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by ypcx 11y ago
Can somebody explain what does this mean for the field of AI (short and longer term) besides (I guess) the obvious advantage of being able to implement software algorithms in hardware?
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by ypcx 12y ago
Can you hot-swap the battery? (e.g. when you have another, perhaps smaller battery in the phone) Are the component connection points water-resistant? Irrespective of the contemporary answers to those questions, I believe this undoubtedly i
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by ypcx 12y ago
Total kudos. Now please move onto creating a dome that can serve as a shelter. I believe, to start with, the connectors simply could be made from a thicker rubber, but of course move will be needed. Thank you for your effort.
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by ypcx 12y ago
Any error handling that forces me to add extra lines into my code is one I see as too obstructing. First and foremost, asynchronous exception handling and propagation, and "long" stacktraces that go with it, should be a core part
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by ypcx 13y ago
I wish I could upvote you. You wouldn't believe but people are paid to downvote for non-conformity around here. I guess someone out there believes it may threaten the status quo.
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by ypcx 13y ago
I like how the author implicitly assumes that Bitcoin is a replacement for the current financial system. I wish it was so, but not just for Bitcoin, but the best set of the crypto-currencies, as determined by competition/user adoption.
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by ypcx 13y ago
1080p makes it somewhat harder to "photoshop" any accidental "boogieman" out, which may be the hardest technological challenge of a moon landing. On a separate note, I was hoping the Chinese would install a big Bitcoin b
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by ypcx 13y ago
One place where to organize this would perhaps be the project's Wiki.
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by ypcx 13y ago
To be honest, the "Card number" and "Security code" on the form struck me as a little weird.
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by ypcx 13y ago
So is it finally less expensive for Google to pay a lobbyist firm (hell, pay ALL the lobbyist firms) to significantly overhaul the patent law?
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by ypcx 13y ago
Maybe not entirely. By overdosing on artificial "vitamins", you drain your body out of the elements needed to process these. The rabbit hole goes a few miles deep. http://www.whale.to/a/shea1.html
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by ypcx 13y ago
I'm wondering why is it that we will do absolutely anything to avoid pondering the hypothesis that the currently observable matter which constitues human body may only be a half of the answer, and that the other half may be, what we co
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by ypcx 13y ago
to add - the main meaning of upper case is to help separate sentences, because the dot alone is not enough, unless the reader is specifically used for the dot to be the only separator. this is an example.
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by ypcx 13y ago
I don't think you would choose to use this particular sentence in a serious communication with anyone. The letter case would just not be enough of a distinguishing factor for you to risk the wrong meaning being conveyed. The letter cas
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by ypcx 13y ago
and it will take another 20 years before we realize that in most cases we don't really need upper case letters. now burn me for heresy.
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by ypcx 15y ago
Happy First April to everyone!
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by ypcx 15y ago
I guess that is why Facebook doesn't have a Dislike button. In the end, it never works. We are emotional creatures and sometimes we feel like we need to vent off somewhere. And during that time, we are highly likely to vent off on things un
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by ypcx 15y ago
Hmm, I was thinking more of "sending chunks of AOF" out to a separate, distributed storage (and the RDB snapshot file occasionally). Loading data from network could then be slower than from a disk, but also faster than from a disk, dependin
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by ypcx 15y ago
For a high-valued production data, if you think your data is safe after it's (finally) written to disk, then you're doing it wrong. Your data is not safe until a) it left the physical database machine, b) it left the physical datacenter to
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by ypcx 15y ago
True. This doc covers more targets: http://agner.org./optimize/calling_conventions.pdf However, if I'm going to do low-level server work, I will not be doing it for 32-bit anymore. (There goes the 32-bit EC2 "small" machine, but so be it.
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by ypcx 15y ago
You can find more info on Linux (and System V) calling conventions, stack layout, etc. in this document: http://www.x86-64.org/documentation/abi.pdf
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by ypcx 15y ago
Have you actually seen an actual display of Galaxy Nexus? There's absolutely no problem that you are describing in the "horrible PenTile OLEDs" link. I've seen an iPhone 4 display, and I can tell you it is worse than the one on Galaxy Nexus
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by ypcx 15y ago
Don't worry, if US doesn't like it, they will outlaw it, and the ship will be named Titanic and towed to Somalian waters.
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by ypcx 15y ago
Minor quibble? The 1Gbps (notice the small 'b') is a f*cking disaster. My ADSL connection has about 10Gbps (1.2MB/s), and that is so-so. Imagine you are working and need to download a 600MB Linux ISO, or something like that. Disaster. Makes
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by ypcx 15y ago
Patent system doesn't need to be reformed. It needs to be flat out abolished. It's a disgrace to the human race. You can't own ideas. Patent system is a form of control, just as is oil, or just as the way the monetary system is run. All the
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by ypcx 15y ago
I wouldn't be confusing this with early rising, despite the fact that the author has. If you wake up at 2PM, but first duties are expected from you at 4PM, then you by all means are an early riser -- in the respect of your own day schedule.
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by ypcx 15y ago
http://four.livejournal.com/963421.html I'd say, only talk about your future plans as much as you are comfortable to. Sometimes just talking vaguely about your things with other people helps to keep you interested and motivated.
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by ypcx 15y ago
Thanks for your down-votes, that maybe actually shows that someone still cares.
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by ypcx 15y ago
In other news: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3660341 Makes one wonder who the fuck is running this site.
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by ypcx 15y ago
"By Accident" - read: global government successfully tested internet dissent suppression software in real environment and on real people. Small details, like the laws allowing them to actually use it (or not, as in the case of MegaUpload wh

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