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by sleavey 8y ago
I'll throw my hat into the ring as well. I have also recently been building a small signal AC analysis circuit simulator [1]. The main idea behind it is to convert a closed source tool that has been around for years within the LIGO sci
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by sleavey 8y ago
Cool - my username is "seandss" - much appreciated, thank you!
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by sleavey 8y ago
I don't think they detect the ad blocker here - they just put that image underneath the image/iframe of the ad, so that if the top image is blocked, the bottom image is visible.
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by sleavey 8y ago
Diminished mobile phone battery life and environmental concerns are the standard counter-arguments to this approach.
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by sleavey 8y ago
I've used them too about 10 times, and I've only had positive experiences. So cheap! Not affiliated either.
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by sleavey 8y ago
These don't support full separation [1]. Some type hints must be in the main source file. [1] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47350570/is-it-possible-...
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by sleavey 8y ago
Type hinting in Python is so ugly that I stripped it all out after a few days of using it on some personal projects. They more than double the length of function signatures and create comment clutter (is this a real comment or some MyPy fla
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by sleavey 8y ago
No part of the British Isles calls it soccer. The game in its current form [1], and the name "football" [2], were invented there. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football#Establishment_of_mode... [2] https
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by sleavey 8y ago
Barcelona have built their team around him for the past 10 years. As their most important attacking asset, he's has the least responsibility to defend.
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by sleavey 8y ago
I got excited because I was recently looking at the binary format produced by the venerable Stanford Research SR785. I concluded that programming its GPIB port is easier.
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by sleavey 8y ago
I worked there around the time of end of support for XP and there was no reason to suspect they were upgrading. What's weird is that it was clearly written in Java so in theory it shouldn't have been too difficult to upgrade the p
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by sleavey 8y ago
I'd believe them if they open sourced Windows. They could still keep their web platforms (Office365, Azure, etc.) closed but it would be a huge statement to open up Windows 10. (Never going to happen, not just for philosophical reasons
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by sleavey 8y ago
Torvalds explains in the original link that C++ is not appropriate for kernel modules. User space programs are another matter.
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by sleavey 8y ago
'(MULTIBALLLL!)' Reminds me of a Budweiser advert shown in the UK a long time ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjI-qh37xf0
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by sleavey 8y ago
I had to link to the top stories page in order to submit this to HN as the TLD had already been submitted once before. If you look at the front page [1] you should see a list of draft and published articles available to edit. [1] https:&#x
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WikiTribune now lets you edit live news articles(wikitribune.com)
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by sleavey 8y ago
To add to this, I imagine chip companies don't look at it as plainly as whether a chip recovers its development costs. If the development costs lead to techniques or designs that can be reused, the next chips will be not only better (d
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by sleavey 8y ago
Yes, but the body needs 2000-2500 kcal per day, not cal.
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by sleavey 8y ago
I've had a similar experience when fasting. It also helped to realise that the "hunger" feeling in my stomach is just my body increasing its acidity in preparation for food at its _expected_ meal time. It goes away after a fe
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by sleavey 8y ago
Agreed. Academia is gradually doing a better job of explaining research to the public, but this is (rightfully) separate from explaining it to other experts in the field. A good example is the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, who among other
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by sleavey 8y ago
Not sure what it is about that quote that tells you that. It's still 100% owned by Swiss government, just split between regional and national governments.
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by sleavey 8y ago
Swiss Federal Railways: "88.8% of all passengers reached their destination - measured from departure station including any necessary changes - with less than 3 minutes of delay" [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
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by sleavey 8y ago
That's why I don't feel bad counting and dumping dozens of pennies out of my wallet into their machines. Ask for exact change, get exact change! And the bus can wait till I've paid.
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by sleavey 8y ago
Not every country has incompetent local government, and not every service requires market forces to operate effectively. As long as the Estonian government (or whichever organisation is looking after the network) prepares for the short and
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by sleavey 8y ago
I don't think this is smugness. The "green movement" (not that there is a single point of contact) usually advocates first and foremost for the reduction in consumption before recycling -- step zero is to use less of things,
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by sleavey 8y ago
Thanks for the info. I like that Canonical are trying to solve the problems with package managers, but it's a shame we can't focus on making APT and friends more capable of the positive parts of app stores without bundling things
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by sleavey 8y ago
Interesting. This is the sort of transaction that altcoins like Ripple and Stellar try to facilitate, though in a more centralised way. I wonder if Bitcoin's popularity will overcome its speed limitations in this instance.
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by sleavey 8y ago
As someone who hasn't yet used Ubuntu 18.04, is the snap store something I'll be using in 5 years time instead of APT, is it just another attempt by Canonical to jump on the app store bandwagon, or is it something completely diffe
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by sleavey 8y ago
Regarding bags, that's a strange reaction given that everywhere else I've heard of that introduced a bag tax has seen usage drop dramatically. It's not the price - clearly most people can afford what they charge - it's t
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by sleavey 8y ago
I am bring sincere with this question: what does this offer that HN (which is somewhat manually curated itself) or existing HN newsletters don't already?

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