Simucal

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by Simucal 16y ago
This isn't a private company looking to make a software purchase. This is the United States Federal Government. As such, I would expect them to have to give fair consideration to other vendors and their respective technologies rather than
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by Simucal 16y ago
Working on Chrome 7.0.517.41 with Windows 7. Use the arrow keys if you weren't already doing so.
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by Simucal 16y ago
They mentioned in the video that they apply varnish to make them less flammable. So, they do burn but perhaps not as easily as you would think.
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by Simucal 16y ago
I think that minimal barrier to entry is a good idea. Because chatting is associated with SO accounts and there a minimum rep requirement (albeit a very small one), it will be much easier to keep spammers out of the chat.
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by Simucal 16y ago
I don't like the precedent. There are lots of reasons a person may want to modify game beyond the given cheat codes. For example, the Starcraft (original) AI contest works by injecting a dll into the Starcraft client which allows you inter
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by Simucal 16y ago
Once you get the basic Euler setup working it is worth it to try out a more accurate integration method. Anytime someone posts a simulation using Euler Integration someone usually links to the following[1]. It describes why Euler integrati
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by Simucal 16y ago
I'd be willing to join in and check it out. Username is "Simucal".
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Do they re-apply with different ideas or the same ones but more developed?
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by Simucal 16y ago
Again, you are mistaken. Dropbox didn't change their business model to a "repository/history" type thing. It has been this way from the very beginning. It sounds like you just didn't understand the original intent of Dropbox and were using
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by Simucal 16y ago
It isn't just your disk drive. They keep a copy of all your data on their servers. Not just a copy, but the change history of every file so you can revert to previous revisions of individual files.
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by Simucal 16y ago
I found this link discussing using Perlin Noise to generate artificial terrain: http://www.vterrain.org/Elevation/Artificial/
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by Simucal 16y ago
Are there any trading services that a normal person can pay for that provide it some API to get quotes and do different kinds of trading? I think putting a little money in an account and then working on writing a small trading bot would be
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by Simucal 16y ago
I was in my high school health class. The principal informed all the teachers over the intercom to turn off all radios and televisions. Our teacher told us that today was going to be an important day to remember and that he wasn't going to
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by Simucal 16y ago
I'm curious about what Imgur costs to run. I've read that he is paying for 100mb unmetered. He is burning up a ton of bandwidth, thats for sure. Also, I wonder what is in the stackexechange deal for imgur? All images will be displayed inl
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by Simucal 16y ago
It is funny how history repeats itself. That story of Intel very much reminds me of Charles Babbage's transition from the single purpose Difference Engine to the more general Analytical Engine.
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by Simucal 16y ago
Each and everyone of us has been through this but we as humans are already "Strong" intelligent. We possess the ability to learn and form connections which is what makes it effective. The resistance to the approach you mentioned comes when
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by Simucal 16y ago
I grew up reading Neuromancer and the Sprawl trilogy. I can honestly say that it largely influenced me into my current career (programmer). I really wish that Gibson wasn't so bored with capital F Future. I would love to see what kind of
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by Simucal 16y ago
I'm at my college graduation ceremony right now replying on my phone, so bear with me. I'll try to expand on my posts when I get home. I didn't do anything with the information from this question for several months after asking it. Then,
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by Simucal 16y ago
I asked this question. I've been studying and working on emulators since then. Another good resource if you are interested in this sort of thing is Victor Barrio's thesis he wrote on the subject of emulation techniques (148pg - PDF): htt
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by Simucal 17y ago
We need to have another Hacker News "Who's Hiring?" thread. I'm a senior CS student gearing up to graduate this May and starting my employment search. I have worked two software engineering internships and I'm proficient in the .Net stack
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by Simucal 17y ago
This reminds me of the recent article talking about one of the major obstacles to China spreading its culture is the complexity of its written language. Many people think that this fact alone will stop Chinese culture from dominating and sp
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by Simucal 17y ago
I'm genuinely curious if anyone has studied the differences in the sexes when it comes to math. Why is it no woman has won the fields medal? Why do many talented women stop their academic career at the bachelor and masters level when it co
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by Simucal 17y ago
I own a Kindle 2 and I have also pulled up programming books on the Nook. They both suck for this application. Because their screen size is smaller than the page of the PDFs, you are left with zooming in and out (a feature which is new to
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by Simucal 17y ago
If I'm not wrong, I believe the 3g version has A-GPS.
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"Anathem", by Neal Stephenson. Don't be put off by its size, the book is great. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anathem
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by Simucal 17y ago
In his first section he describes a compiler as something that turns high-level code into machine code. This isn't necessarily true is it? A compiler is something that takes code in one language and converts it to another. It can be a Pyt
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What does it take to be a programmer out at sea?(mattmcdole.com)
47 points by Simucal 17y ago|29 comments