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by ascar 8y ago
Considering a GUI runs on a turing machine, how is it outside the capabilities of one? Isn't everything we do on computers exactly within the capabilities of a turing machine and just about the ingenuity to create a program that does w
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by ascar 8y ago
Doesn't even have to be 3 sigma. Even in a "tiered" secondary school system like in Germany (students are split up to three different levels of school after elementary, about 50% in the highest tier), you maybe have a handful
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by ascar 8y ago
Actually Excel is smart here. It knows that Germany uses dots, but slashes are usually an indicator for the US. So you enter mm/dd/yyyy and it comes out as dd.mm.yyyy. (you see, you entered it flipped in your described experience)
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by ascar 8y ago
Out of curiosity I looked it up and Duden actually has a page on it [1]. It can be broken down to 8 different cases according to Duden and there is actually some logic behind it (though not the best and most consistent :D). [1] https:&#x2F
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by ascar 8y ago
I get why it doesn't bother you, if you like the experience and think it's worthwhile. I also happily pay for Netflix, while a friend of mine just asked me, if he can use my account to save a few bucks. Everybody values different
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by ascar 8y ago
I want to second keepass2 here. I'm using it for a years and the database format is uncoupled from the client. There are many different clients (I use the official one for windows and Keepass2android, but there are also linux and macOS
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by ascar 8y ago
> Getting BS in anything is a lot of work. Getting STEM degree is a fucking lot work. I had to work 60 – 80 hours a week as a CS senior. it's a classical YMMV thing. It really depends on the person, the work attitude, personal inter
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by ascar 8y ago
adding to that: A CS degree in Germany takes regularly three years not four. So you save one year. The time you save mostly comes from a faster ramp up in the beginning and less electives in the end compared to the US. Our Master degree pro
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by ascar 8y ago
> should I study something else in which I would actually learn something useful (as opposed to learning things I already know)? Unless you did intensively study computer science while programming, it's not something you already k
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by ascar 8y ago
Go abroad. Universities in some countries are free and education is on the same level. Maybe even better, because going abroad usually influences you in a positive way.
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by ascar 8y ago
> this makes entering dates or modifying formulas in excel online near impossible. It would be so much easier, if the us finally stopped using this middle-endian date format. It's logically flawed and too prone for misinterpretati
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by ascar 8y ago
I can't explain it well, but I somewhat have the feeling that "ver" also mostly indicates an irrevocable change. All of the words you listed can be used as a status for current conditions. The best example is probably "v
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by ascar 8y ago
From personal experience people seem to universally ignore it unless repeated at least three times with increasing strength :D (just kidding, that's probably just my better half)
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by ascar 8y ago
Is that in the paper? Because I can't find that in the article and neither Japanese nor Korean is part of the 10 listed languages.
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by ascar 8y ago
Personally I assume if a project is at least somewhat popular it works most of the time and frequent/serious bugs are reported and researchable. For that to work I also report or second bugs I encounter. That doesn't mean there a
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by ascar 8y ago
I have more than 400 days of playtime (the actual time logged into the game) in World of Warcraft, mostly between being 15 and 22 and I don't regret a single second of it. Most people not familiar with gaming don't understand that
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by ascar 8y ago
> I tend to use the same lancet 10 or more times (I know, probably not recommended) I'm not a diabetic or anything else that needs to use needles regularly, so I can only vaguely imagine the economic downsides of only using a needle
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by ascar 8y ago
Don't lose hope. A lot of us folks got into CS through playing computer games and thinking "how the hell does this even work". My first "programming" experience was modifying the scripts for my Diablo 2 bots. Imho a
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by ascar 8y ago
Funny enough I always use "der Log" and not das. Though Das is usually the go to gender for foreign words that don't feel German enough, when you say them in a German sentence. In my experience that feeling largely depends on
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by ascar 8y ago
Thanks. Never heard of it. Probably too young for that
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by ascar 8y ago
It also shifts with time. 30 years back the prejudice would have been flipped. As a white immigrant you would've probably been a low educated russian or polish worker, while with a taint you would've been Italian and much more res
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by ascar 8y ago
That's not a word :P You probably mean Blinklicht(er), actually used to describe flashing lights.
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by ascar 8y ago
Some words are also officially recognized with different genders. E.g. it's "der oder das Ketchup". [1] I argued multiple times with my girlfriend that "der Ketchup" doesn't sound right at all, until we looked
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by ascar 8y ago
It just seems to be really fast. The article appeared on HN 21 hours ago. Unfortunately there is no date on the blog post itself. When I read the report I was hoping that it will have serious consequences for Glassbox and similar services.
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by ascar 8y ago
I wonder if this move is related to this recent story [1] from theappanalyst, which reveals not just a privacy, but also a security nightmare. The article even seems to mention it "Even though sensitive data is supposed to be masked,
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by ascar 8y ago
In practical use of semantic versioning my biggest problem isn't with the concept itself, but with my (personal) human perception of version numbers as seen throughout other software and projects on a day to day basis. A major version
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by ascar 8y ago
Fun fact: Today I bought a self-cut sushi roll assortment in the bento area of my local supermarket in Kansai and one of them was with cream cheese in it. They have some special this week. https://imgur.com/a/ZUMxDQ5 B
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by ascar 8y ago
That's a very narrow definition of tech companies. I wouldn't be surprised if VW, BMW and Daimler together employ more software engineers than Google or Apple. Don't forget that modern cars use over a hundred micro-controller
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by ascar 8y ago
A big reason for this is probably to ease the way to government regulations. Germany is very strict on these regulations and compared to, e.g. Arizona, reluctant to give experimental technology a pass for the street. If they pull on the sam
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by ascar 8y ago
You must be fun at parties. > Aldi supermarkets aren't really representative of Western European tastes. Sure, what do I know about food representative of Germany as a German. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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