plasticchris

47 ms·

571.
by plasticchris 10y ago
These guys are sharing their initial dataset, though it seems limited and may be a recruitment gimmick: https://github.com/commaai/research
572.
by plasticchris 10y ago
Wired must listen to NPR http://www.npr.org/2016/04/02/472716929/bluff-the-listener Edit: or the other way around if you read the dates...
573.
by plasticchris 10y ago
This must have been solved, thumb 2 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture#Thumb-2 ) mixes 16 and 32 bit instructions.
574.
by plasticchris 11y ago
This can happen even on small systems. I once replaced a O(n^4) with O(n^2*ln(n)) on an embedded target which made a minutes long user facing process take seconds. The catch is that the original used a good algorithm, but made an implementa
575.
by plasticchris 11y ago
I view social media as a kind of Pascal's wager. If I post something potentially controversial I risk major harassment, in exchange for a tiny benefit. Social media is enabling mob justice with a chilling effect on real discourse.
576.
by plasticchris 11y ago
From 2010, very similar approach: http://www.asyndetic.com/2010/07/30/visualizing-the-heap-on-...
577.
by plasticchris 11y ago
The allocator that comes with free rtos (I assume he's using it as he mentions pvPortMalloc) can be extended to support realloc efficiently without too much trouble so that it will resize if possible. For example https://git
578.
by plasticchris 11y ago
I had something similar happen when I was in college visiting a friend and the police show up asking who dialed 911, if she was alone, etc. This was before ssid based geolocation become popular. I had to spend some time explaining how inacc
579.
by plasticchris 11y ago
Having actually set up multiple webcams on a rpi (2 each on 2 pis, costs the same as one drop cam), the most surprising thing is the power consumption. Either use a powered hub or settle for slow rates/low res. It's hard to find,
580.
by plasticchris 11y ago
Life is very long - TS Eliot