Pamar

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Adding Graphene Is the Key to Prolonging the Life of Roads(wonderfulengineering.com)
2 points by Pamar 8y ago|1 comments
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LA County is using an algorithm to clear 50k pot convictions faster(engadget.com)
8 points by Pamar 8y ago|1 comments
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by Pamar 8y ago
See also this http://www.drdobbs.com/database/space-filling-curves-in-geos... (Dr.Dobbs Journal, 1999). It explains how to easily search for "points no more than X km from Y" in a DB query without having to a
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by Pamar 8y ago
Haven't read the full article yet, but I'd like to note that ~20 years ago a now-defunct company tried to put to market something similar. The product name was, IMS, "Zaplets": the idea was to have html mails with Java a
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by Pamar 8y ago
I read a few articles on weapon magazines in 80s about this. 1) while 5.56 is lighter, when it impacts with the human body the bullet will often impart the so-called "tumbling effect" (i.e. instead of keeping its straight course i
606.
by Pamar 8y ago
Question: what is the stance about nootropics in Japan?
607.
by Pamar 8y ago
Maybe you would prefer "what for" vs. "what"?
608.
by Pamar 8y ago
Are you sure about this? (I haven't read the article yet) - I am asking because what you are describing looks to me closer to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuple_space than "traditional" OOP.
609.
by Pamar 8y ago
It did not happen for phones either. Why should this be different? Maybe laptops now are mature enough as a product that what you suggest could be feasible but it is too late for business reasons, now.
610.
by Pamar 8y ago
It took a bit for me to realize that we are talking of + C +PRG here :(
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A New Study Says the Arts Contribute More to the US Economy Than Agriculture(news.artnet.com)
1 points by Pamar 8y ago|0 comments
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by Pamar 8y ago
I would for sure like to learn more. 1) which gain in efficient use of resource can such a system produce? 1%? More? Less? 2) is there a book or some article about this idea so that I can learn a bit more and think about how to introduce th
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Corelogic: Automated background checks to decide who is fit for a home(theverge.com)
1 points by Pamar 8y ago|0 comments
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Pritzker Prize Goes to Arata Isozaki, Designer for a Postwar World(nytimes.com)
1 points by Pamar 8y ago|0 comments
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by Pamar 8y ago
Canonical example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Mel
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by Pamar 8y ago
"Citation needed" for the 6% figure.
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GPD: A 6 Inch “Pìlaptop” on Indiegogo(indiegogo.com)
3 points by Pamar 8y ago|0 comments
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by Pamar 8y ago
https://pa-mar.net/ Nothing special, I do not write code worth publishing for example. It is just a personal site to document some of my passions - it is also practical sometimes to write a short piece about recurring quest
619.
by Pamar 8y ago
I would reccomend this book: https://www.amazon.com/Art-SQL-Stephane-Faroult/dp/059600894...
620.
by Pamar 8y ago
I am not the OP but I would suggest anyone who wants to get better at SQL to read this book: https://www.amazon.com/Art-SQL-Stephane-Faroult/dp/059600894...
621.
by Pamar 8y ago
You are not the OP (I believe) but if they wanted to really say this (which I can at least be sympathetic about) the title should have been something like "how do you get over the initial fear of NOT KNOWING ENOUGH?" which is a se
622.
by Pamar 8y ago
Plot twist: I am 55 - worked most of the time as a consultant, so for me "having to learn something new" and especially "while everyone else around you either knew more than you or were looking at you expecting you to know al
623.
by Pamar 8y ago
Fear of learning something new...? I have real problems understanding the question. Honestly. The only way it could even remotely make sense to me is something like: "Fear of failing to learn something that is required knowledge to s
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Just because you are older doesn't mean your tech-fears are unfounded(theguardian.com)
1 points by Pamar 8y ago|0 comments
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by Pamar 8y ago
No, you do not to pay for anything but the problem is that "Public" (at least for now) just mean that "if another MeWe user (who isn't already a contact) visits your profile they will be able to see all your posts that y
626.
by Pamar 8y ago
Actually, what I would like to have (currently missing from MeWe), is the ability for people to see what I post as "Public" without needing an account to MeWe. Which was, for me, an important feature of Google: if I wanted to br
627.
by Pamar 8y ago
The problem I have with Mastodon is exactly the same I am encountering with MeWe: when I tell friends/aquaintances that I am moving to MeWe I get the chat/email equivalent of a groan. Nobody (except a small minority even among tec
628.
by Pamar 8y ago
When I announced (on Google+) that I was moving to MeWe and was, obviously, suggesting everyone to follow me there I got a couple of comments saying that MeWe was some sort of New-Right bastion. To be honest, I have not encountered any of t
629.
by Pamar 8y ago
Mandatory real names were retracted after a bit, I believe?
630.
by Pamar 8y ago
Please start with this: https://plus.google.com/+RipRowan/posts/eVeouesvaVX

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