Meegul

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by Meegul 10y ago
My school, Purdue University, has been making a big push towards IBR. The biggest issue with it I can see, is that, as far as I can tell, there's no cap on the money collected. That is to say, if they take 15% of your income, and you e
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by Meegul 10y ago
Ah alright. Looks like I have some more reading to do this morning.
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by Meegul 10y ago
It was to my understanding that some NP-complete problems - like factorization - are (theoretically) solvable in P time using quantum computing, all within (and indeed as a result of) the constraints of quantum mechanics, perhaps utilizing
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Rosa Foods releases Soylent with flavor(blog.soylent.com)
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by Meegul 10y ago
Actual question from a software engineering newcomer: What would you consider "business logic" and where would said programs be running?
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by Meegul 10y ago
This may reveal my age/lack thereof, but Europa Universalis 3 is what originally sparked my interest in history and also programming. It's a game that allows you to explore 'what if' scenarios in a fairly historically ac
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by Meegul 10y ago
They do keep credit cards in their wallet, though.
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by Meegul 10y ago
Same here. Originally, it would get to 5% then shut down, but it's gotten progressively worse. The highest I've had it shut down at now is ~20%. My first guess was that it's an issue of battery degradation not being properly
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by Meegul 10y ago
Clouds are not the disaster that you might think them to be. Yes, they have a fantastically effective greenhouse effect, but they are also very good at reflecting sunlight. I'm not sure about the net result of both phenomena, but that
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by Meegul 10y ago
That... Doesn't seem likely. I've only taken a few geology classes during my undergrad, but considering these are earthquakes in a subduction zone, it doesn't seem possible that some lateral forces would be causing these quak
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by Meegul 10y ago
I've never heard of this. Someone can actually be entitled to half of your wealth just for living with you...?
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by Meegul 10y ago
It's probably assigning a number of possibilities with a confidence rating, and as soon as the confidence rating is > than some percentage of what it's asking you to draw, it says it.
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by Meegul 10y ago
To get the 50,000, I mistakenly, based off another comment, used 200 as the sample size. Your number, 31,250, would be correct (assuming the extrapolation holds) for the actual sample size.
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by Meegul 10y ago
Agreed. But one attempted suicide and one successful suicide in a sample of 320 is not insignificant. This could be an anomaly, sure, but given that the average rate of suicide is 12.93 per 100,000 people [1], and it on average takes 25 att
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by Meegul 10y ago
Either way, assuming the same amount of men end up on this form of birth control as women are on hormonal birth control, there'd be severe consequences. Around 10 million women take the pill regularly, and the male equivalent would res
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by Meegul 10y ago
Last I checked, permanent infertility and a (successful) suicide rate of 1 in 200 are not side effects of female hormonal birth control.
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by Meegul 10y ago
As a dev that frequently works on different linux distros, mac, and Windows, I recommend just getting used to disabling mouse acceleration. That is, if you're using a mouse. On a touchpad, I'd never recommend that, but if you&#x27
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by Meegul 10y ago
Yep, that's the point I was partially getting at. People often attack Soylent for nebulous reasons, stating that it's 'unnatural' and you'll die if you replace meals with it. However, I do feel confident that at som
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by Meegul 10y ago
Do you believe that there is some chemical (or other) difference between two molecules of, for instance, glucose, solely due to their origin?
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by Meegul 10y ago
What do you mean by unnatural? What is in Soylent that isn't natural ? Food in and of itself is just a mix of different chemicals - be they from plants, animals, or other sources. But at the end of the day, a molecule of glucose from
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by Meegul 10y ago
While most people here will probably disagree, I believe that Microsoft's approach, that is, with AR, will be more successful. Virtual Reality has yet to prove that it can be useful in areas other gaming. Augmented Reality has plenty o
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by Meegul 10y ago
Here's a post on Stackoverflow that can explain it better than I can: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21363295/understanding-ja...
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by Meegul 10y ago
If you were to then reference 'x' from another block of code, say in another <script> element in the case of web development, 'x' would not be a defined variable, whereas with 'var', it would be. This is
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by Meegul 10y ago
It's spelled out pretty well in the article. But if you want another example, consider these two code blocks: var foo; var bar; { let foo = "hello"; var bar = "world"; } console.log(foo); cons
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by Meegul 10y ago
Let is a game changer imo. In the world of tens of dependencies, knowing that your variables are scope restricted reduces your cognitive load. It's one less thing that can go wrong. I agree with you on classes, but that's probably
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by Meegul 10y ago
To spin the fuckery in a positive light: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat
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by Meegul 10y ago
I believe in the use of Mars as a sort of space-hub. It's better fit for this purpose than Earth, in many ways. It has less atmosphere, allowing for easier launches. Additionally, with around 1/3 the gravity, launches and landings
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by Meegul 10y ago
And just say 'too bad' to the kids who can't afford it or get a loan because they have no co-signer with good enough credit?
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by Meegul 10y ago
IIRC from a shareholders call, a Model S has margins from 20-30% percent, even after R&D is taken out. Tesla's losses have primarily stemmed from capital expenditures.
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by Meegul 10y ago
That makes no difference in the end. The police caused you financial harm, with no restitution. They should be held liable for that under civil law.

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