loser777

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by loser777 13y ago
Why doesn't anyone actually mention what Big O (of anything) actually means? Instead of jumping directly to a CS-related example, shouldn't the definition be made clear first? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_O_notation
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by loser777 13y ago
"Desktop environment" is a bit limiting here; what about those of us who just use a window manager e.g. dwm?
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by loser777 13y ago
Slightly ironic: doesn't work well with the Vimperator add-on + Firefox, as Vimperator is going to consume the keystrokes (especially the most used ones such as hjkl). Great idea though (once you turn off Vimperator) :) !
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by loser777 13y ago
I see this as a good motivator for moving away from webmail and using some offline e software, perhaps Thunderbird or mutt that will be more likely to keep its UI experience consistent.
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by loser777 13y ago
Some clarifications Yes, mice often have dpi-switching mapped to hardware buttons. However, as with my mouse, this hardware switching offers very limited granularity and many dpi "modes" can only be selected in software by a proprieta
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by loser777 13y ago
I play games at 1600cpi with a specific mouse with no acceleration. Even with the supposed fixes that disable acceleration in GNU/Linux, I don't get the same cursor response with my mouse that I would in Windows. In addition, my mouse's cpi
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by loser777 13y ago
Yet another reason to lament the lack of decent mouse driver support in GNU/Linux. As long as I have to relearn how to move my mouse in order to play a game, I'm going to keep a Windows box handy for games.
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by loser777 13y ago
Doesn't this take the fun out of generating an [analog] video signal from a microcontroller though? Where's the cycle-counting timing goodness? Kidding aside, this looks like a fantastic toy to play around with.
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by loser777 14y ago
High-end ATI cards will do < 1GH/s, with most midrange cards below 500MH/s. This does 5GH/s, while using an essentially an order of magnitude less power than a PC-based rig will use. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_compariso
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by loser777 14y ago
2nd year college student here--it feels that the structure and organization of coursework at many schools (including mine) seem to encourage this kind of learning. Projects that may seem technically involved but end up being a race to Googl
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by loser777 14y ago
This is an interesting list: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/TFT_display The T2x series from the early 2000s had arguably better displays.
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by loser777 14y ago
I would say Computer Science education (K-12) in the United States is far from uniform and that the author unfairly generalizes. I moved around a bit as a kid, and these were my experiences: Grades K-1 (Lincoln, NE): Messing around and play
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by loser777 14y ago
Really surprising to see such photos after watching some ancient footage (early 1990s) of the Kowloon Walled City recently. I'd thought that there were no more tiny living spaces.
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by loser777 14y ago
It's interesting you bring that up, because I thought they were simply lifted from "School is Hell."
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by loser777 14y ago
There used to be some high-res laptops(compared to what's popular today)at non-16:9 aspect ratios. Anyone remember the IBM T21? 1400x1050 (14.1")... in '00-01! I guess a combination of waning consumer demand due to OMG WIDESCREEN and corner
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by loser777 14y ago
LFT (the author of the demo and the detailed explanation of the bug) has been doing some pretty amazing hardware/software hacking for a really long time. One look at his YouTube channel and it'll be no surprise to you that he came up with t
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by loser777 14y ago
It's a reference to the joke "why is six afraid of seven? ... because seven eight (ate) nine." I assume you get the octal part. Greeting from TL.net.
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by loser777 14y ago
3.7.x has been borderline breaking on my laptop for a month now and I'm fairly sure that the issues I've experienced affect a large number of users (excessive heat, low battery life on Sandy/Ivy-Bridge based notebooks). Compiling 3.8 as I'm
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by loser777 14y ago
I'm currently a student at a large (largest in the UC system) public research university, and I don't see any problem with excluding schools like UC Berkeley from the top 20. While we, like Berkeley, are a "research powerhouse," spend a lit