qwerta

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by qwerta 12y ago
Modern definition of distance is derived from speed of light. So by definition speed of light is CONSTANT. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre#Timeline_of_definition
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by qwerta 12y ago
I was comparing it to other water reservoirs (Hoover Dam for example). 135,000 cu. meters is a droplet, small villages have larger reservoirs.
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Russia Wants Bulgarians to Stop Vandalizing Soviet Monuments as Superheroes(themoscowtimes.com)
3 points by qwerta 12y ago|0 comments
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by qwerta 12y ago
> will be able to hold 135,000 cu. meters of water, enough to fill 54 Olympic-size swimming pools. It must be hard to build it in middle of metropolis, but this is hardly 'mammoth'.
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by qwerta 12y ago
Hm, add CPU and we can play chess :-)
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by qwerta 12y ago
> Then he encountered Bitcoin in 2010 ... at the time and extremely finicky to get ahold of and use. Excuse me, but mining back them was extremely simple. I could be millionaire if I would not lost my wallet.
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by qwerta 12y ago
Do you lock your house? Call me paranoid, but I do!
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by qwerta 12y ago
This sort of rules usually result in double standards. HR drones and other departments have great work-life balance. While software devs are chained to their desks, and can only take holidays when it suits company.
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by qwerta 12y ago
My father-in-law works (and stands) on street market for past 40 years. He is in similar shape as other man in his age. So I think there is no miracle here, just some physical work and exercise.
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by qwerta 12y ago
Obligatory question: can you maximize console window in Win9? It will be 20 years soon and I am still waiting for bug fix.
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by qwerta 12y ago
> the most challenging aspect of the build was creating an interface between the motor and the propellor that was waterproof in a reliable way. There does not have to be interface. Put stator inside and rotor outside, aquarium pumps work
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by qwerta 12y ago
We have embedded system with 128MB which has problem with 32bit addressing limit as well. You can not mmap files...
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by qwerta 12y ago
My friend had baby in seven months (both are fine now)....
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by qwerta 12y ago
So is Russia and probably India, Brasil and many other countries. I think we will soon se raise of ARM & Linux based desktop.
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Show HN: Off-heap collections with speed comparable to Java Collections(mapdb.org)
4 points by qwerta 12y ago|1 comments
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by qwerta 12y ago
HP Proliant 585 G2 from 2007. It has 4x6 AMD Opterons 8xxx with DDR2 etc. I guess it is no longer cost effective to run those 24/7, but they are still very powerful. Old CPUs without power savings features are great for testing multi-
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by qwerta 12y ago
Wow. It is 2014, one would say security practices would improve a bit.
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by qwerta 12y ago
I got 24 core machine from Ebay for very reasonable price. I learned a lot and improved my product significantly, money well spend.
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by qwerta 12y ago
VKontakte (Russian facebook) was down a couple of days ago...
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Signs of Plate Tectonics in White Dwarf Stars(astrobites.org)
1 points by qwerta 12y ago|0 comments
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by qwerta 12y ago
I think it is good move. Otherwise many countries would see DNS as something worth controlling (and forking).
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by qwerta 12y ago
Employing someone is very expensive. You need to provide equipment, insurance, safety, management and work. It is much cheaper (less overhead) to just provide "existential minimum", lets say $7000 a year. I think root problem is i
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by qwerta 12y ago
That is bad advice. My wife was in 4th month of pregnancy when I founded my startup. I left my old job in good terms, and could probably return to it. Burning bridges would put me under much more pressure. I do not think I would manage it.
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by qwerta 12y ago
It is you who is incredibly cynical. It is like slowly boiling frog... Current status quo will continue even if you do "something". Your "something" will just make environment even more toxic for middle class and leave
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by qwerta 12y ago
Because smart people will always find workaround and this will only increase administrative.
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by qwerta 12y ago
We store jars in git repo...
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by qwerta 12y ago
Many students in US are from abroad, in that case Asians are 60% of world population. Some data about %subj%: http://priceonomics.com/post/48794283011/do-elite-colleges-d...
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by qwerta 12y ago
Why are asians put into same group as whites? They are minority and are still badly discriminated, mostly at university acceptance.
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by qwerta 12y ago
I would like the issues to become part of Git repository. Perhaps some folder structure in separate branch.
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by qwerta 12y ago
Whatever. I just hope Mozilla will not run out of money as Gnome Foundation did. Firefox is harder to replace than Gnome.

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