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by jpwright 13y ago
Of course Moore's Law will end eventually, but that doesn't mean that improvements in processor technology won't come from somewhere other than transistor density. Most likely, we'll see 2x+ improvements from one or more
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by jpwright 13y ago
I find the irony of the end result -- Impetus died because the players "suffocated" her, not because they neglected her -- fascinating.
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by jpwright 13y ago
Agreed, and it's worth pointing out that this is what Arduino has to say on the matter: "Note that while we don't attempt to restrict uses of the "duino" suffix, its use causes the Italians on the team to cringe (ap
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by jpwright 13y ago
I believe songzme is saying that the mindset behind the project is of the type that results in world-changing things. Not the project itself.
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The Hardware Revolution Is Upon Us, And Why It Matters(trueventures.com)
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by jpwright 13y ago
That's a non-sequitur to the debate about whether car companies should be forced to sell through third-party dealerships. Tesla already has dozens of showrooms across the country, and yes, they are Apple-Store-esque.
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by jpwright 13y ago
Another interesting side-point -- MATLAB supports imaginary numbers... unless of course you redefine i to be something else. Then it doesn't.
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by jpwright 14y ago
Nitpicking: The name of the game is just "Sim City". They dropped the numbering scheme and went for a total reboot.
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by jpwright 14y ago
That's absolutely false -- there are some obvious flaws with the game, but the complexity of simulation and macro-level focus is not one of them. I beta-tested, aka I actually got to play the game since all the servers are down.
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by jpwright 14y ago
Only if students are also allowed to submit essays generated by a computer.
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by jpwright 14y ago
If you would like some _actually_ horrible open source code to make fun of, feel free to peruse my early repos which are mostly from my freshman year of college (github/jpwright), including this god-awful function I apparently once wrote:
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by jpwright 14y ago
That would drive mathematicians insane, and this is coming from an electrical engineer's standpoint (where we use j instead)
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by jpwright 14y ago
What's the name of the disorder, if you don't mind me asking?
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by jpwright 14y ago
In general, these questions would benefit from more nuance, as "yes/no" don't accurately portray each candidate's position on a bunch of different issues. Some examples: - Romney believes the right to abortion ought to be preserved in cases
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by jpwright 14y ago
Same here, 1366x768 resolution seems to be too small.
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by jpwright 14y ago
I can confirm that there is a serious lack of time spent working on hands-on projects in EE curriculum (at Cornell, in my case).
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by jpwright 14y ago
That's kind of a silly comment. Obviously entering a building is not a civil liberty; private buildings have the right to enforce security policies. That doesn't mean Yelp shouldn't be held accountable when their security policies are reall
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by jpwright 14y ago
Only 3594 errors! http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Flcamtuf.cored...