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by cdirkx 7y ago
A "stable" sorting algorithm preserves the relative order of elements with "equal value". This doesn't really apply if you are only sorting simple values, as there is no difference between a 7 and another 7, but doe
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by cdirkx 7y ago
I have never used in conversation, but sometimes use it in writing. My native language has a gender neutral pronoun, so it did not take too much getting used to in English. You say the double usage of 'they' might be confusing, bu
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by cdirkx 7y ago
There is a difference between ignoring abuse reports and being immune to a raid by law enforcement. For these authors there is a trade-off between convenience, cost and security: using already available infrastructure is probably easier tha
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by cdirkx 7y ago
You could use a macro :) macro brw($expr:expr) { &$expr } And use it like 'brw!(x)' instead of '&x'.
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by cdirkx 7y ago
This is the model some crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter work with: they call it "all-or-nothing funding" [1]. They mention the same benefits, reduced risk for backers if the target amount has not been reached. [1] https:&#
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by cdirkx 7y ago
If you are scaling up, profitable (or speculated to be very profitable in the future), and eventually get big enough to do an IPO, then yeah why not? Booking.com a CRUD website making hotel reservations, and called a tech company. What is m
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by cdirkx 7y ago
Yes? The wish for companies to make money is indeed not new, however, the ways tech companies achieve this are. Technology has enabled extremely low marginal and transactional costs as the essay explains. Build once, sell an infinite number
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by cdirkx 7y ago
I keep seeing this discussion and people arguing over that some definition is too limiting and that industry X is obviously also technology. But they are missing the point: yes hardware, manufacturing and media companies are also using tech
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by cdirkx 7y ago
But the site hasn't been updated and that issue dismisses them as not a problem?
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by cdirkx 7y ago
Many comments are addressing the fact that there is a difference between the clockwise and counter-clockwise symbols and that they should not be confused, but they are both on the website?
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by cdirkx 7y ago
> assuming it's because men took on some dangerous role that women didn't (war, hunting, etc.) One possible hypothesis is that polygamy itself is the cause of this: the higher competition for wives drives the men to extremer fo
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by cdirkx 7y ago
Although the wording is ambiguous he probably (correctly) meant that the number is 1242 9's long: 999999... and not 9^1242 or 1242 x 9
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by cdirkx 7y ago
Ants are estimated to be arround 20% of all terrestial biomass, so clearly they are succesful. And yet, can the ant survive without the colony? Many individual ants are so highly specialized they cannot survive by themselves. Queens cant fo
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by cdirkx 7y ago
Why is the skin cell not an organism though? The definitions for 'organism' vary, but a common theme seems to be an interdependant system comprised of 'organs' with different specific functions that together form a great
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by cdirkx 8y ago
Just today I noticed Google serves a different version of search to Firefox on Android when compared to Chrome. It is missing some features and harder to use. Apparently the fix is to change your useragent string so Google will give you the
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by cdirkx 9y ago
A couple of years ago I visited a startup which also tried mapping worldwide coordinates, what3words [1]. They map 3x3m squares to a combination of three words (language customizable). For example: the Eifel tower would be at combos.cove.sp
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by cdirkx 9y ago
Looking at this Keybee layout it seems not very usable. The biggest change when typing on touchscreen is using your two thumbs instead of ten fingers, and IMO for the flow is more important that letters alternate the left (L) and right (R)