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by gnode 6y ago
> it isn't an absolutest point or mantra. "Safety first" literally is an absolutist mantra; no part of its wording is conditional. Of course people read into it a less absolute figurative meaning that may be useful for thi
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by gnode 7y ago
The decision is usually guided by practical limitations, such as grip, or the tolerance of parts. Limiting torque to improve acceleration, prevent skidding off the road, or not burn out the motor is a reasonable motivation in-line with the
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by gnode 7y ago
It's trivial to do. Here: https://js.do/code/383036
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by gnode 7y ago
I wonder whether a more effective alternative would be to station troops in space. The Outer Space Treaty prohibits the deployment of weapons of mass destruction in space, but not conventional weapons or combatants. An invasion from space c
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by gnode 7y ago
It wouldn't need to land. Parachuting out of the vehicle is an alternative, as was done by Yuri Gagarin in the Vostok I flight.
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by gnode 7y ago
> a mobile-platform-launched ICBM that you can climb into. The Titan II GLV was a human-rated adaption of an ICBM. Conceivably you could even put people in a truck launch ICBM.
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by gnode 7y ago
I'm not sure what you're making that assertion on the basis of. The note has redundant electrical connectors. You could melt the bulk of the note down and still claim the Etherium from the secure element. Hypothetically you could
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by gnode 7y ago
That physical cash can become damaged is nothing new. Maybe this implementation could be easily damaged in some way, I don't think this threatens the concept of silicon cash generally.
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by gnode 7y ago
Toll roads charge you for travelling over them. They don't charge the business you're travelling to based on how much value you have to them as a customer.
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by gnode 7y ago
This is not the net neutrality argument. It should be a cost saving for both the CDN and ISP to connect directly, because this saves both parties needing to pay for IP transit. That the ISP may charge the CDN for this is because in a vacuou
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by gnode 7y ago
As was mentioned in the article, monitoring isn't the only concern. Personal data stored on your work computer may still be problematic if your employer is involved in a lawsuit for instance.
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by gnode 7y ago
I'll try to sum it up: Kong notes are electronic devices which allow whoever has access to them to use a smart contract which after a given date can retrieve a given amount of cryptocurrency. They hold a key which allows them to operat
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by gnode 7y ago
There's a distinction that Kong is not payable on demand, until after expiry, but I'm not sure it's a useful distinction. Unlike a conventional bond, there isn't a question of default by the issuer; the Etherium is locke
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by gnode 7y ago
I don't see how this is any more against network neutrality than regional mirrors / CDNs. This is an optimisation which can be made by the game developer / host, where the alternative would be prioritisation by the ISP, which
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by gnode 7y ago
It may well vary depending on which C standard you're talking about. ISO C defines both a byte and a char as at least long enough to contain characters "of the basic character set of the execution environment". They must be u
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by gnode 7y ago
> it looks like its memory addressing scheme still assigns addresses to bytes, and has special operations that allow you to further specify a bit offset within that memory address. There are also instructions which use an addressing sche
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by gnode 7y ago
The original usage of the term "byte" was to refer to fields of variable length consecutive bits on a bit-addressable machine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte#History Nowadays a byte is conventionally eigh
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by gnode 7y ago
A problem I see with this is that government has control over the economy. A winning actor can tip the balance of wealth further in their favour. Then again, this is just analogous to tyranny of the majority in conventional democracy. Elect
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by gnode 7y ago
Pointers, as a language concept, don't have to correspond to the addressing schemes of the hardware or ISA. On some architectures instructions may only be able to address aligned whole words. Some microcontrollers (e.g. Intel MCS-51) f
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by gnode 7y ago
Bits are addressable, just not with a normal pointer. It would have been possible to have a special fat pointer for bits, similar to how C++ sometimes has fat pointers for member functions (depending on compiler implementation). The restric
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by gnode 7y ago
> a real banana and duck tape sold for $120,000, 3 times. There's also the urinal that sold for $1.7M in 1999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_(Duchamp)#Art_market
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by gnode 7y ago
I don't think it's about imports / foreign production, but about the requirement of labour of high income workers generally. Domestic agriculture and manufacturing have experienced less inflation than medicine and education b
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by gnode 7y ago
The technology is fundamentally simple, but not practical on a small scale. There are plenty of large, yet simple projects which nobody cares to invest in because there are better (including more expedient, or proven) alternatives. CSP requ
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by gnode 7y ago
> Ketones being an alternative fuel for the brain My understanding is that the brain / neurons require glucose to operate, they don't directly metabolise ketones to a great degree. When in ketosis, blood sugar drops very low an
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by gnode 7y ago
> We don't need this "drama" Speak for yourself. I don't mind when reviewers use emphasis.
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by gnode 7y ago
> limited by the data on existing human players that has been provided to them. Except it isn't. In various games, new strategies have been found by playing AI vs AI. It's also possible to create AI players by self-play with no
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by gnode 7y ago
Both Russia and Ukraine claim the territory of Crimea, and it is therefore disputed. > but military conquest of a territory doesn't convert it to a "disputed" status. Many territories are disputed without conflict. If mili
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by gnode 7y ago
Braking is also a question of traction. Pretty much all brakes can apply a much greater force than the traction at the wheels, hence the motivation for anti-lock breaking systems. Having the truck be more massive relative to the trailer imp
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by gnode 7y ago
Indeed, this doesn't show which truck is more powerful / greater torque. It shows which truck is better at towing, which is arguably more relevant for a truck. Greater mass also means greater control while towing.
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by gnode 7y ago
I think a language being highly compatible with C is what would have the greatest potential to replace it. In some ways it's similar to Microsoft's "embrace, extend, extinguish" strategy.

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