wzdd

11 ms·

121.
by wzdd 2y ago
Not to mention Minix running on ~every recent Intel system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine Microkernels still have lower performance than their monolithic counterparts. It makes sense really: the
122.
by wzdd 2y ago
Seems like a strawman. The thing being repeated here is something which raises if the datetime isn't in the future. So abstract that out and you then get both methods calling raiseIfDateTimeNotInFuture() which then also serves as docum
123.
by wzdd 2y ago
Also the human would need an Arabian horse, possibly multiple horses if the object is larger than a quarter (or one very well-trained one).
124.
by wzdd 2y ago
Not sure what you meant by "some users" but as someone without physical disabilities it's an issue for me. They can't be used with wet hands, can't be used if they've been splashed (which is certainly a choice
125.
by wzdd 2y ago
This is exactly how I use it. It's interesting to see what the "expected" thing would be. Even if I don't use the generated code, the time spent reviewing it is not lost. I might learn about a new library, or convention,
126.
by wzdd 2y ago
The way they refute it is interesting. > Those authors observed that fluorescent dyes injected into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) via the cisterna magna penetrated further into the cortex during sleep and anesthesia. They interpreted thi
127.
by wzdd 2y ago
Alcoholic pre-mixed drinks, such as those containing vodka and fruit juice, were in fact banned or subject to higher taxes in some places specificially because they appealed to children. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al
128.
by wzdd 2y ago
This was amazing to me. I'll think about it next time I'm trying to desolder something with hot air and solder wick like a chump.
129.
by wzdd 2y ago
Additionally, the notion that the DNA is the sole locus of diversity in organisms is now quite outdated. There is a lot going on epigenetically.
130.
by wzdd 2y ago
And it's better style because it better conveys intent. An if-else chain in C/C++ implies there's something important about the ordering of cases. Though I'd say that for a very small number of cases it's fine. (Als
131.
by wzdd 2y ago
> I definitely heard it used to literally mean only the kernel. Circa 20 years ago and earlier. You may have, but it was a nonstandard usage. Even your 2004 Wikipedia article distinguishes between OS and kernel. Userland is certainly par
132.
by wzdd 2y ago
You could say -- and people do -- the exact same thing in support of the opposite argument, i.e. that it feels good and satisfies our sense of pride to pretend that humans are the only ones with such complex inner lives. So I think the &quo
133.
by wzdd 2y ago
I self-host seafile, using it to share various folders between iOS, Windows, Linux, and macOS, and can recommend it.
134.
by wzdd 2y ago
> His tendency to reduce the inexplicable to what he's confident he understands Coming up with theories to explain the inexplicable is literally science. Also, suggesting that Dennet's philosophy stems from a "challenging
135.
by wzdd 2y ago
Before this goes off the rails: > The declaration focuses on the most basic kind of consciousness, known as phenomenal consciousness. Roughly put, if a creature has phenomenal consciousness, then it is “like something” to be that creatur
136.
by wzdd 2y ago
Going full wacky-pirate-adventure and changing the graphical style is arguably better, though, than trying more closely to imitate Gilbert and inevitably coming up short.
137.
by wzdd 2y ago
That isn't the witty riposte that it is apparently thought to be. It really does "explain away" consciousness by reducing it to plausible physical processes. This reduction also applies to things like qualia, which is where n
138.
by wzdd 3y ago
Apparently it’s been there for a while: the Wikipedia talk page for this topic has someone pointing this out in 2009.
139.
by wzdd 3y ago
It’s not a good approximation because (spoilers) the challenge is to identify the location of the planet relative to the suns, not simply to locate the suns themselves. I too wondered at the title.
140.
by wzdd 3y ago
Seems to be dunking quite hard on Babbage for no reason. You can invent something and not be able to build it, and he clearly invented a computer in the quite reasonable modern sense of a device operating from an easily-changeable stored pr
141.
by wzdd 3y ago
Can I bill the bank when they waste my time on this activity? Even if I could, I would still be dubious. It seems that the long-term efficacy of phishing tests is still disputed.
142.
by wzdd 3y ago
It's just a nice way of saying it's difficult work because Gaudi was a genius and they can't hope to equal him. It doesn't mean they won't try their best.
143.
by wzdd 3y ago
Nifty! Thanks for the response.
144.
by wzdd 3y ago
I'm not familiar with the area, so am likely missing something, but how do they do deterministic thread-level context switching? Something like: var_1 = 0 var_2 = 0 thread_a: while true: something_complex()
145.
by wzdd 3y ago
The BIOS file doesn't just contain what you'd expect from a normal PC BIOS, but also contains several tables used by the emulator for decoding of x86 instructions. Normally those tables would be in code as they're necessary r
146.
by wzdd 3y ago
I recently had a similar problem for my Linux-based desktop, but found that it didn't support wake on LAN. So instead I wired an ESP8266 to the ATX power pins on the motherboard (via an opto-isolator, in parallel with the actual switch
147.
by wzdd 3y ago
Related, 8086tiny, a 2013 IOCCC winner. About twice as much source code, and if not cheating then certainly leaning heavily on the rules, but very impressive as it's a full x86 emulator with graphics and several peripherals. Original e
148.
by wzdd 3y ago
I did not, but I confirmed with objdump that my compiler was not removing the code. (But to be sure, I just ran it again with an output and got the same value.)
149.
by wzdd 3y ago
Simply compiling it with -O3 produces something which completes in half the time of the JavaScript version (350ms for C, 750ms for JS), so perhaps that. Edit for Twirrim: on this system (Ryzen 7, gcc 11): "-O3": 350ms; "-O3 -
150.
by wzdd 3y ago
Plenty of adjectives describe fuzzy-but-narrowly-defined states and yet can both be compared (in the sense of "more X") and have serviceable antonyms. Examples: blue, happy, inflated, trivial. You actually appear to be touching up

More ›