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Nuclear Reactor Fits on a Semi and Cools Without External Power(drivethedistrict.com)
9 points by wtracy 12y ago|3 comments
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by wtracy 12y ago
So, possibly the angel was the original source of the app idea? That makes the $1m investment claim easier to swallow.
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by wtracy 12y ago
Here is the artist painting himself in his studio: I don't see anything like lenses, mirrors or other tricks, mostly just brushes, paint, canvas, the artist and the subject. To be fair, I doubt that Vermeer himself would hav
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by wtracy 12y ago
Alright, I missed that nuance. I don't think I've ever worked with a language that provided memory safety without garbage collection.
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by wtracy 12y ago
It is unethical to continue writing code in non-memory-safe C or C-based languages, for any purpose. Period. I'm looking forward to seeing your new operating system and managed runtime written entirely using garbage-collected languag
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by wtracy 12y ago
... or they'll just dispute the recurring credit card charges for your paid product, and you'll get your merchant account frozen after a few "cancellations". We can argue over whether or not the original suggestion const
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by wtracy 12y ago
Neither one really has a direct "equivalent" in assembly. Prefix is going to look something like: inc eax # increment the value mov eax,ecx # copy the return value to its destination Postfix is going to look something lik
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by wtracy 12y ago
Do note that modern compilers can detect when the return value of the ++ operator is unused, and skip the extra steps when unneeded. (I've verified the resulting assembler myself from GCC 3.X.) That said, I still use the prefix notatio
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by wtracy 12y ago
Isn't there some way they could have implemented tiered pricing? An $X00 Learning/Evaluation Edition and an $X,000 (or $X0,000) Professional Edition?
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Microsoft Lays out the Future of Internet Explorer(arstechnica.com)
4 points by wtracy 12y ago|2 comments
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by wtracy 12y ago
The statistical methods we use now were created in the context of long-running experiments that had to be set up in advance and run in parallel. In that situation, you have to decide up-front how many subjects to test on, and the methods re
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by wtracy 12y ago
It would be nice to turn down the volume on the video I'm playing now, but still have my VoIP app ring loud enough for me to notice it if I'm not paying attention.
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by wtracy 12y ago
Do you think that the likes of Disney and Sony care? If the ad network is down, they're not getting paid for that view, anyway.
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by wtracy 12y ago
Hey, mine isn't in the list! :-) https://github.com/wtracy/hablog That said, it was only ever intended as a toy project, so it probably doesn't belong here.
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by wtracy 12y ago
I stand corrected.
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by wtracy 12y ago
That, and sometimes device A is x% faster than competing device B because the driver for device A is faster, not because of the silicon. Open that up, and you give away your competitive advantage. Also, there are always rumors about $LOW_
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by wtracy 12y ago
http://etoileos.com/etoile/ http://fluxbox.org/screenshots/ http://awesome.naquadah.org/ http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/ http://www.enlightenment
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Feds prosecute medical marijuana users in Washington(reason.com)
2 points by wtracy 12y ago|0 comments
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by wtracy 13y ago
The providers apparently assume that you're already paying for "unlimited" internet. Also, these access points pair with your device and don't provide bandwidth to other random devices, so at least you're not provid
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by wtracy 13y ago
In California, the anti-prostitution laws apparently have a loophole that is exploited by pornographers. I am told that in California it is illegal for someone to pay to receive sexual acts. However, it is legal to pay people to engage
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by wtracy 13y ago
No, external I/O has to go through the ARM CPU.
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by wtracy 13y ago
Mine arrived last Saturday, so I can confirm it does exist!
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by wtracy 13y ago
That's exactly what the DoD created Ada for. Unfortunately, programmers that know Ada seem to be in short supply.
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by wtracy 13y ago
I've gotten several interviews through them. I believe that an actual human matches up job descriptions and resumes there, and you get an email every time your resume gets matched to a job. You're then given a chance to allow or d
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by wtracy 13y ago
If you're not allergic to Java, there's Flying Saucer: http://code.google.com/p/flying-saucer/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Saucer_(library)
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by wtracy 13y ago
I would like to see exact dimensions of this thing. All I see on the page is "2.5 cubic inches".
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by wtracy 13y ago
I was disappointed that there was no real discussion of why you would want to do this. I see some potential for interesting optimizations, but that's ... it.
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by wtracy 13y ago
They're not selling any new shares, just splitting existing ones. So I suspect no.
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by wtracy 13y ago
First things first: What do you bring to the table, besides having an idea? Inside experience in your target industry? Industry contacts? Venture capital? If you bring any of the above, it's a non-issue. If your hacker runs off with yo
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by wtracy 13y ago
Does this imply that GOOG and GOOGL shares will have prices that will move independently going forward? This should be interesting to watch.

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