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by dom0 9y ago
> The disadvantage, however, is that these algorithms are general-purpose and not tuned to the application. Another big disadvantage is that the page cache is only useful for caching data of actual files and nothing else.
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by dom0 9y ago
Vintage pen plotters (or X-Y recorders) are essentially zero-price items and tend to be built like actual tanks. The ones you can buy today (and afford) are way more expensive than them, yet cheaper (in quality). However, vintage pen plotte
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by dom0 9y ago
> I've looked for open source/open hardware printers some time ago You want a pen plotter. Or its cheaper, more expensive cousin, the Axidraw. > As you mentioned fire-resistance, do you also use some sort of fire resistant p
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by dom0 9y ago
Movable safe? Doesn't sound very safe to me...
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by dom0 9y ago
CS is not about programming.
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by dom0 9y ago
$999 for a workstation CPU is quite alright.
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by dom0 9y ago
The Linux EDAC (for ECC memory controllers) module allows injecting address-based errors (simulating the MC reporting a fault). You can also use ptrace to corrupt the memory of a process more subtly.
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by dom0 9y ago
Well ECC memory uses eight extra bits on the data bus, backed by a extra chip(s) (depending on the module's organisation); ECC memory modules effectively store one extra eighth of redundant data. However, in many applications we find t
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by dom0 9y ago
In most previous generations all Core iX dice have had support for ECC, selectively disabled through fusing. Obviously, all internal busses and caches use error correction/detection independent of what the memory controller does.
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by dom0 9y ago
Gaming GPUs have different qualification targets anyway. They will error fairly frequently compared to e.g. your CPU; something that doesn't matter when most errors become invisible after about 16 ms, but not really something you wan
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by dom0 9y ago
ECC is often used without being advertised. For example, hard drives aren't advertised as using these kinds of codes, yet all of them do. Similarly, switches will often use ECC memory without making it an explicit point in the advertis
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by dom0 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningeal_lymphatic_vessels > While it was initially believed that both the brain and meninges were devoid of lymphatic vasculature, a recent study by Antoine Louveau and Jonathan Kipni
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by dom0 9y ago
As I said above, these signs do not show a literal maximum weight. They show a load class .
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by dom0 9y ago
Shouldn't the title be "Does Mark Zuckerberg Even Know What Facebook Is?"
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by dom0 9y ago
The last LR version I used was LR3 and performance was really not a problem. That was 2010, mind you. On an even then outdated dual-core AMD system with the images and the catalogue on some old hard disk. So, am I correct to understand that
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by dom0 9y ago
While the Dutch water to tomato conversion process surely made them cheap, it also means that many people never tasted a real tomato.
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by dom0 9y ago
Please don't be so dishonest to claim that "because pip" fixed Python packaging.
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by dom0 9y ago
The class numbers only roughly correspond to weight, so you could just as well consider them metric tons (1000 kg).
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by dom0 9y ago
Those are MLC (Military Load Classification) signs.
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by dom0 9y ago
Possibly qntm.
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by dom0 9y ago
Ever noticed how tooth paste ads always show the entire brush covered in paste, even though a lil' dib is already enough?
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by dom0 9y ago
Legally they might have done the minimal amount necessary to not violate the license, but morally they've been a huge dick. "We have to open source our modifications to the code base, so here you get exactly one tarball of uncomme
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by dom0 9y ago
> Often I get downvoted on Reddit about VLC, like I don't know what I'm talking about :) Hilarious, but somewhat typical for Reddit (and other places with voting systems).
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by dom0 9y ago
Most power plants have control rooms that look pretty much like these; they fulfil the same function.
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by dom0 9y ago
Apple's JavaScript implementation is based on KJS as well. Arguably, Microsoft was hostile towards open source in general at the time, while Apple simply stole open source software.
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by dom0 9y ago
Current policy overemphasizes recycling. Recycling is the last resort . First reduce or reuse, which are far superior. Throwing away would normally not even be a serious option, but this world's people are kinda brain damaged.
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by dom0 9y ago
No. Hand-held a heavier camera gives you less shake, unless it is too heavy to hold continuously without quivering.
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by dom0 9y ago
The low-end ones are wound around some folded sheet steel core; but higher end DSLRs have cast cases. Gripping surfaces are rubberized.
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by dom0 9y ago
Well, a great many connectors (even, or rather, especially industrial ones) are made from PA6 or 66 with some glass fiber fill; including the actual contact carriers (if they are a separate part). FR4 is somewhat hygroscopic as well; moistu
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by dom0 9y ago
PC is a very impact resistant material, but you can also form it cold, a bit like mild steel, actually.

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