Rexxar

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   by Rexxar 11y ago

   If a software use libpng to read images that only come from installation directory, I don't think it's really a problem to link statically libpng. For example a GUI that loads icons, background images, button images etc.
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   by Rexxar 11y ago

   >> ... by criticising their opinions in public, at >> a conference or in a seminar ... > > How is this being a "jerk"? This is what academia is > supposed to be all about - you publish,
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   by Rexxar 11y ago

   Indeed: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=efficient%20shockwave-based&so... And your comment is the first one with this two words: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=efficient%20shockwave-based&so...
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   by Rexxar 11y ago

   Similarly, running "make" in the directory of a freshly downloaded repo is dangerous too. It's really difficult to check all code running on our behalf and to quantify the risks. If someone take control of a popular git repo
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   by Rexxar 11y ago

   Applied strictly, this probably means that some Olympic sports require a license (hammer throw, discus throw, shot put and javelin)
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   by Rexxar 11y ago

   "Hairy ball theorem" is cool too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_ball_theorem
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   by Rexxar 11y ago

   50 years means that if you are born in third world country you can retire in a rich country without emigrating.
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   by Rexxar 11y ago

   So if we destroy irreversibly as much water as we consume petrol (1.5 * 10^10, very pessimist hypothesis IMHO) we have for 10^12 years before consuming more than 1% of water. This should be fine.
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   by Rexxar 11y ago

   I would like to have an estimation of total hydrogen leaks we could have if everybody used this technology everywhere. Hydrogen is so light that it's going into space when it's released in atmosphere. If the computation shows that
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    by Rexxar 11y ago

    (hell, in France it's illegal to have two jobs). I don't think so: https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1945
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    by Rexxar 11y ago

    I'm waiting for the first real 32-bit colour monitor, the one that becomes transparent when alpha is set to zero.
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    by Rexxar 11y ago

    Update: even worse, nearly 30% of the float is short How can we know this ? Is it published somewhere by the markets/regulators or is it an estimation based on stock/option behaviours ?
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    What's new in purely functional data structures since Okasaki?(cstheory.stackexchange.com)

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    Inside Apple's perfectionism machine(mashable.com)

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    The Most Intolerant Wins: The Dominance of the Stubborn Minority [pdf](dl.dropboxusercontent.com)

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    by Rexxar 11y ago

    For information, this "news" is two months old. One of the multiple articles on this: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28058-warmest-ever-su...
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    by Rexxar 11y ago

    I'm not sure if it's enough when you study a group, during a finite time, if you don't know a priori the relative impact of competence compared to luck. Example 1 : fictive world where everybody has 50% chance of success ever
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    by Rexxar 11y ago

    Just a mathematical question : can we systematically distinguish randomly distributed luck from randomly distributed competence ‎?
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    by Rexxar 11y ago

    The minimal sample size depends on the effect you try to measure. Big effects can be validated with smaller sample size.
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    by Rexxar 11y ago

    > Go has an object model. I'm no sure go creators would agree with this. The go object model is different enough from other object models that it would not qualify as one for a lot of people.
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    by Rexxar 11y ago

    A great part of the CO2 on earth is "captured" in Limestone (CaCO3). All this CO2 is released in Venus atmosphere and this explain a great part of the difference in pressure.
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    by Rexxar 11y ago

    Ask Bill Gates : http://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/bill-gates-proposes-c...
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    by Rexxar 11y ago

    There is a reflection group "SG7" in c++ committee dedicated to this. Some propositions have been done. I hope it will be ready for c++17. Group discussions : https://groups.google.com/a/isocpp.org/forum&
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    by Rexxar 11y ago

    The technique used here is called "X Macro". There are article on wikipedia and wikibooks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Macro https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/C_Programming/Preproces
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    by Rexxar 11y ago

    Thanks for explanation. (I would have preferred a definition "failures / number of disk bought", but, in practice, the result is probably very similar for all other models)
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    by Rexxar 11y ago

    Interesting but I don't understand what "222.77%" failure rate mean for ST1500DL003 in 2015 ? Each disk died twice !?
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    by Rexxar 11y ago

    Old question: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dog_and_the_Wolf
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    by Rexxar 11y ago

    They are not trying to do statistics, they are just exhibiting a counter-example to a commonly accepted "truth". If everybody thinks swan are white, you just have to show one black swan to prove than the theory "all swans are
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    by Rexxar 11y ago

    Parachute.
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    by Rexxar 11y ago

    There are apparently seven other achievements (there are 8 place for badges in the "parameter" menu). I have "Dat parallax" and "There is no spoon".