rasalas

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by rasalas 1y ago
Xerox scanners/photocopiers had this problem. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29223815
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by rasalas 2y ago
I knew exactly what this meant before reading the article. I had to pass through a similar screening at the courthouse every morning while I was on a jury. (Unlike airports you don't need to remove your shoes.) Pro-tip: If you wear a b
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by rasalas 2y ago
In my experience it's the "force inline" directives that can make this terrible. I had a coworker who loved "force inline". A symptom was stupidly long codegen times on MSVC.
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by rasalas 4y ago
The full article is linked [1] and I can view it. See Fig. 1 and quoting the actual article: "Specifically, 28.8% of adolescent men ages 14–17 were categorized in Class 2 (no sexual behaviors) in 2009 compared to 44.2% in 2018. Among a
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by rasalas 4y ago
"Software toy" is the term most famously associated with Will Wright's products.
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by rasalas 4y ago
[1] says Eisenhower grease was based on "English asbestos grease" which I assume is "Compound 219" [2]. Arnold J. Morway is credited as the Standard Oil researcher who developed Eisenhower grease. [3] [1] https:/&#
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by rasalas 4y ago
There was an article related to this idea that received some popular attention last year [1][2] and one of the authors wrote a book on it. [3] [1] People systematically overlook subtractive changes. Adams, Converse, Hales & Klotz. Natur
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by rasalas 6y ago
> (also "free money for surfers"? wtf) I was curious about the surfers as well. It's a reference to something John Rawls wrote in 1988: "[...] those who surf all day off Malibu must find a way to support themselves an
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by rasalas 7y ago
Were the high numbers from early 2018 caused by bad winter weather? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_North_American... edit: Or the flu season. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burde
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by rasalas 7y ago
Watching this video caused some noticeable motion aftereffects for me.
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by rasalas 7y ago
Lombard (the CEO) won't actually be in prison. "Yet since that term is under two years and as Lombard does not present a danger to society, he will not spend time behind bars under French court rules." [0] [0] https:/&#
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by rasalas 8y ago
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thresh.jpg John Carmack in 1997 wearing what is presumably the exact shirt.