Al__Dante

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by Al__Dante 11y ago
If you want to learn a functional language, Lisp is a good choice. It has been around a long, time, so it is stable and well supported, and it is also the basis for many other languages. Haskell, while also an excellent language, is more ni
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by Al__Dante 11y ago
Great quote: "Danish computer scientist Bjarne Stroustrup invented the C++ programming language in 1978, taking the C language invented by the late Dennis Ritchie and adding new features that made it more usable by the masses. “ Yeah,
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by Al__Dante 11y ago
One thing to bear in mind is that there are theoretical Limits to windmill efficiency: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betz's_law In short, we can't extract more than about half of the available wind energy, no
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by Al__Dante 11y ago
http://pietrushnic.github.io/blog/2014/08/18/linux-rpi-and-u... Describes how to setup usbip on the Raspberry Pi.
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by Al__Dante 11y ago
If you don't need Windows or the mobility, a Raspberry PI 2 may be an alternative. They are about $35 plus tax and the model 2 is as capable as a five year old Laptop.
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by Al__Dante 12y ago
Thanks for the catch.
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by Al__Dante 12y ago
It's a 900MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU. ARM7, it's official: http://www.raspberrypi.org/raspberry-pi-2-on-sale/
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by Al__Dante 12y ago
I think this might be the relevant change (contained in bill S-1 which was substituted in the Regulatory Reform Committee): "2 (i) Sell any new motor vehicle directly to a retail customer 3 other than through <del>its</de
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by Al__Dante 12y ago
The first use I know of that gained wide recognition was in Kernighan and Ritchie's "The C Programming Language" from 1978. "1.1 Getting Started The only way to learn a new programming language is by writing programs in
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by Al__Dante 12y ago
It can definitely be greater, because a table tennis ball with backspin follows an upward trajectory.
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by Al__Dante 12y ago
First and foremost, congratulations on a wonderful piece of art. The realities of accounting should not distract you from the fact that the project was a success and enriched people's lives. Although you paint a pretty bleak picture of
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by Al__Dante 12y ago
And not mine either :-)
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by Al__Dante 12y ago
Also because spelling is apparently not one of MIT's 50 achievments...
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by Al__Dante 12y ago
And Lisp :-)
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by Al__Dante 12y ago
It would have been interesting to see the power consumption compared. The Raspberry PI model A can be operated below 0.5A, in some cases 0.25A, which makes it attractive for mobile installations. How do the other two boards compare, do you
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by Al__Dante 13y ago
Walk from Whitechapel to Portobello Road via Harrods Learn 10 Chinese or Japanese characters Learn 10 phrases in Hindi, Indonesian, Russian and Spanish Visit a refugee camp Go to Botswana Build something with a Raspberry Pi Cook scrambled e