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811.
by desdiv 12y ago
Here's a Mercedes prototype driving in live traffic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5kJ_8JAp-w I would put that on the same league as Google's.
812.
by desdiv 12y ago
It's much less work than you'd think. >Directors of Fortune 500 companies received median pay of $234,000 in 2011. Directorship is a part-time job. A recent National Association of Corporate Directors study found directors aver
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Adventures in Financial and Software Engineering(falconair.github.io)
19 points by desdiv 12y ago|0 comments
814.
by desdiv 12y ago
Let's say your kernel currently compiles N bits of entropy per second from various sources. If you add a new hardware RNG that produces 1024N bps, you won't be able to simply append the two streams together to get 1025N bps, becau
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by desdiv 12y ago
There's this attachment called an "Anti-Reflection Device"[0] that goes in front of rifle scopes. It's basically a honeycomb sunshade that, like the name says, minimizes reflections from the lens to make the shooter hard
816.
by desdiv 12y ago
ML techniques certainly are being used to predict the weather, maybe just not at NOAA or the Weather Channel. The weather derivative industry[0] is an $8 billion dollar industry, making it larger than the entire rocket launch industry (pu
817.
by desdiv 12y ago
The pilot can aim for an empty patch, then activate the parachute so that the cabin lands softly and the rest of the plane falls on an empty field. Having the chute system installed doesn't remove any options from the pilot.
818.
by desdiv 12y ago
Here are some bug reports for anyone interested: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=59440 https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=60284 https:/
819.
by desdiv 12y ago
OP mentioned it being an office, so giving every employee a backup mechanical key might not be viable, depending on how paranoid the employer is.
820.
by desdiv 12y ago
Are you sure you didn't mix up the model numbers? These sites [0][1] are saying it's the iPhone 5c that's 37500 Indian Rupees, which is 609 USD. In comparison, Walmart is offering the 5c, contract-free, at $549.[2] [0] http:
821.
by desdiv 12y ago
Let's have a quick survey: 1. Are you currently using WebRTC in any projects? 2. Are you planning on using WebRTC in the future? 3. Do you think that WebRTC should be enabled by default in browsers?
822.
by desdiv 12y ago
What's the relationship between Baserock and OpenEmbedded? Glancing through OpenEmbedded's wiki page, it seems to a recipe/build system for embedded linux. Baserock seems to be in the same league.
823.
by desdiv 12y ago
What you encountered was probably a C&BP interior checkpoint[0]. Whenever DHS apologists use the "air travel is a privilege, not a right" line, this is what I point them to. Between random C&BP highway checkpoints and TSA
824.
by desdiv 12y ago
Any non-Google examples? EDIT: Nevermind, found a list here: http://gwtreferencelist.appspot.com/
825.
by desdiv 12y ago
I'd say there's a pretty strong negative correlation ;)
826.
by desdiv 12y ago
The confusion probably arose from the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, named after the World War ONE flying ace, Billy Bishop.
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by desdiv 12y ago
I found two papers that seem to back jcampbell1 up. http://www.mussioassociates.com/PDF_files/June8.pdf >Results from this study suggest that a substantial number of students will fall behind their peers in meeting
828.
by desdiv 12y ago
I know this sub-thread started in half-jest, but your response got me thinking: 1. Month of birth directly determines a child's age compared to their classmates. 2. An older child among younger peers performs better academically. 3. Ac
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by desdiv 12y ago
I believe those Chinese billionaires are counted in the USA, UK, Canada columns due to most of their assets being hidden overseas. They're partly the reason why the Canadian number is so high.
830.
by desdiv 12y ago
He probably mixed up several facts: 1. This practice is not done anywhere in the EU AFAIK, only in the US. 2. Only the biological DNA sample is kept, not any digital version of it. It would obviously be cost-prohibitive to fully sequence th
831.
by desdiv 12y ago
Would it be possible to display the data on a "per package" basis instead of the usual "per 100 g" or "per serving" basis? I'm not a stupid person, but I still can't for the life of me figure out why
832.
by desdiv 12y ago
Singapore corporations need at least one Singaporean resident as a director. Unless OP already has a close Singaporean friend or is willing to partner up with a Singaporean co-founder I don't think it'll work for him.
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by desdiv 12y ago
There's zero difference tax-wise between a Nevada corporation, a Wyoming corporation, and a Delaware corporation when they're operating outside their state of incorporation. In all three cases they pay no state taxes in their stat
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Ammonite – A Toolkit for Scala Shell Scripts(github.com)
2 points by desdiv 12y ago|0 comments
835.
by desdiv 12y ago
Try the keywords "ultrabay slim battery".
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by desdiv 12y ago
>Go 1.4 is released [0] >10 December 2014 >Today we announce Go 1.4, the fifth major stable release of Go... >The most notable new feature in this release is official support for Android. Using the support in the core and the li
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by desdiv 12y ago
Almost every non-trivial programming language released after 2000 supports unicode identifiers[0]. Rust, Python, Ruby, C#, Scala, Clojure, just to name a few, all support unicode identifiers. [0] http://rosettacode.org/wiki&
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Leon – An Automated System for Synthesizing and Verifying Scala Programs(leon.epfl.ch)
30 points by desdiv 12y ago|5 comments
839.
by desdiv 12y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_theorem_proving
840.
by desdiv 12y ago
I'm think this is yet another case of Poe's law at work. As far as I can tell, this was published in a bonafide audiophile magazine and that the authors were dead serious. Here are some skeptics discussing the article: http:&#x2F

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