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by scj 7y ago
Wouldn't a call to Array.prototype.splice act as a language defined (and hopefully optimized) means of adding elements in-place? Slightly ugly because you'd need to specify the start index, a command to delete 0 elements, and a ca
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by scj 7y ago
If you don't mind me asking, what is the ratio of mentors : grads where you work? What do you think is an acceptable ratio?
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by scj 7y ago
Tallying is only a problem if polling stations are overcrowded. The simpler solution is to hire more counters. I can't imagine that'd be more expensive than developing custom hardware & software.
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by scj 7y ago
Hexes have the advantage of being able to eyeball the situation when making a decision. Measuring gives an opponent information about what you're thinking. Deciding which one is appropriate would need to be decided on a game-by-game ba
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by scj 7y ago
Over the last decade, the benchmark interest rate in Canada has been under 2%. A lot of people have taken advantage of that.
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by scj 8y ago
Be careful when telling anecdotes, the implementation of health care is a provincial matter. I can see my family doctor within zero to two days, assuming I don't use the practice's walk-in clinic first.
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by scj 8y ago
After 1995's near disastrous referendum in Quebec, the Canadian federal government added requirements that a clear majority on a clear question was required for secession (known as the Clarity Act). Even though it is a Canadian law, I
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by scj 8y ago
I suspect one of the more interesting aspects of humanity would be that our "day-world" (the sun) is about the same size as our "night-world" (the moon) from our perspective. Sometimes our night world covers our day wor
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by scj 8y ago
Given how many days of the year the roads are frozen and/or snow covered where I live, the safety trade-off might be worth it. Just so long as the max height is only about half a meter off the ground (hovering, not flying).
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by scj 8y ago
Small parties provide opposition. They can change the national conversation on issues[0]. Sometimes they provide confidence in minority parliaments (remember, in our system of government, losing a confidence vote generally means an electi
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by scj 8y ago
I'd rather something with a bit more RAM (according to the FAQ, it maxes out at 64kb). For the moment, I believe the ideal amount of RAM for an environment like this is one where the user doesn't hit the limit until they are attem
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by scj 8y ago
I can simplify a few of these goals into a meta-goal: A consistent environment between all users so all can use common resources. Programmers who are just starting out tend to have an incomplete picture of their environment. While we shoul
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by scj 8y ago
I was thinking a ROM chip that copies contents to RAM. That way you can modify the built-in functionality while only being a reboot away from a perfect reset. But I'd also want saving to be through an external card that can be modifie
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by scj 8y ago
I've been thinking lately about an introductory programming environment (similar to computers of the 1980s) that uses lisp or scheme instead of basic[0]: 1. Boots directly into the REPL. 2. Built-in drawing commands, but no GUI. 3. Mem
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by scj 8y ago
Alternatively, coercion: "Dissidents, who were divided between those who advocated a ‘no’ vote and those who called for abstention so as not to legitimize a process they deemed a fraud, reported a few incidents across the country of me
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by scj 8y ago
There could be complications if the applicant is already working for a competitor or in an adjacent sector. It would effectively create a filter against ideal candidates.
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by scj 8y ago
The barrier I've noticed when switching from reading to listening, is adapting to native accents. I suppose real-time vs. at my own pace is another aspect that comes into play.
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by scj 8y ago
I'm in North America, and one of the questions that struck me was naming a running body of water smaller than a river. My answer was based on the naming of bodies of water near where I grew up, which originated from English settlers...
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by scj 8y ago
You may want to try playing against some of the AIs developed by the Student Starcraft AI Tournament such as SAIDA, Locutus, CherryPi, krasi0, Iron Bot, and tscmoo. If I could make a single recommendation to future AlphaStar opponents, it w
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by scj 8y ago
I think it's closer to a fireworks show. Another set of eyes doesn't impact the purchaser's viewing.
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by scj 8y ago
Point taken that newbies are going to be confused that "odd / even == integer", but they'd be equally confused about why odd / even yields something close to what they expected but not quite (floating point errors).
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by scj 8y ago
The use of the phrase "white card" (carte blanche) is telling. However, we don't need to resort to tinfoil to point out that their anecdote misses the point. "Don't be political" is poor advice when Canadian c
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by scj 8y ago
"Who would risk building their company on a stack that you lose the license for if you do too well?" A similar question exists for laborers that need to invest in learning tech stacks. Why spend time mastering something that cert
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by scj 8y ago
She died about 20 years ago, which means we're only one generation away since her record was set. But there's a simple explanation: all of the people represented on the top 10 eldest list were contemporary to WW1, the Spanish Flu,
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by scj 8y ago
I think of it as the ice-cream currency test. The transaction needs to occur before an ice-cream cone would melt, and it needs to cost less.
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by scj 8y ago
That assumes Bitcoin is the ideal expression of the near-term cryptocoin. Perhaps Bitcoin will be surpassed for technical reasons to become "The Yahoo! of crypto-currencies" one day. From a speculator's perspective, it'
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by scj 8y ago
My first thought was towards Max Headroom. My second thought was on the Max Headroom incident. If it went live, how long before a copy lands in the hands of pranksters?
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by scj 8y ago
Do they change seat count? If not, do they compensate PEI for the senatorial clause?
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by scj 8y ago
Wouldn't MMP at the Federal level require Provincial consent (1982 Constitution Act, sections 41a & 44) using the 7/10 & 50%+1 amendment formula?
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by scj 8y ago
What if it's payload contains an AI in a tiny container rather than a biological being?

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