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by EFruit 7y ago
Speaking from experience here, don't go overboard trying to grab papers to read later. Doubly so if you have a static IP. Academic resources, the ACM included, are incredibly ban-happy, and the line between good behavior and bad is kep
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by EFruit 7y ago
REBOL and its derivative Red seem like cool languages, but I can't get over the fact that it's impossible to bootstrap these free software projects because Red requires REBOL 3, which is self hosting using REBOL 2, which is propri
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by EFruit 7y ago
The NOAA system has a name: SAME, or Specific Area Message Encoding[1]. As the name implies, those three bursts actually contain a whole packet of information regarding the incoming message, including areas of effect, hazard type, duration,
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by EFruit 7y ago
I wish everyone could a chance to spend their time and effort to make a difference like that. Congratulations.
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by EFruit 7y ago
I wish I had an answer for you. The closest I have is this: reading on a stationary recumbent bike at a gym seems to work decently for me, as long as the material isn't anything that requires serious focus, or taking notes.
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by EFruit 7y ago
In an ideal world, I'd work on one of the (excessively many) books or ebooks that I've queued up. In reality, I pick up my phone and refresh HN, play some Tetris, or maybe a training exercise on lichess.
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The Machine Stops [pdf](ele.uri.edu)
3 points by EFruit 7y ago|0 comments
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by EFruit 7y ago
>Texas' STAAR tests are administered in part by Pearson Assessments, a testing company that Holbrook called a "sadistic behemoth." I have never heard a single good thing about Pearson. Having been assessed by them in Publi
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by EFruit 8y ago
I'm all for more tools for users to limit resource abuse, but I don't see it changing a thing. The precedents are already set. If the user doesn't give the developer what he/she wants, the developer will: - block them un
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by EFruit 8y ago
Who is opal?
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by EFruit 8y ago
Something about an algorithm designing circuits that shouldn't have worked, but did. I might be mixing another story, but I think it was using electrical interference from an outside source to accomplish its task.
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by EFruit 8y ago
Bitsavers PDF archive was a lifesaver when I was working with IBM 360/370 emulation. This is one of the only places on the net that has the sense to preserve not just the software, but even the manuals of computing history.
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Headline Smasher: Fake headlines created by smashing up real headlines(headlinesmasher.com)
2 points by EFruit 8y ago|0 comments
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by EFruit 9y ago
I'm nominating Person of Interest. It was a very interesting series, and I strongly recommend it.
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by EFruit 9y ago
uBlock and uMatrix have a "page blocked" function when the entire page matches a filter, could something similar be implemented for these situations? Say, if a page requests content from these blocked domains, the ad blocker displ
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Ask HN: What are your favorite algorithms?
163 points by EFruit 10y ago|89 comments
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by EFruit 10y ago
>Go wild, dream big. I want a DNS replacement that allows you to "subscribe" to TLDs, each with their own policies and practices. Domains are identified by a tuple of a public key and the domain name, so that if someone wants t
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by EFruit 10y ago
iirc its inches of mercury, which isn't much more helpful. I've frequently seen it labeled as "in. hg"
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by EFruit 10y ago
I'm not well-versed in the west-coast startup scene, but from my point of view, no, it's fairly usual.
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Ask HN: Unusually-located startups
10 points by EFruit 10y ago|12 comments
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by EFruit 10y ago
It's not a plot hole if the magical artificially-intelligent supercomputer also integrates gait detection and real-time location data.
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by EFruit 11y ago
Note that I didn't say I want to use Go, nor are all my points taken from Go (namely the namespace feature). I did not mention automatic memory management, I did not say the standard library needs to handle XML, and I still did not adv
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by EFruit 11y ago
If I could change C, I would look closely at Go. To be more precise, I would - Quit separating definition and implementation (.h & .c vs. the singular .go) - Implement multiple returns - Replace #include with something a bit closer to G
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by EFruit 11y ago
>Such a pleasure to watch. I know, I know, many folks on HN will point out technical shortcomings After you get past the first season, (if you accept the premise of an omniscient, digitally omnipotent artificial superintelligence that ov
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by EFruit 11y ago
I was speaking with a friend regarding cellphone jamming, and a question was posed: Suppose there is a piece of equipment that strictly follows all the relevant cellular protocol specs and can route 911 calls, but drops all other traffic. I
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by EFruit 11y ago
I'd much rather use something like Stockfighter, but built around experimentation; one that has no competition, and no recruiters looking over your shoulder, scrutinizing your work. I tried to build one-- and quickly found myself far o
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by EFruit 11y ago
This might stray a bit from the core topic, but does anyone have resources (preferably free) about the theory behind what Nomad covers? Batch/job/task Scheduling, etc.
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by EFruit 11y ago
After a bit of stage fright (and Git/Markdown reeducation), here it is. https://github.com/Efruit/marqit
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by EFruit 11y ago
Alright, I'll clean it up and post it ASAP. Beware, it's (probably) awful, terribly unidiomatic code; I'm not a professional.
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by EFruit 11y ago
I have to say, this is both impressive and infuriating ; they beat me to it! My effort was started in Nov. 2014, and is similarly written in Go. Clocking in at ~1600 LoC, it is certainly nothing special. I have no background in finance and

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