super_mario

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by super_mario 9y ago
Setting up ad hoc (aka standalone) Spark cluster with a bunch of machines you have control over is ridiculously trivial task though. It's as easy as running spark --master=x where you designate one machine as master. All others started
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by super_mario 9y ago
Once your datasets go out of the bounds of single reasonable machine, it's time to switch to Apache Spark cluster (or similar). You can still write your data analysis code in Python, but you get to leverage multiple machines and intell
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by super_mario 9y ago
I thought it was common knowledge that you should not rely on system provided Python, Ruby, Tcl etc. They are there for scripting the system and nothing else. If you are Python developer, install specific version your project needs and use
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by super_mario 9y ago
This was complicated by the fact that PPC was big endian and Intel is little endian. If software assumed byte order when twiddling bits, etc, you could not just recompile it.
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by super_mario 9y ago
BASH is outdated, but I compile the latest version and install it in /bin (I have system integrity protection turned off). Other UNIX utilities are actually standard POSIX ones. If you are used to GNU extensions to these on Linux, then
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by super_mario 9y ago
You can write vim extensions in python, Perl, ruby, lua and of course viml. And vim launches in milliseconds, so no need to keep it running in the background as some text editing server.
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by super_mario 9y ago
Not all exercise is the same when it comes to brain benefits. Moderate to hard endurance exercise makes your brain secrete BDNF. And you need to perform it at least 3 times a week for 20-30 min minimum to notice any benefits. Strength train
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by super_mario 9y ago
Unfortunately, AlphaZero is private and no one has access to either the code (as commercial product) or resources it needs to run (TPUs). So, only Google can do this experiment.
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by super_mario 9y ago
I would like to see a rematch with Stockfish configured correctly. I give Stockfish at least 1 GB of hash per thread. In AlphaZero match they had 64 threads and only 1 GB of hash for all of them. No one knows how Stockfish behaves with that
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by super_mario 9y ago
If your use case is so simple that essentially any browser meets your needs, why do you find it strange that others might have different needs? I never understood why people have such a hard time with choice. And why saying something no lon
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by super_mario 9y ago
As far as I'm concerned Firefox is dead. I'm sticking with 56 and Pentadactyl for the times I need to do extensive research online where it is so much faster to browse and find things. Otherwise, I'm using Safari and weaning
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by super_mario 9y ago
I never said I am commuting on $5k road bike. I just compared the price of the electric car to price of high end carbon fiber road bike (which I have, but don't use for commuting to work). I commute on cheap mountain bike. Too many pot
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by super_mario 9y ago
I would buy this immediately to commute to work downtown for those rainy days when biking isn't as pleasant or convenient. But of course, it is not available in NA and if it were somehow I doubt the price would remain $5k (which is rou
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by super_mario 9y ago
Yes in newest versions it does. But for any non-trivial analytics you would use Apache Spark (most likely Spark/SQL). Cassandra's CQL is very limited in terms of types of queries it supports.
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by super_mario 9y ago
My Mercedes E550 has it too, and it is used for drowsiness detection. The car suggests you should take a break if you look tired or like you will fall asleep. I have had warning to stop and take a break come on only once and I was indeed in
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by super_mario 9y ago
This is analysis show real lack of imagination. Continuous glucose monitoring is extremely useful, even for pre-diabetics, let alone type 1 or type 2 diabetics. It does provide actionable information. Action isn't just inject some insu
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by super_mario 9y ago
Have you tried FZF (the fuzzy finder)? https://github.com/junegunn/fzf It integrates well with UNIX shells, editors (VIM integration is excellent), git log search etc. It's really versatile. Of course, there is al
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by super_mario 9y ago
This is not about government enforcing privacy on the internet. That is false analogy, but even if it were good analogy, it would still fail. Do you want government enforcing your personal security (also known as policing)? Would it not be
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by super_mario 10y ago
I managed to install the latest OS on mine. Basically you have 4 options: 1. Hack Sierra installer to bypass restrictions. 2. Use target disk mode on Mac Pro and another Mac that supports firewire 800 to install Sierra. 3. Clone internal di
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by super_mario 10y ago
Real Mac Pro would be an aluminum "cheese grater" large quiet box that sits under the desk that I never see or hear unless I want to upgrade something. The trashcan is at most Mac Mini Pro. Having thousand cables and external boxe
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by super_mario 10y ago
You got that all wrong. The least powerful machine is for grownups. The more powerful ones are for kids who like colorful glowing bar that flashes from time to time to provide entertainment and distract them from facebook and twitter postin
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by super_mario 10y ago
Indeed. Didn't we try UIs that change on the user dynamically and concluded they absolutely suck (remember the Windows 98 start menu re-ordering menu item position based on frequency of use?). They go against muscle memory training, an
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by super_mario 10y ago
Firefox was all about extensions and user control. But Mozilla has essentially decided to destroy their extensions eco system, and as a consequence lost me as their user and supporter. I really loved and used Pentadactyl, but it's now
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by super_mario 10y ago
Why stop at the IDE? Why not tick a checkbox in system preferences and it lets you use vim to edit anywhere you can type text. Now I would pay for that feature decent sum of money :D.
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by super_mario 10y ago
This is why Python 2.7 will just continue indefinitely.
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by super_mario 10y ago
Why? What is the advantage of abstracting everything from the raw CPU so much and now treating JavaScript as CPU op codes? And wasn't that computing model all the range 40 years ago, with "big iron" (less powerful than my pho
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by super_mario 10y ago
That GIF animation is wrong. The Sun and Jupiter are not repelled by one another. The Sun is tugged towards Jupiter, not away from it.
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by super_mario 10y ago
Actually bash 3.2 is GPL v2.0. Later versions switched to GPL v3 and this is why Apple is not updating to newer version. Give it a few more years and there will be no one left at Apple that has any clue what bash is.
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by super_mario 10y ago
Yes, Apple considers general purpose computers a legacy technology and more so a legacy business. Apple would much rather be in the locked down, small screen appliance business, i.e. computing devices made for techno-phobic user base. But i
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by super_mario 10y ago
I hear this repeated often, but I don't think type 2 diabetes is due to being fat alone, nor can you get rid of diabetes by losing weight. There are morbidly obese people who do not develop type 2 during their lifetime, and then there

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