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by iClaudiusX 8y ago
The thing that would get me excited about mobile devices is the ability to run my own programs and access a real file system like a general purpose computer. That would be a real improvement in capability along the lines of the first true s
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by iClaudiusX 8y ago
The first-generation Zune had a leap year bug that caused it to get stuck in an infinite boot loop on December 31, 2008. Not exactly the kind of thing you want happening to traffic infrastructure.
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by iClaudiusX 8y ago
Exactly, it's the same with unshielded microwaves, and it's astonishing that someone would think it's safe to crank the power on these lasers with that justification. > When injury from exposure to microwaves occurs, it us
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by iClaudiusX 8y ago
Is there any evidence the FTC is going after the advertisers and platforms (youtube, twitch, etc) themselves? It seems purposefully ineffective to play whack-a-mole with individuals when the driving force is a multi-billion dollar industry
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by iClaudiusX 8y ago
The bigger story is they're getting rid of 44,000 employees (nearly a third of their workforce), with the first 10,000 taking voluntary buyouts right now. That's after a $4.5 Billion tax cut. Rather than invest in those engineers,
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by iClaudiusX 8y ago
Thinking about this, I notice most of the unpleasant changes in technology have come from the mobile side infecting desktop/laptop computing. touch interfaces * requires visual focus * no feedback * low information density hardware * d
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by iClaudiusX 8y ago
Indeed, as noted in the conclusion there is very little middle ground as performance with this particular NUMA structure is bimodal depending on memory access patterns and power consumption of all the supporting hardware. I suppose it makes
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by iClaudiusX 8y ago
That depends on the clock cycle latency but ceteris paribus yes, a higher frequency at the same timings would have higher bandwidth.
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by iClaudiusX 8y ago
The Switch is portable, so most of its appeal is for people who have a commute but don't drive. The nvidia Tegra chip is powerful and efficient enough to play ports of games that previously would only have been playable on a home conso
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by iClaudiusX 8y ago
The FCC in 2016 voted to require that ISPs and mobile providers must get opt-in consent to share or sell customer data. Then in 2017 Congress voted to overturn those rules and prevent the FCC from implementing them in the future in a party-
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by iClaudiusX 8y ago
Don't forget they cut battery capacity from 99/75 Wh (15/13") down to 76/50 Wh to save less than 3 mm thickness
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by iClaudiusX 8y ago
The two most frustrating parts about online shopping are 1) the Byzantine pricing model, and 2) the inability to keep anything in stock. I don't need the silly vanity of thinking I got some amazing "deal" at 40% off when your
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by iClaudiusX 8y ago
You can add "perpetually delayed 10nm" and "Kafka-esque badge engineering" to the long list of intel blunders. Apparently things are so bad now that Anandtech is calling out their press team for announcing products with
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by iClaudiusX 8y ago
Even more egregious that the governor, Doug Ducey, was happy to issue executive orders to waive any safety oversight to allow Uber to put the public at risk in the first place.[0] https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation
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by iClaudiusX 8y ago
Often these issues come down to two sides digging in their heels: "just don't make mistakes" vs "just make it foolproof". Somehow accidents continue to happen. What I have noticed with manuals is that I usually appr
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by iClaudiusX 8y ago
This article never really addresses SciPy or NumPy despite the title and much of the discussion. Rather, the author is ranting about the change from python 2 to 3. And even then his only supporting anecdote is that matplotlib made a breakin
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by iClaudiusX 8y ago
I think he's saying you're overfitting for first-date success, which may not be indicative of a fulfilling long term relationship.
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by iClaudiusX 8y ago
Not to pick on you or the parent comment, but this is a such a common mistake that it's worth correcting. "Clang" is a thing not a person, therefore it's appropriate to use et cetera, not et alii. The former is for thing
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by iClaudiusX 8y ago
What you described sounds exactly like the arc of Facebook, only forced to its natural conclusion at a much faster pace. FB started as a network for college students. Then once it expanded to the general public it turned into a gold rush of
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by iClaudiusX 8y ago
SMS has the advantage of being accessible from a cell tower without a separate data connection. RCS does not. It's like they took all the worst parts of other messaging protocols and put it into one product.
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by iClaudiusX 9y ago
The text of Joint Resolution 34 when it passed in the Senate last year https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-joint-re... The role call vote breakdown https://www.senate.gov/legislat
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by iClaudiusX 9y ago
That assumes Uber had a reasonable chance at advancing self-driving tech. Everything demonstrated to date makes them seem more like Theranos, and it would be difficult to find someone willing to argue they were advancing medical progress.
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by iClaudiusX 9y ago
I get the feeling based on comments here that there is a severe lack of ethical and critical thinking among engineers and developers. I recognize that this is only a vocal minority but the constant mantra of "move fast and break things
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by iClaudiusX 9y ago
I remember the nightmare of downloading random codec packages trying to get video to work in the late 90s, early 2000s before I found VLC. More than ever it's a shining example of high quality software driven by a desire to simply make
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by iClaudiusX 9y ago
For one, motorsport have actual spec series with nearly identical cars that highlight driver skill. They're used as feeder series to test and promote talented drivers. More to the point of Fomula E, the degree of standardization is cha
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by iClaudiusX 9y ago
See also Tupper's Self-Referential Formula [0] and the Numberphile explanation [1] for generating bitmap plots of itself. [0]: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/TuppersSelf-ReferentialFormula.... [1]: https://www
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by iClaudiusX 9y ago
You skipped the turn signal, which seems accurate to most of the drivers I see on the road.
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by iClaudiusX 9y ago
History is full of examples where a developer/publisher decided to port or remaster a game from its back catalog only to realize they have lost the source code and need to rely on an emulator ROM. Sega, Nintendo, and Capcom I think are
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by iClaudiusX 9y ago
The iphone 6+ was not rigid enough to withstand bending during normal use. The iphone 6s battery could not last more than 18 months of daily use. After that it would not provide a stable voltage, causing the phone to randomly shutdown. The
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by iClaudiusX 9y ago
They seem to have no problem autocorrecting brand names and trademarks. Why wouldn't they do this for something as important as medication?

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