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by robzyb 12y ago
Every single random number being generated will be rational, but that is much finer granularity than any fixed grid that you might be using. Unless your fixed grid includes every single rational point that could be expressed by the (P)RNG.
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by robzyb 12y ago
> It's common in mathematics to take a word that already means something, and re-use it for a different but related concept. For example, in group and field theory, you talk about addition and multiplication, but they're not ne
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by robzyb 12y ago
Tbh to my ears that sounds like a bit of an overestimate. Serenity, a 119 minute feature film, had a production budget of $39M. Of course, there are probably higher costs for a "documentary" like this Maersk one, primarily because
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by robzyb 12y ago
> There is nothing random about pi. That is exactly what makes Monte Carlo neat! There is nothing random about pi, yet using randomness we can arrive at pi.
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by robzyb 12y ago
I'm in Melbourne, Australia. We have heaps and heaps of cafes here. We are known for our cafe culture. I can actually think of some that fill up, but there are still plenty where you could always reasonably expect a spare seat. I remem
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by robzyb 12y ago
Absolutely! Also, the people who write macros are invariably not programmers[1], and the macro code they write is... not so great. [1] I am a programmer who writes macros, and presumably there are others too.
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by robzyb 12y ago
That is super cool! Bookmarked!
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by robzyb 12y ago
I think that its all about managing what you buy. My thoughts on the matter is that so long as I always have drink/food in front of me (and I'm not purposely taking my time) then I'm probably earning my keep. I've never
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by robzyb 12y ago
Hey there! I'm moving to Tokyo in September (from Australia) and I'm after any tips that I can get :) Mind if I comment hi-jack and ask if you know of any particularly good areas that I should be looking to rent in? I'll be w
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by robzyb 12y ago
It teaches the parents that they have to do something about their child. Teachers aren't a magical fix for your misbehaving children.
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by robzyb 12y ago
> Subject to further order, order 1 does not prevent provision of material by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions to Note Printing Australia Pty Ltd and its legal representatives, provided any such material is provided toget
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by robzyb 12y ago
A child who throws a chair - twice - and spits on other students deserves a suspension. Is the American education system really that different to the Australian system?
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by robzyb 12y ago
Buyable does a similar (identical?) thing http://buyable.me/
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by robzyb 12y ago
Props to them, though, for adding comments to each cell.
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by robzyb 12y ago
As a fellow Australian citizen, I would also like to know this.
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by robzyb 12y ago
Because its less fun if you can't see the results. And fun is important when you're doing something for free.
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by robzyb 12y ago
As someone who's stuck in overlap between programmer and business man, I'm not going to lie, I wish I had thought of this idea. Bravo. I do think it will take some hard work to get it out there, though. A Github-esque model sounds
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Discovery Wall(hirschandmann.com)
1 points by robzyb 12y ago|0 comments
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by robzyb 12y ago
Cool idea. IMO your "Premium Plans" page could be improved. It was difficult for me to identify what my money would actually by me when compared to the free plan. I had to parse two lists separately, and do a lot of looking-back-a
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by robzyb 12y ago
The article makes it sound horrible, but I wonder how bad it really is. For instance, they've "only" spent $50m so far compensating. That's only 0.33% of the total $15bn budget for the trains. Even if they end up spendin
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by robzyb 12y ago
I just bought a new laptop. A Macbook Air. Part of the reason was OS X over Linux. This is for two distinct reasons: a) Battery life. For the most part, shoehorning Linux onto a PC is going to negatively affect battery life. b) Despite bein
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The Skip(musicmachinery.com)
109 points by robzyb 12y ago|28 comments
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by robzyb 12y ago
> There are limited resources so defining success on growth will eventually lead to a point of no more growth and no longer be successful by a growth definition. Growth depends on resources AND technology. Its quite possible to have grow
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by robzyb 12y ago
> If growth is so important and defines success then eventually is will plateau due to limited resources and no longer be successful which is obviously not true. That is actually untrue . One theory says that a business should grow with
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by robzyb 12y ago
What is "34C" and "24C"?
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by robzyb 13y ago
> At that point, why not just ask them to provide the equivalent of Turbo-Tax on the web and put the code on github? Because we are interested in only the algorithm, not any implementation. Software blurs the line between algorithm and i
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by robzyb 13y ago
I... I... don't know if this is a serious question, or a hilarious joke. (For those that dont know, the bank's slogan used to be "Which bank? The Commonwealth Bank."
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by robzyb 13y ago
I do have money there. This worries me greatly.
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by robzyb 13y ago
Why didn't they just give out bonuses while you were still there, and give you $0?
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by robzyb 13y ago
> So requiring a phone is a sign that the old way of doing things is not gone It isn't gone. You are in the minority. But that being said, maybe there is an argument that the OP needs to cater to the new things.

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