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by qwery 2y ago
The "optimisation" of starting the inner loop at `j = i + 1` is done to avoid testing every pair of objects twice . [Ed: I should add that it also prevents testing an object against itself.] The algorithm is O(n^2) because every
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by qwery 2y ago
I clicked because I wanted to know what sort of jerk they were talking about. The first to come to mind was indeed Jerk (Physics). I read the article, I found what I set out to find and more. I'm curious to learn how you define clickba
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by qwery 2y ago
I'm not deeply involved in the RHDN community, but have been somewhere nearby for over a decade. I have no vested interest in defending Nightcrawler (the owner/creator of the site). But I feel I should do so as the existing commen
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by qwery 2y ago
I think it's pretty remarkable to see any application in continuous use for so long, especially with so few changes[0] -- Eclipse must be doing something right! Maintaining (if not actively improving/developing) a piece of useful
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by qwery 2y ago
This article doesn't quite land for me. It could perhaps use an introductory paragraph explaining who it's for / what the goal is. For example, are we trying to build cross-platform software, with a single build system? >
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by qwery 2y ago
That website/page is a bit weird. It seems to be based on a TV show[basedon]? What I assume is the actual IBM report[0] might interest you. [0] https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/10275139...
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by qwery 2y ago
Happy to answer, I hope this quick list will be satisfactory despite its messiness: - numbers make the order (more) significant, making reordering the text more costly - compared to numbers, words are often easier to spot and jump to - comp
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by qwery 2y ago
That's fair enough, I probably should have contrasted 'love' vs. 'hate'. The difference in magnitude wasn't intentional. I meant to point out that the negative is more often treated as "wrong" or som
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by qwery 2y ago
In the 90s, there was no "engagement" and "content" just meant the content of the thing you were talking about, but I digress... > None of the megacorps give a damn about that as is evident by their behavior. The rumo
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by qwery 2y ago
> Not only that but 250ms is the average reaction time of a human, you don't notice an extra 5 milliseconds. Please stop repeating this sort of thing as a simple fact. Time and latency are difficult things to reason about and simple
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by qwery 2y ago
On not believing the reduced engagement rumour and the suggested 'lite-youtube-embed'[0]: I am not surprised to hear that a different player will be treated differently by users. You just need it to look slightly different or beha
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by qwery 2y ago
> Obviously, faster load times should improve engagement. I don't think it's this clear-cut. People can have different levels of expectation and tolerance for loading times of different things, and the page (post/article&#
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by qwery 2y ago
I'm not seeing such a difference, but it is there. I'd be surprised if it was as high as 100ms. Obviously different computer environments[0] will have an impact here. I would be much less likely to notice it as "slow" if
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by qwery 2y ago
What's an HOA President? A quick search didn't enlighten me (all the results just use the abbreviated form) but it doesn't seem to matter, so I'm going to continue under the assumption that HOA stands for "horticult
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by qwery 2y ago
It is. At least in the photos of the "pixel mirror" -- see your sibling comment, there are two objects being demoed. In some of the examples it's hard to tell, you can work out the skybox [0] in the photos[1] that include th
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by qwery 2y ago
I love coriander. I didn't like it when I first encountered it and if pressed would have probably adopted any negative description of it. I doubt I would have described it as soap-like[herbalessence] or stink buggy without being "
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by qwery 2y ago
> Nothing biologically stops a woman having 10 children with a single man, it's just rare. You'll have to forgive me for finding this non-explanation unsatisfying. Do you think there's any reason for it being "rare&
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by qwery 2y ago
I'm not making an argument about the general or specific worth of Adobe software/support.
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by qwery 2y ago
Assuming that there is a difference and it's on the "wine side", rather than the original developer having anything/much to do with it... You don't need Photoshop in the same way that you need a particular game. The
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by qwery 2y ago
Are you thinking of `.eu.int`? They've had .eu for twenty years or so now.
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by qwery 2y ago
It's not really about "normal" antivirus programs, but tools used by security researchers. It's well-known that more sophisticated malware often try to avoid scrutiny by not running, or masking their intended purpose if
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PuzzleScript Rules(boristhebrave.com)
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by qwery 2y ago
I don't have any deep insight into the American education system. So I'm making a bit of a guess and assuming that, like other capitalist-oriented western democracies, the current state is the result of decades of underfunding, ov
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by qwery 2y ago
You are correct that knowing the name of something can teach you (or help you remember) more than just the name. But if you didn't know that 'kiwi' is onomatopoeic, knowing the name wouldn't tell you what the bird's
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by qwery 2y ago
I don't get the sense the author really understands the existing literature. In fact, I think the author has misunderstood the main point from Mori's 1970 paper[123], the counter-intuitive relationship between "affinity"
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by qwery 2y ago
I'm sure part of it is just "conventional wisdom" at this point. I agree that you likely could design and implement an effective garbage collection-based memory allocator for game (engine) use cases. I am certain many success
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by qwery 2y ago
> Your comment seemed to convey that employees are powerless over their own actions The main point I was making is in the first paragraph. I was responding to what was essentially a call for random individuals to be identified and harass
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by qwery 2y ago
Thanks, I have read that before and skimmed through it again just now. It's a good article. Was there a specific point from it you wanted to highlight?
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by qwery 2y ago
> I would totally accept an argument that this button is a silly example to care deeply about. I'm not trying to make an argument about that feature. I think it's a good, overt example of Microsoft's attitude towards Windo
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by qwery 2y ago
Your blame is misplaced on these (imaginary) "modern UX experts". Yes, there are a lot of posts on medium about "UX" (by people with job titles like "UX guru, copy writer") that amount to "draw the rest of

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