FuturePromise

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by FuturePromise 10y ago
Exactly right: OpenCV is the worst. And lots of trouble with Python 2 and 3 things that "just work" on Windows. I guess people don't do a lot of "real development" on Macs -- around the world, Windows is still the s
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by FuturePromise 10y ago
Looks like it did what it's supposed to do! I'm very excited about the Subsystem for Linux. It will make Windows a great all-purpose development system. As it is, I have an easier time running must GNU/Linuxy stuff on cygwin
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by FuturePromise 10y ago
Making fun of Windows is "witty?" I thought this was a more serious forum.
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by FuturePromise 10y ago
I spent a long time learning XSL/XSLT. The theory was we'd represent the data on a web page with XML, and then determine how it's to be displayed with XSL/XSLT. I think browsers still support it, but it never caught on.
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by FuturePromise 10y ago
Windows 10 has a built-in antivirus that's very effective, safe, and doesn't impact system usability. There's little reason for anyone on Windows 10 to run Symantec/Norton.
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by FuturePromise 10y ago
Given the real risk of CRIME attacks, are there "compression aware" encryption algorithms?
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Artificial Intelligence's “White Guy” Problem(nytimes.com)
4 points by FuturePromise 10y ago|0 comments
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by FuturePromise 10y ago
This is much ado about nothing, as a famous Brit once said. The UK could also become a monarchy again, or it could try to invade France. This is crazy agenda-driven speculation that belongs on Breitbart or DailyKos, not Hacker news.
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Saudi Arabian Women Love Bumper Cars, But Not for Bumping(wsj.com)
35 points by FuturePromise 10y ago|9 comments
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by FuturePromise 10y ago
I don't understand why he accosted that woman at the ATM next to him. 1. I would be very suspicious of anyone approaching me at at ATM, especially at a major tourist area. There's no reason to bother someone 2. There's a chan
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by FuturePromise 10y ago
IMHO: 1. C# (Using Microsoft tools) 2. Erlang (Very robust, solid language) 3. Python (Lots of users, good tools.)
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by FuturePromise 10y ago
It reminds me of the Yip Harburg song: Napoleon's a pastry Bismarck is a herring Alexander's a crème de cacao mixed with rum And Herbie Hoover is a vacuum Columbus is a circle and a day off Pershing is a
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by FuturePromise 10y ago
hmmm... > but ensures that all students enter high school with the same mathematical foundation There's a saying among conservative wags: "The opposite of quality is equality." That seems to be the case here.