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811.
by aphyr 17y ago
Nicely written article! The Casimir effect is a great example of quantum mechanics which is actually tractable without too much math (until you start getting to the weirder renormalization schemes). Bonus question: after reading, do you bel
812.
by aphyr 17y ago
No. I run Linux, you insensitive clod! ;) I am still pumped for better standards support, though. Makes everybody's life better. Now if we can only get them to abandon the rendering mode insanity: http://ieblog.members.winisp.net/images/Ma
813.
by aphyr 17y ago
Maybe you didn't finish the article: he's performing an incorrect analysis on purpose ! "I've made a number of small mistakes and inappropriate design decisions in this post (some deliberate, or at least, some I'm aware of, others are acci
814.
by aphyr 17y ago
I've got to give Microsoft credit: they tried! For the first time, it's an interface which isn't shackled to the ridiculously inappropriate desktop metaphor. They've designed something genuinely new for the phone. On the other hand, I'm dis
815.
by aphyr 17y ago
Yeah, that's a strange contradiction. It's never enough to cut off someone's hands and cut their jugular; you need to cut clean through the abdomen too. I think various schools approach that in different ways; with Yoshokai, for example, it
816.
by aphyr 17y ago
I would also like to recommend Aikido. I've studied Aikido Yoshokai for four years, and found it incredibly rewarding. It's a unique blend of happy enthusiasm (I've heard new students ask why everyone is grinning all the time) with respectf
817.
by aphyr 17y ago
In this case, you don't "get rid" of 90% of the image--you simply never acquire it in the first place. The reason is that MRI sampling is prohibitively time-expensive: you need to keep the sample still for a long time to sample many points.
818.
by aphyr 17y ago
I've used sequel and activerecord extensively--most recently at http://vodpod.com , which has, er, non-trivial database requirements. Hands down, Sequel is the superior library. Arbitrary many-through-many-through-many-... relationships, t
819.
by aphyr 17y ago
My guess is they've chosen a passkey outside the range of the existing SHA-1 rainbow tables, but it might be worth a try.
820.
by aphyr 17y ago
I always looked at -b this way: git checkout <branch> updates my working copy to some branch. -b just means "Implicitly create the branch if it doesn't exist yet."
821.
by aphyr 17y ago
Nope. I use select/middle-click to copy/paste. :)
822.
by aphyr 17y ago
I thought so too, until I got to the part where he claims it's running rhymebrain! Still can't figure out whether he's joking or not. Naw, on second reading, definitely sarcasm.
823.
by aphyr 17y ago
We're working on a sizable Android app over at http://vodpod.com . We're hoping to test it it in the next few weeks. My impression, after two months, is that the architecture is solid. A good deal of thought has been given to privacy, info
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by aphyr 17y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_mark