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by ucho 11y ago
It is* also true for PHP - almost any data structure internally is just a linked hash map. *or was, I am not sure about current state
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by ucho 11y ago
When a popular site tries to detect adblockers the filters/rules are updated with exceptions for files that are tested. Simple way to reduce ad-block effectives is not to use ad-networks but advertiser don't like that idea.
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by ucho 11y ago
Previous discussion on that report: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9796813
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by ucho 11y ago
Yes, that's one of main argument raised against increasing transactions per block - it would increase block size and ledger growth rate.
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by ucho 11y ago
All of above - at the same time - ends up in the middle of Gartner's hype cycles: a solution has been found 20 years ago and people are searching for problem it solves ever since.
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by ucho 11y ago
That's how Google does that: http://googlecloudplatform.blogspot.com/2015/05/Got-a-second... . The drawback is that their clock will be "wrong" for most of that day.
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Ask HN: Recomend cloud sync/storage with extensive configuration
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by ucho 11y ago
"Notice how short and easy it is to write." Yeah, it really shows how LISP is beautiful language and why no one uses it.
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by ucho 11y ago
For recently completed tunnel in Gdańsk the machine cost was €21 million while the total cost for drilling operation was around €220 million
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by ucho 11y ago
> I'm pleasantly surprised by the feedback on this so far. Why are you surprised? If gun carry is allowed and common then any gun-free zone (expect few well guarded places like court rooms) is completely insane.
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by ucho 11y ago
What are advantages over renting GPU enabled AWS instances?
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by ucho 12y ago
Having quantum entangled particles stored in some crystal sounds better than requiring direct optical cable connection between peers for some kinds of quantum computer resistant communication.
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by ucho 12y ago
That level of debt, even when most of it is internal, can't be maintained when Japan is on edge of demographic catastrophe. Whats worse - recent attempts at reducing budget deficit by raising VAT ended up with recession: http:/&#
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by ucho 12y ago
Even ignoring python the POV-Ray way is nice if You happen to hate each and every 3D modeler software and prefer to write scene files by hand :)
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by ucho 12y ago
Of course it is. AFAIRF Valgrind works by replacing malloc() and free() that way.
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by ucho 12y ago
Very old news. Surgery for "Gastroesophageal reflux disease" was an famous example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo#cite_note-198 . If I remember correctly in one study symptoms dissipated in 50% of pat
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by ucho 12y ago
Looks like a great way to harvest active email addresses.
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by ucho 12y ago
Yeah, except I can't check for bugs presence with Modernizr. SVG implementation is broken in Firefox, how am I supposed to detect it in wonderful world of HTML5 and user agents containing name of every browser in existence?
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by ucho 13y ago
> - Better partitioning support Yeah, right. Partitioning in PostgreSQL is as braindead as setting sequence value in Oracle. IMHO the devs made wrong choice: https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Table_partitioning#Possib
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by ucho 13y ago
> Google has been taking a collective shit The biggest issue with anything Google related is absolute lack of communication/transparency. They have been baning web pages from Google AdSense and never told the owners why, without any
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by ucho 13y ago
He probably thought it is obvious. If it is so hard to estimate economic impact it might as well be over 600M or under 0.
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by ucho 13y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open-source_softw... SF and GoogleCode block was quite painful for OSS community.
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by ucho 13y ago
Do you want to use your real name for YouTube: - Yes - Remind me in a week How about: don't bug me ever?
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by ucho 14y ago
He was actually giving example of page that is ridiculous easy to mine.
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by ucho 14y ago
Nowadays I get OOM while running only FireFox and Netbeans - and I am not even running software I develop on my box :P
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by ucho 14y ago
Nope, it is just an introduction. I would love to see next parts, my memory of Complexity Analysis is very rusty. Basically I only remember people _repeating_ that course, leaving the exam just after seeing questions :)
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by ucho 15y ago
Allow people check for themselves http://uploadmirrors.com/download/1DQGRXOQ/byesality.zip