micaeked

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by micaeked 10y ago
Yep, I agree. I do think the claims made in the readme are way too strong for what they are. This is only an explanation for what that small part of it does. EDIT: And you're right about the bias changing making this useless. I hadn&#x
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by micaeked 10y ago
This is a known method for a simple way of getting an unbiased bit from a series of (possibly biased) coin flips. Stated another way, the algorithm for getting an unbiased bit from a biased coin is: 1. Flip the coin twice. 2. If it's b
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by micaeked 11y ago
See the original article: https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/haldermanheninger/how-is-...
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by micaeked 11y ago
I'm not involved with the project, but here's what I got: - Programming/computing is very new. - Many mistakes were made. - Due to human stuff, mistakes stick around. - It's pretty clear that computing as it is today is
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by micaeked 11y ago
> does this mean those 'partners' have to go all-or-nothing, and either monetize all of their videos or none? Nope. Means nothing of the sort.
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by micaeked 11y ago
I find using the thumb for the first digit much better, since it's the one switching each time when counting up or down. I use this for counting down reps on one hand and sets on the other during exercise.
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by micaeked 11y ago
That's also anecdotal.
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by micaeked 11y ago
Another example is if I want to transfer something from server A to server B, without it going through my shitty little pipe, and without storing the private key on either server.
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by micaeked 11y ago
>> Rationalist stories make a deliberate effort to reward reader's thinking, and teach him to get better at it. > Because presumably women are incapable of rational thought, amirite? Do you honestly believe this is what that s
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by micaeked 11y ago
Read the comments on that page for the justification.
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by micaeked 11y ago
Consider that you don't have the necessary evidence to come to that conclusion. In particular: - Fraud is something that happens a lot online, and Amazon is going to be removing stuff they think is fraud constantly. - Looking through t
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by micaeked 11y ago
Consider that many software installers ask you to accept terms of service. So, using "Accept" for the button feels very dishonest. An alternative I would consider "honest"? Hmm... "Support us by installing this bund
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by micaeked 12y ago
[meta] Looks like you replied to wrong item.
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by micaeked 13y ago
Blocks will continue to be mined after the 21 million is up. The incentive from that point forward is txn fees, which the miner gets to keep.
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by micaeked 13y ago
Not quite. `txn.save!` just writes the data to the database. The call to do the actual processing happens earlier, on the line beginning with `charge = Stripe::Charge.create(`. RE the poll: I tend to do doubling polls for stuff like this (5
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by micaeked 13y ago
It does not do a retry. It runs in the background to present the user with immediate feedback. Seeing a "processing" page with a "spinner" animation for 30 seconds is much better than the browser waiting on the server fo
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by micaeked 14y ago
i'm guessing to prevent the possibility of impersonation
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by micaeked 14y ago
umm... my point is, you're free to ignore someone, tell them to go away, not use their software, etc. you can do whatever you want with your project (within reasonable limits, obviously. i would normally not add a qualifier, but you seem li
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by micaeked 14y ago
i'm seeing lots of emotions for some reason. don't like a wm? use something else. is a developer from another project harassing you? say "no. go away. shoo". this is just silly
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by micaeked 14y ago
umm... just to make sure i understand. they want to change their software. they are telling others who rely on their software supporting something that they are getting rid of that. i see nothing wrong with that. they can do whatever they w
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by micaeked 14y ago
so, i read through some of that, the complaints about api changes and the developer responses. i did not read the entire thing however, from what i read, i agree with the developers. they want a certain thing, so they are making it. they do
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Shitcoin: a Modest Proposal(loper-os.org)
8 points by micaeked 14y ago|2 comments
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by micaeked 14y ago
perhaps use javascript for that?
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by micaeked 14y ago
have you seen vim-adventures.com ? it's only for vim, but it might be what you are looking for
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by micaeked 14y ago
source?
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by micaeked 14y ago
same question. if it works well, i'll definitely use it instead of my own frankenstein hackery EDIT: seems like no go: 500 rows take ~10sec to render http://jsfiddle.net/JKg33/ caution: will freeze firefox while rendering
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by micaeked 14y ago
3a) to your fake friends
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by micaeked 14y ago
it does not rely on the phone companies, rather an app from blizzard
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by micaeked 14y ago
is there anything being done to create some persistence? i would imagine a service like this would be useful. ex. small fee (10c) to publish 10kb of unicode, available indefinitely edit: found this: http://www.chronicleoflife.com/ ... but
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by micaeked 14y ago
i'm guessing because /dev/zero never stops

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