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by sitic 6y ago
GLUT (in the form of freeglut [1]) still exists (last commit is from February) and works on all major (desktop) operating systems. GLFW [2] is however much more wildly used these days and pretty much the spiritual successor of GLUT. ImGUI c
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by sitic 6y ago
Apparently a lot of systems were backdoored in January (exploits were available before the patches), so even if the patches were installed right away the backdoor is still there [1]. The malware hackers are now slowly processing their long
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by sitic 6y ago
If my phone has to be a walled garden, Apple's seems more enticing to me for the moment. I would want to give it a try at least. I might very well regret it and switch back to an Android phone which won't get updates after two yea
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by sitic 6y ago
In addition on Android 11 API * apps can't simply access the "external" storage (enforces scoped storage) * apps can't get a list of all installed apps (package visibility, they can specify app names and intent signature
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by sitic 6y ago
From the preliminary report: 'At 500 ft, the FDR indicates: landing gear retracted, slat/flap configuration 3, airspeed 220 knots IAS, descent rate 2000 ft/min. According to the FDR and CVR recordings several warnings and ale
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by sitic 6y ago
This map [1] shows intensive care beds utilization is at 60% of capacity on average in Germany currently. In my local hospital they are starting to do elective treatments again, but are required to hold free 20% of regular beds, 25% of inte
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by sitic 7y ago
From https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/unprecedented-nation... > We’re also concerned about the related coronaviruses that cause the common cold in humans. These viruses induce antibody responses tha
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Grand Canyon tourists exposed for years to radiation in museum building(eu.azcentral.com)
3 points by sitic 8y ago|0 comments
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by sitic 10y ago
This one is my favorite story from the same Blackbird pilot (Brian Shul): https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2q2ctc/til_t... Bonus story, also from Brian Shul: https://www.reddit.
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by sitic 10y ago
Infowars is paying 5k USD for shouting “Bill Clinton is a rapist” on national TV, which has now happed serveral times during Clion campain events. Infowars itself has close ties to the Trump campain, as his surrogate Roger Stone appears oft
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by sitic 10y ago
Apple could have been rejecting one hundred apps which mock Trump without us knowing. You're a suggesting a trend based on a single data point.
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by sitic 10y ago
Three cybersecurity firms (Crowdstrike, Fidelis Cybersecurity and Mandiant) have said so: https://www.wired.com/2016/07/heres-know-russia-dnc-hack/ https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/bears-
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by sitic 10y ago
This email is dated May 21, just 2 weeks before AP called the primary for Clinton. It was pretty clear by that point to everyone that Clinton would win the primary. I'm not surprised to see DNC discussing narratives for the point when
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DFJ's Draper: There's Nothing Wrong with Theranos(finance.yahoo.com)
4 points by sitic 10y ago|0 comments
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by sitic 10y ago
If I would build vacuum cleaners, I would rather build one type and sell it in 28 different nations then producing 28 different models. When I want to buy a vacuum cleaner, I want a good choice between different models and good prices. So w
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by sitic 10y ago
There is a great NYT documentary on artificial hearts and the history behind it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xn5u-LzsW8 It starts with the Jarvik-7 artifical heart from the 1980s (first seen as a success, then as a fai
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by sitic 10y ago
Intels profit has grown 3 percent and their revenue is up 7 percent compared to same quarter a year ago.
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by sitic 12y ago
The technical solution can not solve all problems, wikimedia plans to activate HTTPS per default for all users: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/01/future-https-wikimedia-... One of the problems is that cert
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by sitic 12y ago
There was a interesting talk on 31c3 by Will Scott, who spend a year teaching computer science in North Korea titled. He showed Red Star and their Android version (towards the middle of the talk): https://www.youtube.com/wat