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by srvmshr 5y ago
The original Linux kernel was entirely Linus Torvald's work. Also the same applies for Git. GNU Emacs was Richard Stallman entirely. Most Linux tools we use e.g. cURL, wget etc, started out as one person effort for a very long time unt
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by srvmshr 5y ago
As an Indian guy married to a Chinese, I am deeply ashamed of how our governments lack a spine to voice the morally correct opinion in time. (Such events might actually make my resolve firmer to acquire Japanese citizenship from my current
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by srvmshr 5y ago
Also it is worthwhile to remember that a big chunk goes to paying salary, pensions and healthcare. Russia has the largest standing army if I remember right. Larger budget isn't necessarily large gains militarily. It is responsibility f
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by srvmshr 5y ago
Dive into DL (d2l) is becoming an incredibly good one stop reference for theory, code and now machine / architecture internals.
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by srvmshr 5y ago
Regarding PR, it adds ammo to their oft repeated claim of "best mobile OS" (Not that I fully agree) Size and RAM (and indirectly a modest battery life gain) will be a win for whoever uses, regardless of our personal views on this
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by srvmshr 5y ago
If App sizes go down, its a win for Apple as well: 1. Faster update downloaded to devices compared to before & to Google/Android. That's a big PR win. 2. Most badly behaving apps have tons of unnecessary process & their bi
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by srvmshr 5y ago
Just a genuine question: A while ago, Airbus retired the A380 [1]. Why would they experiment on a retired airframe, considering the thrust requirements are very specific to large widebody jets? [1] https://time.com/5529439&
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by srvmshr 5y ago
Twitter, although microblogging platform, seems to have quality content depending on what you choose to post/view. If you follow serious, like-minded people - who don't push out garbage at random, there is a lot of things you&#x27
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by srvmshr 5y ago
"The Unix Programming Environment" & "The C programming language" (K & R) were also written in troff.
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by srvmshr 5y ago
There was a time, where you could specify image dinensions in a more granular fashion (even with the option of "Larger than: ", where a dimension was supplied). Sadly it is no longer a feature. Granular control on search is long g
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by srvmshr 5y ago
> I will not specifically call out names, but the some of the largest and most well known consultancies do this as a matter of practice after they overbook themselves for projects for which they do not have staff on the bench to fill. In
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by srvmshr 5y ago
At my current startup, I recommended everyone to hold the title of Research Engineer. I was to be recruited as a Software architect / Principal tech lead, but I chose to keep this title too & suggested the same to my peer & imm
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by srvmshr 5y ago
> ISO C11, ISO C17, ISO C23, > GCC C, clang C, xlc, aC, TICC, MSVC C Absolutely. Some are feature fixes, malloc changes etc. How many of them are breaking changes or deprecations?
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by srvmshr 5y ago
C++ is an overloaded language whose complexity seems to be growing with each revision. Heck, I remember Bjarne Stroustrup even semi-lamenting it in one of the interviews. I don't understand why this is a C problem, whose syntax and def
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by srvmshr 5y ago
Our initial request was forwarded to Pearson and their lawyer responded with a heavy-handed threat.
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by srvmshr 5y ago
I was working on an annotated (unofficial) edition of K&R updated to the latest C standards, with commentary like the Lion's book on UNIX, completely typeset in LaTeX. Sadly, I don't think it will ever see the light of the day
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by srvmshr 5y ago
Japan's NTT Hikari runs on fiberoptic backbone. 10Gbps at $40 per month (3 year contract)
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How things work at top econ journals: Gelman(statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu)
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by srvmshr 5y ago
Bing Translate. It actually works better for Chinese & Japanese IMHO
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by srvmshr 5y ago
Very well put. My remark about 'true love' was this exact cynicism. And like you, I mirror the exact same feelings for my wife. The Mills & Boone type of romances do not exist in real life. Deep love is crafted incrementally e
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by srvmshr 5y ago
> It’s hard to accept the possibility that Judy may have completely forgotten about me, but a lifetime of living with disability has shown me how delicate human bodies and minds can be, how little it can take to dramatically, traumatical
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by srvmshr 5y ago
I wasn't aware of this & looks like worth learning. I was looking ahead to learn Penrose ( https://penrose.ink/ ) for making diagrams in my notes.
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by srvmshr 5y ago
Depends on the user & use case: Researchers use LaTeX heavily for papers. It has a learning curve, but once mastered it is very powerful. Markdown is being increasingly used for code documentation nowadays. `readthedocs`, github pages w
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by srvmshr 5y ago
Interesting find. Just FYI, this repo has been the OG for several years, when it comes to building NN from scratch: https://github.com/eriklindernoren/ML-From-Scratch
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by srvmshr 5y ago
I am an expat living in Tokyo for 5 years. My language skills is limited - I haven't given any JLPT. I can understand some conversation but can't speak. I depend on my wife for most official paperwork. I have lived in US, China &a
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by srvmshr 5y ago
Looking at the article and all the points & counterpoints, it is seeming more like Japan government wants companies to keep inventions basically as trade-secrets and work out a financial arrangement for the promising ones. This arrangem
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by srvmshr 5y ago
> [..] I doubt we or any company is likely to set up organized daily practice for their engineers. In fact I personally don't think it should be necessary. Yes. Fortunately the only nail hit right on the head. Company is different
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by srvmshr 5y ago
> It should be a depreciating asset, like a car or at most value-neutral. The building unit depreciates, but the total value usually goes up due to the land value, not the construction value. Cars would also appreciate hypothetically if
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by srvmshr 5y ago
Not exactly what you need, but this page lists best papers awards (with links) from all major conferences https://jeffhuang.com/best_paper_awards/ And here's PapersWeLove Repo with similar sauce https:/&#x2F
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by srvmshr 5y ago
Any solution which sufficiently explains the jungle of AWS services efficiently, will be a big win for the community. I see the whole point of certification driven approval & self-styled AWS ninjas/ gurus/ experts as the failu

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