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   by geon 2y ago

   I think ADHD is linked to caffeine insensitivity. I experimented with caffeine at uni, but never noticed any effect. I would drink a 33 cl coke, containing some 30 mg caffeine. Some 10 years ago I tried caffeine tablets in the mornings. The
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   by geon 2y ago

   A product I worked on used a complex scheme of encoding some 4-5 ids into an integer by reserving certain integer ranges etc. It was super inflexible and predictably caused issues when their 16-bit ids weren't enough for new projects.
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   by geon 2y ago

   Also the images with multiple Jesuses (Jesii?) washing their own feet.
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   by geon 2y ago

   Haiku icons have support for Level of Detail.
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   by geon 2y ago

   I wrote a naive lz77 packer/unpacker in C for a c64 game. https://github.com/geon/woorm/blob/master/tools/lz77.c Not fast, but the compression ratio was decent, and made it easy to fit a bunch
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   by geon 2y ago

   Hugin does have automatic feature detection. https://discuss.pixls.us/t/long-graffitti-from-raw-photos-wi... Perhaps it doesn't work with the regular patterns of a chip, like the article mentioned.
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   by geon 2y ago

   There was an article here on hn like a week ago. Apparently a lot of manufacturers ship monitors with identical serial numbers, so the os can’t identify them.
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   by geon 2y ago

   I’ve had none of the issues OP complains about. Windows do open on the wrong screen, but I keep the same windows open for months at a time.
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   by geon 2y ago

   What does it do that hugin doesn’t?
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    by geon 2y ago

    There was a House MD episode about something similar. https://youtu.be/tLMzEOoSjc4?si=j08sc6pptBqWinbq
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    by geon 2y ago

    Also, the electron moving backwards in time would switch the charge and become its antiparticle: a positron. When an electron and a positron meet, they annihilate each other. That could be considered the same single particle switching direc
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    by geon 3y ago

    Yes. My implementation is a bidirectional pathtracer, but that tends to just confuse people. https://geon.github.io/programming/2013/09/01/restructured-c...
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    by geon 3y ago

    I was thinking of implementing refraction in my distribution raytracer (stochastic, not parallel). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_ray_tracing I would randomly sample a frequency, calculate its color and us
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    by geon 3y ago

    So it can be used as a library now. How was it used before ?
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    by geon 3y ago

    I'd expect an actually optimized implementation to be at least that much faster.
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    by geon 3y ago

    This video? https://youtu.be/kCc8FmEb1nY?si=QR-ADr0_Y6_P2QxC
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    by geon 3y ago

    Do you mean dictionary as just a list of words in alphabetical order, or with detailed definitions for each word?
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    by geon 3y ago

    https://brutalist-web.design/ Some kind of manifesto.
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    by geon 3y ago

    It's like the reginal words for soft drink. Soda, pop or coke: https://www.businessinsider.com/soda-pop-coke-map-2018-10
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    by geon 3y ago

    Pretty sure pigs eat grubs the find when they root in the dirt.
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    by geon 3y ago

    I visited Cluj in Romania. There was an orchard outside the city. It has been abandoned for decades but in the fall families come there and pick apples.
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    by geon 3y ago

    Still, you could compile your own custom microsoft basic like Ben Eater did on youtube recently.
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    by geon 3y ago

    They share tech between a TON of brands and models. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Group_MQB_platfor...
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    by geon 3y ago

    How come Kei Cars are not a thing outside Japan? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_car Seems like it would help a lot.
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    by geon 3y ago

    Leaderboard had a polygonal golf course. The course was flat, but drawn in a 3d perspective with billboard trees. Stunt car racer had a 3d course and vehicle physics. Elite had 3d space flight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
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    by geon 3y ago

    The ps3 cell processor with the 8 "synergistic processing element" co-processors was definitely weird. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_(processor)
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    by geon 3y ago

    Do carriers not require a different plan for commercial use?
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    by geon 3y ago

    Just wanted to share the reactive language Céu: http://www.ceu-lang.org/
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    by geon 3y ago

    Those exist too: https://youtu.be/wVhnfGC-4MA?t=1215
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    by geon 3y ago

    Shouldn't you be able to expect any restaurant in spain to follow food safety guidelines?