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Physics of Computer Chips – Computerphile (2016)(youtube.com)
5 points by weare138 6y ago|0 comments
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by weare138 6y ago
This. A good example was the Ozone hole. After CFC (chlorofluorocarbon) propellants were regulated and partially banned it still took like 10 years before we saw significant results.
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by weare138 6y ago
> they are still heating/cooling their poorly insulated houses, they are still buying consumer goods on Amazon, they are still driving huge cars to the supermarket Just because we can't do everything at once doesn't mean w
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by weare138 6y ago
Another thing I thought was clever about Perl is it has two comparison operators, '==' for numeric values and 'eq' for strings.
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Critical flaw in Cisco IOS routers allows 'complete system compromise'(zdnet.com)
3 points by weare138 6y ago|0 comments
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by weare138 6y ago
Kind of depends on the language. Perl converts the string to an integer if you use a math operator on a numeric string. Python just throws an error.
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by weare138 6y ago
Obviously I can't say for certain Amazon has an agenda here but I could see how this would benefit them. [ puts on additional tin foil hat ] I don't think Amazon would be targeting the big players like Google and MS. All of them c
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by weare138 6y ago
> How do we actually know this? We don't which is why it's weird the current administration is trying to declare 'antifa' a terrorist group without presenting any real evidence. If they know something we don't t
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Google is being sued for tracking users even when browsing in incognito mode(businessinsider.com)
7 points by weare138 6y ago|0 comments
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by weare138 6y ago
I think what OP is getting at is the inherent hypocrisy of our government implementing policies to severely limit emigration from impoverished nations desperately in need while encouraging fleeing citizens from Hong Kong to bring their econ
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by weare138 6y ago
I've administered Windows networks. Windows backwards compatibility sucks and the fact most Windows legacy software runs better under Wine on a different OS is a testament to that. Almost none of the current OS's are good at backw
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by weare138 6y ago
But this isn't just a Linux problem though. Backwards compatibility sucks on Windows and MacOS too. At least Windows tries to give you some janky backwards compatibility options, with questionable results. MacOS just deprecates API&#
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by weare138 6y ago
"Claim everything. Explain nothing. Deny everything." -Prescott Bush
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by weare138 6y ago
What interesting about these 'glacier mice' is the moss forms into a ball that somehow roll around which is why the moss on the bottom of the ball doesn't die. So far they can't figure out what makes them roll. > The
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by weare138 6y ago
> We're more likely to reach herd immunity before a vaccine is approved, sooner the better Herd immunity only really works if it's a disease we build a long term immunity to after being infected or vaccinated. So far we don&#x2
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by weare138 6y ago
I'm guessing it's because of so many of the restaurants being closed in urban areas during the lockdown and people having less money to spend on things like takeout.
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by weare138 6y ago
But how is that different than one company owning over 91% of the newspapers in the country? I think most people would agree that's a bad thing.
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by weare138 6y ago
Oh sorry lol I must have. My bad :)
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by weare138 6y ago
> If the user doesn't want it, and it's forced on them anyway, it's malware That's pretty much the point OP was making...
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by weare138 6y ago
> I'm not talking legal, I'm talking moral Knowingly violating the terms of service you agreed to when you chose to use a free service like Twitter also seems to have some moral implications. I don't see how you can draw
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by weare138 6y ago
Maybe someone here knows the answer but doesn't the 'herd immunity' theory assume we build a long term immunity to the disease in question after being infected? What happens if COVID turns out to be like the influenza virus a
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by weare138 6y ago
Chaos: Making a New Science - James Gleick
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Kraftwerk Co-Founder Florian Schneider Dies at Age 73(billboard.com)
9 points by weare138 6y ago|1 comments
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Banjo had a contract to collect coronavirus data from Intermountain Healthcare(sltrib.com)
3 points by weare138 6y ago|0 comments
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by weare138 7y ago
I'm not a Python expert so I don't know much about the internals of Python but my hunch is when Python evaluates 'x in odds' it's not storing that value internally as a boolean so when you use the '==' str
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by weare138 7y ago
If I understand what you're getting at changing '==' to 'and' will make it work the way you're expecting. Both have to evaluate to 'True' in the if statement and passing 'False' to expect_od
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by weare138 7y ago
> The top-of-the-line iPhone has been benchmarking at or around MacBooks for the past 2-3 years This just isn't true. I looked up some benchmarks. The iPhone X with the A11 Bionic got a Geekbench score of 918 for single core and 23
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The Worst Rebrand in the History of Orange Juice(medium.com)
1 points by weare138 7y ago|0 comments
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by weare138 7y ago
I think it also has alot to do with the current zeitgeist in the industry. We have tech heavyweights like Facebook with React and Google with Angular pushing this method of web development which is causing a bandwagon effect. I don't t
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U.S. deaths in early weeks of pandemic far exceeded number attributed to Covid(washingtonpost.com)
3 points by weare138 7y ago|0 comments

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