pix128

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by pix128 2mo ago
Representations other than the standard IEEE-754 can store floats in arbitrary precision.
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by pix128 2mo ago
A bad application can still open unencrypted connections. Imagine a shoddily written game with a chat function.
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by pix128 6mo ago
okay? others are in the market for a car
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by pix128 8mo ago
I see that as wishful thinking. HN has always been very much right leaning. I very much doubt much has changed.
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by pix128 8mo ago
Maybe it'll lead the US burying their power lines
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by pix128 8mo ago
Keyloggers would be considered a form of fraud, right? Customers can be protected by not allowing rooted phones which may contain malware and steal credentials, but then again Windows is a nightmare for security and nobody is banning bankin
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by pix128 9mo ago
I can spin up a NAT puncher today without having to depend on anybody. Can't say the same for IPv6.
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by pix128 1y ago
Acrobat Reader was called "Adobe Reader" for a good number of years.
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by pix128 1y ago
Europe is west of the US
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by pix128 2y ago
This is just not accurate.
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by pix128 2y ago
It's smart to explore your options.
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by pix128 2y ago
We're talking about the right to life here and you're trivializing that.
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by pix128 3y ago
Yes. There are a lot of factors that cause price increases but it's convenient to blame it on the workers.
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by pix128 3y ago
Collusion is NOT a prerequisite to raising prices. No conspiracy is required. It also helps a lot that these large corporations have driven out their competition.
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by pix128 3y ago
Go is garage collected
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by pix128 3y ago
Different currencies already have different rules. Any good accounting software isn't going to assume US cents. Update your currency table to include a version of USD in increments of $0.001. Update the amounts on a need-be basis. ( Mu
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by pix128 3y ago
> One company’s product lead pointed to thick traffic and unreliable public transportation. Another transplant cited the city’s 100-plus-degree heat, in what was one of the city’s most brutal summers since 2011, when only two days in Jul
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by pix128 3y ago
It's a sad state of affairs when somebody feels compelled to do this much work to determine why a pedestrian bridge (that connects two neighborhoods) needs to exist.
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by pix128 3y ago
The plane question stated the plane was `over` the park which implies it is not in the park. If the question instead said `through` the park, the answer would differ.
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by pix128 3y ago
Many industries don't have many manufacturers or operate on different regions. You get an illusion of choice at the grocery store, but many times the a single factory produces product under a dozen different brands.
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by pix128 4y ago
Maybe I'm dumb, but why would you need to copy an immutable value?