shawn_w

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151.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
My money's on "all of the above"
152.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
Turboprops have no meaningful thrust component from the exhaust.
153.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
Um, yes? Last update in December. Did someone prematurely call it dead?
154.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
Documentation etc: https://www.cv.nrao.edu/glish/papers/index.html
155.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
The only things I do with a new copy of Firefox is install uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger and it works quite nicely. (Oh, and an extension that redirects reddit links to old reddit, and RES)
156.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
Probably Austin and Seattle.
157.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
Obligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/316/
158.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
Scheme has a single false value (#f) but everything else is considered true...
159.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
>... under control of a company I don't use. You left out an important part of the GP's comment. >By your logic we should be programming in Common Lisp. I wish. (Scheme is acceptable too)
160.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
Instead of paying it to the human third party firms that currently handle communication with subscribers?
161.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
One reason why I keep bouncing off of Haskell.
162.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
Washington might be moving to 0.05 too. (A bill just narrowly passed the state Senate; still has to clear the state house)
163.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
No more S3XY lineup of models? I'm surprised Musk was okay with breaking that up.
164.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
Those thin scrollbars are unusable, especially on touch screens. I'm still salty over flat design; I want buttons that look like buttons, dangit.
165.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
The F-15 and F-16 are 1970s era aircraft that are still used in front line combat roles. Then there's the B-52...
166.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
I had a KMFMS shirt back in the 90's. Lost it in one move or another, alas.
167.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
See also John Barnes' Century Next Door books, where "memes" are basically computer viruses that jump to running on human brains, not just silicon chips. The results are... not pretty.
168.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
I don't know if it ever was labeled a genocide, but Sri Lanka has a long history of Buddhist lead attacks against Tamils and other minorities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_violence
169.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
Other long-time features are now tied to having those stupid summaries enabled too. It's an all or nothing deal. So frustrating and unnecessary.
170.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
For bonus watchlist points grab a copy of The Anarchists Cookbook at the same time.
171.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
Cows have best friends.
172.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
Wonder if it works with the newer Cardputer Adv.
173.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
Everything like to eat chicken.
174.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
Sounds more interesting than trainspotting.
175.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
I frequently find myself thinking "this would be a great fit for prolog etc." but always fail when it comes to the execution.
176.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
Possibly? >Additionally, NASA partnered with Auburn University to create digital models of each site.
177.
by shawn_w 9mo ago
You're not using `integer` in the perl example like you're supposed to. Try perl -Minteger -E 'say ~-0' and it should work as expected.
178.
by shawn_w 10mo ago
I spent far far too much time on Elendor in the 90's and early 00's.
179.
by shawn_w 10mo ago
Mobile user running Firefox + uBlock Origin here. Works great. Probably not on iPhones though...
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by shawn_w 10mo ago
There's https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/ for the more academic CS questions btw.

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