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871.
by rcfox 15y ago
Perhaps you should speak to an actual lawyer.
872.
by rcfox 15y ago
1) There are tons of libraries for Matlab. Sure, you could rewrite them in Python, but most people just want to get their work done. 2) It is deeply ingrained in the academic world.
873.
by rcfox 15y ago
> you (in the impersonal sense, not you personally) The word you're looking for is "one".
874.
by rcfox 15y ago
Note: It is a very bad idea for any engineer to look at patent filings. If you are involved in a patent dispute and the other party can show that you have a history of looking at patents, it can make matters much worse for you. I would reco
875.
by rcfox 15y ago
I don't think I understand. You post content elsewhere, and then this mirrors it?
876.
by rcfox 15y ago
1) This isn't Reddit. Please don't post silly stuff like this. 2) His name is Kim Jong-il, not Kim Jong the second.
877.
by rcfox 15y ago
Hm, I hadn't heard of hackernewsletter before. It looks like it's put together pretty well. I'd love to see an RSS feed for it though. I don't really care to get newsletters in my email.
878.
by rcfox 15y ago
That is true, but one generally doesn't care about the best case. It's a good point though. (Also, if data is a linked-list, length() could be an O(n) operation. That would make this O(n^3) or O(n^4) ;))
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by rcfox 15y ago
> the part I'm really curious about is "From there, you can pretty much combine these rules to analyze many algorithms." I'm not sure if I'm still misunderstanding you, but here's an example of what I meant. Say, for whatever reason, yo
880.
by rcfox 15y ago
There aren't too many things to remember in order to be useful: - Operations that take the same amount of time regardless of the input are O(1). ie: 1+1 takes just as long as 10000+10000 (okay, not really, but it's a reasonable assumption.)
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The Necessity of Funding Failure(wired.com)
2 points by rcfox 15y ago|0 comments
882.
by rcfox 15y ago
I thought so too, but after refreshing my memory, I think it might be similar, but not exactly the same. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotype_threat
883.
by rcfox 15y ago
Or perhaps these people just repeat "this is tricky" because that's what they were told. These people probably also say that Java is slow and Perl is a write-only language. It's easier than having a real opinion.
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Android is best for developers, Blackberry is best for making money(theinquirer.net)
1 points by rcfox 15y ago|0 comments
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A strategic acceleration of our loss of objectivity(abstrusegoose.com)
1 points by rcfox 15y ago|0 comments
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Enchant closures for better debugging output in Perl(effectiveperlprogramming.com)
31 points by rcfox 15y ago|2 comments
887.
by rcfox 15y ago
That kind of defeats the purpose. Heap allocation is meant for objects that persist for the long-term. Stack allocation is meant for short-term storage, and anything that is allocated on the stack is lost when the function returns.
888.
by rcfox 15y ago
Couldn't they make an adapter?
889.
by rcfox 15y ago
... it's not? I was just providing an authoritative reference for the parent's claim. (Pedantic note: It's technically incorrect to say that the switch statement does nothing. switch(FunctionThatDoesSomethingAndReturns1()) { c
890.
by rcfox 15y ago
"If no converted case constant expression matches and there is no default label, no part of the switch body is executed." Section 6.8.4.2, item 5 of http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/WG14/www/docs/n1256.pdf (page 134)
891.
by rcfox 15y ago
It would be nice if I could go directly to the comments from the article text. Also, "back" doesn't seem to work on your site from my Blackberry.
892.
Hack Your Own Car (No, Really, Ford Says It's Okay)(allcartech.com)
2 points by rcfox 15y ago|0 comments
893.
by rcfox 15y ago
I played with Jekyll on GitHub several months ago, but as I recall, you commit your source files to the repo, and the GitHub would run Jekyll to compile them to HTML. (And send you an annoying message every time that it was successful...)
894.
by rcfox 15y ago
Sorry, I was referring to these plugins: http://octopress.org/docs/plugins/
895.
by rcfox 15y ago
Does GitHub support Jekyll plugins? I doubt they'd be willing to run arbitrary code for everyone...
896.
by rcfox 15y ago
Github would have also gone nowhere if they only supported code written in one text editor. Most EDA software is written by companies who have no interest in letting you see how their proprietary formats work.
897.
by rcfox 15y ago
I think you've misunderstood. Someone said that the issue is due to the app author charging for the app. Someone else said that even a radio isn't free, since you have to pay for that. This has nothing to do with licenses.
898.
by rcfox 15y ago
> You can still make an analog radio yourself without having to purchase a license to do so. Sure, but you'll still have to pay for the parts to do so.
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Online University(blog.regehr.org)
1 points by rcfox 15y ago|0 comments
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by rcfox 15y ago
> Parents will be upset if it somehow the installation screws up the home computer. You've understated this point. Kids should be encouraged to (educationally) do things that will screw up their computers, like attempting to build the

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