algorias

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by algorias 17y ago
See gunroar for an example of an incredible flow experience in a videogame. I often play it to distract my body while working out algorithms. It's a surprisingly effective way of thinking through hard problems.
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by algorias 17y ago
Sorry, I'm used to double asterisk from python...
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by algorias 17y ago
Summary: Having 3 children with the same birthday sounds like a 1/365^3 possibility, but it's actually 1/365^2, as the first can be any date, as long as the next 2 are the same. Add to that the amount of births per year per country, and it'
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by algorias 17y ago
Obfuscated opt-out is pretty much the definition of 'evil'.
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by algorias 17y ago
Isn't it reasonable to expect privacy by default? Should't you be able to hold even a free service accountable for such a transgression? Google's 'if you have nothing to hide...' attitude should not be tolerated.
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AppScale and the Commoditization of Cloud Infrastructure(blog.wolfire.com)
9 points by algorias 17y ago|0 comments
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by algorias 17y ago
Not stupid at all, I'm wondering too. It does look self similar to some extent, but then again fractal is a word that's thrown around way too lightly.
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by algorias 17y ago
>> I don't think the little > is cutting it anymore. Of course it is, coderdude! EDIT: too subtle?
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First, care.(43folders.com)
5 points by algorias 17y ago|0 comments
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by algorias 17y ago
This is dire. Threat of censorship itself is bad, but the fact that Chavez feels a need for it is even worse.
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Error cascade: a definition and examples(esr.ibiblio.org)
2 points by algorias 17y ago|0 comments
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by algorias 17y ago
Exactly. I fail to understand why people are so dismissive of languages/approaches that do things slightly differently and don't implement equivalent things in the exact same way. What's so special about the rake syntax?
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by algorias 17y ago
> Thanks, checking out PEP 3107 now. I've always seen annotations done with the @annotation syntax like the Python 2 snippet has. The @ syntax is for decorators. Different beast altogether.
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by algorias 17y ago
The python benchmark is contaminated. Lots of <= checks, increasing variables, etc. Those things need to be left out of the timing. How about using itertools.product instead? for latA, lngA, latB, lngB in itertools.product(*[xrange(
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by algorias 17y ago
Disney is preventing you from publishing something they own. China is preventing you from publishing something you own. There's really nothing more to it. This is just a silly attempt to attack copyright by comparing it to something that is
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by algorias 17y ago
I'd say python with pygame hits the sweet spot of being simple and rewarding (for 2D stuff anyway), while still exposing enough of the underlying mechanics to be a good learning experience. You need to implement the main loop yourself, call
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by algorias 17y ago
It's precisely this kind of post that makes their pre-orders so successful. "open development is key, especially when you are small. If we had been in stealth mode for 1.5 years, we simply would not have had the awesome community to have ma
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by algorias 17y ago
Isn't it a fallacy to benchmark by running a program over itself? If you find a redundant line of code in a function, you'll not only save on its execution but also on the execution of its analysis.
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by algorias 17y ago
I agree. Why are they in such a rush to get into trunk? The work they're doing is great, but their sense of entitlement about is is a bit misplaced.
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by algorias 17y ago
So, you'd accept unladen as the official JIT based on the vague promise of improving its glaring issues sometime in the future? Does that give it the right to be in a "blessed" repo? I propose my own python implementation for acceptance int
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by algorias 17y ago
If a design document of mine had the word "grinding" it in many times, I'd do something else instead. Another way to make people sink hundreds of hours into a game is to make it play well competitively. It's surprising that one of the prim
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by algorias 17y ago
> None of the existing handling systems is going to be able to deal with them, so you will need special cranes to load the collapsed ones Not true. The photos clearly show the standard locking mechanism present (twistlock holes in corne
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by algorias 17y ago
In an ideal world, every vessel would sail back with the same amount of containers it came with, just filling up with empties on the weaker leg of the trade. However, there are many, many factors that can hamper operations (e.g. port conges
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by algorias 17y ago
Depends on what the meaning of "is" is, actually. What falls into the category "under attack"? threat of litigation? actual litigation? in process of settling? having settled?
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by algorias 17y ago
How is that different from desktop apps, from web apps, from an OS even? Any program you trust in whatever way can do bad, bad things with your banking details, private data, list of contacts, etc.
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by algorias 17y ago
Agreed. English is the second (or third, in my case) language to know, but it would make me very sad if everyone started using English in contexts that don't require it.
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by algorias 17y ago
You mean wary . The person in question will be weary of being called.
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by algorias 17y ago
http://xkcd.com/605/
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by algorias 17y ago
If being treated like a child works for you, that's great. It doesn't for me. If those rumours are true, Apple must be an incredibly stifling and frustrating place to work for smart, creative people.
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by algorias 17y ago
Most definitely. http://community.electricsheep.org/

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