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by rtghnthyjnm 16y ago
Even in C++ it's pretty trivial to parallelize a loop with openMP. The compiler could do it automatically but it's only a single line preprocessor directive.
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by rtghnthyjnm 16y ago
But I suspect less so in china than the US. I doubt that a major part of the Chinese diet is exotic fruit flown half way around the world out of season. China does have oil reserves and could always 'spread democracy' to some 3rd world coun
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by rtghnthyjnm 16y ago
It was built by a Finnish company called Plustech 15 years which went bust and through a series of takeovers ended up as john Deere
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by rtghnthyjnm 16y ago
You can if every thing they want to buy is made in your country. The US can't half the value of the dollar to boost exports because everything in Walmart that is made in China will double in price. China can because everything it's people
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by rtghnthyjnm 16y ago
That was the idea, and why MIT were surprised that most people were using it on their own. What I meant was that there was no market for a small college selling lectures online for $100s when you could get MIT for free. It won't change the
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by rtghnthyjnm 16y ago
I thought drug dealing cost money? Isn't that why they have to subsidize it with pirate videos - at least thats what the ad at the cinema said,
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by rtghnthyjnm 16y ago
Surprised that MIT TAs haven't setup online sites where you can do the assignments for a fee. There's a business model for you!
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by rtghnthyjnm 16y ago
I do think this is a genuine attempt to spread knowledge. Even being cynical there is no real downside for them. People will still want to go to MIT 'for real' and they will still fill their lecture halls with paying students - even if MIT
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by rtghnthyjnm 16y ago
Local bookstores seem to be booming. Amazon is taking out their competitors (B+N, Borders, Waterstones) while offering them a global marketplace to sell used books online. The ones that have put any effort into a pleasant environment, loca
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by rtghnthyjnm 16y ago
The cover/spine out is a marketing thing by the publisher. Cover out sells a lot more books, so the publisher will insist on certain books being displayed like this, or prominently on 'new book' stands. Sometimes the publishers pay for this