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by sounds 13y ago
The packages we typically use have shown a few rough edges when we took 1.7a1 for a test drive, so we submitted some pull requests and that was that. It took us about an hour to get the site up on 1.7a1. This announcement came too late toda
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by sounds 13y ago
They use wallets in cold storage. Perhaps an insider could make off with the BTC. I'm seriously not defending MtGox. I'm affected by this. But if we're speculating, at least speculate credibly. :)
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by sounds 13y ago
I specifically addressed why that would not affect their BTC payouts.
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by sounds 13y ago
Okay, let's break down the theory here. Traditional banks take deposits of USD, loan them out using fractional reserve, and fail if depositors all simultaneously run to the bank and close their account. Banks need loans to pay operatin
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by sounds 13y ago
Please have a beer on me sometime. Bitcoin address?
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by sounds 13y ago
It has a sensor that disallows running it with the case off. Disabling the sensor would void the warranty. Not saying nobody will do it, because I'm quite certain someone will (or already has?). But you'll probably have to actuall
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by sounds 13y ago
My responses should lead to more discussion, less flamewar. I have strong feelings against Windows. I should have restrained myself. I think you pegged me, but to my credit I'm no bigot, I just have a personal bias against Windows.
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by sounds 13y ago
It looks like pg chimed in after all.
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by sounds 13y ago
What exactly are you proposing? An alternative credo for hackers to ascribe to? Please specifically mention whether you are pro- or anti-union and whether you live and work in the US or not. Edit: I see you're using Windows, so would y
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by sounds 13y ago
:) Well yeah, but though you and I aren't exactly dying of shock, word seems to spread slowly about what Google is like now.
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by sounds 13y ago
1. This is not a zero-sum game. The incremental value gained by a large company defrauding their employees may be the same dollar amount, but to the employees it makes a much larger subjective difference. Also the company that gets caught c
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by sounds 13y ago
Your points are well thought out, but I'd like to play devil's advocate to get you to expand on them, if I may... 1. Isn't this why large companies target the inexperienced, the recent college grad who is scrambling to make r
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by sounds 13y ago
I assume you're aware of who raganwald is, the person you're replying to? Not technically Silicon Valley, but close enough. I've deliberately kept my account "low-profile" for exactly this reason. I'm in SV and
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by sounds 13y ago
To anyone just starting their tech career in the US, pay attention to the parent comment. Edit: parent deleted the comment, so here it is: (I sincerely hope the parent is not getting hauled off in handcuffs as we speak.) As a former Int
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by sounds 13y ago
Anandtech review: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6508/the-new-opteron-6300-fina...
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by sounds 13y ago
The Bill of Rights ostensibly covers anyone under US jurisdiction, even a non-US citizen. (The Bill of Rights is a specific set of rights enumerated to _limit_ the government, it is _not_ an enumeration of rights granted to a person. The De
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by sounds 13y ago
Logical response from theater-goers: _Never_ go to the theater.
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AMC movie theater calls FBI to arrest a Google Glass user(the-gadgeteer.com)
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by sounds 13y ago
That would certainly discourage _getting caught_ violating the law. It would also tend to kill off the older companies (weak law of large numbers: if a company violates any of the laws that will kill it, and it exists long enough, it eventu
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by sounds 13y ago
Sure, it depends. I've seen embarrassingly parallel (yeah, that's a real term) code with speedups in the 20's. My personal best was a 9x speedup, partly by using SSSE3 and partly by some really good prefetching and non-tempor
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by sounds 13y ago
Just in case you skimmed moconnor's comment, it bears repeating: Intel's compiler: 15% speedup Hand-optimized code: 800% speedup This gap in compiler tech is still a big deal today. Think about the early mainframes and how the cod
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by sounds 13y ago
Not likely. AMD processors are very carefully designed to correctly execute code, even if it just assumes GenuineIntel and never even checks. If code is dumb enough to try to use something low-level (let's use Bull Mountain RDRAND as a
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by sounds 13y ago
Article is from 2009 but Agner's CPU optimizations manual is still very useful. http://www.agner.org/optimize/optimizing_cpp.pdf Instructions on how to patch Intel's CPU detection routine to do your bidding i
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by sounds 13y ago
A dictionary definition can get to the heart of cunning, especially the core of deceit. On the other hand, I think it's nearly impossible to define intelligence. "Smarter than" as a working definition at least focuses the dis
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by sounds 13y ago
"cunning (not intelligence)" - well said. Intelligent people often think intelligence trumps cunning. Truth is, cunning people are very, very successful. Don't underestimate them. (I have.)
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by sounds 13y ago
I'll list a few examples, but please remember each person's situation is unique and "not getting by" could just mean facing a mental health issue (bipolar comes to mind). I guess what I'm saying is, even this attemp
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by sounds 13y ago
Downvoted because OOP is not necessarily more difficult than C for a beginning programmer, and Haskell is not a "purely academic" language.
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by sounds 13y ago
Furthermore, criminals are usually motivated enough to find something else that will do the job. The Photoshop anti-counterfeiting stuff? It just scares off amateurs with an inkjet who don't realize every page from their printer has a
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by sounds 13y ago
What are you using the GPU for? An actual Vegas, Maya, or proprietary in-house rendering engine user could easily answer your question– • Enough VRAM to load their entire dataset on the GPU (yes, the Mac Pro skimps on this) • Hardware optim
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by sounds 13y ago
While Google is unlikely to disclose actual sales figures, their marketing department likely has made some effort to figure out what is happening. My (anecdotal, N=1) evidence is in seeing people who were frustrated by the iPad. The iPad re

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