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by somebodynew 6y ago
Fold expressions are expanded entirely at compile time to create a fixed-size expression that gets compiled normally (the number of terms in any given case is known before machine code is generated). Applying a fold over a std::vector would
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by somebodynew 6y ago
VR is only usable if the game and the entire supporting stack works perfectly (graphics drivers, USB 3 controller, power management etc). There are tight framerate/latency requirements and everything goes through intricate off-screen r
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by somebodynew 7y ago
Bots are typically used to buy out a limited supply of something like concert tickets. Clicking quickly or responding immediately to availability changes wouldn't give bots any advantage when there's nothing but a FIFO queue. If I
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by somebodynew 7y ago
It seems like a lot of demand issues highlighted by the pandemic could be solved by queues. Instead of saying "there are no slots available", put the user in the queue. Process the queue in order. The improvement in wait time and
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by somebodynew 7y ago
What do you use to run embedded Flash these days? I haven't used Flash since all of the major browsers started blocking it.
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by somebodynew 7y ago
I run into this problem constantly, but I've never come to a universal solution that could be standardized for general use as a new flexbox CSS property. It would be nice to be able to indicate that rows should have the same number of
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by somebodynew 7y ago
In C++ unary prefix & is used in an expression to take the address of an object. To declare a parameter of reference type the & would be between the type name and the parameter name (i.e. after PanicInfo/before _info).
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by somebodynew 7y ago
My favorite translation so far is Duff's Device. In old C from Wikipedia modernized it's roughly: void send(volatile short *to, short *from, int count) { int n = (count + 7) / 8; switch (count % 8) {
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by somebodynew 7y ago
Is anyone familiar enough with the internals of SMS, and particularly how messages are exchanged between carriers, to explain where a fault could occur that could affect messages sent by customers on all carriers? Do they all push messages
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by somebodynew 7y ago
For context about the note at the end of the description, see: https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4434494
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by somebodynew 7y ago
When I selected the profile picture menu in the top right of Google Maps there was an option to "use without an account". After selecting it I am still signed in to other Google apps. Google Maps still lists the account in the men
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by somebodynew 7y ago
It seems to have a habit of responding to writing prompts by continuing to write the prompt. College essay fodder like "Write about a situation in which you overcame adversity." produces output that continues with "This doesn
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by somebodynew 7y ago
The .308 cartridge commonly used to hunt deer carries substantially more energy than the .223 or 5.56 used in a Mini-14 or AR-15. If not energy, by what metric could the latter be described as "high powered"?
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by somebodynew 8y ago
Apple has enough of a history responding to things like this to make publishing an article about bad app behavior on iPhones a plausible way to bring it to an end. If your goal is to change app store policies, including Android phones is ju
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by somebodynew 8y ago
The article talked about directly re-using stop codons like some exotic organisms do to integrate pyrrolysine, but there is another more nuanced way which humans use for selenocysteine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEC
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by somebodynew 8y ago
Apple Maps allows this, at least on macOS. I've never looked for the option on iOS but I assume it's there somewhere too.
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by somebodynew 8y ago
It's worth noting though that despite the clear "Congress shall make no law" introduction, the first amendment is already applied to virtually every aspect of government because beyond the restrictions on Congress it explicit
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by somebodynew 8y ago
The US law on allergen labeling does actually have this nuance, but sellers probably chose to err on the side of caution. See section 203 (a) of the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004: > If it is not a raw agricul
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by somebodynew 8y ago
A very simple refractive IR spectrometer is possible for under $1000 if you can live with 2-10μm range. I don't have a full write up yet but the basic design is an MLX90614 thermopile scanning infrared light generated by nichrome wire,
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by somebodynew 8y ago
Rotting meat definitely glows. I've personally seen decaying mammal carcasses glowing in the woods at night (always either green like foxfire or an odd almost monochromatic cyan that must really stimulate the eye's rod cells). It&
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by somebodynew 8y ago
The only extant Android phone with superior camera hardware is probably the Huawei P20 Pro which has insane low light performance for a smartphone and makes up for middling software with a large bump in image sensor hardware. The Pixel 2&#x
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by somebodynew 8y ago
This article, as indicated in the title, is about "free speech", not the first amendment. Something can be a free speech issue without being a first amendment issue. You're attacking a position that the author never took; the
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by somebodynew 8y ago
Do people browse Instagram as a shopping experience or are those impulse purchases?
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by somebodynew 8y ago
No, but if consciousness is just a side effect of the decisions made independently by the brain I would like to know why most humans' behavior can reflect the perception of consciousness. It seems like a pretty large coincidence that
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by somebodynew 8y ago
If consciousness is merely an observation of decisions already made in the brain with no actual impact, how do we come to be discussing the concept of consciousness? If the decisions -> consciousness pipeline was only one way, how would
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by somebodynew 8y ago
We're not going to have a productive conversation if you assume anyone who disagrees with your political positions is incapable of or unwilling to read. Yes, a private individual could liquidate their closet of guns they don't wan
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by somebodynew 8y ago
Anyone who is in the business of selling firearms is required by federal law to have a federal license which requires them to perform a background check on all sales, whether they're at a dedicated store or a gun show. The only "l
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by somebodynew 8y ago
> Technically you can even make your own machine gun legally if it is of your own design and manufacture, doesn't leave the state The only ways to legally produce a new machine gun in the US right now are to pay thousands of dollars
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by somebodynew 8y ago
You can pay in cash, but you're still going to get the same background check you would get at a retail location. If you're trying to do something shady you would be buying from a private individual in a parking lot somewhere.
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by somebodynew 8y ago
I'm personally pretty satisfied with not having my flesh eaten by screw flies. They were wiped out in North America and I'm very grateful. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochliomyia_hominivorax

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