NortySpock

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811.
by NortySpock 9y ago
I'd prefer the algorithm if it was public and neutral (or at least consistent). See for example the Shortest Splitline Algorithm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUS9uvYyn3A
812.
by NortySpock 9y ago
I was just watching a code challenge where a guy tried to make the game of Snake in 15 minutes (it took him 30 minutes.) That introduced me to the P5 JavaScript library, and with that I was able to get up and running with just a web browser
813.
by NortySpock 9y ago
"It will cause performance problems if you don't" , with only a gut feeling to back it up, and no actual testing. I just ran into this response yesterday, and I ended up going over his head (unfortunately) and asked our DBAs
814.
by NortySpock 10y ago
Bamboo is a commonly proposed Mars substitute. Grows like a weed.
815.
by NortySpock 12y ago
Electron here is advertising 125kg to low-earth orbit for $4.9M. SpaceX Falcon 9 is the only current offering, with 13,150kg to LEO for $62M; it's a major difference in capability. SpaceX Falcon 1 (no longer offered) was demonstrating
816.
by NortySpock 12y ago
Why electric turbopumps (requiring independent power) rather than ones powered by the RP1 propellant? EDIT: RP-1 now, not methane
817.
by NortySpock 12y ago
That's a fan-run site; not an official schedule.
818.
by NortySpock 12y ago
It's because it was short. You could have been short but particularly insightful, but your comment was not insightful (most people could "remember" "that one time" someone with a coexist sticker cut them off in traf
819.
by NortySpock 12y ago
From the article: "Our custom tool allows us to create an unverified section of the binary in a way that is compliant with the Authenticode spec. We make the tag buffer an unverified section so that the tag buffer can change without ha
820.
by NortySpock 12y ago
Focus Fusion tried that, and it netted them only $180k plus some private investments. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/focus-fusion-empowerthewo...
821.
by NortySpock 12y ago
Omega Tau -- "Science and Engineering in your headphones" -- technically oriented interviews with scientists (often physicists), engineers and technical workers by a German software engineer, in both English and German. Often lean
822.
by NortySpock 12y ago
I was also expecting them to implement bundle routing / delay-tolerant networking. It just makes so much sense for mobile devices with intermittent connectivity.
823.
by NortySpock 12y ago
Perhaps "Interesting"?
824.
by NortySpock 13y ago
They'll save money in the long run in not printing the pennies at a loss. Also, by buying them back from the banks it's the government that takes the hit for the cost of de-circulating the penny, rather than the banks or the consu
825.
by NortySpock 13y ago
Actually, in that one, the earth was the size of the ball of a ball-point pen. The sun was the size of a soccer ball.
826.
by NortySpock 13y ago
f2p: free-to-play -- normally with in-game purchases implied.
827.
by NortySpock 13y ago
Apollo 11 didn't bring a rover, and Buzz Aldrin reported that the flag was blown over by the takeoff of the ascent module. (the flag would still be there, just thrown on the ground.)