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by pdq 6y ago
See Hybrid Sorting algorithms. Here's Introsort as an example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introsort
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by pdq 6y ago
Correct, it’s addressable in process memory space, but not guaranteed to be paged into memory until accessed.
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by pdq 6y ago
Slightly off topic. What is their need for an email app, which just works with their new domain? Is this remarkably better than the iOS Mail app?
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by pdq 6y ago
This is the current state of our SEC. Regulators asleep at the wheel, while uninformed retail investors are going to be hosed when the bankruptcy finalizes. If they allow this, the investors who lose their money should be able to sue the SE
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The Weaponization of Diversity(siliconhillslawyer.com)
67 points by pdq 6y ago|21 comments
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by pdq 6y ago
Maybe they were using a VPN proxy?
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by pdq 6y ago
Mirror: http://archive.is/YfPVL
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by pdq 7y ago
Yes, this is an impressive amount of work done in a few weeks by a small team at Tesla. However, medical devices, especially for life support systems, are not a Hackathon project. These devices breathe air into patients lungs. They need
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by pdq 7y ago
Don’t you need a bounds check? for len(buf) > 4 {
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by pdq 7y ago
You have this backwards. They are saying to stay away from ibuprofen, not aspirin.
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by pdq 7y ago
Props to Jack. This, along with his donation of a million masks and half million testing kits, shows selfless entrepreneurship.
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by pdq 7y ago
Does this let Bill sell stock without needing to file SEC disclosures?
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by pdq 7y ago
Good point. Also, client side in Go is usually web interfaces, which work across any platform.
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by pdq 7y ago
As mentioned on the Github issue [1], I'd suspect their SQLite optimizations: self.execute("pragma journal_mode=off").close() # This pragma makes writing faster. self.execute("pragma synchronous=off").
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by pdq 7y ago
Pretty much all states sell this data. It's vital for auto insurance companies to be able to get up-to-date driving records for policy quotes.
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by pdq 7y ago
Check out Alacritty, for a much faster and lower CPU usage terminal. The difference feels like gaming at 60fps vs 24fps. https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty
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by pdq 7y ago
led, not lead.
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by pdq 7y ago
Disagree. For example, indexes are an optimization mechanism which tune the SQL engine for your data set and queries. Creating and planning indexes are outside the scope of your SELECT query, but can give a dramatic performance difference
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by pdq 7y ago
In case people are unaware, drh is Richard Hipp, aka the author of SQLite and Fossil. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._Richard_Hipp
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by pdq 7y ago
Pick your favorite designer perfume/cologne and look at the reviews on Amazon. (For example, Creed Aventus [1]). A large percentage will say "fake". I can't believe any trademarked brand would sell on Amazon, given the
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by pdq 7y ago
How can this be cost competitive against cell towers connected to fiber backbones? This seems like the obvious future, as towers are already being built, upgraded, and replaced due to the explosion in data demand for mobile phones. For Sta
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by pdq 7y ago
Another point which needs to be brought up is insurance. If accidents are being caused by this technology, insurers are eventually going to either: increase rates on cars with FSD, or just stop offering insurance on cars with FSD. IMO if T
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by pdq 7y ago
The problem when you have so much money to invest is that your customers need to actually invest it. It's much harder to invest $1-$5M at a time when you can just go back to the WeWork pool and drop $2B. It's like painting a wall
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Paging Big Brother: In Amazon’s Bookstore, Orwell Gets a Rewrite(enmnews.com)
2 points by pdq 7y ago|0 comments
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by pdq 7y ago
Moral Hazard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_hazard Who would pay toward their current student bill, if there were any chance of this passing? And what is the incentive for anyone to choose a cheaper public schoo
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by pdq 7y ago
April story.
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by pdq 7y ago
This Boring Tunnel is all hype so far. The demo tunnel doesn't look to have sufficient ventilation or emergency exits in case of fire, car crash, etc. They haven't addressed the ingress and egress congestion problems into and out
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by pdq 7y ago
In my opinion, the much bigger issue is the burden of public debt (and Social Security/Medicare liabilities) being saddled onto future generations. Currently it's $181k per taxpayer, excluding Social Security/Medicare. [1] W
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by pdq 7y ago
I agree with you, except that I'd put the Olympics at the bottom. They have their beauty pageant/silent auction/bid every two years, where cities across the world bid against each other for a single year Olympic event, and th
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by pdq 7y ago
You should probably clarify the type of insurance. I'm assuming health insurance. Since it's a small company, and employees are in different locations, I don't think a group policy will be worthwhile. I'd recommend a r

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