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> Now that we banned youtube, people honestly aren't really that interested. I recently saw some Sci-Fi shorts made by some Nigerian kids using some really interesting hacks to work around their economic and resource constraints. Th
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7y ago
I have called their 1800 number and they have been fairly helpful. Maybe I am just lucky.
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Interesting, by gathering data on what kills people, they inadvertently also gather data on how dangerous guns are. Although, props to the CDC. That is some serious data gathering, cleaning etc. Most countries don't have that level of
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> Does it? Instead of routing in two dimensions you now need to do it in three. You then also need to take into account other actors who are also routing in three dimensions. There are no road delineators in the sky. Well, the 3rd dimens
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I would suggest optimizing the images, or lazy loading them. I have relatively fast internet but the images were taking a while to load. I'd also suggest using JPEG 2000 or WebP images, as they can be faster to load. Considering this i
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7y ago
> Currently i use another browser for this(firefox is for browsing hackernews, chrome is for work since devtools are better) Have you tried Firefox Developer Mode? I find it to be lots better, especially if you are using grid or flexbox.
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> I think we'll need Type 5-and-then-some AI pilots before any of this becomes a reality in day to day commutes. Wouldn't AI in flight become much easier to create compared to driving AI on the ground? I mean don't planes
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It drives the people towards having one browser controlled by a mega corporation. We, at the very least, as developers need to support multiple browsers to prevent the monopolization that could one-day threaten the current style and freedom
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> Fascinating if you manage to borrow one though Even more fascinating, if they manage to wear it the whole day.
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> Science? HPC? Hardware? Web? DIY? These "niches" (which are actually huge) are dominated by Linux. Yup. To add to that, IoT is also dominated by Linux. which number around 30 Billion connected devices worldwide. That's c
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> linux? (Laugh at the last one if you must, but it is more viable today than it was in the 1990s chiefly because platform agnostic web based content is more normal in niches formerly occupied by Win32.) and is also used on the majority
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I'll suggest decreasing the speed of gifs, it becomes rather difficult to understand what exactly is going on.
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> I think pretty much everyone reasonable agrees that "kill the {jews,muslims,hispanics}" (once more, folks, this was the THIRD ethnic massacre advertised on 8chan!) is intolerant, no? I mean, saying something like "Kill t
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> Is it really better to use drone delivery of blood samples to central hospitals than to add another testing machine at the remote location? Could it be a case of being cheaper to use drones instead of setting up an actual lab?
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Minecraft as a game has never progressed from where it started. There is nothing new in it (new items, new structures etc don't count, they provide the same experience, just colored differently) while a game like Terreria is done so we
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Even the design teams use Windows. I am sure bigger companies provide macs but the vast majority will use Windows simply because its cheap and easy to get.
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What's the internet like?
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Asia isn't just China or Japan. India, and other peripheral countries don't have high Mac penetration.
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7y ago
not just walking, negotiating with the Taliban ( what happened to "we don't negotitate with terrorists" )
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Honestly, I might start saving for a few years and actually do it. It sounds like a thing that would be awesome to do and more so, a good experience in general. Would there be any restrictions for people not living in the USA?
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I think its not that crazy an idea. The biggest issue ( based on my very limited knowledge reading online articles ), is that the transmission without a physical medium leaves a lot to be desired. Secondly, waste heat disposal is enough of
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Blender is very much like vim. Hard as hell to start, but once you know your way around, its very very efficient.
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> Some of what they believe is, in my view, not fact based. I wouldn't mind hearing what some of those things are.
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> There are a lot more limitations and checks on what the US can do. These limitations and checks are written into laws. These laws can be easily ignored. Remind me as to how many of the 11 soldiers actively torturing people in Abu Ghari
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The US does intend it for terrorists, but the US also intended to neutralise "WMDs". So, believing either US or China is crazy.
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> has allowed me to find clients more easily. and demonstrated so beautifully right here in this comment.
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> compilers Absolutely. Otherwise, all compilers would be written in Assmebly. Most compilers used today are written in C and the compiler for C (GCC) is written in C itself. The C language was also written by Ken Thomson, because he was
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If your a coder, I've found netlify to be even better. Allows bit more functionality like forms, some server less functions etc.
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That sounds interesting. I will take a look at it. Honestly, I haven't done any study or reading on this topic so have essentially zero idea of how it might work, especially when using a webcam.
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I was thinking of using something like this that would track my pupils and then switch window focus i.e. allowing me to switch from terminal to terminal without doing Alt-Tab. Yes, probably the height of laziness to avoid pressing Alt-Tab b
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