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by theatrus2 13y ago
I was about the mention Thailand and Taiwan as two popular medical tourism places. You're out $1-2k on the ticket, but paying a tiny fraction for great healthcare. You just can't sue anyone later (but that is maybe a good thing).
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by theatrus2 13y ago
But <$10 for an ARM926 in very low quantities. Add DRAM, NAND (or SD).
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by theatrus2 14y ago
Scala still has the problem that you can return null explicitly (since references on the JVM are nullable), but any Scala code which does this should probably be shot on sight.
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Twitter Acquires We Are Hunted(wearehunted.com)
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by theatrus2 14y ago
If you ignore IE+Windows XP, you can safely use SNI.
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by theatrus2 14y ago
Probably an unintentional optimization/side effect of using the GPU for some drawing path. Regression tests are fun!
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by theatrus2 14y ago
The density of LA is still far too low for a NY style subway to be cost effective. Metro Rail is in some ways pseudo-inter-city-commuter-rail, similar to BART and the DC "Metro". Its also interesting due to its diverse type of trackae (heav
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by theatrus2 14y ago
Note that there is a cliff at about 20GB with +CompressedOoops, as the larger heap makes object reference compression impossible, so references return to a full machine word (8 bytes), which depending on your workload and code, can be signi
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by theatrus2 14y ago
Whats the interaction between systems based on Mesos, which can (and many do) use containers? Is this really designed for more multi-tenancy with lower trust over same-org clouds?
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by theatrus2 14y ago
Lots of 500 errors when I "got" a ticket and was being sent to the registration. Unfortunately, that means I instantly appeared to lose the ticket and had to jump back into the ticket lotto machine.
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by theatrus2 14y ago
The problem with the raw register names is that they're not even consistent between compilers/libraries. However, they're usually the best route to go form an efficiency standpoint.
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by theatrus2 14y ago
That would be annoying to me too. I'd have it PWM dim.
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by theatrus2 14y ago
Boosting regulators are common, but there are efficiency tradeoffs, since: a) boosting regulators consume energy, b) boosting regulators with a sleep mode (so you're not spinning the wheels 24/7) don't start up immediately. Two 0.9V alkalin
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by theatrus2 14y ago
The best thing is to NOT use a voltage regulator at all. The MSP430 line will happily run down to sub-1.8V levels, which means a pair of AA/AAA alkalines could power your project in time spans well exceeding the shelf life of your batteries
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by theatrus2 14y ago
You're thinking of PAE. It allowed the system as a whole to use more than 4Gib, but it still limited a virtual memory space to 4GiB.
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by theatrus2 14y ago
The sensitivity didn't increase by exposing it longer - its simply accumulating more signal over time. Many sensors are ill-suited to long exposures though. While they can do it, you end up with heat related issues (commonly manifested as s
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by theatrus2 14y ago
Lenses are very constrained by physics, and cost. Ground glass and more exotic materials are expensive to produce - injection molded plastic isn't. A high MP sensor is miles cheaper than an upgraded optical system.
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by theatrus2 14y ago
I think thats the modus operandi of any big internet company with significant internal infrastructure. The next big thing is always coming.
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by theatrus2 14y ago
In my experience, G1 basically doesn't yet work well under high garbage high load scenarios. Its responsiveness was worse than untuned CMS, and significantly worse than tuned CMS. I'd love for it to work since long pauses are the bane of an
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by theatrus2 14y ago
The number of services which shouldn't normally be open is always concerning. Like port 3306.
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by theatrus2 14y ago
This feature looks nice. I imagine its a bear to safely do :) I always wished that darcs was usable "in the real world", as the concept of composability is very appealing. Perhaps there is a compromise to be reached here (local patchs with
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by theatrus2 14y ago
The carpeting was complete fail for a high volume system such as BART. Also, the lack of maintenance in general. Carpeting works fine on "higher end" lower-volume rail, such as commuter Amtrak lines.
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by theatrus2 14y ago
Magnetrons don't work that way sadly - you can't easily change their design power. This is why the microwave power setting is fractional time based.
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by theatrus2 14y ago
A lot of US banks still want 18-year olds or a parental guarantee. US banks love overage fees (making credit card interest rates an amazing bargain). Plus there is the liability of checks/ACH which can cause overdrafts.
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by theatrus2 14y ago
Bitcoin "solves" the problem of anonymous payments, but with copyright and other liability, never mind asymmetrical connections, would probably make this unappealing to providers.
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by theatrus2 14y ago
Interesting that SSH is getting through still. I wonder how much longer till Chinese avoidance VPN tech needs to resort to stenography in images to transfer data. Masking data as cat pictures would be slow but not automatically detectable.
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by theatrus2 14y ago
My employer (smartly) prohibits bringing any corporate equipment into China - including cell phones which access company email, and generally suggest not touching the Internet (at least any of your accounts) at all. Having been there, this
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by theatrus2 14y ago
Curious to know if any B2B or other non-social hosting sites out there have been successful. Youtube is obviously the big 800lb gorilla in the room for wide distribution videos.
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by theatrus2 14y ago
The last system where I used SHA-256 had 16KiB of RAM (and 128KiB of direct-mapped flash). Yes, memory use for security algorithms is important.
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by theatrus2 14y ago
I recently found my Windows 98 CD. I should pop that into VMware and try out the Internet.

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