lightspot21

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by lightspot21 2y ago
SOTA = state of the art
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by lightspot21 3y ago
...and off-by-one errors!
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by lightspot21 3y ago
> As I wrote, it does not work at all for concurrent access - I mentioned Google Docs & Co for this. Indeed Google Docs is much better - we also used that - but it's still a WYSIWYG editor, which IMHO it translates to 'ex
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by lightspot21 3y ago
> Why? It has comments, tracking etc. Concurrent edition i impossible, though (even when MS says it is possible). For that Google Docs is great (or some self-hosted systems) It doesn't scale. At all. I used to work at a university l
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by lightspot21 3y ago
> Also, the Steam client has to be one of the most stagnant applications I ever had the pleasure of using, not sure that makes Valve super efficient. If said software is fit for purpose already, why the need to induce frivolous change fo
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by lightspot21 3y ago
I think parent refers to Codespaces and vscode.dev, not VSCode proper. These can indeed become gradually more locked down since they are completely online and out of the user's control, and as the UX difference between offline and clou
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by lightspot21 3y ago
They appear to use this library: https://developers.google.com/blockly/
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by lightspot21 3y ago
IC design for behemoths like Intel/AMD/Nvidia. AFAIK none of those is gonna let you anywhere near their multibillion-dollar design without being at the top of the field or having lots of experience (>5yrs) already
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by lightspot21 3y ago
The same way Microsoft was forced to change to Chromium for Edge - Google forcing Chromium-specific features through the standardization process at a rate exhausting for Microsoft (or any other browser engine implementor) to follow in time
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by lightspot21 3y ago
Lead wrapping thick enough to sufficiently protect against radiation damage is very, very heavy. Beyond LEO, excessive weight is still ridiculously expensive.
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by lightspot21 3y ago
>Used to roam my neighborhood trying to beige box into junction boxes for the bell of it . I'd be very surprised if this wasn't accidental given the character of this site, but holy moly is the pun fitting. Congrats.
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by lightspot21 3y ago
Hmm, a similar scheme we used at a previous workplace - lots of references to ancient Greek philosophers, historians and of course deities.
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by lightspot21 4y ago
>Uplink Woah. I haven't heard about this game in like a decade! Thanks for the nostalgia.
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by lightspot21 4y ago
Greece has other, deeper problems to fix before it makes any attempts in creating any form of industry. The "pissing money away" happened because of internal problems, which can be attributed to corruption and cultural aversion to
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by lightspot21 4y ago
> It’s not as endemic as you make it out to be or there would be a public outcry. It's a matter of time. Even if it's not endemic in the US (which I severely doubt) it's endemic elsewhere. Don't underestimate the publ
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by lightspot21 4y ago
>Ask them to use something else, or get an exception by explaining that you were banned. It isn’t endemic and there are always options Good luck if it's a business or public org. Why change their process for what amounts to a minori
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by lightspot21 4y ago
It's much more than that. The homepage hasn't been updated in ages. Recently they had the first fully playable game (Wonderputt): https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/577928 , with more partially playab
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by lightspot21 4y ago
Seconding Poetry. IMO it should have been the standard package manager - it just works (TM)
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by lightspot21 4y ago
Hah, I've reached 12 too and I'm currently stuck there with no idea how to move forward....
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by lightspot21 5y ago
Not my intent to offend anyone and plus I'm not American so I might not know your culture well enough, but please don't. Why should we insert race in technology when 1) it's not useful and 2) it's not relevant at all. I
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by lightspot21 5y ago
This would be true if the world were not as highly interconnected as it is. Nobody wants to risk this "failure" being broadcasted and possibly following them through virality. People today are not allowed to "fail safely&quot
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by lightspot21 5y ago
>and the stigma/weirdness has completely gone away. Well, not completely - anecdata but plenty of places on this planet (in the West too) where online dating = you are too desperate and you have no other options = stigma (especially
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by lightspot21 5y ago
AFAICS Steve wants to ensure that none of the members of the Foundation have more influence than the others. He seems to suggest that Amazon has taken over a significant portion of control lately (IANAL but I think by deciding to not renew
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by lightspot21 5y ago
The new Roundcube is pretty good these days
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by lightspot21 5y ago
yep - that's /pol/ - it stands for Politically Incorrect 4chan's indeed a cesspool, and /pol/, /b/, among some others are the worst. In fact, they're called "containment boards" for thi
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by lightspot21 6y ago
I've used both. Godot is so, so much more natural and flexible.
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by lightspot21 6y ago
Indeed, LaTeX makes for really awesome results if you can put in the time to learn it (which is not a lot for basic usage). Plus it helps enforce a common style in all docs, and works well with Git.