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wlievens
16y ago
We have. We've chosen the government, because they're probably more neutral and objective than a private entity, and that's more important than them probably being less efficient.
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16y ago
The other side of that argument is of course that most patients don't want "unsafe" drugs, so that regulation has a purpose. Is there any way to get a best of both worlds in this scenario? Quicker to-market times for drugs for rare and dang
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16y ago
I forgot the name, but this is it: http://www.edg.com/index.php?location=c_frontend
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16y ago
With their kind of scalability, any positive cash flow is awesome news.
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16y ago
There is an off-the-shelf C++ parser. IIRC it costs about $100k per year.
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16y ago
> Imagine seeing syntax errors the moment you type them. Eclipse does that. Or are you talking specifically only about C?
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16y ago
Today!
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16y ago
That's a precondition check. While useful (essential), it doesn't cover all "forgot to check an error code" cases.
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16y ago
Flash is great when used for the right purpose. HTML is great when used for the right purpose, too. Some may overlap; no problem as competition is good for tech. What bothers people is the fact that sometimes entire websites that would work
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16y ago
> Notch (of Minecraft fame) recently expressed a desire to make a game that's something like a fantasy RPG version of Football Manager. I'm really, really tempted to steal the idea and make something with it. Cool, did he say that? I'm
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16y ago
In addition, it's PI day in 10 days (3/14).
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16y ago
> where they could become useful in the first month or two Actually, it often takes experienced coders several weeks to become truly useful to a team. I've heard a consulting manager say that only after 6 months do they charge the full
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16y ago
According to wikipedia, I think this is technically the NanoSail-D2 satellite as the first was lost on launch.
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16y ago
Would 74 MB really cut it? I'm probably "above average" but mine uses 3 gb.
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16y ago
Nice. I like the "organic" feel of the images you get. http://demoseen.com/langton.html#+/.<..<....++......... .
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wlievens
16y ago
I suspect Roel is Belgian. "Breathing" would in his context refer to euphimism for a leaky house.
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16y ago
I'd prefer a little more examples or information before signing up for this.
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16y ago
Just curious: what in particular do you hate about it?
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wlievens
16y ago
I'm not sure. I would associate PerfectNameFinder.com somehow with "shady dating site" and that's no good.
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wlievens
16y ago
Same here. I built an isometric strategy game in canvas but had to abandon it because I couldn't get over 12 fps on firefox on a reasonably resolution.
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16y ago
You have to have some form of body, no?
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wlievens
16y ago
Fallacious. If worms would actually reply, and converse even with very limited intelligence about their state of mind, it would lead to an entire new branch of science and new sectors of entertainment and industry. Pets are cool.
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wlievens
16y ago
Great business model, come to think of it.
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16y ago
Java developer here looking for small projects! Located in Belgium.
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16y ago
Perhaps you don't need to. Perhaps you only need to emulate the substrate (neural network, blabla) and then copy an instance of a running brain to it. That may be a lot simpler than understanding the actual processes.
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16y ago
> then your skepticism is no more solid than his prediction. But the onus is on the predictor
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16y ago
See: http://no-www.org/
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16y ago
Particularly ironic since he uses a .si domain!
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16y ago
Good point. The ID3 tag is probably only in the header anyway. They'll just do it at a block level.
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16y ago
To finish that Micromachines level that was pretty much undoable at normal speed.
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