Netcob

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by Netcob 7y ago
Just yesterday I was watching a video about machining flat surfaces, and it was mentioned that the reason why two very flat surfaces stick together isn't thoroughly understood yet. We can build things that deal with unimaginable precis
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by Netcob 7y ago
Climate catastrophe, overpopulation, resources running out (especially water), species being wiped out to the point where it will actually affect us, the end of antibiotics, large areas becoming uninhabitable... I wonder what happens to mut
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by Netcob 8y ago
I would be prepared to completely ignore (and definitely not laugh at) rail personnel performing a naked rain dance if it meant that the trains would arrive on time more often. Hell, I'd join in if that helped.
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by Netcob 8y ago
I think that conventions and a set of patterns explained (or at least listed) in the wiki/readme of a codebase go a long way. When I'm reading some API, then of course I want a detailed comment for each function and value, includ
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by Netcob 8y ago
That's why I don't like meetings where you're supposed to come up with a solution on the spot and then break it down into tasks immediately. That only works if you have lots of closely related experience so that the solution
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by Netcob 8y ago
Well the regular government really dropped the ball there, fortunately the dwarf government was more vigilant.
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by Netcob 8y ago
Here's a Shadertoy implementation: https://www.shadertoy.com/view/XtdSDn
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by Netcob 10y ago
...aaand no more OSS! Only half-kidding. So many big and small projects are using GitHub as their primary repository and sometimes their only homepage. And there's all those benefits of it being something of a social network as well, a
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by Netcob 10y ago
Another name for "common sense" which isn't that common for some reason.
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by Netcob 10y ago
I rarely used headphones on any handheld console (except for the PSP, on which I watched movies sometimes). I remember being annoyed though because whenever I actually did want to use headphones on my GBA SP, I had to look for that stupid a
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by Netcob 10y ago
My first thought was that once trigger has enough users, some people might pay to get access to the rule database. That way you could predict what trigger is going to do under certain circumstances, or maybe what needs to happen for certain
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by Netcob 10y ago
Maybe not us individuals, but I bet if trigger becomes really popular to the point where its rules actually have an impact on the market, then access to that rule database might be worth quite a lot.
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by Netcob 10y ago
When I get to look at the average I can keep it under 0.5 if I change the key every time the number goes up (and I keep pressing the same key if that strategy stops working). As arguments against free will go... I think people with no short
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by Netcob 10y ago
To repeat what everyone else has said: The data doesn't exist on whatsapp's servers. Now I know the law's position is basically "do what we say or we'll punish you until you comply - and we'll simply ignore you
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by Netcob 11y ago
Under "Features": > If you can dream it, you can do it. Yes, the website has giant images and minimalism and everything that's all the rage recently, but in the end all it does is make me scroll endlessly and hunt for the
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by Netcob 11y ago
What most people forget when they are sitting at home being scared about "rogue nation-states" from across the globe, or worry more about dying by the hand of people with dangerously fluffy beards instead of losing a foot to diabe
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by Netcob 11y ago
The new STEEL CRADLE protective cup will protect your most important part like it's a state secret. But don't just take our word for it - try for yourself! Our CEO, proudly joining other CEOs in putting all their trust in their co
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by Netcob 11y ago
Not sure if 1024x768 is a good minimum resolution. I have an 13" ultrabook with a FHD screen, so thanks to the high DPI settings websites think it's 720p (so it won't load for me). Also few screens use 1024x768... 720p is mor
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by Netcob 11y ago
I'm not sure how well we can estimate how difficult a task is just based on our amazement at "iceberg complexity". Just the fact that I was able to read that article the way I did is the product of something enormous. Discove
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by Netcob 11y ago
Especially the most basic and primitive emotions/sensations that influence our behavior very directly, like pain or panic. I get how fish might not experience "culture shock", "weltschmerz" or "ennui", but
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by Netcob 11y ago
The problem with that is that having proof and getting overpowered by a superhuman AI might fall within a very short timeframe. The risk (impact*probability) is simply too high to be ignored. We don't know the probability very well, bu
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by Netcob 12y ago
Let's start at the beginning. The paper talks about evidence for nuclear explosions (the word "weapon" isn't mentioned as far as I can see), and then discusses natural nuclear reactors http://en.wikipedia.org&
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by Netcob 12y ago
I think the danger lies in our tendency to ignore the big picture. We work in teams and groups and we create these bubbles where everyone just assumes that a basic set of things has been figured out by other people. You can second-guess wha
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by Netcob 12y ago
I agree that it's hard to take seriously because it sounds like science-fiction. I mean, right now that's what it is. And I'm sure many people who read HN have managed to learn how to catch themselves working on an interestin
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by Netcob 12y ago
Especially with Dolphin - I was surprised how gripping those progress reports were. And I like how it feels like you're reading about the latest victories of a bunch of superheroes. Which is a nice way of looking at open source project
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by Netcob 12y ago
Nah, that would be too much actual value. I think it's shortly after tweeting something like "poopr - have your BMs delivered to your friends with quadcopters every day for free" makes Facebook buy your twitter account for $2
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by Netcob 12y ago
Or: the startup singularity is near!
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by Netcob 12y ago
A GoPro timelapse is also called a prolapse.
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by Netcob 12y ago
Many of you reading this may have overheard (or participated in) a conversation like this while studying CS or something related: "Hey, so what language did you use for the assignment?" "...Java. I don't know. I was goin
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by Netcob 12y ago
In CS, I loved most of the practical assignments/projects. Especially those where students had some freedom to come up with creative solutions. Even having things go wrong was fun now and then when it ended up teaching me that I could

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