jonsen

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by jonsen 3mo ago
There are some really dense people
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by jonsen 2y ago
> At every place X in the following expression, introduce a boolean negation if there isn’t one (or, equivanently remove one if there is), and I think it should read: At every place X in the following expression, introduce a boolean nega
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by jonsen 2y ago
A shift is faster than an add.
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by jonsen 2y ago
Once I flew north-west at the time of sunset. I had the view of the most beautiful big red sun right at the edge a sea of snow white clouds for more than an hour.
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by jonsen 2y ago
> The vote was 136 for and 70 against. Amazing that apparently noone just realizes that 136 is less than the double of 70.
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by jonsen 2y ago
?: "Since the word processor was irrelevant to the Shuttle, I wonder why this card wasn't removed to reduce weight." !: "We obtained access to a Shuttle teleprinter (probably a development system that remained on the gro
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by jonsen 2y ago
Granted.
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by jonsen 3y ago
I once needed a special blade for my saw. They only offered a 3-pack so I ordered that, and received 3 3-packs. I don't know, but I felt that I should report it. Fiddled around for som time on their reporting pages, but absolutely no w
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by jonsen 3y ago
Go for what you already have. Use your supervisor to cut and twist your proposal plan to fit 5 months. I don't know where in this world you are, but where I've taught, a master's thesis is about demonstrating what you can do
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by jonsen 3y ago
My imagination hears the protesters yell Toxinough! Toxinough!
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by jonsen 3y ago
It is subtle. 'Radio activity' is one word, the same word, in German.
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by jonsen 3y ago
I wonder if the, probably accelerating, effect of relocating millions is included in their model.
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by jonsen 3y ago
Sure, but "get away with" is not something to strive for in a programming language. I've allways hated C for the unnecessary brainpower it sometimes takes to parse a construct.
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by jonsen 3y ago
"by definition" is a little harsh, and "with an x86 processor" is a little too narrow: "The designation "PC", as used in much of personal computer history, has not meant "personal computer" gener
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by jonsen 3y ago
> ...don’t have to do any conversion to distances... Are you advocating for the use of Manhattan distances for everything?
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by jonsen 3y ago
As late as 1983 Denmark and Sweden had a dispute about another small island in the area: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesselø
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by jonsen 3y ago
The meaning of life by Jr Minkel NewScientist 5 October 2002
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by jonsen 3y ago
You are probably over-interpreting this interpreter.
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by jonsen 3y ago
If they can keep C at the same value in a higher voltage version.
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The Devastating Effects of Fireworks on Pets and Wildlife(thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)
2 points by jonsen 3y ago|0 comments
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by jonsen 3y ago
No, the kid i Bergen is twelve.
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by jonsen 3y ago
> ... uint8 as your only data type Ahem! uint8 or int8 by the programmers discretions that is.
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by jonsen 3y ago
3 min × n nor (number of readers)
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by jonsen 3y ago
From a comment there: > Thematically this is similar to a (much longer) essay Dr. Thurston wrote several years ago, which I highly recommend: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9404236
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by jonsen 3y ago
Computers are general concrete state machines. Computer programs behave by conducting a computer into a specific state machine behaviour. So it can't be wrong to say that all computer programs describe state machines.
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by jonsen 3y ago
But the point is that you don't actually die then, isn't it? So how can it be illegal?
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by jonsen 3y ago
Have you read Anti-philosophical Dictionary : http://www.naur.com/AntiphilDict.pdf
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by jonsen 3y ago
Since the decimal number system is "the" system of all number systems (as we are pestered with it from an early age before our brains have developed suitable abstraction capability until it just becomes second nature) it can be ad
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by jonsen 3y ago
Back in time you could buy a 1-bit microprocessor: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_MC14500B
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by jonsen 3y ago
Thanks. Noteworthy: Since we don’t actually know anything about nutrition, it’s impossible to know whether the new engineered food products are unhealthy.

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