cobaltoxide

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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
Abstract The Computers Are Social Actors (CASA) theory is the most important theoretical contribution that has shaped the field of human–computer interaction. The theory states that humans interact with computers as if they are human, and i
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
That should tell you more about the energy intensity of a long-haul 777 flight.
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
That doesn't seem like a good way to generate "random" numbers, since it will only produce numbers with exactly two prime factors.
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
Could you explain it? Those two links are Greek to me.
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
"In 2004, Peter Nielsen, the air traffic controller on duty at the time of the collision, was murdered in an apparent act of revenge by Vitaly Kaloyev, a Russian citizen whose wife and two children had been killed in the accident.&quot
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
Reminds me of: "We do these things not because they are easy but because we thought they would be easy."
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
Nope. As a point of comparison, the orbital velocity of ISS is 17,000 mph. The max speed of Unity was given as Mach 2.88. The speed of sound varies from 340 m/s at sea level to 200 m/s at 120,000 feet. So Mach 2.88 would correspon
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
You should be able to fall asleep in less than 15-20 minutes without using melatonin as well.
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
Now there's a name I have not heard in a long while...
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
Of note, these are the translations of the transcripts. The original transcripts unfortunately were not preserved.
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
Agreed. I've rented a Tesla on two occasions (for one week each time) and was unaware of this manual release until now.
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
Has _any_ of his work been successfully replicated?
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
What is this?
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
RIP Nat Geo ?
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
From 1986 - wow!
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
Serious question though. Doesn't look very good if they intentionally took the website offline.
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
Did they take their website offline? Or did it, uh... collapse under load?
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
> I keep seeing reports that they've search an area "the size of" Massachusetts or Connecticut This was the size of the search _on the surface_.
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
What is your point?
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
Switzerland is one of the richest countries in the world. And I wouldn't call Italy or NL "poor." Switzerland's GDP per capita is around 25% higher than the United States. I would further guess that Switzerland probably
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
Spam
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
[citation needed] I'm skeptical because you can get quotes for rental cars without entering any personal details. I guess they could geolocate based on your IP but it still sounds fishy.
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dWqymxQxZrMWYl76GfJo...
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
Oh man I am sorry you had that experience. I look back on CS61A with SICP in Scheme (taught by Brian Harvey) as one of the most enjoyable and enlightening experiences of my college academic career.
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
One of the lectures is actually "The Design of CS61B" which explains a lot about how the course is structured and how it has evolved! https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dWqymxQxZrMWYl76GfJo... In my
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
The data structures and algorithms themselves should be the same regardless of what language you are using. The bigger difference here would be C versus C++, as the language features present in the latter allow significantly more abstractio
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
I googled to try to find some reference to this alleged law, but found nothing.
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
Many sources put Russia in the top five for incidence of alcoholism, and the life expectancy of Russian men is famously diminished due to their high intake of alcohol. The life expectancy of Russian women is 13 years longer than for men. h
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
It's surrounded by mountains, but the urban part of the city is indeed very flat.
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by cobaltoxide 3y ago
So you're saying there's a discount

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