mikec3010

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by mikec3010 8y ago
> Serious combatants will not be using wifi/cellular 4G LTE drones if you precalculated its path, you could probably navigate by inertial methods using gyros/accelerometers allowing you to be completely dark in the RF spectrum
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by mikec3010 8y ago
> I don't see how the Mac should grow from here I think they could start selling MacOS as a competitor to Windows. I realise this would limit some of the coolness and designer feel (and quality) you get from mac hardware, but hardwa
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by mikec3010 8y ago
> They can't do UX anaylsis, nothing They could, but that would require paying people and firms like Nielsen to gather data. Instead they engage in the same freeloading that the industry derides users for.
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by mikec3010 8y ago
Consider that maybe one reason you're so afraid is because turbulence is asynchronous and that maybe makes it less tolerable than if you knew exactly when it would come. So when you feel that startled shock when the plane randomly drop
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by mikec3010 8y ago
> The simple version of that sentence would be of the form, "I am not racist, but [racist statement]." So regardless of intent, it's conclusively, unequivocally "racist" if the outcome of a selection process does
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by mikec3010 8y ago
Yeah in the 90s I remember using them for free to read old articles. Then once the internet comes around suddenly it's paywalled and $3 per issue.
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by mikec3010 8y ago
> In-video ads should die Especially for those of us who pay for YouTube red.
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by mikec3010 8y ago
Most state gaming commissions have rules against these "almost got it" jackpot combinations for slot machines. If the jackpot is 1-10^6, then each jackpot symbol should be weighted about 1-10^2 (assuming a 3 reel one line machine)
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by mikec3010 8y ago
Except that major jackpots are chosen using physical apparatus and much harder to hack. There are multiple sets of balls, chosen randomly, the balls are regularly weighed to the thousandth of an ounce (gram? Can't remember), the ball
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by mikec3010 8y ago
Well don't ever pick up an issue of the New Yorker. It'll put you in a coma.
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by mikec3010 8y ago
I've never tried spotify but I'm very happy with Google Play. It's worth the money and it has led me to discover many artists and genres that I didn't know I liked.
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by mikec3010 8y ago
> All because the writers get paid by the word, i suppose I don't suppose that. I'd say it's because writing has more levels to it than a Wikipedia style information dump. Just like software has more elements than just spe
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by mikec3010 8y ago
Not everyone's attention is scarce. I think it's a symptom of the digital age. Too much consumption on computers with constant interruptions and instant gratification.
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by mikec3010 8y ago
> If you have your IDE properly configured You're misunderstanding me. I'm saying the IDE should discover headers for me . MSVC refers me to a Byzantine series of clicks, drop downs, text input, and OK buttons. That interfac
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by mikec3010 8y ago
You shouldnt be downvoted for asking an honest question. I'd answer this by rephrasing it as "What's so bad about online advertising? All they're doing is showing me targeted products that are likely to interest me.&quot
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by mikec3010 8y ago
Or worse: " based on the $200 introductory test we found that you MAY have a higher predisposition to contracting TerribleItis-B, we urge you to get the ultimate version for $600 to be sure "
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by mikec3010 8y ago
Another way they could abuse this would be to find some loosely genetic-based "treatment" that just so happens to require expensive DNA tests. I'm sure it's more profitable to use the universal fear of cancer to sell tes
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by mikec3010 8y ago
Certain IDE vendors could solve this if they really cared about UX. Not by implementing modules, but by efficiently scanning vast directories for versions of headers, and arranging them in a visually navigable manner (you know, actually bei
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by mikec3010 8y ago
That makes sense, and hence the "rule of 5" (if you don't want it implicitly deleted). Thanks.
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by mikec3010 8y ago
Thanks, and sorry for not just trying it. I'm on mobile and our workstations here aren't cpp11 capable.
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by mikec3010 8y ago
> The move constructor is the important bit. Its presence tells C++ that this class can not be copied, only moved Is that true? I thought move ctor enabled move semantics, but if you pass by value the copy ctor was still called (except i
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by mikec3010 8y ago
And the QoE isn't a discrete entity. Her molecules are constantly reacting and atoms are entering and leaving her. One h2o is some distant decimal place percentage of the QoE
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by mikec3010 8y ago
How would you eliminate electromagnetic fields or inconceivably small particles like neutrinos from entering?
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by mikec3010 8y ago
One angle that I haven't seen covered is the "gang" nature of hate groups. They advocate for the commission of murder, either directly or obliquely. That could be one line in the sand that could be drawn. No groups may promot
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by mikec3010 8y ago
> if no one tells them that those views are bad then they feel they are ok to keep repeating. I'd say quite the opposite: the more "persecuted" your group claims to be, the more resilient and special they feel about themse
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by mikec3010 8y ago
I'm not saying junk food is good for kids. But kids are growing and their bodies change much more rapidly than adults'. If they slam a liter of soda a day they can still burn those calories off by riding their bikes or playing soc
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by mikec3010 8y ago
Controversy sells/generates clicks. Nobody wants to read a well-reasoned, balanced article when they're jonesing for that next micro-dose of e-dopamine.
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by mikec3010 8y ago
> The only people they know how to talk to are their parents. I believe it. This gets brought up often here, but when you drive through residential neighborhoods you don't see kids playing or travelling to their friend's houses
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by mikec3010 8y ago
> to withdraw money from atm. Because ATMs have daily withdrawal limits and security cameras. Neither are infallible but they limit and discourage fraud.
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by mikec3010 8y ago
Can't you just set PYTHON_PATH="where yoy put python" ? > all Python packages That's a weakness in the language. You trade such a simple syntax for dependency hell. Oh, you wanted XML-derp-3.5.2.9.6? Well that require

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