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by pierrec 8y ago
>you're guaranteed to be writing performant safe code Let's not get overboard here
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by pierrec 8y ago
Sometimes I wonder why every single release of ReactOS seems to make the front page of HN. Then I'm quickly reminded of how well-written, interesting and detailed the release notes are. It's like reading through an adventure story
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by pierrec 8y ago
That information can be captured and reproduced with holograms. Among others, OptoClone holograms have been made that were entirely realistic (viewers thought they were the real object): https://www.laserfocusworld.com/artic
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OptoClone holograms replicate reality (2016)(laserfocusworld.com)
1 points by pierrec 8y ago|0 comments
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by pierrec 8y ago
I guess what you're saying is that machine code is an "intermediate product" in the sense that the final product must include the compiler, and the machine code produced by a JIT compiler is useless by itself. And I agree wit
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by pierrec 8y ago
I'm sure any programmer who's spent enough time watching spiders build their webs must have given some thought to the algorithmic simulation of spiderweb construction. Different species create different structures, and some of the
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by pierrec 8y ago
That's a very good question. A couple of wild ideas: - They state there is a "significant ammonium concentration" in hair ice. Ammonium is a frequent byproduct of metabolism, that becomes potentially harmful if concentrations
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The China Labyrinth(mindsports.nl)
1 points by pierrec 8y ago|0 comments
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by pierrec 8y ago
This took me down the rabbit-hole of the author's website, mindsports.nl, which has a number of interesting problems in puzzles and games. I was particularly piqued by the China Labyrinth and related family of puzzles: http:/&#x2
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Show HN: Generative Audio Playground with Sporth(audiomasher.org)
2 points by pierrec 8y ago|0 comments
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by pierrec 8y ago
Thanks! That's interesting, I've been unsure about the importance of PolySporth. It seems important if you want to create generative compositions in the traditional sense, by which I mean focusing more on the sequence of notes rat
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by pierrec 8y ago
OK, an example is trying to use threshold~ to sculpt a wave. You can't, because threshold~ is supposed to be a "control" object and runs at control rate. https://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/7906/con
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by pierrec 8y ago
" As with most DSP software, there are two primary rates at which data is passed: sample (audio) rate, usually at 44,100 samples per second, and control rate, at 1 block per 64 samples " ( https://en.wikipedia.org/w
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by pierrec 8y ago
These days I've been working on a side project based on Sporth. I found the stack-based system is a really efficient way of representing audio graphs, and if you know a bit of DSP you can get the sound you want pretty quickly. I haven&
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by pierrec 8y ago
I've never heard of this happening and I can't find a single occurrence of it. I mean, I agree with "don't blindly trust everything in the AUR", but this seems wrong.
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by pierrec 8y ago
That definitely sounds interesting, but I'm also a little blazé at this kind of announcement. I have vague recollection of seeing this kind of ambition multiple times, and zero recollection of seeing any of them concertize. I guess the
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by pierrec 9y ago
Edit and Continue also works in VS C++ and has been a godsend for me when tweaking DSP code. This particular feature has remained unmatched by other IDEs/toolchains for what, 15 years? That's pretty impressive stuff you've wo
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by pierrec 9y ago
The two projects are in completely different playgrounds. The midimutant is device that controls synths via midi, while nsynth is a synth (surprise!). And yes, it would be fun to use them with each other, though it would certainly take a bi
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by pierrec 9y ago
It's explained on his website, though perhaps not super clearly. The composition is a fugue, so it has a subject (main recurring melody). Each occurrence of the subject is represented by a large box on the timeline, and when it plays,
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Nova – A Cosplay that took me two Years(kamuicosplay.com)
119 points by pierrec 9y ago|19 comments
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by pierrec 9y ago
Modern waveform monitors usually have a feature that does exactly this. They replaced the older analog waveform monitors, which achieved a visually similar result but through rather different means. Very useful for video QC and calibration
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by pierrec 9y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10324499
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by pierrec 9y ago
Good point, I was only considering the case where FB uses this technique to verify an existing user's identity using facial recognition (which seems like a "logical" use case). I missed the part where they said they might use
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by pierrec 9y ago
Hmm, this wouldn't help you defeat the system at all, unless I'm missing something. What you need is a model to generate photos of your face.
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by pierrec 9y ago
Yeah, I'm not aware of any distro that has this setting enabled by default. It's neat that it exists, though.
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by pierrec 9y ago
>gets glued to your teeth Because you're not supposed to chew it (I believe that's even written in the "tasting tips" on the Lindt packaging at least). Bite off small bits and let them melt in your mouth. It's ki
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by pierrec 9y ago
>the black hole formed some time after the gravity waves were detected You mean some time after the gravity waves were emitted , right? Just checking my sanity here.
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by pierrec 9y ago
Modern CPUs actually make decent general purpose DSPs for audio, so I'm not sure what kind of hardware acceleration you expect. Parallelization? Audio processing is not as extremely parallelizable as video. It's somewhat paralle
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Adam Ondra makes first ascent of 'world's hardest cliff'(theguardian.com)
3 points by pierrec 9y ago|0 comments
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Adam Ondra sends world's hardest sport climbing route(outdoorjournal.com)
2 points by pierrec 9y ago|0 comments

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