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by faragon 10y ago
I guess that the hard real-time stuff is handled by a microcontroller board.
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by faragon 10y ago
Sure, "real" AI is important. I meant that using massive resources for solving simple problems with expensive AI will drive to deception, as soon as someone shows equivalent results by using cheaper AI (e.g. minimax, pathfinding,
633.
by faragon 10y ago
I agree with your point. By the way, I would like to point the "elephant in the room": what if after so many hype, heuristic/ad-hoc AI becomes able to beat expensive "deep learning" AI in most cases? In my opinion,
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by faragon 10y ago
Also, you can check the original sh by Stephen R. Bourne (Bell Labs, [1]). Or the original csh by Bill Joy (BSD, [2]). In Github there is a huge repository with a collage of Unix History, where is possible to check how shells have been evol
635.
by faragon 10y ago
Where is the source code?
636.
by faragon 10y ago
Tao's article reminds me Poincaré's "Science and Method" book (1908) where it is explained how to split/address big tasks/problems over long periods of time.
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by faragon 10y ago
In addition to vector SIMD, I would love Intel adding some VLIW stuff to the x86 (mixed like SIMD is mixed with x86, i.e. not another "Itanium").
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by faragon 10y ago
I would like to know differences in weight between the 11 and 14" versions. Also, if the 11" laptop size is proportional to the screen, and not just same enclosure as the 14" with more margin filled with plastic around the sc
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by faragon 10y ago
Base85 is between base64 and base122, while using printable characters. Any statistics of compressed base85?
640.
by faragon 10y ago
Interesting, explaining the encoding of x86 opcodes (opcodes encoded in octal, addressing modes, etc.).
641.
by faragon 10y ago
TL;DR: not a new compiler, but one based on clang plus some tuning/optimizations.
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by faragon 10y ago
It's time for ending the Cuban orwellian nightmare.
643.
by faragon 10y ago
Not a problem. They can write their own Reddit in Go, with blackjack, etc.
644.
by faragon 10y ago
That's ok, as they can afford building new nuclear reactors ([1]). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Finland
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by faragon 10y ago
I own a Pine 64 board (2GB RAM, 1 gigabit ethernet) based on the same Allwinner A64 SoC. It performs OK for light tasks (Debian), however, it lacks proper graphic acceleration (which is OK for using it as a build server, but short if you wa
646.
by faragon 10y ago
“People tell me I shouldn’t talk about the fake rockets because it makes me sound crazy” edit: that quote was not from Elon, I misread the post. Sorry.
647.
by faragon 10y ago
Elon: just don't feed the trolls.
648.
by faragon 10y ago
I would expect 64GB of RAM, and not 16. The MacBook Pro 2016 is supposed to be a powerful laptop, not a cheap netbook.
649.
by faragon 10y ago
Miyazaki movies are overwhelming: beauty, imagination, and very inspiring. Love it.
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by faragon 10y ago
C is beautiful.
651.
by faragon 10y ago
There are many libraries for "high level"-like string operation for the C programming language, e.g. https://faragon.github.io/sstring.h.html
652.
by faragon 10y ago
In most C libraries malloc() is O(log n), e.g. when implemented as balanced trees.
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by faragon 10y ago
Thank you.
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by faragon 10y ago
Apple is worth 4 times Intel's value ([1], [2]), and also, has 4x more sales. In my opinion, Apple buying TSMC (much smaller than Intel [3]), Panasonic (quite small in comparison, too [4]), and Sharp (tiny [5]), could mean almost compl
655.
by faragon 10y ago
Come on. That's about world-wide DDoS attacks, not about checking individuals.
656.
by faragon 10y ago
Just put DDoS attacks at same level as terrorism.
657.
by faragon 10y ago
May be it is time for Intel adding punched card extensions to the x86 ISA...
658.
by faragon 10y ago
After Intel adding deep-learning instructions to its processors, I guess they could add BrainFuck extensions to the x86 ISA, too.
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by faragon 10y ago
I had only three minor issues: 1) A 5V 2A power suply is required (cheap to buy e.g. on Amazon or eBay). It boots with 5V 1.5A, too, but less stable if you are using the two USB ports at once with devices requiring notable power (e.g. wifi
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by faragon 10y ago
In "western Europe" the negative word for "socialist" is "communist", as most western-European "socialism" became social-democracy (i.e. "capitalist liberal-progressist" without Marxist comm

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