zero_iq

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by zero_iq 6y ago
Page doesn't render correctly for me in Firefox/MacOS, so I had a similar thought... there's probably a couple of things he should add to his list! :D
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by zero_iq 6y ago
Perhaps your next project should be called "alexia"...? ;)
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by zero_iq 7y ago
Same in Worcestershire when I was growing up there. It seems to vary regionally.
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by zero_iq 7y ago
Also yet another language called 'Monkey'. There's already Monkey C used to develop for Garmin devices, and the Monkey/MonkeyX/Monkey2 family by Mark Sibly (of Amiga Blitz Basic fame).
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by zero_iq 8y ago
Maybe cold solder on a component on the mobo. Heat expands the joint slightly making a connection, cold temperature makes the contact points contract away from each other, breaking the connection. I had a similar issue with an LCD dashboard
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by zero_iq 8y ago
It seems pretty plausible. His tweets give information about why the site crashed, some discussion about how the back-end works, and the company he claims to work for lists the Petitions website as one of their projects.
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by zero_iq 8y ago
I don't think the display technology makes much of a difference (except that maybe modern displays have better contrast than older ones). Can happen with CRTs too. I first noticed this as a child with Teletext on British CRT TVs back i
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by zero_iq 8y ago
Only solved in the sense that you can buy additional hardware for ground loop isolation for USB and audio connections. Ground loops and RF interference are a persistent and recurring problem in pretty much all USB audio setups, except perha
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by zero_iq 8y ago
To my knowledge, this depends on the interpretation. Some interpretations consider wave function collapse an actual physical process, some don't, so I don't believe it is possible to make an absolute statement such as yours. There
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by zero_iq 8y ago
> In other words, this isn't actually a superposition. Obviously. That was my point: it is but a simple analogy. There are no actual bubbles in bubble sort, either. As for my theory -- I suspect that whenever quantum physics is ment
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by zero_iq 8y ago
It's simply named only for the analogy with the Copenhagen Interpretation -- everything is in a 'superposition' (all options possible) until a single 'observation' is made, which causes a reduction in the available
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by zero_iq 8y ago
Just a quick note to say thanks for posting this: I've had great fun exploring it: it's a simple puzzle to understand, yet harder than it first appears, and a low barrier of entry thanks to your posted code. Genuinely interesting
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by zero_iq 8y ago
Thanks for keeping track. Quite fascinating how algorithms employing so much randomization can arrive at such structure and symmetry. Finally got a < 376.0 from my own code using simulated annealing method... 375.998672775885 [[13 20
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by zero_iq 8y ago
Ooh nice! That's the first one I've seen below 376.0 I've gotten close, but not cracked it yet. I was wondering if anyone would break the 376.0 barrier!
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by zero_iq 8y ago
Slight improvment to the above: [[12, 19, 6, 14, 4, 9], [ 8, 17, 1, 24, 22, 16], [21, 3, 23, 20, 2, 11], [15, 10, 5, 13, 7, 18]] Score = 376.6144674353488 Found by increasing number of iterations to 100000 Sim.anneal
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by zero_iq 8y ago
Sure. My best so far is: np.matrix('12 19 6 14 4 9; 8 17 1 24 22 16; 21 3 23 2 20 11; 15 10 5 13 18 7') which has a score of 376.899. This was produced in 20K swaps with the line: best, score = anneal(n=10000) wh
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by zero_iq 8y ago
That's a lot of swaps! I played around with a simulated annealing approach in my lunch break which consistently gets down to 383.xx with about 10000 swaps, or 379.xx in 100000 swaps. I've yet to tweak the annealing parameters to s
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by zero_iq 8y ago
Alternative possibility: given the simple, traceable, almost begging-to-be-caught nature of the malware, and that it so easily led researchers to a name and address of a potential author, perhaps its goal is actually to frame someone... to
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by zero_iq 8y ago
Indeed. But to become an EU citizen you have to meet the citizenship requirements, the common standard for which the UK has previously negotiated and agreed along with the other members, PLUS additional requirements and limitations can be i
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by zero_iq 8y ago
I'm referring to common immigration policy, i.e. from outside the EU into the EU. This is distinct from freedom-of-movement for EU citizens within the EU. Such freedom-of-movement does not apply to non-EU citizens.
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by zero_iq 8y ago
You are talking nonsense. The UK has (and always has had) complete exemption from EU common immigration policy. The EU is not able to dictate immigration controls to the UK. If you have a problem with how the UK handles non-EU immigration t
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by zero_iq 8y ago
I remember in the 90s tuning into "space night" on a German satellite channel when I got home from the pub. Just continuous video feeds from low earth orbit with electronica/chillout playing over the top. Was really relaxing
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by zero_iq 8y ago
At least four things were admitted: that you received the information, somebody processed it, the approximate time you received/processed, and the intention to take action. I would hope any well-intentioned and reputable company would
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by zero_iq 8y ago
Just as an FYI: if anyone here is near to or planning a trip to Oxford (UK), there is currently a free Tolkien exhibition that includes many original maps (and working drafts) at the Weston Library.
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by zero_iq 8y ago
In Sweden I was surprised at the the gambling games aimed at kids at fairs/theme parks. Roulette/wheel of fortune gambling to win big bags of sweets and chocolates. In the UK I think you'd at least have to introduce an elemen
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by zero_iq 8y ago
You could multiplex multiple adpative-rate encrypted video streams into a single stream per viewer, keeping the content of each encrypted and choosing which bitrate streams to include in the multiplexed output according to current bandwidth
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by zero_iq 8y ago
Oh hi. I'm, uh, calling to arrange the manufacture of a large quantity of paperclips for a client...
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by zero_iq 9y ago
Brigade Engine, for example: https://home.otoy.com/render/brigade/
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by zero_iq 9y ago
You don't even need any fancy image optimizer, just loading and resaving it in a basic paint program is enough to reduce it to <400K. I'm guessing the image file on the site has been saved without compression enabled. It's
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by zero_iq 9y ago
All sorts of anti-debugging tricks, self modifying code, runtime checksums, network traffic obfuscation, etc. http://www.secdev.org/conf/skype_BHEU06.handout.pdf http://runtux.com/files/download&#x

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