russellsprouts

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by russellsprouts 13y ago
Looks like a poorly implemented compression algorithm, or something. It's scary to think what this could cause, though.
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
An auto-pen.
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
I think it would be impossible, from a computer science standpoint, to create a backdoor in an FPGA that could compromise your own OS, in a general case. Perhaps, the computer that you use to program the chip could be compromised, to change
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
I don't think it's a felony unless you have signed a government agreement, like working as an NSA contractor.
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
If that's true, then Jetpack Joyride and Temple Run are both clones of the helicopter game, and every 2d platformer is the same.
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
The experiments they did had no real scientific value. Nominally, they were doing research, but it wasn't rigorous or useful results.
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
I agree. Lua is the perfect language for this.
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
In Washington state, the law says you must stay right except to pass.
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
It does not take 41 megapixel pictures, only 5 megapixel pictures. It used a 41 megapixel sensor, then down-samples it. This results in a higher quality picture.
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
In my experience, a share is just a reference to the original post/image/whatever. The share may still exist, but I think anyone trying to access it will get an error saying that post doesn't exist, or they do not permission
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
> For content that is covered by intellectual property rights, like photos and videos (IP content), you specifically give us the following permission, SUBJECT TO YOUR PRIVACY and application settings: you grant us a non-exclusive, tr
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
In high school we took an example of a literacy test that was completely different. It asked questions about the contents of the constitution. For example, one question was the exact date that the new Congress starts. No one, even in AP US
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
Different segments of Christianity celebrate Easter on different dates, even in the same year.
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
You can turn all of the integration off, if you choose. Europe may still go after them.
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
That's pretty interesting. I wonder how smileys fit into our grammar. I often wonder what our typical grammar will look like in 50-100 years or more. I'm sure something will survive.
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
The UI would have to be optimized to fit on one screen as much as possible. For example, the Kindle interface has paged interfaces more than scrolling interfaces. My biggest problem with it is trying to turn multiple pages. It takes too lon
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
> No, seriously. I've met people who used Win8 regularly who didn't know that each app had a bottom bar - and how could they, there's zero discoverability around it, even though critical app functionality is often contained in that bar.
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
Heads up, the conversational aspect only works if you have Search History enabled.
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
I think the plan is that the "Other Half" can actually contain hardware that augments the capabilities of the phone.
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
I have heard ideas of having people operate server racks to help heat their homes. That way the compute power would be worth it, and the heat would be useful. People could rent the server racks, and be paid for doing the computations, cover
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
Yeah. You would need practical fully homomorphic encryption for it to make sense.
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
It would be interesting if the bit coin network could eventually move to doing useful work like folding@home does. That way mining would not just be a waste of resources. Obviously, the current ASICs wouldn't be able to switch.
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
I got the same thing.
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
Yeah. The same things happened to me with an iPhone picture.
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
It's nice that they resolved that mostly in-universe. They didn't go and ban everyone, but instead changed the gameplay to compensate.
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
The css :visited pseudo-class now only allows certain changes, such as changing the color of text. The browser does show those changes. JavaScript can ask what color a link is, but the browser will always lie and say that the page is un-vis
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by russellsprouts 13y ago
I was just at a 24hr Hackathon hosted by Facebook last weekend. They sent us the NDA in advance, they didn't make us sign it when we got there. The language of the paper is very broad, but they made it clear while we were there what it actu