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by tbirdz 12y ago
> All the coolest stuff in FreeBSD comes from OpenBSD. I disagree. Jails, ZFS, and DTrace did not come from OpenBSD.
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Wow, we just recommended the same book within seconds of each other. But seriously it's a good book, if you have interest in the topic it's worth reading.
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On the topic of dataflow programming I found the book "Dataflow and Reactive Programming Systems: A Practical Guide to Developing Dataflow and Reactive Programming Systems" by Matt Carkci [0] to give a pretty good overview of the
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by tbirdz 12y ago
I have a comment more on the presentation than the content. I actually really enjoyed the "script format" type presentation more than I thought I would when I first staerted reading it. Having the article be a conversation between
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These issues may be serious problems, such as self modifying code in emulating older systems like the NES, but are they still as problematic in more modern consoles? I believe that modern consoles are already being programmed more in high l
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Emulator-Backed Remakes(gabrielgambetta.com)
5 points by tbirdz 12y ago|0 comments
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It is an interesting idea/project, but can it really be considered Reverse Engineering? It seems like it is just translating the original instructions into a C++ form. If the goal is to build an open implementation of the CubeWorld ser
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by tbirdz 12y ago
I don't mean to make light of your personal issues, but I don't think the Hacker News comment section for this article is the appropriate place to be discussing them. I wish you luck in dealing with your affliction, and suggest th
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Finite State Machine Parsing for Internet Protocols: Faster Than You Think [pdf](cs.dartmouth.edu)
9 points by tbirdz 12y ago|2 comments
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I wouldn't worry about it. I've been living in semi-solitude for the past few years. There is an adjustment period, but eventually you get used to it.
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This is true up to a point. But C is based on an abstract model of a machine, which doesn't really map closely to today's machines. For example, C's memory model basically assumes a contiguous array of bytes, but with modern
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C was my first language as well, though this was a while back now. I found it was very valuable. It taught me many things and sparked my interest in computer programming. While my own experience with it was good, I hesitate when recommendin
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by tbirdz 12y ago
In addition to the time domain visualization I would be interested in a frequency domain visualization as well. Spectrum Analysis plots can look very beautiful especially with a well chosen color scheme.
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Just as an Example, Raytheon invented the microwave oven.
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I haven't been able to get good quality PDF output using the docbook based toolchain, as seems to be used in git-scribe. You can style the HTML output with css easily, and you can even get good looking math by including your LaTeX in a
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Unfortunately I got the message "Lost Connection to Server", after I had made significant progress, and had to start over. But all in all, I think it's a very interesting (and fun) game. The only part which concerns me is the
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by tbirdz 12y ago
You can cut it down but it still won't be feasible. Consider generating even just all possible 100x100 1-bit monochrome images. There will be 100 * 100 = 10000 bits per image, giving a total of 2^10000 possible images: about 1.995 * 10
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by tbirdz 12y ago
Here's another tip: If you want to know the fonts used in a PDF, you can use the pdffonts utility from poppler.
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I assume it would be something like you see an object in real life, and you want to know more about it, so you take a picture of it, and use that image to search.
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>My personal sense is that browser extensions in general are a technology that's on the far side of the adoption bell curve. As the Web itself becomes a more capable platform, many scenarios that used to require an extension can now
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by tbirdz 12y ago
Would you mind elaborating more on what you mean by "Everyone who touches a website should have read Jan Tschichold". A quick search showed that Jan Tschichold has written many books (and many books have been written about him), i
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by tbirdz 12y ago
Just curious. For anyone who has used both Nix and Guix, which one do you prefer, and which do you think is more likely to gain traction (ignoring the 800lb gorillas of deb and rpm, for the moment)?
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Presuming you are the author who submitted it: What was experience like using Dart in this project? How do you think it would compare to using JavaScript to implement a similar game?
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In the mean time you might want to check out Nimrod or D. These are some other languages in a similar space - compiling to native binaries, but with the amenities of modern languages.
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You might be able to use the filters from libavfilter
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A Linux Guide to Book Scanning(natecraun.net)
1 points by tbirdz 12y ago|0 comments
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I would assume the downvote is for the extended discussion, bordering on bragging about your internship at google. The first comment was relevant to the story, but the part about how you got to work with famous people in computer science wa
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I'm always impressed when I see people who have spent such a large amount of time on a single project. Me personally, I keep flitting from project to project, creating a prototype, or a proof-of-concept before I get interested in somet
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by tbirdz 12y ago
A couple of objections: 1) I don't see how it is the GPL's fault that the Open CASCADA license is GPL incompatible. The Open CASCADA license was created way after the GPL, and so if they wanted to use their code with GPL code, the
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by tbirdz 12y ago
The article doesn't quite give the film justice. While there are certainly some "behind the scenes" like material, the documentary is more than just a "How to paint like Vermeer" type instructional video. It delves

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