donuteaters

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by donuteaters 10y ago
There are plenty of people panicking about climate change... Perhaps other people are allowed to think about other things. Or would you replace ALL of scientific study with the single topic you consider most important? In 20 years or so,
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by donuteaters 10y ago
You calculate the factorization (QR, LU, or similar), but you never calculate the inverse of the factorization: A x = b A => QR # QR decomposition Q R x = b R x = Q' b # Q is inverted by transposing x = backs
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by donuteaters 11y ago
I really wish Rust was as great as you advocates say, but that has not been my experience. For background: I've been following it for a while now. About a year or so ago, I dove it into with enthusiasm, but I got bit when the sigils
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by donuteaters 11y ago
Actually, all of those have something strongly resembling a kernel, and DOS in particular makes a nice distinction between the basic services (BIOS) and whatever userland you choose to install on top of it. I think you're making my po
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by donuteaters 11y ago
Once upon a time, before RMS re-defined the term for his benefit, the phrase "Operating System" meant what we now call the kernel. You can see the legacy of this in Computer Science departments around the country where they teach
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by donuteaters 12y ago
There are plenty of incompetent managers and consultants who justify their existence by demanding pointless changes. If one of your subordinates is putting obvious ducks in the product, perhaps you should reflect and decide if you have a h