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by WantonQuantum 1y ago
There's a massive amount of evidence that consciousness occurs in the brain. If one were to propose that it's just a correlation then some kind of convincing argument would need to be made about how and why.
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by WantonQuantum 1y ago
> If several of your neighboring blocks have the same MV I think we’re mostly agreeing here. Finding the MVs in any block takes time. Time that can be saved by hints about the direction of motion. Sure, once some motion vectors are found
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by WantonQuantum 1y ago
I used to do this on my VIC-20 a million years ago. Just looking at this line brought back the visual image like it was yesterday.
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by WantonQuantum 1y ago
That's a pretty broad question. What sort of context are you asking about? For example, if I'm starting a new development project or task, I will solve the difficult problem first in order to reduce risk early. On the other hand,
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by WantonQuantum 1y ago
A simple thing to start with would be akin to Sensor Assisted Video Encoding where phone accelerometers and digital compasses are used to give hints to video encoding: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5711656 Also,
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by WantonQuantum 1y ago
I started using Claude Opus 4 recently and it's a real step up (I hadn't used Claude at all before that). I don't use VSCode or Roocode - just a Github Copilot plugin for my IDE that allows me to select Claude Opus 4 - and I
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by WantonQuantum 1y ago
For people who haven't heard the term "Zero Trust" in the context of network security before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_trust_architecture
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by WantonQuantum 1y ago
I would love to be asked this question in an interview. For context, I first learned to program in BASIC, Logo and assembly on an Apple IIe. I have a computer science degree where we studied CPU architectures, operating system implementatio
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by WantonQuantum 1y ago
Make sure you read the FAQ before you question whether you should use this.
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by WantonQuantum 1y ago
Love this! Takes me back to the literal 8-bit computers of the 80s when it was much easier to learn to program with, for example, BASIC built into the operating system.
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by WantonQuantum 1y ago
Well, there's the "Given the intended use-case, that would not work." part which very much means the payment system is in the context of the intended use case.
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by WantonQuantum 1y ago
I'd like to better understand steps 3 and 4. The sender deposits a fee into a smart contract. The message is encrypted in layers, with each forwarder only able to decrypt their part (like an onion). As the message is forwarded peer-to-
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by WantonQuantum 1y ago
The prices are listed as crypto currencies, so the payments are on a blockchain. Is the artwork itself sold as a kind of NFT on a blockchain as well? If so, what data is actually stored on the blockchain? The parameters that created the ima
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by WantonQuantum 1y ago
I either have to trust that's all it's doing or read a bunch of code to verify it: https://github.com/amantus-ai/vibetunnel/tree/main/VibeTunne... And this is a solved problem. It doesn't
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by WantonQuantum 1y ago
I'd be interested to see outcomes for girls who are redshirted. I get that this article is specifically looking at outcomes of boys and addressing an identified issue with boys' performances with respect to girls but I'd imag
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by WantonQuantum 1y ago
It would be great to see an "app store" that drives discoverability of PWA apps. Edit: googled and found this: https://store.app/
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by WantonQuantum 1y ago
+1 for privoxy. It really came through for me when I needed specific features and had to get up and running in a hurry. As I recall the documentation was great too.
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by WantonQuantum 1y ago
Fixed it! #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <time.h> #include <float.h> double random_real(double low, double high, int (*random_bit)(void)) { if (high < low) return random_rea
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by WantonQuantum 1y ago
I was curious about this. On the one hand, comparing doubles with == is rarely a good idea but, on the other hand, your explanation seems valid. After some testing I discovered a problem but not with the comparison. The problem is with cal
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by WantonQuantum 1y ago
Reading this reminded me of a software consulting company I worked at a few years ago as a developer. When bidding for a software development project they would offer a fixed price bid and/or a "time and materials" bid. Our f
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by WantonQuantum 1y ago
Wow! That's amazing! All of my devices are supported. Thanks very much for this.
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by WantonQuantum 1y ago
I have a macbook pro, an imac and a mac mini that are all in good working order and in use for various things but they all have the same problem: They can't run the latest macOS because they're too old. So, my wish for any new mac
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by WantonQuantum 2y ago
You are 100% correct! I was unconsciously assuming the foot zooming. Thanks for picking that up!
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by WantonQuantum 2y ago
One thing that cameras can do that we can't do with our (unaided) eyes is change focal length. When a camera zooms in or zooms out, there is a change in the geometry of perspective. When zooming in, the change is difficult to see but i
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by WantonQuantum 2y ago
For anyone who is curious but can't watch a youtube video right now: It's the flag of Nepal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Nepal The instructions for the design are very geometric: http://w
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by WantonQuantum 2y ago
I like this idea in principle, but I think this approach won't be workable for a lot of people who use open source software. From the FAQ: "If you find yourself returning to check on issues, or review answers to questions others a
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by WantonQuantum 2y ago
Some thoughts as a software engineer living in a country with quite strong workers' rights laws (not the US): - Yuck. - This is capitalism and, like it or not, I personally benefit from capitalism. - When the capital comes from affluen
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by WantonQuantum 2y ago
On the one hand, falsified videos like this should never be created without the consent of the individuals portrayed, on the other hand, the irony of this specific video in this specific context is off the charts.
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by WantonQuantum 2y ago
Thank you for this!
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by WantonQuantum 2y ago
C definitely does not represent null as a string.

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