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by tim_hutton 9y ago
I like JavaScript a lot, I've got no problem with it. But when WebAssembly can access the DOM (or replace it) it seems likely that performance-critical code will use that instead.
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by tim_hutton 9y ago
Is there still a need for performant JavaScript now that we have WebAssembly? Edit: Apologies for wording this poorly. Clearly there is a need for performant JavaScript. My question is more about how much we expect WebAssembly to take over
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by tim_hutton 9y ago
The value on pi approximation day (22/7) is closer to pi than the value on pi day (3.14).
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by tim_hutton 9y ago
Is anyone else a bit sick of these 'pi days'? Every year we get the same old shtick. Pleasingly, under the one true date format [0] there are no pi days. (Well there are, but long past the heat death of the Universe.) [0] https:&
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by tim_hutton 9y ago
The source code (mines.c) is here: https://git.tartarus.org/?p=simon/puzzles.git;a=blob;f=mines... There is code for solving a grid using deductions in this section: https://git.tartarus.org/?p=simon&#x
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by tim_hutton 9y ago
It seems odd to say "Mr. Turing" (referring to a period in the 1950s), given that he got his Phd in 1938. The article uses "Dr." for other people.
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by tim_hutton 10y ago
The phone next to it is vibrating?
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by tim_hutton 10y ago
Exploring how to do the same thing for the Mandelbrot Set: https://github.com/timhutton/mandelstir
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by tim_hutton 10y ago
In computer vision there is a well-known problem of estimating the color of the lighting. I worked on detecting the player's skin color for a recent computer game. We decided not to use an RGB camera for pretty much the same reason as
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by tim_hutton 10y ago
Surely now we can agree that it is FINALLY time to adjust our planet's orbit to correct for this problem once and for all.
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by tim_hutton 10y ago
Pretty much. The XML is mainly used to specify the 'mission' that you want your agent to perform. You write your agent in Python (or a few other languages), and it can be as simple as this: https://github.com/Micro
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by tim_hutton 10y ago
I often think that this is what Minecraft should have used instead of redstone.
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by tim_hutton 11y ago
This design requires a rail down the middle of the tube? Am I reading that right?
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40 new reaction-diffusion patterns in Ready 0.7(github.com)
1 points by tim_hutton 11y ago|0 comments
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by tim_hutton 12y ago
Another intermittent engine (that you really can make at home): the putt-putt or pop-pop boat: http://blog.jgc.org/2011/06/making-ponyo-or-putt-putt-boat.h...
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by tim_hutton 12y ago
The root cause of this is the influence of money on our politicians. Symptoms include laws written for the rich and the corporations rather than for the people, causing the continued growth of inequality and a drag on the economy. Support L
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by tim_hutton 12y ago
The 122 in particular should be almost halfway between 100 and 150 but theirs is much lower.
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by tim_hutton 12y ago
The numbers in the polio graph doesn't match the positions! Comparison: http://i.imgur.com/3kGXyRA.png Not a massive problem in this case but worrying.
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by tim_hutton 12y ago
The social benefits from free software are positive externalities and thus not naturally dealt with by the free market. Compare with the negative externalities of air pollution, for example.
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by tim_hutton 12y ago
Summary: Nitrocellulose (gun cotton) doesn't need oxygen to explode but it turns out that it doesn't work in a vacuum. We only found this out in 2013. A Rosetta scientist saw the Wired article and sent a comment in April 2014.
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Scientist learnt in April that Philae harpoons might fail(twitter.com)
3 points by tim_hutton 12y ago|2 comments
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Show HN: A hyperbola is a circle with imaginary radius(plus.google.com)
2 points by tim_hutton 12y ago|0 comments
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by tim_hutton 12y ago
Also, it's not just about the angles. It's about the number of connections between vertices too. There just aren't any other solutions. To convince yourself, here's a fun game you can try with pencil and paper: http:&#x
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by tim_hutton 12y ago
I feel bad for the poor heptagon, which has neither a flat tiling nor a solid. At least on the hyperbolic plane everyone gets to take part in a tiling.
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by tim_hutton 12y ago
Sure. Download the index.html and run it locally. Comment out line 259: //setInterval( animate, 20 );
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Show HN: Explore tilings of the hyperbolic plane by moving the mouse(github.com)
46 points by tim_hutton 12y ago|10 comments
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by tim_hutton 12y ago
Fixed: "The Person Who Will Build Google's Quantum Computer" I wish Wired would only mention the sex of the person if it was relevant. Edit: Do we casually mention someone's skin color, when it's not relevant?
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by tim_hutton 12y ago
I spoke to Glen Ropella of Swarm about him in 2009 when I was writing a paper and Glen said this: "Most of the people I know related to Swarm refer people to me when they're looking for Chris. It's no mystery, though. He deci
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by tim_hutton 12y ago
Glyphosate was banned in Sri Lanka on the basis on this. The ban was lifted two weeks later: http://www.newslaundry.com/2014/07/14/exploring-gm-foods-par...
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Monsanto's Linked to Fatal Kidney Disease Epidemic: Could It Topple the Company?(alternet.org)
6 points by tim_hutton 12y ago|6 comments

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