lorddoig

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by lorddoig 11y ago
Hexagonal packing is good but hexagonal packing into a hexagon appears to be leaving the edges of your search radius uncovered. The packing density is about aligning on a hexagonal lattice, the points of which are a simple function of the i
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by lorddoig 11y ago
This makes me envious. In the UK, Holy Mother State has determined that 2Mbps + nasty contention ratio + fair usage policy and/or usage cap = "broadband".
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Ultra-thin models could face jail(bbc.co.uk)
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by lorddoig 12y ago
Those links are very interesting, I didn't know it was such a common question. However I still wonder - is bytecode the only way to go about this? Every compile-to-JS language I've used has either been sugar over JS or had JS&#x2
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by lorddoig 12y ago
Here's what I don't understand: why is there any focus on alternative VMs for specific languages? Surely all this effort should be going into a VM for some kind of highish-level intermediate representation that's trivial t
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by lorddoig 12y ago
I would highly recommend spending a little bit more (ok, double) and investing in a TypeMatrix 2030.[0] The size/mouse position thing is important I think - and the 2030 is of comparable size - but it's nothing compared to having
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by lorddoig 12y ago
Because any other approach, even those with the best of intentions, eventually boils down to the supposition that what you've got between your legs is somehow relevant. And you know what - on an aggregate, societal level - it might ac
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by lorddoig 12y ago
Sometimes I get a little happy - maybe even proud - when I read about the achievements of women who pioneered this field (especially the awesome Admiral Hopper.) Then I stop smiling and remind myself that, even in praise, it's not r
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by lorddoig 12y ago
I put GitLab on a personal server a week or two ago for some stuff, and I'm sorry to say it but the overwhelming takeaway from that experience was watching it hog memory and spawn what felt like a million processes which somehow linger
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by lorddoig 12y ago
Religion is borne out of not knowing what on Earth is the right thing to do, and hence having to adopt a certain approach instead of being convinced by the merits of one over the others: it's policymaking in the absence of facts.
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by lorddoig 12y ago
The CommonMark is definitely more readable, but Markdown is just so sparse by design that every time I tried to use it for anything more serious than e.g. a blog post I found myself banging my head against the wall, so it's a tradeof
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by lorddoig 12y ago
> A 32-bit counter for the number of seconds since 1970 [UNIX] wraps in 2038. What's the bet this one actually causes problems
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by lorddoig 12y ago
I've been prototyping in this space for a while now - trying to scratch my own itch, as it were - and seeing as this is climbing the front page I thought I'd take the opportunity to ask HN: what exactly is it you want from this ki
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by lorddoig 12y ago
Edit 2: Questions 1 and 2 from the Adult ADHD Self Reporting Scale[0] (from Harvard, endorsed by the WHO) - 1. How often do you have trouble wrapping up the final details of a project, once the challenging parts have been done? 2
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by lorddoig 12y ago
I was speaking from experience. I have it too. Edit: and even if I wasn't it wouldn't make a difference - flitting from one grand project to the next without actually completing any of them is a clear diagnostic marker anyone can
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by lorddoig 12y ago
> I believe the appropriate term for someone like this is "architecture astronaut" This is a much better term for ADHD.
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by lorddoig 12y ago
This is cool, but now there's a risk that tomorrow will bring us JVM.js with a kickstarter, trendy logo, and a subtle but distinct whiff of moral superiority. Edit: so I really am a cynic, I count at least two on the first page and nei
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by lorddoig 12y ago
Well here's some formulae: http://www.noteshare.io/section/the-fundamental-class-of-projective-space http://asciidoctor.org/docs/user-manual/#using-multiple-stem-interpreters h
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by lorddoig 12y ago
Unfortunately not, XSL isn't really my thing. I'd probably consider trying to go via LaTeX, but that's because I like the way LaTeX looks out of the box and probably isn't appropriate for most things.
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by lorddoig 12y ago
I read your link and, per my main comment, I'm pretty sure AsciiDoc answers 99% of your needs. http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/#_overview_and_examples
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by lorddoig 12y ago
And for everything else, there's AsciiDoc.[0] For an extra five minutes learning you get a boatload (think container ship) more features[1] - it compiles to DocBook: a mature, actually standardised , highly structured format, and from
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by lorddoig 12y ago
Net neutrality is very important, but it occurs to me that when we finally figure out that we don't need separate telephone lines, cable tv, etc - i.e. when we realise it's all just data and one-pipe-fits-all - then it seems fai
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by lorddoig 12y ago
I was investigating this the other day, as it happens. Recent research from France (can't find the paper now, sorry) shows that unless you're very, very highly skilled your personal bargaining power is almost zero. What was impo
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by lorddoig 12y ago
Who has, wants, and/or needs access to a riverfront is a marvellously practical problem to solve. A lot of high-school kids are equipped with the scientific know-how to get a relatively robust answer to this question, and there are ma
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by lorddoig 12y ago
Lisp
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by lorddoig 12y ago
The point about religion is key. We really need to go back to basics with this stuff and reevaluate what exactly we're trying to achieve here from the ground up. We simply cannot retain first-class support for 20 years of legacy cr
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by lorddoig 12y ago
I can understand the motive, however flawed it may seem in hindsight. They were seeing dollar signs, happy shareholders, job security - so they took a chance that massively backfired. Am I the only one who thinks they deserve a little credi
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by lorddoig 12y ago
"Getting shafted" is a bit strong - it's quite understandable really. Card fraud, and particularly the statutory liability incumbent on banks/card issuers, is a major thorn in institutions' sides. It's the pe
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by lorddoig 12y ago
With other recent news in mind, I wonder what effect compounds like these might have on religious extremists. I wonder whether - assuming some kind of method of administration is figured out (a love bomb?) - they might stop burning people
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by lorddoig 12y ago
I speak for no one but myself - I'm sure many will pay those prices :) On a separate note... Every so often (once every 3/4 months) I have occasion to use litmus.com to test an email template for a freelance gig. They only do mo

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