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by srg0 6y ago
As in the bombers example, the previous generation is hardly quickly and completely outdated. They're still nukes. And that's exactly the reason to keep them in service. Then, when a better tech becomes an option, it doesn't
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by srg0 6y ago
You build your first 1000 warheads and develop a delivery method. Soon the other party develops countermeasures. So you still have 1000 warheads, but the delivery is no longer guaranteed. You develop a better delivery method, and it's
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by srg0 6y ago
Just a PR stunt to give something else to talk about after the botched Navalny assasination. Changing topics. So Putin may look like a good guy.
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by srg0 6y ago
I suppose that any suffix is not culturally neutral. Youessish. Like in British, English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish. Youessan. Like in Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban. Youessese. Asian American. Youessian. Like Italian, Hungarian, Russian, Indian
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by srg0 6y ago
I'm afraid that unschooling correlates to parents being antivac, anti 5G, etc.
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by srg0 6y ago
C++20 introduced concepts, and now it's possible to specify type constraints, like integral, in a way similar to Haskell typeclasses. What it doesn't solve that by default the compiler tries to find an appropriate implicit convers
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by srg0 6y ago
The philosophy of C++ is about _zero cost_ abstractions.
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by srg0 6y ago
I wonder how widespread was the use of acorns vs the more edible chestnut?
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by srg0 6y ago
There's a thing called user preferences. Ask a few questions when creating an account, are you ok seeing naked human body? Are you ok seeing death, blood and traumas? Are you ok seing people engaged in reproductive activities? Are you
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by srg0 6y ago
So, the non extendable 128 GB is the only storage option in 2020? What else should we expect, battery issues and the model being discontinued in less than 12 months?
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by srg0 6y ago
I can get that publishers may not see profitable selling access to individual articles. I can get they don't want to sell an individual issue like they used to sell paper copies. I can understand they have annual RPU target so short-te
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by srg0 6y ago
As long as the competitors are no better, there is little risk.
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by srg0 6y ago
Good news: it is not Facebook. I'd rather use a MS account rather than FB account to play games. And as a fan of the acquired franchises, I'm confident about their future. MS has a good track record of handling game franchises.
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by srg0 6y ago
So, basically the summary of Android 11 is: People + Controls (at 1:37). Funny like it would sound completely different, if it were presented as: Controls + People. Seriously though, it looks like a step towards how People and Message hub w
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by srg0 6y ago
There is a problem with in-app subscriptions which is rarely brought up - - apple/google cut. OK for a $2 purchase. Not OK for recurrent payments. If it is indeed a valuable service, it should have a web site. More often than not onlin
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by srg0 6y ago
Facebook average revenue per user in 2019 was USD 29.25 Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/234056/facebooks-average...
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by srg0 6y ago
I'm a male and occasional user of Pinterest. I used it with my wife to collect and exchange images and ideas about interior design. I have a couple of male friends who have used it in a similar way. It's very good in suggesting vi
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by srg0 6y ago
True. But there is an option to show it by default. Though it is not easy to find. And only the manager of the host account can do it. https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115005666383-Show-...
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by srg0 6y ago
Btw Zoom account manager can enable this "Join from your browser" link, to show it to all participants. It's hidden by default. This is what I did in our org: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/article
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by srg0 6y ago
How to write rich text English: 1) The writer should make a conscious effort to keep his or her sentences as long as possible; just one word: the flow; some shorter sentences can be juxtaposed, periods replaced with comas or semicolons; the
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by srg0 6y ago
In Italy the TV tax is now auto-included in the facilities bill. You have to explicitly declare that you don't have a TV and repeat it each year.
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by srg0 6y ago
What's disheartening, is that all the charts are in log scale for "Computation (Hardware Burden)". These days it feels like any non-trivial achievement in the field of ML requires resources of the state actors. Maybe that&#x2
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by srg0 6y ago
It reminds me of https://suckless.org/ Also the set of projects is somewhat similar: window manager (dwm) -> game engine library (raylib) terminal emulator (st) -> IDE template (4coder) web browser (surf) -> video
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by srg0 6y ago
I cancelled donations to Mozilla Foundation. Servo is important.
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by srg0 6y ago
Just curious. What languages (human languages) were used in the training data set of GPT3? Is it trained only on English texts and grammar, or is it transcending language barriers?
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by srg0 6y ago
It's not clear what is cause and what is effect. Healthier mind and body allow to pursue more opportunities and work on longer term goals. Any kind of disorder means that it's hard to get the normal stuff done.
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by srg0 6y ago
5) We're talking about a dense urban area ~ 1580 km^2. A _lot_ of businesses and institutions are within 13 km radius from each other. And there are 19 million people in this metro area. So a lot of things should e hapenning in the sam
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by srg0 6y ago
Would advertising $49 as the base price and a time limited offer/discount for a group of customers be acceptable?
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by srg0 6y ago
looking at you, git
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by srg0 6y ago
That's a pretty low price tag. Universal Robots are popular for research, and from what I heard start at around $30k. KUKA LBR iiwa is more like $100-200k.

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