fleitz

74 ms·

661.
by fleitz 12y ago
Expressivity to me is generally about code size, for a given problem does the language allow a concise solution to be expressed? The more concise the solution the more expressive the language. A language that supports 4*4 is more expressive
662.
by fleitz 12y ago
Brings new meaning to the idea of being ramen profitable.
663.
by fleitz 12y ago
Are drivers licenses also a form of slavery because you're not allowed to drive with out one, and in order to keep it you have to follow most of the rules of the road? Most people would say that it's ridiculous to compare drivers
664.
by fleitz 12y ago
It should result in a more stable and secure system, however, it doesn't run on 64 bit chips... and runs on only a few pieces of 32 bit kit.
665.
by fleitz 12y ago
What are the advantages of this over tar?
666.
by fleitz 12y ago
I have a feeling their engineers may have considered this. This is after all rocket science.
667.
by fleitz 12y ago
Yup, I worked at a dating company for a while, the scale is trivial, couple huge DB servers and half a dozen webservers.
668.
by fleitz 12y ago
Exactly, nature does what works. The biodegradability thing is pretty funny too, again human waste absolutely pales in comparison to trees and lignin, at least water bottles can't reproduce.
669.
by fleitz 12y ago
It's the satirization of the idea that 'mother nature' is some kind of right thinking steward of life on this planet that you commonly find amongst people who call fossil fuels meth. Similar to the way one might satirize trad
670.
by fleitz 12y ago
It's not in a stable orbit around the sun... If it has velocity to escape earth's gravity then it does not match earth and will eventually go somewhere else. If it does not it will fall back. Only at a Lagrange point will it not d
671.
by fleitz 12y ago
We exist because our ancestors fucked up our nice nitrogen only atmosphere by polluting with deadly reactive oxygen. Damn cyanobacteria thinking unsustainably and killing the planet for everyone else... http://en.wikipedia.org&#x
672.
by fleitz 12y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_gen...
673.
by fleitz 12y ago
Don't use drag use gravity... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_assist Basically you loop in front of a planet, and then it slingshots you back to the Sun. Voila... done.
674.
by fleitz 12y ago
This is why you'd use gravity braking to do the work for you... You just have to change direction, not slow yourself down, as long as your path intersects the sun you're done... we have sent spacecraft to the sun... it's not
675.
by fleitz 12y ago
It's easily defeated for the same reason that netflix's geolocation stuff is easy to bypass. The entire point of the scheme is more subs, not not pirating GoT.
676.
by fleitz 12y ago
Take your wood fire, add some aluminium you scavenged from an aircraft, then add some rust. Voila, 2500 C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermite
677.
by fleitz 12y ago
We have things far more energy dense, like RTGs and conventional nuclear power plants.
678.
by fleitz 12y ago
You might want to google 'coal steam shovel'
679.
by fleitz 12y ago
This is so far from the truth that it's not even funny. There are tonnes of surface metal deposits, it's just you'd get shot for opening a mine there because it's in the middle of the national park. Also, what do you cal
680.
by fleitz 12y ago
We simply burn the forests... given the absence of the majority of humanity there is plenty of forest to burn.
681.
by fleitz 12y ago
How is social security not a ponzi scheme? The returns generated depend on finding new investors in the scheme, if current investors pull out the scheme cannot return promised benefits to current investors. This is pretty much the precise d
682.
by fleitz 12y ago
My impression of Rand Paul is that he has personal views which conflict with many Americans and that he believes that it's not his right to impose those views, this differs significantly from Hillary who is a long time advocate of act
683.
by fleitz 12y ago
He's also against the President being allowed to execute US citizens with out charge or trial.
684.
by fleitz 12y ago
This!
685.
by fleitz 12y ago
Sometimes it's better to make promises and run out of inventory than not make promises and not run out of inventory. Promising unlimited internet certainly never put most ISPs out of business, and having a business so wildly successful
686.
by fleitz 12y ago
No fucking kidding, I just flagged this garbage article, post it tomorrow with the rest of the article. I don't want to read half a fucking article.
687.
by fleitz 12y ago
That's not true, YC could just have a bad batch, or the economy could be in a serious downturn in 2020. A number of reasonably likely events could cause #3 to be false without any catastrophic loss to YC.
688.
by fleitz 12y ago
That's welsher talk, if you make a bet and a person accepts then you have to take the bet or STFU. If you believe the person will not follow through that's one thing, maybe both parties should put $100K in escrow, talking about th
689.
by fleitz 12y ago
Yes, the lack of a network stack prevents the most common attacks, and drastically reduces the usefulness of gaining control of the system.
690.
by fleitz 12y ago
I'm sure whatever country you do live and pay taxes in has at some point in the recent past violated someone's human rights, or at least they have in someone's opinion. Given that the country you live in has violated human ri

More ›