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by cesaref 4y ago
Chances are the tools they use are working in meters and convert to feet either in their front end display, or it's a manual process that the surveyers perform. But changing the definition of the unit whilst keeping it the same is a ve
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Amiga programming was all 68k + lattice C if you were really looking to the future (with K&R syntax), BBSs accessed via 1200 baud modems, and music trackers.
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by cesaref 4y ago
Yes exactly - I think the idea is to give a way forward for existing airframes to use more efficient engines. The fact they are hybrid is irrelevant to the owner, they just see lower running costs.
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by cesaref 4y ago
Settlement in Europe is T+2, there's talk of T+1 settlement, but there are complications around some classes of securities, things like ETFs, where the underlying might be in a different country/exchange/timezone with bank ho
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by cesaref 4y ago
I don't remember this in BCPL, so I presume it was one of the changes from CPL?
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I imagine the problem is lack of game specific optimisations in their drivers. In any other field, hacking optimisations in to spot and optimise an algorithm that is used as a benchmark for the hardware would be considered close to fraud, b
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by cesaref 4y ago
ccache is fantastic for CI systems. It's very common for commits to only affect part of a build, and ccache allows for clean builds (tear down the build and rebuild from scratch) to still take advantage of previous compilation runs. Ju
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by cesaref 4y ago
All this talk of XML has given me some bad XSLT flashbacks, not to mention XSL:FO.
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The reasons given are reasons to stick with C89 forever. Change has risk, and there are advantages and disadvantages. If there were no advantages gained from C99, it wouldn't exist (people don't release language updates for no rea
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I've found it to formalise the realisation that there are a number of developers who are hands on and keep the stuff running in production, and rather than employ another bunch to do this, it might make more sense to just leave the dev
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by cesaref 4y ago
What if your most important contribution so far this year has been removing 10,000 lines of code?
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If I were to guess, i'd suggest their view would be if a single animal survived, that's one more than would make it if left in the cages.
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by cesaref 4y ago
On the aesthetic appeal of grain in photographs, it's worth noting that even before digital, photographers were particularly interested in the look of the grain. This is most clearly highlighted by the fact that even when film manufact
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I'd expect the main impact to be a re-evaluation of risk/reward for the remainder of the portfolio, so any other investments (or opportunities) will be reviewed to see if they have a different risk profile than previously assumed.
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by cesaref 4y ago
Leicas were always expensive cameras - I think in the 30s we're talking the equivalent of a months wages, so these were never made and marketed as consumer products for the average consumer. The professionals at the time were using 5x4
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by cesaref 4y ago
Yeah, exactly right. It's very easy to think that gear is important, but the progress in recent years is towards quicker photo taking, which is actually the opposite of what helps me take better photos. I find that a decent quality man
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by cesaref 4y ago
I'd guess Netwons Principia would be a good example, given it basically became the founding work of a mathematical approach to physics, gravity, newton's laws of motion etc. The book is written in Latin and contains diagrams and t
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by cesaref 4y ago
Agreed, I struggled to follow his reasoning when I read his book, but I also am aware it was a popular science book, so maybe it was dumbed down for the general public? I've not tried to track down more academic work in this area, mayb
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by cesaref 4y ago
As has been stated, voltage isn't a limitation, its the current that. Go and look at the HT wiring used in a cathode ray tube display, and you'll see it's a lot less that 12 AWG, and happily carries 10-20kV.
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by cesaref 4y ago
This sort of practice goes back to BCPL, which wikipedia says is the first braced programming language. Because { and } weren't universally available, compilers also supported the sequence $( and $) to represent these, which were typea
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by cesaref 4y ago
1. The problem you've highlighted (pre/post increment of volatiles) is present in C, and hasn't been addressed there. This is a problem in c2x on compiler explorer for example. So i'd probably say laying this at the feet
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by cesaref 4y ago
I believe contrail formation requires nucleation sites, which is normally provided by soot particles from the burning fuel.
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I've just trying to remember all the times i've heard this in relation to other languages replacing C/C++. I'd say java and C# are definitely in this category, but also python, go and probably swift too. So I can now add
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by cesaref 4y ago
Those numbers are based on $0.1/kwh electricity costs. Here in the UK the cost is around $0.4/kwh, so I don't believe any of those cards would generate any sort of profit. Basically the electricity cost is the main driver, an
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by cesaref 4y ago
Complaining about colour terminals for nethack? All we had were green screens. But you know, we were happy in those days, though we were poor.
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It's interesting to think that if you found yourself in a '59 and looking like you were going to hit an oncoming car, that the best chance you had was to turn in towards them! Also, i'm wondering if there is any equivalent of
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by cesaref 4y ago
Yes, I was just looking at the verilog part and the speed of development and feedback is certainly orders of magnitude quicker than other dev environments, and i've got some ideas of things to explore with it.
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It certainly had an unconventional approach, which was considered a tabloid style (similar to the 'red top' newspapers in the UK, the sun, the mirror etc) I believe Mike Magee who was one of the founders was responsible for this,
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by cesaref 4y ago
Last time I worked in finance, the typical 2U machines that we ordered were configured by IT with 256Gb by default unless we said otherwise. The typical workload was data analytics, and when you've got lots of cores, you get through RA
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This is a c++20 feature

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