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by biotech 17y ago
"Is it because you think there are no meaningful differences across sexes?" I agree with the GP, but not with this comment. Obviously there are meaningful differences between the sexes. But there are other ways to group people, as well: - G
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by biotech 17y ago
- Putty/OpenSSH - RealVNC - VMWare Server I love being able to sit at one [desktop] computer and control 6 others. Some run embedded software, some are servers, some are virtual.
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by biotech 17y ago
I have the same problem. Startup time is over a second on some modern systems. There is some good advice on how to avoid this on Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/778716/how-can-i-make-ema...
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by biotech 17y ago
As previously noted, this article was written a while ago, and is somewhat critical of 'bad' GC's: Perl, Python & Java in particular. I think Perl is still using reference counting, which has its own drawbacks, but I think most would ag
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by biotech 17y ago
If one had a database of code snippets, then, given a specific code snippet it would be possible to find "similar" code in the database: code that had been changed or improved from some original version. One could even create an evolutionar
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by biotech 17y ago
These articles are fun to read for those hackers that are also basketball fans. That being said, I don't entirely agree with the author's reasoning. E.g., the author mentions reasons why a player is more likely to miss a shot after making o
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by biotech 17y ago
It is easier to replace a circular cover, since you don't have to worry about it's orientation. I suspect that this is the main reason to use a circular manhole cover over some other shape.
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by biotech 17y ago
I have also seen financial calculators for the iPhone; these aren't very useful to me as an Engineer. I haven't yet come across a scientific calculator with graphing capabilities for the iPhone. If you find one, please post a link!
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by biotech 17y ago
I'd like to see a TI-85 style graphing calculator. Something that has all of the scientific functions, as well as basic 2-D graphing capabilities. I wouldn't need it to be programmable like the TI calculators, though.
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by biotech 18y ago
I think it's a kind of feed-forward system. If a person sees a couple sex-themed links on the front page, they are more likely to post another link with that theme.
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by biotech 18y ago
I probably use multi-linear regression most often, but occasionally I'll encounter a Linear Programming problem. I'm currently looking for a good Partial Least Squares algorithm in C/C++. Any suggestions? I know R has a popular PLS algorith
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by biotech 18y ago
I'm curious why you think the Foundation Trilogy aged badly? I recently re-read Foundation; it's still one of my favorites. It takes a completely unique perspective on the future of human civilization.
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by biotech 18y ago
This article does make a good point. It has been my experience that highway traffic can move more quickly when people do not change lanes. I have seen this happen a couple times in very snowy conditions; the traffic density was such that it
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by biotech 18y ago
There are a couple other points, though: - Chrome is only available for Windows ATM. Windows boxes are apparently more difficult to crack than Macs. - Chrome runs in a sandbox, unlike IE or Safari, which adds some security as well.