lotsoflumens

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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
I used to worry about this. Now I realise that my worry came from a scarcity mindset. There is no reason at all to believe that electricity production will always be difficult or expensive. These problems will be solved.
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
>>> That is, you could recover the unencrypted data if you recorded a copy of the pilot by mixing. Yes, thanks for the response!
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
Since backscatter systems depend on on an RF source, I wonder if work has been done on encrypting the source signal (pseudorandom bit pattern for example), then modulating the random stream at the device and decoding the backscattered signa
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
I think it's just very subtle sarcasm that these are dangerous thoughts in a world where thought-crime is real.
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
I just love it that everyone is saying things like: "And yes, it is my opinion that climate change is absolutely happening" . The level of fear in stating simple opinions has gone to 11.
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
You should review the concept of "fractional reserve banking".
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
Still relevant but apparently unknown to the trendy conference speakers and FP ranters: http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~hehner/aPToP/
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
You're missing the entire fields of robotics and automatic control, which are not new fields and have never made claims of human level intelligence. These are the fields that have been making steady progress for over 50 years. The resu
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
Well then, I guess with that line of reasoning we should just turn off the computers and go live in the woods. There's obviously too much risk in doing anything.
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
In most large companies today, the shareholders outside of the top 3 management levels are irrelevant and usually just a tedious burden.
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
Thanks, but that means I'm doing the testing. I wish I could do that - maybe someday.
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
It's important for package developers to be aware of other software that depends on their interfaces or functionality. Some cases will slip through sometimes, but over a couple of releases these should be gone. >> Where do new bu
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
I've seen that bug! And, I'm not too surprised, KDE has a broken development and maintenance process. I'm sure they think they're doing a great job - but that's because they don't even see or receive most bug r
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
I agree, this is a problem, but it's not being solved by this practice. The example you gave is specifically about a client application of git that wasn't updated to work with the current version of git - probably because of some
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
Yes, it makes a lot of sense to ignore the real world and pretend that software will always be stable.
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
This practice is seriously bad. It means that one group of developers is busy improving and fixing packages, and another different group is cherry-picking commits in order to maintain the illusion of stability (as mentioned above). That sec
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
Thanks so much for pointing to this.
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
Thanks for the info! I've added the git-core PPA now which installs 2.14.1 . I just don't understand this screwing with version numbers and not being on the latest code.
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
Does anybody understand Ubuntu releases? The update this morning for Ubuntu 17.04 installs git 2.11.0 .. NOT the patched 2.11.3 NOR the latest 2.14.1 Why isn't Ubuntu fully up to date?
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
I assume they are .. however, they take no risks with their shaming.
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
Of course it's mandatory ... unless you don't care about silly little things like bonuses and promotions.
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
TL;DR Some guy not only speaks his mind, but has the balls to actually write his thoughts down. The completely predictable response from "forward thinking progressives" follows.
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
Yes. This so correct. Linting efficacy is one of the many myths about software quality and team efficiency that abound in this industry.
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
Citing an arXiv paper should take precedence over citing anything else. If you really believe in science then ONLY non-paywall papers should be cited.
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
It's called Finite Domain Constraint Programming and it's been studied for about 50 years.
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
It's disappointing that the authors use the term "brute force" to describe modern SAT solving, in an article intended for people who may not be familiar with the algorithms used. That term implies that the speed of the comput
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
If you see an architecture that has a box or a ring with the word "controller" in it - the design is wrong.
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
A good read despite the ridiculous headline. Colorado is an amazing place. The article quotes a journalist: >> “This town is so easily scammed,” says John Hazlehurst, himself a former councilmember and now a columnist with the Colorad
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
I believe that HashGraph might be a better idea ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashgraph
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by lotsoflumens 9y ago
They still want users to either view the ads or pay the "publisher". This will never work. They must start paying users. Only then, will their ads be viewed.

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