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by unsignedqword 10y ago
In the US, Census data is used for redistricting purposes, which CAN influence election outcomes in the future - so the implications of a census may be wider than you think. I don't know exactly the way it works in Australia, but some
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The Vela Incident(en.wikipedia.org)
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Don't Store That in a Float (2012)(randomascii.wordpress.com)
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Win3mu – Windows 3 Emulator(win3mu.com)
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by unsignedqword 10y ago
Many companies in the games industry have settled on using Perforce or SVN (or more recently Plastic DVCS) internally as, out of the box, it can handle both code and non-code assets (i.e. large binary files) well in tandem. Git has problems
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by unsignedqword 10y ago
Kind of - it depends on the artist you talk to. OpenSubdiv utilities have been part of the major 3D packages for about a year or two now, and it's true that they can offer some significant speedup, well-needed in both the games and per
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12 Steps to Navier-Stokes(github.com)
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by unsignedqword 10y ago
This really doesn't tell me anything about Unity, especially in respect to other solutions. - Unity is only for games Who said they were? You can find lots of examples of game engines being used for other applications, such as in Arc
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by unsignedqword 10y ago
Some (maybe) lesser known gems for Windows machines: http://www.peazip.org/ - Zipping/Unzipping utility, better than WinRAR or 7-Zip http://implbits.com/products/hashtab/ - Shell extension th
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Ask HN: Useful, non-popular software you think more people should know about?
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by unsignedqword 10y ago
Cool stuff, but unfortunately Intel has really delayed AVX512 instructions for their main consumer processors (ffs, it was supposed to hit on Skylake). It looks like we have another die shrink to go after Kaby Lake before we get that sweet
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The Worst-Tasting Flavor in the World(atlasobscura.com)
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by unsignedqword 10y ago
Usually you can just search for languages with weird unsearchable names as "*lang". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_(programming_language) (Not really sure how you'd search for this language in particula
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by unsignedqword 10y ago
I'm surprised people don't really think about this in the opposite direction - that programming can be used to help understand math better. How many people have gotten along better with linear algebra and calculus by virtue of mes
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The Economic Value of Rapid Response Time (1982)(jlelliotton.blogspot.com)
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by unsignedqword 10y ago
I'd argue that their Surface line seems to be going on quite well - in fact, its been inspiring a lot of copycats itself (e.g. Elite X2, Asus Transformer Book, IdeaPad Miix)
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by unsignedqword 10y ago
Apparently out of sheer coincidence, it landed me on a Voyager episode that I had just watched yesterday
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by unsignedqword 10y ago
Attention to all websites with "live support chats" that randomly pop in the corner without prompt: please stop doing this.
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Why Pressure Can Be Good(vice.com)
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by unsignedqword 10y ago
I've been using a language that uses python-style indentation (Nim) and while I've grown to like to like the language itself, the back of my mind pines for braces. At least using braces, I can immediately auto-indent a region of c
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Sony's lawsuit against video game emulation (2000)(law.cornell.edu)
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by unsignedqword 10y ago
True, but I'd at least regard such a system as likely fairly fault tolerant, considering its been in use for 50+ years.
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by unsignedqword 10y ago
The article mentions that the oldest actual computer in use by the government regards nuclear strike operations, and that it's actually being upgraded sometimes next year. I find this...concerning? Says they're upgrading termina
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“A Computer Animated Hand” (1972)(youtube.com)
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How to Convince the Brain That Prosthetic Legs Are Real(singularityhub.com)
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Some Official Robot Ethics Were Released in Britain(atlasobscura.com)
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The Paradox of Musical Description(futilitycloset.com)
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Why You’ll Never Be Able to Block a Presidential Alert(atlasobscura.com)
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by unsignedqword 10y ago
Interesting, most people would say "the milk went sour" or "the milk soured," and not that it went "stale." "Stale" as a word just sounds weird in the context of a drink.
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by unsignedqword 10y ago
Steam reviews aren't exactly a great way to measure whether or not you should buy a game...more often then not, it's mostly just 12-year-olds trying (and failing) to make jokes

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