dejb

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by dejb 16y ago
True. However I don't think the article really implies that P = NP (although the title certainly does). From what I can see the article only addresses the class of NP-complete problems. Factoring is not known or believed to be NP-complete s
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by dejb 16y ago
The point I was trying to make (badly) was that the actual claim doesn't imply P = NP, only that P = NP-complete. Given that factoring isn't known to be NP-complete (or co-NP-complete) this paper doesn't imply that factoring is in P.
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by dejb 16y ago
Speaking pedantically, P is in NP also. I suspect that NP is being used as shorthand for NP-complete, not just NP. As for actual deterministic factorization Wikipedia says that 'It is suspected to be outside of all three of the complexity c
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by dejb 16y ago
> the Drake Equation is a religious statement. That is, it is a creative speculation Creative speculation is not religion just as thought is not superstition. Creative speculation + experimental verification = science Creative speculati
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by dejb 16y ago
> The question is whether Apple can come up with the next ipod or iphone without him. I think the question is more 'Will people BELIEVE they can come up with the next ipod or iphone without him?'. The confidence that Apple products will
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by dejb 16y ago
One thing that the whole event showed was how the government websites don't stand up to high loads whereas the mega sites (google, facebook, twitter) have no problem with such a localised situation. To cope with emergencies like this, the r
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by dejb 16y ago
It implies that the people of New Orleans were basically to blame for there problems which some think is unfair. > Australia just happens to resemble the best parts of America rather than the worst parts, in this regard. Anyone who was
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by dejb 16y ago
I though the outrage for New Orleans was most about about the authorities response to the floods. In Brisbane the response is seen as being pretty good. The last flood in 1974 was slightly worse and there have been worse ones in 1893 and 18
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by dejb 16y ago
1.3 Billion can't be wrong.
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by dejb 16y ago
> The fact that this single event occurred is sufficient to demonstrate that the 'How to have a mutually enjoyable sex life' script does not work universally I'm sure there are wealthy, polite, and educated necrophiliacs also and single
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by dejb 16y ago
"This encounter proves an unpleasant fact that does not fit the feminist script on sexuality" The fact that the author chooses to generalise a 'proof' from a single personal encounter shows what sort of low standard she has for evidence.
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by dejb 16y ago
I can't believe this isn't the most popular comment. Kinda makes HN look a bit like a knowledge vacuum with all these recent discussions of how to ban results when a google service that's existed for nearly 5 years can do the job. The forma
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by dejb 16y ago
I'm pretty sure remember hearing that that microwaving removed more nutrients than steaming, but less than boiling. I suspect in each case it somewhat depends how long and intensely you heat it for. Attempting to propagate vague notions I
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by dejb 16y ago
> Eat a bowl of cereal in the morning (and I mean something like oatmeal or raisin bran rather than some sugary crap) and it barely matters what else you eat (other than calorific content) I think you are seriously overestimating the nu
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by dejb 16y ago
> In reality, if you publish 20 experiments with p=0.05 [1], 1 of them should be incorrect. In reality it doesn't turn out this way because the results that get written and published tend to be biased in favour of novelty and demonstrat
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by dejb 16y ago
For MS to capitalise on the Kinetic's success they need to start releasing good official drivers for Windows soon so they can channel the wave of developer activity onto their main platform. At the moment it seems like you are better off us
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by dejb 16y ago
> This major release is a long time coming (~3 years). For some of us this is a blessing. Upgrading can be daunting if you've customised heavily or used modules that don't work in a newer version. Anything less than 3 years for an upgra
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by dejb 16y ago
I believe you could achieve this by creating a Google Custom Search Engine (CSE). > I don't, personally, need an algorithmic solution to spam. Not now you don't. But if everyone started using your approach then the spammers would adjust
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by dejb 16y ago
> its probably worked because he actually facts of the case in his favor I think that's the point. He makes it pretty clear that he considers the chances of this actually reaching court as close to enough to zero. > not because of t
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by dejb 16y ago
Imagine if they decide they need to make some custom apps and Apple doesn't allow them in the app store or kicks them out of it. Very funny.
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by dejb 16y ago
> I'm finding a hard time seeing how this leak is a positive thing. Some possible ways it could be useful are - Stop the reliance on 'security by obscurity' - Motivate cooperation on how to secure these facilities or decentralize their
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by dejb 16y ago
One day I hope somebody releases a complete list of HN down-voters to wikileaks. A lot of berating will follow.
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by dejb 16y ago
3.5 doesn't even make sense. Why would google penalise a site for being linked from one that ranks for a particular term? If google thought the page was spam then they wouldn't rank it in the first place. The mostly likely result of linking
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by dejb 16y ago
I'm all on board with #2 and if it's true I think you yanks should be proud of having intelligence agencies that actually live up to their name.
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by dejb 16y ago
Yes but your program will still work on other android platforms that don't try to prevent non-app software so the software development effort investment isn't wasted.
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by dejb 16y ago
Doesn't it concern you that Apple could shut you down at any stage? They could easily just decide that your app isn't suitable for their store. This would be especially true for industrial applications where there might be good reasons to w
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by dejb 16y ago
The actual 'report brief' is a lot better. It's at http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2010/Dietary-Reference-Intakes-fo... The takeaway is that the maximum daily level intake they have is 4000IU for adults and their recommendation is 600IU.
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by dejb 16y ago
> they seized domain pointers within their jurisdiction. A nearly-entirely-symbolic exercise, This guy obviously has no clue about the realities of web publishing. How are ordinary users supposed to find the sites without the domain po
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by dejb 16y ago
It's stuff like this that makes me lean towards getting a windows 7 or possibly linux tablet instead of one of the newer 'mobile' OSs.
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by dejb 16y ago
Freedom, yeah baby!

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