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by gnode 7y ago
While certain uses of the symbols are not illegal, they do have a negative effect on age ratings / classification board approvals (relevant to this discussion). A famous example, is that Wolfenstein 3D was outright refused a rating in
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by gnode 7y ago
It's actually worse than this; this map neglects the zones around international airports.
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by gnode 7y ago
The hypocrisy of Google notwithstanding, I'm not sure why something being included in Unicode should have any bearing on its societal acceptance or consequently its age rating. The Swastika exists as a Unicode character, yet is outlawe
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by gnode 7y ago
You don't get the 2nd amendment at the border either.
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by gnode 7y ago
I think it's difficult to read "the one programming language that's close to being flawless", without interpreting it as being someone's opinion. Reading the article though, I'd say a good objective argument is
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by gnode 7y ago
I agree that there's a programmer cost to having a multiplicity of ISAs. However, ISAs still have some relation to the design of the microarchitecture, which for x86 processors is not open. The RISC-V ISA for instance was created mainl
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by gnode 7y ago
I'm pessimistic about governments coming together and coordinating an expensive effort to avert climate change. I also think the world is on a course to become increasingly divided and rivalrous, such that collaboration would be less l
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by gnode 7y ago
Although Kubernetes is for containers, so you'd also need to re-implement Linux in Rust.
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by gnode 7y ago
> This is up-and-coming Real-time raytracing is usable in games today. https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/quake-ii-rtx-ray-t...
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by gnode 7y ago
Given slowing growth of computing power, and that ray tracing algorithms are already mature and well studied, I don't think high-sample real-time raytracing will come along for a long time. Instead, I think de-noising based on machine-
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by gnode 7y ago
Or at least such lawsuits should be recognised as the vexatious and frivolous litigation which they are, and sanctions made accordingly (pay the defendants' costs, and disbarment for repeated cases).
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by gnode 7y ago
There are two separate issues: the commercial exploitation of personal data, and state surveillance. My understanding is, that while the US has virtually no statutory protection of privacy, DDG has a privacy policy, and deliberately violati
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by gnode 7y ago
Or maybe it's CBP business. If a foreign regime is turning the trade taps on and off to impose their values, then the counter to that is to turn those taps off yourself and sever that influence.
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by gnode 7y ago
The trouble is, there's lots of evidence, and also lots of evidence that it isn't. The only way to draw a conclusion is by making a judgement about which evidence is better: which scientific experiments are better designed?
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by gnode 7y ago
File systems are just one approach to storage. Databases can use file systems, block devices, or object-based storage (such as distributed storage systems, e.g. Ceph, Amazon S3). Traditional file systems are, by themselves, inadequate for m
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by gnode 7y ago
> Literally no one cares that you watch excessive amounts of fetish porn [...] or sell a few grams of cocaine on the side Actually such people are great targets for blackmail, to be used in espionage and interference. https://
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by gnode 7y ago
The article is correct that fiber connections can provide a higher bitrate than cable and 5G, but it fails to explain why that makes it a better social or economic proposition. My 200Mb/s DOCSIS cable connection is well below the theor
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by gnode 7y ago
I'm fond of this Lego acid house machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fat8ptpiufA
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by gnode 7y ago
I think what was being referred to is the technique of defining a program, not as source code files which are then compiled/run in an interpreter, but as an in-memory VM environment (think REPLs). The memory-based environment can then
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by gnode 7y ago
> I have strong negative opinions about putting a web development platform entirely inside an RDBMS. What about your experiences led to your negative opinions?
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by gnode 7y ago
It's ironic that bad faith accusations of insanity against people with different opinions are generally more tolerated than good faith assertions of mental issues impeding those who we are sympathetic to.
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by gnode 7y ago
That inference comes from a long pattern of speech and behaviour made in public. Far from being private or personal information, it's an elephant in the room. It's necessary to be able to critique leaders. Discussing a person&#x27
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by gnode 7y ago
I remember hearing a story about some fluid getting in the eye of an astronaut working on the exterior of the ISS, and them not being able to wipe it away due to the helmet, so just continuing while in pain / discomfort. Perhaps spaces
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by gnode 7y ago
I don't think the problem trying to be solved is: allow more people to exist. Rather: cluster more people in one geographic location. The way to avoid the problem would be to not require everyone move to the bay area to be economically
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by gnode 7y ago
They're contracts, so generally contract law. Although such contracts would have to be careful to not run afoul of employment laws, or laws against slavery. It seems income sharing agreements typically include clauses which mitigate th
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by gnode 7y ago
As I stated in the last paragraph of my comment: > Mozilla is based in a country with sweeping surveillance legislation, and so should not be trusted to hold or process [potentially] personally identifying data, no matter how well intent
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by gnode 7y ago
While nice for supporting the development of Firefox, it adds nothing to your subjective browsing experience. As far as I understand, disabling it is also not a data point by which you could be fingerprinted. You're taking it for grant
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by gnode 7y ago
> Establishing intent requires mind-reading Philosophical discussion of intent, unlike legal discussion, isn't necessarily concerned with what you can externally establish. It is still useful for answering questions about your own c
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by gnode 7y ago
All contest files here: https://www.ioccc.org/years.html#2019 (under "lynn" section) Direct link to C source (not the only relevant file): https://www.ioccc.org/2019/lynn/prog.c
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by gnode 7y ago
This isn't about being caught without cash. Whenever I've gone to London I've used my contactless credit card to pay for transport, not because I don't carry cash, but because it's convenient -- you just hold it nea

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