damianknz

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by damianknz 10y ago
LOL, we still have AOS, SIS, GCSB, AVSEC and of relevance to this article, EQNZ.
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by damianknz 10y ago
But also bear in mind that the all the satellites over New Zealand (for example) will be wasted while we are asleep and at any given time a lot of satellites will be over empty ocean (sending 4K Netflix to cruise ships maybe). I';; als
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by damianknz 10y ago
You'll get around that in your home by having the satellite module thing up on your roof and a cable to your wifi router. What I don't understand about this though is the number of frequencies available to connect to all these sat
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by damianknz 10y ago
I have started reading this after doing https://www.railstutorial.org/book to fill in some gaps in my own knowledge. It is very amusing (and very poignant). Full credit to the author. (Is it who I think it is?)
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Why's poignant guide to Ruby [pdf](rubyinside.com)
3 points by damianknz 10y ago|1 comments
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by damianknz 10y ago
I have Windows Hello enabled on my phone (a 950) and it scans my iris with an infra-red camera/light. This means it still works in the dark and cant be fooled by a photo (or a 3d model I guess!)
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by damianknz 10y ago
Can't one already run ad campaigns based on a users search history? What if a cancer foundation or similar organisation ran a targeted ad campaign?
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by damianknz 10y ago
Are you referring to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle? Of course, that still doesn't mean we're necessarily in a simulation!
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by damianknz 10y ago
If you know the range of numbers then I'd do a binary search. Get each server to count how many are higher or lower. Play the high low game. When the two totals are the same you're done. I think this covers the authors edge cases
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by damianknz 11y ago
Also, I tend to move around while my desk stays still, so from my desks point of view I am not aging as fast.
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by damianknz 11y ago
I was very fortunate to get an Amstrad 6128 when I was 12. A big expense in New Zealand 29 years ago 8-). It came with a huge manual with lots of example programs to type in. Amstrad basic was a cool language with commands like move 0,0; dr
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by damianknz 11y ago
I miss 4GL (and Vim) (and Christchurch).
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by damianknz 11y ago
If you've done some Scheme (or Lisp (or Haskell (or Curry))) then you will find this very readable. Section 2.4 has a good explanation of the Y combinator. I'm going to try and get through the whole book.
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by damianknz 12y ago
At first I thought the super-optimizer had made a mistake because the results are not the same but I think the error is in the original where line 6 should be return -1; Anyway, using assembler for CPU I made up in my head just now, how abo
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by damianknz 12y ago
Hi, Here is what I like: It was $95 in New Zealand. It has a quad core processor. It comes with Office. Live tiles and they way you can move then and resize them is just nice. The OS only takes up 2.2 GB Other apps seem to need much less sp
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by damianknz 12y ago
I made the switch from an Android Sony to a Lumia 530 this Christmas. Apart from the LCD TN screen the Lumia is easily the best phone I've ever had at half the price.
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by damianknz 12y ago
I suspect thats so it can measure your pulse better. Its also more private if it displays text messages.
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by damianknz 12y ago
hang on. im stuck here. http://imgur.com/F1gLIzb
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by damianknz 12y ago
This article is 18 months old, 4.7" doesn't seem that big now and CPU's are a bit further ahead. I wonder what happened to them? I want one.
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Windows 8 Pro on a phone(pocketnow.com)
3 points by damianknz 12y ago|1 comments
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by damianknz 13y ago
I wonder if the reporter has not mixed up lines of code with database records. Perhaps the database has a record for each and every American and 5 million of those records have incorrect data and need to be fixed up so that those people can
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by damianknz 13y ago
The article is definitely satirical and points out the futility of any -Hedron based device regardless of its theoretical truth. You can't calculate the volume of a fractal in fact some fractals can be proved to have zero volume!
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by damianknz 13y ago
I got through and read the article as well as an earlier one. They are worth reading if you have daughters, they're compulsory if you have sons.
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by damianknz 13y ago
Don't let the page numbering ruin these books for you as the contents will provide you enjoyment for the rest of your life. Its great that you were able to get your own copy of them. At university in New Zealand TAOCP was on the recomm
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by damianknz 13y ago
How about: Microkia Softnok
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by damianknz 13y ago
Cheers to PG for making this available.