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by idatum 5y ago
Put in an old DVD of Dr. Strangelove:... recently in the XBox. It was just a random thought to pop it in and enjoy. (okay, was cleaning up shelf) I eventually realized I could skip around and enjoy the parts I liked. Freely. Without that fe
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by idatum 5y ago
There is something about this scientist's style of writing I like. She conveys complex ideas, gives details, and keeps the reader engaged. Bookmarked. EDIT: And looking at the non-mobile link I realize now it is a transcript. So that c
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by idatum 6y ago
While you're using it on Windows, I recommend giving WSL and Windows Terminal a try. The combination of those with VSCode makes for a nice development environment in my experience.
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by idatum 6y ago
Here's another test I do with calculator apps (in radians): Pi - 4 * ATAN(1) These apps really should produce 0 for this and avoid floating point issues. Most of us understand why it wouldn't. To me it's an experience/qu
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by idatum 6y ago
I noticed the same thing: I opted out (both analytics and ads options) a few months ago when I switched to T-Mobile. They since ignored my preferences and opted me back in. Unbelievable. I don't even know when they did this. Do I now h
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by idatum 6y ago
I credit the HP-41CV I had in in high school for growing my interest in programming. Through college it was an HP-48G. My father-in-law recognized my love for these devices later by giving me his old HP-35, complete with manuals and a coupl
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by idatum 6y ago
Related to this history is how calculators used CORDIC, COordinate Rotation DIgital Computer, to compute trigonometric functions in real time with minimal hardware. CORDIC was originally developed by Jack Volder working at Convair corporati
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by idatum 6y ago
Living in the PNW with many consecutive months of damp and cool weather, I've found most humidity sensors to be unreliable. Often their operating range is between 20% and 80%, which misses the very dry summers and very wet winters here
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by idatum 6y ago
+1 for Az KeyVault. I use it in my Docker deployment scripts using Azure CLI. Example here is a secret, but similar concept for certs using CLI: STORAGE_ACCOUNT_KEY=`az keyvault secret show --vault-name=<your keyvault> --name=<secr
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by idatum 7y ago
Surface Laptop with WSL and Ubuntu 18.04 (or pick your favorite distro) enabled. Run VSCode using WSL-Remote extension. You edit/build/run on the Linux subsystem seamlessly from a VSCode Windows process -- seamless integration. It