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811.
by rcfox 15y ago
For a university project course, a friend and I did something similar, except with sound. It seems the professor posted our demonstration but not our report or code (I'll have to ask him about posting that too!): http://esg.uwaterloo.ca/no
812.
A Bit Puzzle(blog.regehr.org)
3 points by rcfox 15y ago|0 comments
813.
by rcfox 15y ago
Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but if you're feeling alone, why not come hang out on IRC? It's been a source of camaraderie for me for years.
814.
Indie Game Dev Bundle(3docean.net)
8 points by rcfox 15y ago|0 comments
815.
by rcfox 15y ago
This is straight-up plagiarism. I've seen this article before, and there's no attribution. He even claims that this list is based on his own life experience! Repugnant. However, in trying to find the original source, I've found that there a
816.
by rcfox 15y ago
WolframAlpha has slightly more sophisticated graphing calculator functionality: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=sin%28x%29%2B1%2F2+sin%...
817.
by rcfox 15y ago
1) regehr isn't saying that he doesn't like two's complement, he's saying that he doesn't like two's complement wraparound . He's saying that it would probably make sense for integers to operate linearly or fail if they get to a point wher
818.
Novel uses for RTC registers(embeddedgurus.com)
2 points by rcfox 15y ago|0 comments
819.
How Integers Should Work (In Systems Programming Languages)(blog.regehr.org)
72 points by rcfox 15y ago|37 comments
820.
by rcfox 15y ago
It doesn't have to be for spatial data, that's just the easiest way to get N-dimensional data. Basically, every variable in your problem becomes a dimension. You could think of grocery shopping as a 10-dimensional problem involving cost, di
821.
VP trees: A data structure for finding stuff fast(stevehanov.ca)
102 points by rcfox 15y ago|9 comments
822.
CarrierIQ not on Blackberry by Default(supportforums.blackberry.com)
42 points by rcfox 15y ago|8 comments
823.
by rcfox 15y ago
That's what patents do.
824.
by rcfox 15y ago
It'd be nice if the author actually stated why these algorithms are important to know. Give a use case, rather than "this comes up sometimes."
825.
by rcfox 15y ago
Having to register to read the article sucks, but that's no reason to violate their copyright.
826.
by rcfox 15y ago
> Torrents aren't much better If your torrented video was corrupted, it's because the original file was corrupted. Your torrent client would have thrown away anything that's different from the original. > The best way to do this wou
827.
by rcfox 15y ago
While I agree with almost everything you say here, I disagree with your view of the ethics involved. Just because something is allowed, it doesn't automatically become ethical. If you accept multiple job offers with the intention of waiting
828.
by rcfox 15y ago
I've noticed several comments about small companies not hiring at colleges. In my experience, this is not the case. It could just be that I went to university in Waterloo, Ontario (AKA Silicon Valley North) but many of the companies recruit
829.
by rcfox 15y ago
Ethics? Not wanting to burn bridges?
830.
by rcfox 15y ago
I was expecting an article about how the Humble Bundles discourage repeat customers from paying more than the average, or how Indie Royale essentially sets a hard limit to the amount of money they can possibly bring in.
831.
by rcfox 15y ago
A stochastic input (ie: people) to a linear system is going to look pretty much the same as a stochastic input to a stochastic system.
832.
by rcfox 15y ago
Agreed. The cliched statement is that digital piracy isn't stealing because you aren't depriving someone else of the artifact. It works both ways: you can't sell digital artifacts because you aren't depriving yourself of the original.
833.
by rcfox 15y ago
> Good faith effort. It doesn't have to do it flawlessly. From what I gather from TFA, they are nowhere near what the industry could consider a good faith effort. They basically need some way to invalidate the original file (and any ill
834.
by rcfox 15y ago
"In Ruby, ordinary variables lack sigils, but "$" is prefixed to global variables, "@" is prefixed to instance variables, and "@@" is prefixed to class variables."[0] Okay, I don't know Ruby well enough to know if these are commonly used fe
835.
by rcfox 15y ago
What sort of performance could you expect by just sticking this in the wall of your house? In the winter, you've got cold air outside and you're already heating the inside. In summer, you've got hot air outside and you're cooling the inside
836.
by rcfox 15y ago
You'd think that this would be automated in modern editors... The only thing I've seen that bothers to do it is LaTeX.
837.
by rcfox 15y ago
> so non-Emacs things really piss me off I'm just glad that C-x doesn't quit most applications while I'm trying to save.
838.
by rcfox 15y ago
Emacs isn't 100% Lisp, there's also C code at the lower levels.
839.
by rcfox 15y ago
But not how to give it gracefully, apparently.
840.
by rcfox 15y ago
No, it isn't.

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