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by ynniv 14y ago
Sorry, I decided that it wasn't important before you replied. I am genuinely interested in why people use python for scientific computing, tho. I have a colleague who bench marked Python vs. Matlab for our workload. Python is faster Is it
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by ynniv 14y ago
I hate to feed someone on a troll, but you started this off with "Python is much, much slower than C." This comment thread is sponsored by obvious.
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by ynniv 14y ago
No, I'm in complete agreement with the OP, but you said Python is slower than idiomatic C/C++ for solving comparable problems And when io and especially network is involved, that is not true. Your efficient C code can't make up for time l
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by ynniv 14y ago
No, the author concludes that languages based on hash table lookups and lacking copy avoidance mechanisms are inherently slower.
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by ynniv 14y ago
Meh, when there's an io call or a network request in front of the computation you'll never know. EDIT: removed an additional comment about scientific computing that is now relevant as someone replied to it.
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by ynniv 14y ago
TVRs spontaneously combust as well thanks to the fiberglass which is rather flammable. As do the latest Ferraris[1], so I wouldn't knock TVR too much. [1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_458_Italia#Wheel-arch_... ]
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by ynniv 14y ago
The Chromium build from http://www.freesmug.org/chromium seems to have the PDF viewer as well as the Flash plugin.
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by ynniv 14y ago
When you open the book the two page spread is often landscape.
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by ynniv 14y ago
Yes, but none of them are (permanently) aerial and some of them use internal combustion for power. Computation requires weight and energy, and computer vision requires lots of computation.
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by ynniv 14y ago
To first order, this is always true. It should also be noted that computation happens on a desktop computer.
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by ynniv 14y ago
This deserves a "Documentation FTW" gold star.
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by ynniv 14y ago
This is quite low quality, but as my "flag" link has gone away now you have suffered it too. Too Dull; Don't Read: Personalization and targeted advertising show different people different things. Could be titled "Class Orange People See a D
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by ynniv 14y ago
Algorithmic trading based on news "evaluation" alone could account for that. For those people who actually sold by hand, I doubt they actually evaluated the data. For those people who actually evaluated the data, they're just waiting for a
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by ynniv 14y ago
So what you're telling me is that people have always sucked at evaluating job candidates.
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by ynniv 14y ago
This is an excellent response. A neighborhood is home to those who treat it as a home, which often coincides with material ownership.
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by ynniv 14y ago
Right. Perhaps jamesjguthrie isn't seeing the difference between engine noise (mechanical strain), and engine load. "Engine load" is the additional force requested, which will be negative when the wheels are driving the engine. He's also in
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by ynniv 14y ago
I know it's bad form to link to your own website You must be new here...
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by ynniv 14y ago
If you don't rev match then when you down shift your revs will be higher and as such you'll be fuelling again without having to touch the throttle with your foot. This is not how modern fuel injected cars work. Fuel consumption is determi
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by ynniv 14y ago
In the real world, just brake. This is good advice for the common case of city and suburban driving, but very poor advice for mountainous terrain. YMMV (... sigh, couldn't resist that one)
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by ynniv 14y ago
We're on the verge of realizing trail braking and heel toe in software development!
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by ynniv 14y ago
Wow, a silly brain teaser AND a strained metaphor. I'll never hear the end of this one!
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by ynniv 14y ago
I don't know what the submitted title was, but the corrected "Gamers deemed too fast for real-life race" is dishonest link-bait at it's finest. <sarcasm>Well done</sarcasm>, mods. "Gamers perform too well in real-life to be
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by ynniv 14y ago
From now on Top Gear already had this exact interaction with Tesla. Either the Times didn't do their homework, or there is a high return on negative Tesla reviews.
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by ynniv 14y ago
Swap out the ICBM for a cruise missile and you might be on to something.
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by ynniv 14y ago
To steal is to deprive, to copy is to disappoint.
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by ynniv 14y ago
There is for $hundreds, but not for $tens. The Syma helicopters and quadrocopters mentioned are less than $40.
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by ynniv 14y ago
While it's easy to automate level flight with four rotors, it's difficult to prevent horizontal drift.
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by ynniv 14y ago
The article points out that gasoline has sioux times the energy density of current batteries, but doesn't also mention that internal combustion engines are only about half as energy efficient as electric motors. By the time batteries are fi
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by ynniv 14y ago
This is just as bad as leaving SQL injection attacks open. No, it is much worse.
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by ynniv 14y ago
Local privilege escalation is much easier than remote code execution. Once someone has the ability to execute code as a restricted user, there is generally at least one easily exploitable bug to get root. This is because people don't take l

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