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Airbus buys majority stake in Bombardier CSeries passenger jet business(cbc.ca)
142 points by protomok 9y ago|123 comments
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by protomok 9y ago
I'm curious if FB/Microsoft considered Khronos Neural Network Exchange Format (NNEF) - https://www.khronos.org/nnef ?
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by protomok 9y ago
You might be interested in SqueezeNet - https://github.com/DeepScale/SqueezeNet , I imagine this would run quite fast even on the Raspberry Pi.
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by protomok 9y ago
Nice, I would probably use it the same way. Would you know if Robinhood supports pre-authorized purchase plans? For example the ability to buy x shares of VOO on the first day of each month automatically? I didn't see anything on the F
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by protomok 9y ago
Here's an example of how badly active funds underform passive funds: 'Given that active managers’ performance can vary based on market cycles, the newly available 15-year data tells a more stable narrative. Over the 15-year period
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by protomok 9y ago
Actually the Jeep Cherokee was running QNX [1] which is not 'Linux-based'...it's a totally different OS initially released many years before Linux. Frankly I'm not sure one can link the Cherokee hack to lack of a secure
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by protomok 10y ago
Yep, batching IM and even email responses works well for me as well. My experience has been most developers and managers are fine with this.
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by protomok 10y ago
They've also done some interesting research on I/O scheduling and storage in general: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WqOLolj5EU . They seem to frequently present at BSD conferences and I think are genuinely inter
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by protomok 10y ago
Yes, many ARM based SOCs include PCIE IP...SOCs from Freescale, TI, Nvidia, etc. typically supporting PCIE RC and EP. Lots of boards with ARM based SOCs are using PCIE WiFi/BT combo chips which traditionally used SDIO. PCIE also being
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First large airliner made in China to debut in 2017(rt.com)
30 points by protomok 10y ago|21 comments
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by protomok 10y ago
Great to see MS working on this, and also posting the code! "As a side effect, this approach also has some very nice characteristics for large binary files. It doesn’t extend Git with a new mechanism like LFS does, no turds, etc. It a
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by protomok 10y ago
Canada has an awesome tech scene and is a great place to live :) Toronto/Montreal you'll likely find the most opportunities, or if you prefer a smaller city Ottawa and Waterloo have lots of tech jobs and less big city problems.
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by protomok 10y ago
One of the biggest Python issues I see is the inability to hide or protect Python source code. 'Compiling' into byte code is easily reversible using pip packages like uncompyle2. Various pip packages offer code obfuscation but fro
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by protomok 10y ago
Hmmmm, it looks like the version string in RC4 hasn't changed... $ grep "VERSION_" Makefile DYNAMIC_VERSION_MAJOR := 1 DYNAMIC_VERSION_MINOR := 0 DYNAMIC_VERSION_REVISION := 0-rc3 ...
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Deep Learning Framework Caffe Releases RC4(github.com)
2 points by protomok 10y ago|1 comments
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by protomok 10y ago
"I never understood why there's so much focus on the "x years experience in y" in the industry. A solid developer should be able to become fluent in any language and technology within a month or two." I don't t
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by protomok 10y ago
Interesting article, love the emphasis on continual learning. But I actually think we (software devs) need to focus more on mastering languages as opposed to learning many languages at a surface level. Books like "Effective C++" (
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by protomok 10y ago
"A garage, a manual, tools, any kind of car, the parts. This is a ton of money for one kid, let alone several. To think that this somehow teaches anyone a lesson about the real world is the definition of socioeconomic privilege."
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by protomok 10y ago
"When the kids turned 16, we bought each a car. The first one learned what that meant. As the tow truck pulled a once “new” car into the driveway, my oldest proclaimed: “Dad, it is a wreck!” I said, “Yes, but a 1965 Mustang fastback wr
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by protomok 10y ago
I think it's the combination of mandatory updates and zero tolerance for error that will be interesting. For example city X decides to change some traffic rule on date Y. Each autonomous vehicle will need to receive an update by date Y
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by protomok 10y ago
"Every city has different driving culture, so how will autonomous cars treat these unique conditions. What’s safe in Bangalore may cause a traffic collapse in Boston, etc." This will be a really interesting problem to solve. The a
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by protomok 10y ago
Revenue growth is far more interesting to tech investors than revenue over the last few years. Deep learning has a massive potential for revenue growth and total revenue will likely eclipse gaming within the next 10 years. Imagine a world w
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by protomok 10y ago
I believe NXP has an NFC chip in a few different iPhone revs. But I think NFC chipsets are noise in this acquisition, I think this is all about QCOM missing the boat on automotive and buying their way into this market via NXP. The real lose
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by protomok 10y ago
I'm just curious what happens to Freescale's i.MX product line...i.MX directly competes in the automotive SOC space with QCOM.
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by protomok 10y ago
Portfolio of index funds based on http://canadiancouchpotato.com 25% TSX (Canadian market) 25% S&P500 (US market) 25% MSCI EAFE (Developed market excluding Canada/US) 25% Fixed Income - cash,bonds,'high&#
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by protomok 10y ago
I'm also in Canada and I follow the passive investing Couch Potato approach which I've converted to pseudo code here - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11528787 . That said if investing doesn't interest yo
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by protomok 10y ago
> But by then I suspect ASICs (including one from NVIDIA) will be the new kings. Yes, I suspect Nvidia has been developing/prototyping a Deep Learning ASIC for some time now. The power savings from an ASIC (particularly for inferenc
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by protomok 10y ago
An alternative to the suggestion to use a regex C library is to embed Lua code into your C code. Lua+C is great for resource constrained embedded systems and can make text parsing a lot less painful than using pure C. The Lua docs provide s
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by protomok 10y ago
My approach as a learn-it-as-I-go-DIYer is basically: 1) Google part number and the symptoms, half the time somebody has blogged about the exact same issue. These consumer products often fail in the same way. 2) Google symptoms and look for
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by protomok 10y ago
A big pain for DIY repairs (at least here in Canada) is part prices and shipping costs. I often see a 2-4x spread in prices when checking Amazon.ca and Amazon.com (often will not even ship to Canada). It's still cheaper (and more satis

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