pvillano

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   by pvillano 2y ago

   I try very hard to only commit code I understand.
2. 152.▲
   by pvillano 2y ago

   A real pendant would handle collisions If Math.random() is truly uniform, it has about 53 bits of entropy. We can find the likelyhood of a collision with the birthday paradox ... the post ends here because WolframAlpha keeps choking on comp
3. 153.▲
   by pvillano 2y ago

   I can say, infalsifiably, it will be computationally possible eventually
4. 154.▲
   by pvillano 2y ago

   Speed cube robots are great for several reasons: * They move really fast * They necessarily look like science fiction reactors * if they jam the cube explodes
5. 155.▲
   by pvillano 2y ago

   Ok but you shouldn't blast your eyes with the green light either?
6. 156.▲
   by pvillano 2y ago

   Very helpful!
7. 157.▲
   by pvillano 2y ago

   Very helpful!
8. 158.▲
   by pvillano 2y ago

   How come {a:1}["a"] evaluates to ["a"] but ({a:1}["a"]) evaluates to 1?
9. 159.▲
   by pvillano 2y ago

   TBT that guy that used a GET to open his garage door and found it randomly opening from pre-fetches(!)
10. 160.▲
    by pvillano 2y ago

    That makes error driven development difficult. I think a compiler should attempt to emit one error message per human error
11. 161.▲
    by pvillano 2y ago

    Looks like the word carries its original meaning non plus
12. 162.▲
    by pvillano 3y ago

    It's maddening that they didn't check if it worked. It's like they don't care...
13. 163.▲
    by pvillano 3y ago

    A landmine is an autonomous weapon. Landmines also kill a lot of civilians.
14. 164.▲
    by pvillano 3y ago

    I think the codes follow the pattern 1111110xxxxxxx. 1111110 is the header, and xxxxxxx is the data. The program rotates the bit string until the first seven bits match the header. This always produces the same data because there isn't
15. 165.▲
    by pvillano 3y ago

    Sometimes I use an anonymous scope instead of extracting a single use function. This is especially nice when you would otherwise have many parameters/returns
16. 166.▲
    by pvillano 3y ago

    Donate your old phone and it will keep being used
17. 167.▲
    by pvillano 3y ago

    I let out an "oh" so long and loud it revealed my location
18. 168.▲
    by pvillano 3y ago

    I remember there was a writeup here of a bottled water brand that created N algorithmically generated unique designs. If you're doing something that scales linearly - inkjet/laser printing, textile manufacturing, 3d printing, etc.
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    by pvillano 3y ago

    It gets worse: parser differences can create security risks "An Exploration of JSON Interoperability Vulnerabilities" https://bishopfox.com/blog/json-interoperability-vulnerabili...
20. 170.▲
    by pvillano 3y ago

    # Parsing JSON is a Minefield "The conciseness of the grammar leaves many aspects undefined. On top of that, several specifications exist, and their various interpretations tend to be murky." https://seriot.ch/proj
21. 171.▲
    by pvillano 3y ago

    Is there a thing for a uniform API across multiple cloud service providers? Is that even a good idea?
22. 172.▲
    by pvillano 3y ago

    For sharp bilinear, if you set the multiplication factor higher, it approaches nearest-neighbor. And, if the resolutions are very close, you still get softening on half the screen
23. 173.▲
    by pvillano 3y ago

    Invoking Cunningham's, I'd guess it's memory mapped I/O occupying 0xE0000000 - 0xFFFFFFFF. That's the top ⅛ of the address space, which is every binary address starting with 111. In researching this I learned that s
24. 174.▲
    by pvillano 3y ago

    The stork's last thought being "again???"
25. 175.▲
    by pvillano 3y ago

    Does "common" hardware support nonstandard exponent lengths for floats?
26. 176.▲
    by pvillano 3y ago

    We (consumers) don't need it, but companies like the idea of complete control over an app you never leave
27. 177.▲
    by pvillano 3y ago

    Don't worry, the kids are on it
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    by pvillano 3y ago

    You can totally define division by zero. "There are mathematical structures in which [dividing by zero] is defined. [...] However, such structures do not satisfy every ordinary rule of arithmetic (the field axioms)." https:/
29. 179.▲
    by pvillano 3y ago

    I could also imagine dumping binary to a file and expectingb the hashes to be equal.
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    by pvillano 3y ago

    The paperclip maximizer is a thought experiment described by Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom in 2003. > Suppose we have an AI whose only goal is to make as many paper clips as possible. The AI will realize quickly that it would be much