bobmoretti

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by bobmoretti 8mo ago
Given that the author's post and comments all sound like they were run through an LLM, I'm not at all surprised.
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by bobmoretti 6y ago
No matter what you do, you still have to deal with diffraction [1], which means the resolution is inversely proportional to the aperture. I think the Trump/Iran release was estimated to be pretty close to the diffraction limit. [1] ht
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by bobmoretti 8y ago
The overwhelming consensus among (secular) biblical scholars and historians alike is that the Egyptian Exodus very likely never occurred. The Pentateuch is a work of mythology. There is strong textual evidence that it's a compilation o
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by bobmoretti 9y ago
You're 100% correct that this was a case of good presentation and not investigation by the reporter. Questions: 1. Can you point me where to find more info on UCS ignoring results that contradict their political positions? 2. What &quo
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What One Photo Tells Us About North Korea’s Nuclear Program(nytimes.com)
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by bobmoretti 10y ago
C++, especially modern standards of the language, offer far more than OOP features. /If/ you know the language and tools well, there is no reason that C++ won't be as efficient in space and time as the equivalent C code. C++
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by bobmoretti 10y ago
As the article and others here have said, if you have the requisite proficiency and understanding of C++ and the C++ compiler(s) that you're using, and if you are using a high quality optimizing compiler like GCC, there is no reason th
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by bobmoretti 10y ago
Np. That was just the first thing I found on Google; b'tselem does not have a neutral point of view. But the fact is that the wall is being built mostly on the West Bank side of the pre-1967 borders. You might also be interested in thi
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by bobmoretti 10y ago
The reason that the barrier is outrageous is not that it's made out of concrete; it's because of its location. It criss-crosses into the West Bank [1]. [1] http://www.btselem.org/download/separation_barrier_ma
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by bobmoretti 10y ago
> She also told public how long the nuclear response time is which is quite ironic after saying Trump could not be trusted with that information. Incorrect. The four minute window has been known in the public domain for a very long time.
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by bobmoretti 10y ago
Probably RTL would be more correctly known as "Register Transfer Level" as in a level of abstraction, in contrast to for example the lower "gate" level of abstraction.
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by bobmoretti 10y ago
I think that this reputation is waaaay overblown, due to the mostly futile efforts of the Académie Française to preserve the "pure" French language. As an American who spent a semester in a high school in France, I remember being
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by bobmoretti 11y ago
One thing that I can't help thinking about in all of this... would Apple have contested this case had the Snowden leaks never occurred?
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by bobmoretti 11y ago
The std::tie function can also solve this problem in most situations, if you are stuck with C++ 11.
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by bobmoretti 11y ago
This would be a really cool illustration if you could solve the closed loop transfer function, and display the locations of the closed loop zeros and poles.
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by bobmoretti 12y ago
Yep, and as someone else mentioned, flying right over one of the more heavily militarized areas of the planet (Kashmir). Also, why would Russia choose to hijack a plane full of Chinese citizens for this? The last thing they want right now i
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by bobmoretti 12y ago
The scenario described in the article could only have gone down with the support of a state level actor. In foreign affairs, states are mostly rational and risk-averse. The risk involved in such an operation would have been astronomical: -
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by bobmoretti 12y ago
The Sparrow and Standard are "semi-active radar homing missiles", meaning that they have a radar seeker head and no emitter. They require an external illumination radar (from the aircraft or launch platform) to light up their targ
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by bobmoretti 12y ago
The advantage of changeset evolution is obvious to me. But as a longtime Mercurial user, I don't grok the benefit of bookmarks. Do you have a simple example where a bookmark is more useful than a permanent branch?
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by bobmoretti 13y ago
I'm still on Python 2.7. I've built up a lot of infrastructure at work surrounding the "scipy stack". Are there any major libraries that have not yet been ported to Python 3? I'd be interested to hear about others&#
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by bobmoretti 13y ago
As an avid flight simulator enthusiast, here's my experience with head tracking: At first, the motion scaling and latency are awkward, but you still use it just because it frees up your hands. After a few hours, though, you adjust to i
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by bobmoretti 13y ago
As someone who has spent some time tweaking this same setup , with limited success, I'm very interested to hear what you did!
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by bobmoretti 14y ago
Really? Rearranging cards seems quick, but I find the list transition animation rather slow and choppy. Running this on a Gal Nex with Jelly Bean.
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by bobmoretti 15y ago
I've been using this ROM on my NS4G for about a month: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1364221 In my experience, the stability and performance of various peripherals like GPS and the WiMax radio are about as good as the s
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by bobmoretti 15y ago
anyone interested in this topic should check out Visual Intelligence, by Don Hoffman: http://www.amazon.com/Visual-Intelligence-How-Create-What/dp... The book deduces a set of rules that your brain must follow in order to construct a (mos
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by bobmoretti 15y ago
The "slingshot effect" or gravity assist involves a vessel robbing angular momentum from a large body. If you launch a vessel towards a planet (so that you come near but don't collide with it), then in the reference frame of the planet your
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by bobmoretti 16y ago
The [scribd] in the title is actually a link to the same pdf, but on scribd.
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by bobmoretti 16y ago
If you're in Seattle, Cory Doctorow is reading from the book at the Sunset Tavern this Friday the 14th: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2010/04/23/3921514...