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by ilurk 11y ago
Just got to work also. I also noticed that some code no longer compiles, at least the older programs. On my GNU/Linux box: > dependencies: wget ftp://ftp.cs.stanford.edu/pub/sgb/sgb.tar.gz tar -
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Literate Programming(literateprogramming.com)
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by ilurk 11y ago
TIL about cweb. [1] > CWEB is a version of WEB for documenting C, C++, and Java programs. WEB was adapted to C by Silvio Levy in 1987, and since then both Knuth and Levy have revised and enhanced the system in many ways, notably to suppo
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by ilurk 11y ago
> A more radical extension to the former approach is to actually check everything in your version control system. Everything as in the source of every single tool. That’s how it’s working when you are “building the world” on BSD-like sys
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by ilurk 11y ago
I wonder if along the line Apple would make it mandatory for all payments, made physically (eg: Apple Pay) or digitally (eg: Stripe), to go through by then. I mean, since they are interested in the payments area, why shouldn't them?
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by ilurk 11y ago
> To my surprise, according to Hassabis, Google DeepMind (DeepMind from here on) and FAIR have agreed to share research software framework based on Torch. Would this be among them or publicly in github?
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by ilurk 11y ago
heh! :) I remember that one. I used it when hopelessly trying to RE some applications (either Aspack, Securom or Safedisk). Dat self modifying code :3 Got to learn a couple of things thanks to RE. Never became an expert, with college becomi
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by ilurk 11y ago
I know the article is language agnostic but I don't think anyone would develop their networking modules (in the context of videogames or finance) in anything but C++ (or Erlang/Elixir?). So could the local experts give their opini
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by ilurk 11y ago
Everyone thinks they understand what they are implementing but then inevitably encounter some unexpected "feature". Tests help, but yeah... halting problem. As for those great programmers how many sloc can they write without any c
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by ilurk 11y ago
That doesn't sound like a worthwhile approach to me. Xeon are server CPUs. So that means that whoever bothers buying Xeons with scientific computing in mind may as well go all the way and buy nVidia GPUs instead. So instead of making t
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by ilurk 11y ago
> PLANNED FEATURES: erasure coding Now that is something I'd really like to see in Linux filesystems. AFAIK the GNU/Linux implementations of ZFS do not support ECC. Only the Oracle version.
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by ilurk 11y ago
This article was a great read, full of little nuggets. I highly recommend reading it. It was also interesting seeing that he really applied Kevin's advice and philosophy (check Kevin's talk for the YC Start a Startup).
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by ilurk 11y ago
I know that NAO is programmable [1] but I haven't seen where you can buy one. Maybe out of stock. [1] https://www.aldebaran.com/en/robotics-solutions/robot-softwa...
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by ilurk 11y ago
For me the most exciting thing about Skylake GPUs is its support of GVT-g which will allow the GPU to be shared with up to 4 VMs. This will avoid dealing altogether with nVidia shenanigans for PCI passthrough. The disappointing thing is tha
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by ilurk 11y ago
For those more knowledgeable in respect to WWII history and with Turing's contributions: if Alan Turing hadn't been born, how do you think the WWII would have played out? I know he made very important contributions, but were they
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by ilurk 11y ago
AFAIK only the Neo9000 offers baseband isolation from the main system. https://neo900.org/faq > Unlike some other smartphones do, Neo900 won't share system RAM with the modem and system CPU will always have full con
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by ilurk 11y ago
IRL privacy cat and mouse game. There is already some work in the privacy clothing area. Almost makes it look like items for a sci-fi RPG. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2969732/privacy/how-japans-pr... I
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by ilurk 11y ago
> Disclaimer: this site is not affiliated with, nor is it the official site of TrueCrypt AFAIK there are several forks out there. But who is behind them? Can they be trusted? BTW, for those looking for the code, this is the only reliable
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by ilurk 11y ago
Excuse my naive questions, but this left me very curious. 1) Have we reached a phase where the difficult part is finding the genes responsible for X? With the delivery being now boilerplate code (CRISPR?). 2) What exactly are the limitation
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by ilurk 11y ago
This is getting increasingly disturbing with each new generation of hardware. You no longer have the right to own the hardware you buy. Now it has become a service subject to their terms. That Windows Platform Binary Table sounds disturbing
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by ilurk 11y ago
And the Rosetta Stone of Performance Checklists: http://www.brendangregg.com/USEmethod/use-rosetta.html
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by ilurk 11y ago
AFAICT the video interface is irrelevant. It exploits the data transfer between the CPU and RAM. > When data moves between the CPU and RAM of a computer, radio waves get emitted as a matter of course. Normally the amplitude of these wave
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by ilurk 11y ago
Are there any comparisons of: 1) bazel VS. gradle 2) cmake+ninja VS. tup VS. redo
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by ilurk 11y ago
It feels extremely frustrating to know -- not just wonder but to know exactly where -- that there are planets similar to our own, which have a very high probability of harboring life, yet to be condemned to never be able to take a really cl
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by ilurk 11y ago
Anything similar for Japanese or Chinese?
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by ilurk 11y ago
Relevant: Autopsy: Lessons from Failed Startups (autopsy.io) [1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9666013
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by ilurk 11y ago
> Overall average Speedup (X) of Yinyang over Standard (9.36), Elkan (6.12), Drake (3.08) There wasn't a single mention on GPU use. So I'm wondering if the yinyang algorithm would port well to the GPU. Just a quick google led
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by ilurk 11y ago
This will only work if gigs are well paid and allow you to pay for expenses during the off periods. In theory this is great and already happens in the IT sector of some countries. In practice I suspect that as years go by the salaries will
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by ilurk 11y ago
I wouldn't say compete, but definitely complement. It would be used when dealing with sensitive data. One problem is that it's slower. 100x slower.
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by ilurk 11y ago
I don't know about CC processing, because... banks and regulations. But what fully homomorphic encryption allows you to is to perform arbitrary computations on encrypted data. So you send your encrypted data to a machine, it performs t

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