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by samplatt 7y ago
While that's true, a signification fraction of the remaining 10% is software devs cleaning up after the damage done by people who have over-estimated their ability and created a bunch of business solutions in VBA...
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by samplatt 7y ago
The climate happened, I think. Difficult to maintain optimism on the ultimate destiny of consciousness when the science is telling you there's an extinction event on your doorstep.
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by samplatt 7y ago
Google needs all the good PR it can get, these days. I'd be willing to pour money into ventures like this if I was in their position, too.
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by samplatt 7y ago
You write well, your musings there were enjoyable to read. All of the Old Testament is interpretive metaphor, so the original Fall story can work equally well as both prophecy and prologue. The Fall deals with loss of innocence and the ac
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by samplatt 7y ago
Maybe, maybe not. There's a theory that fungi that breaks down plant matter today didn't exist during the Mesozoic - it's possible that subsequent civilisations (if any) aren't going to be able to turn to fossil fuels fo
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by samplatt 7y ago
Not sure about the "fortunately" bit. It's nice that the dystopia hasn't captured everything yet, but uneven distribution of technological power is kinda what reinforces the dystopia.
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by samplatt 7y ago
>What I find truly puzzling -- given the supposed madness of crowds -- is that things are going so well. “When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderer
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by samplatt 7y ago
It's basically rife in any organisation with more than ~2K+ total employees, regardless of private or public sector. The only that changes is the scope of how much funds & talent get wasted.
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by samplatt 7y ago
'84 model, and dude, I basically lived at the library - both school and public. It was a ~16km bike ride from my parents farm to the library. Only one of my ~6 nephews/nieces show interest in libraries, but honestly? That's a
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by samplatt 7y ago
While Musk should be rightly criticised for the ethically-questionable practices, we can at least be thankful that SOMEONE has both the drive (okay, sure, the ego) and passion for technological progress that results in the societal change w
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by samplatt 7y ago
SAP suffers from the same issue as all other universally-malleable systems: at best, they're only as good as the designer allows them to be. However, just because it resembles 90's UI (which I'm a massive fan of) doesn't
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by samplatt 7y ago
It's a readability thing. Many designers are taught (or organically arrive at the conclusion) that the ideal width to read an article at is roughly "book" width. There's some merit to the idea; it's easier to keep t
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by samplatt 7y ago
Packet radio doesn't support encryption to any meaningful specification, and also is intolerably low-bandwidth for any real-world applications outside things like instrument telemetry.
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by samplatt 7y ago
No, it's nothing The Day After Tomorrow ; the characters in sunshine aren't paper-thin stereotypes. I'd say it's a lot more like Interstellar - though all three involve "do or die" threats to the character
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by samplatt 7y ago
Frustratingly, when the main character did exactly this in 2001: A Space Odyssey , the audience were frustrated because it was so unrealistic that someone would survive it (-_-)
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by samplatt 7y ago
>a sci-fi movie (can't remember) Sunshine, perhaps? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_(2007_film) Brilliant, brilliant film. The premise is shonky as they come but it's obvious that the film itself ha
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by samplatt 7y ago
At least it's better than underpowered devices in the same role. Cheap Chinese devices with 7-year-old versions of Android are still floating around in kiosks globally.
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by samplatt 7y ago
>Machine learning, data scientist and real time professional simulations. With photogrammetry (my field) we need to process anywhere between 1GB and 500GB of DSLR photos in one project and triangulate points between all these photos. Lot
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by samplatt 7y ago
The early history of the LAPD (1860's to 1920's) is basically a history of systemic corruption, complete with many many accounts of perjury. I highly recommend The Dollop podcasts on the subject.
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by samplatt 7y ago
With the advent of the Zuckerbergian Age, my favourite was always: As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders a
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by samplatt 7y ago
Same as always? Win10's license isn't restricted by cores, that's usually the domain of their server OS's and software.
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by samplatt 7y ago
>everyone else is so incompetent because he doesn't try and still looks good I'd argue against the "talent lottery" idea. Over the last 10 years as a software dev I'd argue that the 10x "rockstar" dev c
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by samplatt 7y ago
Oh, so what if it's not a direct descendant and only a cousin? It shares enough DNA that people looking at the structure would assume common elements.
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by samplatt 7y ago
"Feed a cold, starve a fever." I've only a rudimentary knowledge of biochem, but giving fuel to your immune system when it needs it also gives fuel to a virus in your system, but you're betting that a boosted immune syst
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by samplatt 7y ago
Full days, as in 2x 24 hours? because it'd be a lot more than 2 days if we're talking a measly 8-9hrs per day.
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by samplatt 7y ago
No worries. check out /r/photogrammetry for a 50/50 mix of hobbyists and professionals.
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by samplatt 7y ago
>Exactly. I can't wait until I can do this with my own drone--though maybe I shouldn't hold my breath for the open source package because it seems to have military applications right now. I produce 3D models from photogrammetry
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by samplatt 7y ago
At a guess, high-latency phosphor changes on old CRT TV's made the video look smoother, even if it was blurrier.
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by samplatt 7y ago
Google ChromeCast is the usual solution for this. ~$50, the size of a hockey puck, needs a phone-charger for a power plug, and does HDMI-out. Turns your TV into a YouTube/Netflix/Spotify/Hulu, and the remote-control is your p
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by samplatt 7y ago
Can a private (or corporate) entity take the IRS to court? As a non-American, I always assumed a big reason of why the rich aren't taxed/audited as much was because tying the funds up in infinite legality was cheaper than actually

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