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511.
by breadbox 15y ago
So ... what exactly is the turing-machine dog question? A google search left me unenlightened.
512.
by breadbox 15y ago
I'm pretty sure I remember that being on the list of things that were double-checked. The sense I've gotten is that the most likely culprit is some sort of systemic error in the software somewhere, as that stuff is the most labor-intensive
513.
by breadbox 15y ago
To be precise, this latest experiment only ruled out one possible source of error (namely, bias in the detection of arriving neutrinos causing it to preferentially detect neutrinos at the forefront of the pulse). This doesn't affirm that th
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"Politicians use evidence and statistics as narrative devices."(bengoldacre.posterous.com)
3 points by breadbox 15y ago|0 comments
515.
by breadbox 15y ago
It would be much closer to say: All existing evidence has alternative, and much more plausible, explanations. Therefore, something is not debunked per se, but it loses much of its weight.
516.
by breadbox 15y ago
Indeed; so did I, back when it was first posted ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1195802 ). But then, I would.
517.
by breadbox 15y ago
Maybe, but printf() is the function used in the original hello-world program on p.6 of K&R.
518.
by breadbox 15y ago
True enough. It's not an error; it's expected behavior.
519.
RIP, dmr(muppetlabs.com)
565 points by breadbox 15y ago|21 comments
520.
by breadbox 15y ago
Very sad. RIP, dmr.
521.
by breadbox 15y ago
Many years ago I used to have a 58-byte version, but around the time that x86-64 was being developed, Linux started examining (and thus validating) a couple more fields in the ELF header. It's really a shame, because the corner-cutting in t
522.
by breadbox 15y ago
Cool story, bro.
523.
by breadbox 15y ago
Argh, this is addictive. One suggestion for improvement: It would be nice if I could hit escape (or click outside of the text) to get rid of the cyan highlight on the letter. Color can change the perceived size of a shape, and when you're a
524.
by breadbox 15y ago
Yes, the quote in question comes from her notes. (IIRC, Lovelace's addenda are actually longer than the original translated text. She had the advantage of being friends with Charles Babbage.)
525.
by breadbox 15y ago
Generally I agree. This one caught my eye because it addresses such a basic problem that it seems more realistic to expect this one to actually make it from theory to practice.
526.
IBM: New heat-dissipating glue will allow 1000x processor speedup via stacking(www-03.ibm.com)
11 points by breadbox 15y ago|6 comments
527.
Children's book on evolution: rejected by US publishers, wins awards in Canada(theglobeandmail.com)
6 points by breadbox 15y ago|0 comments
528.
by breadbox 15y ago
So -- has anyone here actually used any of these languages? Or better yet, given them to an actual child? Any feedback?
529.
Senate agrees to fund the James Webb Space Telescope(universetoday.com)
56 points by breadbox 15y ago|9 comments
530.
How an informed Congress ruined the James Webb telescope(scienceblogs.com)
4 points by breadbox 15y ago|0 comments
531.
Triangular data races, or: What exactly is a data race, anyway?(blog.corensic.com)
4 points by breadbox 15y ago|0 comments
532.
by breadbox 15y ago
The No Starch Press book is really just the Nutshell book for HLA, a language of the author's invention that is a cross between x86 assembly and Pascal. This web site, on the other hand, appears to be the contents I was expecting to find in
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Getting SDL for Android working (in 10 drunken steps)(wilbefast.com)
2 points by breadbox 15y ago|0 comments
534.
Benign Data Races Considered Harmful -- Sequential Consistency and C++11(corensic.wordpress.com)
2 points by breadbox 15y ago|0 comments
535.
by breadbox 15y ago
Maybe your brain is just wired a little bit differently than mine. As for me, I often (not always) find it difficult to focus on a piece of text or code when something in my peripheral vision is blinking on off on off on off look at me look
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ELF kickers -- tools and sample code for hacking ELF files in Linux(muppetlabs.com)
7 points by breadbox 15y ago|1 comments
537.
Concurrency bugs and memory access interference(corensic.wordpress.com)
3 points by breadbox 15y ago|0 comments
538.
How to make a data race out of a single atomic instruction(corensic.wordpress.com)
2 points by breadbox 15y ago|0 comments
539.
C++ and Data Races (vs. Race Conditions)(corensic.wordpress.com)
4 points by breadbox 15y ago|0 comments
540.
Benign Data Races (in the Windows kernel)(corensic.wordpress.com)
4 points by breadbox 15y ago|0 comments

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