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by pythonaut_16 6y ago
I think you are misunderstanding what GenServers are and are for. GenServers do have their own state, but they are used for way more than just storing state. It's probably best to literally think of it as a server in your running appli
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by pythonaut_16 6y ago
This is the best way to do graphics IMO. Instead of pushing the tech to its limits and landing in the uncanny valley, it's better to back off a bit from the limits of the tech and perfectly execute a more stylized result.
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by pythonaut_16 6y ago
The Zelda games (and Nintendo in general) are the perfect proof that great graphics are about way more than more sophisticated or technically advanced graphics. Many games on the Switch look way better than generic AAA games on PS4 and Xbox
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AIDS isn't really a relevant comparison to COVID-19
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These bailout bills have been passed with broad bipartisan support, of which you will never see who voted for or against the bill because it was only a voice vote. So how is voting for either party going to help a problem that both partie
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by pythonaut_16 6y ago
So potentially the next step is specialists covering whole regions where the latency of fiber is still acceptable. Then as the equipment and training for telesurgery becomes more available/costs come down, you might see it used for sma
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by pythonaut_16 6y ago
How common are robotic surgeries today? Are there benefits to having a machine do the cutting?
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by pythonaut_16 6y ago
That makes sense. The extra RAM is basically just an extra caching layer. I was just curious, because even on my desktop I rarely fill 16gb of RAM for day to day use.
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by pythonaut_16 6y ago
Real talk though, what are you doing on your phone that actually uses 16GB of memory?
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by pythonaut_16 6y ago
In that case you're not really hacking it. If you think about what a switch does and how it works, it makes perfect sense. It's just a bit unusual to do it that way.
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by pythonaut_16 6y ago
Unfortunately that mentality isn't limited only to newcomers. There are plenty of developers with many years of experience who still practice that same short sightedness.
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This is much better than tracking people via facial and video recognition captured with near-omnipresent camera feeds. This is tracking signals that an optional device optionally broadcasts (and has for years). You can easily avoid this tra
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by pythonaut_16 6y ago
I don't think syntax is the big limitation here; it's library and behavior design. The One Language concept could still be considered to be accomplished by a language with two syntaxes provided they have a low friction to interop
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by pythonaut_16 6y ago
No, because that suggestion is a strawman and doesn't contribute to the discussion.
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by pythonaut_16 6y ago
My guess is that they're giving themselves a ~4 week buffer so they're free to prioritize orders both by necessity and efficiency.
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by pythonaut_16 7y ago
This might be a more realistic compromise. Maybe if the industry can agree on an OpenConnect standard with some traffic shaping. Then Netflix, Hulu, Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, EA, Disney+, etc could all share the same edge CDN hardware. Then
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by pythonaut_16 7y ago
"We acknowledge that this decision impacts the quality that our customers have come to expect. We appreciate your patience as we all face these trying times together, and we will explore additional options to make sure our customers ar
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by pythonaut_16 7y ago
Defending Netflix here is asinine. They have handled this communication poorly, plain and simple. All they had to do was acknowledge that cutting bitrates might raise concerns about the quality of the service and the amount they charge and
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by pythonaut_16 7y ago
This position is flawed IMO. We postpone the hard conversation to get through the crisis. Then after the crisis the hard conversation never happens.
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by pythonaut_16 7y ago
Because compulsory taxes that pay for a public good are exactly the same as a private company where users may elect to pay for one of several tiers of service.
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by pythonaut_16 7y ago
>collapse under the weight of a natural disaster This is flawed reasoning. They're not collapsing because of the natural disaster, they're collapsing because of a financial disaster of their own making.
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by pythonaut_16 7y ago
It should at least mean additional regulations. If you're getting a public bailout then the public has a greater interest in regulating how you conduct your business.
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by pythonaut_16 7y ago
This seems like one of the core problems to me. I don't necessarily think that companies should be banned from ever doing stack buybacks when they have sufficient cash (for some definition of sufficient), but allowing companies to take
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by pythonaut_16 7y ago
So if I understand you correctly, they voted to extend these (existing) powers short term, and will have another vote later on whether to keep them long term. The headline seems to imply congress is trying to sneak something by while everyo
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by pythonaut_16 7y ago
So literally the opposite of what the headline is implying.
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by pythonaut_16 7y ago
Using what you don't need to further help people around you is a really great suggestion!
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Hopefully one outcome of this is renewed support for building out the nation's internet grid and other infrastructure. In 2020 we have the technology to be vastly more resilient to all kinds of disasters and pandemics. Critical Infrast
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by pythonaut_16 7y ago
Kind of an interesting angle. YouTube is limited in how it can compete against the film monopoly/oligopoly due to broader anti-trust concerns at Google
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by pythonaut_16 7y ago
I think if things flip and remote becomes the primary, and co-location becomes rare we'll also see some companies that are able to use co-location as a competitive advantage. But I agree that remote (and the practices it encourages) ar
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by pythonaut_16 7y ago
If the code (you copy-pasted) works but you don't understand why then it doesn't work. Or at least you have no idea whether it actually solves any problem besides the exact scenario you tested it for, and no idea if it's even

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