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by swixmix 9y ago
I'm happy to see this posted. I learned about Kalman's filter as a technician working with inertial navigators about 2 decades ago. Something like this: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28671631
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by swixmix 9y ago
> what is the big deal about syspatch? It's not revolutionary, just very convenient. It's automatic, and I think M:Tier offers a similar service.[0] > How is this different from […] apt or yum? It's a "utility for
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by swixmix 9y ago
Also, a calorie may be 1000 calories (kcal) depending on who is writing it. It's clear that nautical miles aren't miles. Not so clear for calories and maybe points. What should we call them? Cyber points? Relative points?
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by swixmix 9y ago
It looks like steering was controlled by one person. Unfortunately it lacks further detail. I saved the link to read later. Thank you.
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by swixmix 9y ago
Do you have references for the Submarine story? The submarines I've seen have a rudder, stern plane, and another on the sail. With mechanical controls, I imagine it's difficult to have one person control all three of those movemen
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by swixmix 9y ago
This was a reaction to Quartz Media's (QM) article that made Apache Strut appear to be incompetent. [0]. QM updated the article. [1]. Equifax was vulnerable for at least two and half months, and database access wasn't detected. [2
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by swixmix 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication_with_submarines#... > "This article needs additional citations for verification."
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by swixmix 9y ago
The lesson I got from Fukushima is that, if we have a reactor, we need to take care of it. I think Fukushima was neglected because people didn't like it. I see this as more of a political issue. The lessons learned summary[0] hints at
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by swixmix 9y ago
This doesn't surprise me at all. Consider what else you can learn about the CIA from the discussion. They could have released a redacted document but it would only have any information that was already publicly available. There's
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by swixmix 10y ago
Use your favorite password manager and create your passwords using https://www.eff.org/dice
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by swixmix 10y ago
> say "No more file access, no more network connections". Looks like you're advocating OpenBSD's pledge(2). http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man2/pledge.2
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by swixmix 12y ago
http://pastebin.com/ZJXsygQx (imgur didn't support svg.) Converted using inkscape from http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AA%E3%...
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by swixmix 12y ago
http has overhead. i recommend zmodem.
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by swixmix 13y ago
I just wanted to add some more information to your comment. The long-term side-effects are called Post Polio Syndrome and there's a International Polio Network at http://www.post-polio.org/
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by swixmix 13y ago
This could be a fortunate investment that will make them lots of money. Give it back? I doubt it. Sell it back? Profit.
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by swixmix 13y ago
Does Primecoin cryptography depend on the difficulty of finding prime numbers and then try to find them?
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by swixmix 14y ago
April 2 in Japan. (Yet another i18n problem to consider.)
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by swixmix 14y ago
Do you work for the government?
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by swixmix 14y ago
I tried the equation. It's 113/watts per 30 minutes of idea manifestation. My notes are at http://pastebin.com/MG0z5u6M Corrections are welcome.
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by swixmix 15y ago
Agreed -- because GNU refers to the OS and Linux refers to the kernel. Linus only releases the kernel.
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by swixmix 15y ago
Amazon sales tax collection tax? :(
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by swixmix 15y ago
I doubt the DOD purchased IP blocks much as I doubt Apple pays for their domain name. Back before the commercialization of the Internet these things were relatively free.
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by swixmix 15y ago
He is foolish if he did not expect this. My guess is he's doing it for the notoriety and succeeded. A job well done. Next time he either should submit a bug report to Apple or avoid using their products.
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by swixmix 15y ago
He's still alive, you know.
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by swixmix 15y ago
Octal 013 would be more appropriate.
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by swixmix 15y ago
The most acceptable way may not be the most correct, but to correct it is more effort than it's worth.
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by swixmix 15y ago
They'd need to defeat https first.
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by swixmix 15y ago
I would love to see how others solved these problems as a reward for completing it on my own.
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by swixmix 15y ago
I'm baffled as to why radio communication is excluded. What could be the reason?
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by swixmix 15y ago
I vote we convert the repetition to recursion, which should be more acceptable to the Y combinator crowd.

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