gorloth

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by gorloth 5y ago
Higher dimensional geometry can show up in lower dimensional problems. This numberphile video ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_yU9eJ0NxA ) involves a puzzle about throwing darts at a dart board which is solved by using the
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by gorloth 6y ago
Error 404: The item you are seeking Cannot be found here
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by gorloth 6y ago
Taking the difference between normal complexity and asymptotic complexity to the extreme you have https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_algorithm which do have the best asymptotic performance, but only on values of n
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VoCore: A coin-sized Linux computer with wifi for $20(indiegogo.com)
3 points by gorloth 12y ago|0 comments
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by gorloth 12y ago
This seems to be similar to the usage of WAAS in the US ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_Area_Augmentation_System ), just on a smaller geographic scale. One of the bigger sources of error in GPS today is due to variou
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by gorloth 13y ago
personally I find "short reply OK" to be preferably. It comes across as less harsh, it tells the other party that you are ok with removing the random fluff if they want to. VSRE is a demand that all the fluff be removed
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by gorloth 14y ago
I've had similar experiences with AVRs, they are quite robust and will handle shorts, reversed polarities and the like rather well. They seem to be rather conservative on the datasheets probably as they are guaranteed over a much larger tem
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by gorloth 14y ago
I second the recommendation, I've been using lean's service for a rather long time (I've go boards from back before he worked out the right purple color) and I've always been happy with the speed and quality, it's a great service.
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by gorloth 14y ago
This is not entirely true, in an ideal world a CMOS device just sitting there not switching would use basically no power, but in actual application there is some leakage (both form not being fully off and some current jumping from the gate)
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Mechanical Skeeball machine built entirely with K'nex(instructables.com)
3 points by gorloth 14y ago|1 comments
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by gorloth 14y ago
I completely agree with the sentiment about high college costs, the state school I went to cost ~44k for all four years, add in various scholarships (some of which I got as I'm pretty sure I was the only person to apply for them) and intern
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by gorloth 14y ago
This is true, the flexibility you get form being able to reconfigure things does result in less efficiency (speed, size, power) than some dedicated hardware. An FPGA can be more efficient than general processor if it can be tailored to the
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by gorloth 14y ago
The microcontroller being used can be setup to appear as a standard USB mouse/keyboard, so this should work with anything that supports a USB keyboard and mouse.
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by gorloth 14y ago
"It was very surreal. Just a small csv file emailed to the investigator." from Nate down in the comments section
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by gorloth 14y ago
The thing that drives me crazy with the new design is the separate scrolling areas, when I use the mouse wheel or hit the up/down arrow keys I want the entire thing to scroll, not whatever chunk I happen to my mouse in. This is especially
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by gorloth 15y ago
I've seen the idea of a distributed DNS system mentioned a few times but I still don't see how it would work out. What happens in the case of multiple people wanting the same domain? How are disputes between what foo.com points to resolved
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by gorloth 15y ago
The new gmail interface really feels like it's made for a touchscreen, problem is a touchscreen UI feels awkward on a system with a mouse. Question for all you web people out there, what would the difficulty of making a stylish/greasemonkey
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by gorloth 15y ago
I had an internship at a company that made lithium battery packs. The control boards on the packs have primary cell protection provided by a specialized micro controller that monitors cell voltages and prevents over/under charge levels and
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by gorloth 15y ago
A friend of mine recently got a lenovo thinkpad and it had a BIOS flag to allow swapping of the Fn and control key, sadly the physical keys are different size so you can't swap them to match the new function but at least it's an option
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by gorloth 15y ago
I think a "geek" and a "non geek" view privacy differently a geek is concerned with their privacy in regards to how a company uses their data, they want it stored in a secure way, deleted when they tell them to etc. a non technical person i
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555 Timer footstool(evilmadscientist.com)
111 points by gorloth 15y ago|16 comments
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by gorloth 15y ago
Seems it was selling domains (that's what happens when skimming and not paying attention to URLs) but blogger was being used as a placeholder and directory type thing, so that probably falls into the category of "exploit for any commercial
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by gorloth 15y ago
Selling accounts like he was seems to be in violation of the blogger terms of use, relevant section: "7. No Resale of the Service. Unless expressly authorized in writing by Google, you agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade, r