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   by ahomescu1 12y ago

   It looks like the sequence was meant for a RNG, so getting it wrong probably had no impact on anything (it might have made the RNG weaker, but that's about it). EDIT: I think that sequence isn't even used anywhere (I couldn't
2. 152.▲
   by ahomescu1 12y ago

   > - Everything is an object (the windows way) I wouldn't say there is a "Windows way", considering that current Windows is actually a system composed of several different layered components: 1) The NT kernel (which is pret
3. 153.▲
   by ahomescu1 12y ago

   https://github.com/keendreams/keen/blob/master/id_us_a.asm#L... > baseRndArray dw 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,54,75,129,204 Hah he got the Fibonacci series wrong (it's supposed to be ...13, 21, 34, 55, 89,
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   by ahomescu1 12y ago

   "Virtual Machine" is an overloaded term. It can either mean virtualization of an existing CPU (like the x86), or of an abstract bytecode machine (like the JVM or Dalvik). In the former case, you have to efficiently virtualize&#x2F
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   by ahomescu1 12y ago

   I imagine the biggest reason is actually portability. glibc [1] doesn't have strlcpy/strlcat, for example. 1 - http://lwn.net/Articles/507319/
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   T-Mobile Launches Un-carrier 7.0, Un-leashes Wi-Fi Worldwide(newsroom.t-mobile.com)

   1 points by ahomescu1 12y ago|0 comments
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   by ahomescu1 12y ago

   Why would you care if cars see you as traffic, if you have to follow the same rules pedestrians do? If they're on the sidewalk, bicycles cross the street at the pedestrian green and have to stop at pedestrian red. The only safety probl
8. 158.▲
   by ahomescu1 12y ago

   Some European countries put the bike lane on the sidewalk next to pedestrians, instead of on the side of the road next to all the cars. This always seemed to me the safer option.
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   by ahomescu1 12y ago

   It seems it does vary heavily by country [1]. My country (Romania) does not give any voting rights to foreigners (AFAIK), and I thought the US didn't either. 1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_foreigners_to
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    Amazon brings its video app to the Android platform(arstechnica.com)

    1 points by ahomescu1 12y ago|0 comments
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    by ahomescu1 12y ago

    Does a foreigner working in Switzerland get to vote in any election? It's my impression that all countries restrict voting to their own citizens.
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    by ahomescu1 12y ago

    > for a job in a country where every other Tuesday someone goes on a killing-spree As a European living in California (Orange County currently, but have spent some time in Silicon Valley too), I strongly disagree with that. Most parts of
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    Google Glass lands in the Play Store(engadget.com)

    2 points by ahomescu1 12y ago|0 comments
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    by ahomescu1 12y ago

    > Personally, I don't use mobile devices - neither phones nor laptops - for compute-heavy operations. Everything from compilation to video transcoding takes way longer than on a decent desktop. Phones are not close to threatening th
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    by ahomescu1 12y ago

    Those are what I meant when I mentioned founders' savings, and I agree that they are risky: > there are some startups funded by the founders' own savings or mortgages, which is a big risk EDIT: Sorry, I now realize you meant st
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    by ahomescu1 12y ago

    > Startup employees work hard, but the founders still bear most of the risk and responsibility. As much as I am a fan of startups and their founders, this statement seems excessive. In many cases, the financial risks are passed on to eit
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    by ahomescu1 12y ago

    It is quite possible that they asked him nicely, and he agreed out of professional courtesy (I'd probably do the same in this situation).
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    by ahomescu1 12y ago

    This depends on the country. It is only for passing in many countries, but not so in others. In the US, it varies by state.
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    by ahomescu1 12y ago

    Some of the talks also have the slides posted on the Mill website (in .pptx format, I think).
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    by ahomescu1 12y ago

    Actually, AFAIK, Al Capone went to prison for tax evasion; Wesley Snipes is a good example of imprisonment for tax fraud. Those are related, but not strictly the same (for example, Wikipedia says that in Switzerland tax evasion is a misdeme
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    by ahomescu1 12y ago

    > It's a crime to not pay taxes, or to not send your children to school, and the government punishes you if you commit those crimes. In the US (and a few other countries), homeschooling is legal. In addition, if you don't pay y
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    by ahomescu1 12y ago

    Don't know about Russia, but in Romania they didn't dig (or at least not until recently). Most of the ISPs would run their cables between utility poles, trees and buildings directly. This created messes like [1] and [2], but it wa
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    by ahomescu1 12y ago

    > [...] organic crops and crop-based foods are up to 69% higher in a number of key antioxidants than conventionally-grown crops. This immediately made me wonder if organic crops are also "up to 69%" more expensive? If so, it ki
24. 174.▲
    by ahomescu1 12y ago

    It feels to me like your comment (and the GP) are missing the forest for the trees. To engage in idealistic/positive change-the-world research and engineering, you need money, and lots of it. It's a "long game": to cure
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    by ahomescu1 12y ago

    Germany seems to disagree with your point: http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/germany-declare... Edit: Wikipedia gives the following requirements for "unit of account": To function as a '
26. 176.▲
    by ahomescu1 12y ago

    Worst I've got was "Avery" (instead of Andrei).
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    by ahomescu1 12y ago

    In Orange County at least, they also have a system that takes sewage water and purifies it into clean water [1]. 1 - http://www.gwrsystem.com/
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    by ahomescu1 12y ago

    I don't get your point. The relevant part of that quote is [People think you can] solve any problem by passing enough laws , not the Jon Stewart reference. You can be a member of both audiences. Edit: I think this is an interesting di
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    by ahomescu1 12y ago

    In the US, isn't that what a jury is supposed to decide? In other places, it's the judge's decision.
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    by ahomescu1 12y ago

    > And in a globalized economy, you don't want to develop the reputation of being the country that puts rich people in jail. If they've broken the law and are found guilty, that's exactly what you want (rule of law, equalit