faster speed. Ima
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by Drakim 9y ago
> Some have posted and argued that these currencies do not have "real" value. I was always puzzled about this. Real people are buying real stuff with crypto currency. It sounds like a Monty Python skit: "Your money isn&#x2
552.
by Drakim 9y ago
> where the edges are constantly scraped by paddles. I bought an ice cream machine that does exactly this, but to be honest the ice cream I can make at home tastes roughly the same as the ice cream I can buy in the store (not frozen dess
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by Drakim 9y ago
For the same reason Siri and Ok Google isn't just a long menu of 500 options. Having a tone dial menu works as long as there are only a few places to route you, and as long as all situations only have a handful of answers. Furthermore,
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by Drakim 9y ago
It's used for both. Take for instance Super Mario Bros 3, different banks holds different data for the various enemies, and the same banks also contains the subroutines of logic for those enemies. That's why, even if you hacked so
555.
by Drakim 9y ago
Wouldn't it be roughly like when games embed Lua?
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by Drakim 9y ago
Natural selection? The robots that want to multiply and control their surroundings will outcompete the robots that don't care.
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by Drakim 9y ago
Even if we ignore appearances, at some point there is just a max size convenience limit to house pets.
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by Drakim 9y ago
What if killing people is "following the law"? It's happened a few times in history. Or if that is too big a pill to swallow, what if collecting runaways is "following the law", when they are to be executed? What ab
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by Drakim 9y ago
Haxe is an awesome programming language, but that's not really what he was talking about: > The tools for 2D animations and games
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by Drakim 9y ago
I would actually have preferred that. Making DRM a harder and more inconvenient choice means DRM is a less attractive option. Making DRM easy and painless means it becomes normal. You might ask, if DRM is so easy and painless, what's s
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by Drakim 9y ago
If you ask me there should be a 5 year minimum on security software patches for smartphones. As it is now, it's as if a huge portion of the mobile world is still running "windows 98".
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by Drakim 9y ago
Game -> Options -> Troll mode Uncheck that box and you'll have a chance :D
563.
by Drakim 9y ago
The USSR was first in space, weren't they? The technological advances of the USSR can't all be stolen unless they first invented time machines.
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by Drakim 9y ago
So it's sorta like a reverse WINE?
565.
by Drakim 9y ago
On the flip side, this means you have already installed and committed to having this app on your phone. Lots of people might just press "accept" at that point out of being lazy, instead of uninstalling it and going back to the app
566.
by Drakim 9y ago
And I block ads because there is no other way to prevent massive-scale fraud, deception, distraction and malware from advertising afflicting me. Ad networks can't swing the sword of justice at me while themselves standing on a platform
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by Drakim 10y ago
Sure, I'm sitting in a chair right now, but I'm using my fingers to communicate with a person on the other side of the planet in real time. I daresay that's a bit more crazy than what object I'm resting my ass on. While
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by Drakim 10y ago
What if I don't live in the US?
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by Drakim 10y ago
Norway here. The taxes are higher, but to a fair comparison you gotta add all the expenses you have living in the US that you don't have in Scandinavian countries. Stuff like health insurance, medical bills, saving up for college, etc.
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by Drakim 10y ago
How do they avoid enabling rampart piracy if you can do that to consumer units?

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