SeanDav

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by SeanDav 9y ago
If the technology is immature - it should have a backup driver to take over in an instant. Immature technology has no business running solo.
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by SeanDav 9y ago
> "This is a very important sorting algorithm, though it takes a long time to sort this data." The author is clearly being tongue-in-cheek here and making a bit of a joke!
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by SeanDav 9y ago
I actually shudder at the thought of playing D&D. The idea that I have to make up a story as I go along and am dependant on what the DM thinks about my decisions, just does not appeal to me. Considering I have never played D&D, I co
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by SeanDav 9y ago
On the right track, but waaaay to steep a learning curve for an absolute beginner, assuming that is the target audience. In-line incrementation and Mod operations on level 2 is a fast way to lose beginner interest.
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by SeanDav 9y ago
> "...Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg reportedly said that young people are more intelligent while speaking to a group of entrepreneurs " I would be fascinated to hear if his opinion changes once he is 40+ ...
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by SeanDav 9y ago
David Hasselhoff will not be pleased to hear that - his surname loosely translates as "Court of Hatred"
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by SeanDav 9y ago
You make a very valid and telling point early on when you point out that in NYC, a person in a job painting people's nails (Nail Technician/Cosmetologist) requires around 1000 hours of training, yet a software developer designing
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by SeanDav 9y ago
OT: Now that is an example of an article's photos done right! Not at all intrusive, like those horrible scrolling photos that are so popular on various sites and some great effects of zooming and pull-back, plus a convenient slide-show
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by SeanDav 9y ago
Judging by the photo of those tiny 13 year-old pine trees planted in 2004 - that is not a joke, but a statement of fact.
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by SeanDav 9y ago
In summary: Get on the Priest's good side, as he was pretty much judge, jury and executioner.
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by SeanDav 9y ago
You are both right. It is worthwhile knowing that something has been posted before, in order to review old comments if interested and good content is always worth repeating. In any case, reposting is allowed, for several good reasons, which
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by SeanDav 9y ago
> "The only concept people struggle with is pointers, but even that is a very simple concept. " The concept of pointers is simple, but their implementation has all sorts of subtle layers: - interactions and apparent fungibili
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by SeanDav 9y ago
I would have thought that Pascal is a great candidate for a simpler, safer language that still has enough features to write serious applications.
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by SeanDav 9y ago
Although, if I spent over 2 weeks developing and optimizing a solution in Language A, I would fully expect to develop and optimize it an awful lot quicker in Language B. Additionally, a lot of performance issues can depend very much on what
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by SeanDav 9y ago
Oh great, now Medium are hiding behind a forced login "paywall". Up until now, Medium have been "encouraging" me to create an account and login, now it is requiring it.
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by SeanDav 9y ago
> " so this accolade is probably not worth much in real value" Not entirely sure what the parent post was trying to imply here but, from the Article: - "We never imagined quite how big it would become. Things just went
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by SeanDav 9y ago
> "heat sink - heat sink on the processor, fan turned off" Not a huge criticism, but I am not sure their heatsink test was particularly efficient as all they did was turn off the fan mounted on the heatsink. It seems quite li
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by SeanDav 9y ago
The article hinted at, but did not further explore the unique properties of Roman concrete. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_concrete https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jul/04&#x
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by SeanDav 9y ago
> "Rose isn't a dinosaur reader; she likes her Kindle." I am probably a "dinosaur" reader. I have, and use a Kindle, but given the choice of reading a physical book or same book on Kindle, I will choose physica
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by SeanDav 9y ago
> "As someone puzzled what left vs right meant in the nyt article its that the coils are not symetrical but bulge out to one side " I don't think that is the explanation. Looking at Jeremy head on, you can see his shell
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by SeanDav 9y ago
I agree with what you say, but using an editor with bookmarks and simple find ability - and almost every editor has these - is more than enough for efficient navigation of code. One does not have to spend months using vim/emacs until i
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by SeanDav 9y ago
If you writing complex code, you are going to be having bugs, abstractions or not.
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by SeanDav 9y ago
This sort of behaviour is quite common in companies, so I can't help wondering if it is true that studies have shown a significant percentage of Silicon Valley CEO's and company executives are psychopaths. https://www.c
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by SeanDav 9y ago
I have 1 major issue with Steam, you cannot share individual games in your library and play a different one yourself. If you have 200 games in your library and want to share one with your kids, you cannot play any other game at same time. I
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by SeanDav 9y ago
RCT on Steam has mixed reviews, mostly related to not supporting better graphics. Interestingly, quite a few reviews on RCT on Steam point to OpenRCT2 as a better solution for your RCT fun! Not having purchased the Steam version, I don&#x27
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by SeanDav 9y ago
OT: > "If you treat people better you will have lower rates of reincarnation" I think the Buddhists will be very disappointed to hear that... I believe you meant "reincarceration" (We know you meant that!)
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by SeanDav 9y ago
> "Good god, it's just a word" Extremely naive to think that just because it is a word, it does not matter. A single word in the wrong place or at the wrong time, could destroy your career, make you a social pariah or ev
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by SeanDav 9y ago
testmy.net seems to be mainly USA based, but for those outside the US, you can set the default server to one located much nearer your own location. They offer a few international servers and London, UK is one of them, plus alternatives in E
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by SeanDav 9y ago
A few years ago I subscribed to a 8 MB service with a major ISP (Virgin). I was getting around 500k. Virgin insisted it was an issue with my router/my line/my computer/everything under the sun and nothing to do with them. Whe
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by SeanDav 9y ago
OT: I am in the market for an upgrade to my home PC. I use it for Compiling and Gaming. I am finding the sheer variety of CPU's and their weird naming conventions utterly confusing. Then combine that with the almost-as-confusing choice

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