ErsatzVerkehr

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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
The instructor's (self-written) textbook gets terrible reviews on Amazon. Not a good sign. http://www.amazon.com/For-Programmers-Third-Edition-3rd/prod...
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
http://www.marco.org/media/2007/07/20070720-05-giant-flowcha...
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
Keep in mind that the main goal of this project is to further research into nuclear weapons development. > Too bad shovel ready money wasn't spent on more long lasting impact projects like this. Perhaps some kind of "Manhattan
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
Don't these systems use different object-file formats?
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
Obviously this is not a desirable property of the system. If it's going to be robust against malicious attacks, it must be robust against well-meaning reimplementations.
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
Being uncomfortable about alternate implementations makes me uncomfortable.
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
This is already in use in the micro-4/3rds cameras, which feature interchangeable lenses, but still tight integration between the lens and the camera. There are even firmware updates for the lens . http://m43photo.blogspot
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
When your only tool is "Let's build an App for that"...
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
Is this true?
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
... in which case, these nuisance requestors will be executing a denial-of-service attack on legitimate requestors.
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
"Blocks" seem to be an Objective C feature. https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/cocoa/...
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
I thought it was the other way around. Can you cite a source?
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
Junkmail ("direct mail marketing") is to mail as advertising is to the internet. It pays the bills. It's probably hypocritical of you to hate on junk mail while working in web development.
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
You're forgetting convection.
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
1. As eli wrote above, it accomplishes nothing but annoying your postman. 2. Why would you try to sabotage a public service?
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
The official USPS policy is that such mail is just thrown in the trash: http://pe.usps.com/text/csr/PS-086.htm Here is some other coverage: http://consumerist.com/2007/11/01/update-t
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
> Cross borders with blank drives. Re-image when you're at your destination. I'm guessing you don't actually travel very much.
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
Thankfully, Immigration/Customs is not run by the TSA. Immigration/Customs appears to be orders of magnitude more competent and professional.
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
If the 1000 kg is heated uniformly, this is not enough energy to bring it to a "roiling boil". There will be no bubbles.
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
Will you offer MathJax support?
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
That's the amount of energy needed to bring nearly 1000 kg of water from 25°C to 100°C, but not enough to begin the phase transition from liquid to gas (i.e. start boiling). The heat of vaporization of water (i.e. the amount of energy
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
Also, Google and Facebook are turning the Internet into a total surveillance system.
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
Clearly this is just another symptom of the Great Argentine Coin Shortage. i.e., http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2009/06/08/090608ta_...
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
> that they sold boxes of cereal all across the country for $50 each using Craigslist; they were experienced Craigslist spammers. Could you expand on this? I haven't heard about it.
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
> mirroring an image horizontally ...but only a 2-color image.
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
> more efficiently compressed, more government resistant and more easily encryptable Protocol Probably these things should not all be done at the same layer.
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
> In the end you could probably build an ultralight for the cost of a pilots license. ...but not know how to fly it.
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
In the United States, the restrictions on an "ultralight" are rather severe: > The governing regulation in the United States is FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles, which specifies a powered "ultralight" as a single seat vehi
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
Hough
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by ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
As someone who loves Matlab but would rather use a free-software solution, I must say that Octave is not an effective replacement for Matlab. Matlab itself is just so much more feature-complete and polished, turning to Octave feels like go

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