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721.
by wnoise 10y ago
> Mouritsen thinks, that the reason those warblers left Tennessee was not because they heard wisps of a distant superstorm but because of changes in atmospheric pressure. Sound is changes in atmospheric pressure, and we're talking
722.
by wnoise 10y ago
A good thing that labeling it stupidity is not the method for dealing with it, just a part of describing methods for dealing with it.
723.
by wnoise 10y ago
Like many legal matters, it varies between states. The majority are "one party" states, where it's okay so long as one member of the conversation knows and agrees. (And like many legal constraints, they are usually laxer fo
724.
by wnoise 10y ago
The bit string representation actually isn't that bad for modulo computations: 2^n mod 3 is just 1 + (n % 2), and 2^n mod 5 is just {1,2,4,3}[n % 4]. Perfectly learnable to add them all up with the right weights? Given we're doin
725.
by wnoise 10y ago
No itertools.cycle()?
726.
by wnoise 10y ago
They acknowledge the problem, and their solution is to stop actively aiding and abetting the people who are continuing to make it worse by writing python 2 code.
727.
by wnoise 10y ago
Sure, but at that point what relationship does it have to the semantics of C ints?
728.
by wnoise 10y ago
For those wondering, it appears the author took it down: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11714346
729.
by wnoise 10y ago
If spelling and pronunciation differ, why is it that spelling needs to change? Clearly the right solution is pronunciation reform. (And given that there are many pronunciations in common usage, we can't alter the spelling to fit them
730.
by wnoise 10y ago
> Given that the size of a Point is 12 bytes, the reference to the z members of points is turned into points + (12 * i + 8). No, it's not. In the C abstract machine, arithmetic on pointers is not the same as arithmetic on intege
731.
by wnoise 10y ago
> If this interpretation of the data is correct, then aging is a natural process that can be reduced to nanoscale thermal physics—and not a disease. How does that follow? Compare with "Measles is a natural process that can be reduc
732.
by wnoise 10y ago
Well, yeah. If you don't fit the standard of "reasonable person", you're going to violate normal standards, and going to be judged harshly for it unless you put a lot of effort in.
733.
by wnoise 10y ago
> Asking someone on a date that isn't interested in you is harassment. Asking someone on a date when it is apparent that they aren't interested is harassment.
734.
by wnoise 10y ago
Mostly no. But they can choose to work only when the surge pricing levels are above a certain point.
735.
by wnoise 10y ago
Well, classical taxi models generally don't set the prices either, as state or city regulations almost invariably do that.
736.
by wnoise 10y ago
Defaults matter. Having to assert a defense at all is a huge chilling effect.
737.
by wnoise 10y ago
Providing opportunities isn't entrapment. Pressuring or convincing someone to commit a crime they wouldn't is. I admit it can be a fine line at times...
738.
by wnoise 10y ago
I thought he made it sound as if 'litigious people with disability' was the solution to 'providing a service to the general public but discriminating against certain members'.
739.
by wnoise 10y ago
Why do you consider this clickbait? It's not untrue, nor does it tease with hidden information alluded to in the title. It's a straight-forward headline describing the contents of the article.
740.
by wnoise 10y ago
There is such a thing as "constructive dismissal". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructive_dismissal
741.
by wnoise 10y ago
FYI: "faze" is the current widely accepted spelling.
742.
by wnoise 11y ago
> We have real hardware differences for a lot of simple things that make them hard or impossible to give defined behavior for. Hard or impossible to give _performant_ defined behavior for. > As an example, shifting left by more bits t
743.
by wnoise 11y ago
> If it were true we would see sharp changes in the observed speed of light at wavelengths depending on the absorption spectrum of the material in question. Uh, we do. The imaginary portion of the index of refraction near a resonance g
744.
by wnoise 11y ago
EGA was "dual-sync": in the 200 line modes, it ran at 15 kHz, whereas the 350 line modes ran at 23 kHz. While it's quite possible that the card had the problem, it's also possible that CRT was the problem. If the compo
745.
by wnoise 11y ago
If signbit() were compatible with constexpr, it would work for negative zero. Similarly, frexp() could determine the exponent, though the interface itself is a problem.
746.
by wnoise 11y ago
Many people think it is, but apparently no one with authority to go to court over it has done so.
747.
by wnoise 11y ago
Can 135 pages really be described as a "cheat sheet"?
748.
by wnoise 11y ago
Wait, how does a coating interfere with software ?
749.
by wnoise 11y ago
*dioramas
750.
by wnoise 11y ago
Although cleaning filters and a standard parser works well too.

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