xwintermutex

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by xwintermutex 11y ago
Any recommendations for backing up (private) keys? Like pgp keys for example? I consider printing them on paper, as text or QR code. Anything better than that?
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by xwintermutex 11y ago
AFAIK, quite some components (Hadoop, Kafka, Spark, etc) of a typical big data stack are JVM based. Scala is JVM. And quite some people hate Java. That could be an answer.
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by xwintermutex 11y ago
For people with just some basic computer graphics background that don't know what this "deferred rendering" is: when this technique became popular, these [1] slides were popular and inspired many. [1]: http://www.s
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by xwintermutex 11y ago
I guess it is because of the use of amplitude modulation [1], where the envelope ("strength") of the carrier (that is some higher frequency signal) follows the signal that is modulated onto it (speech, in this video). With say FM
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by xwintermutex 11y ago
I think that learning of (and avoiding) the Granny Knot [1] is the best I ever learned about shoelace knots. If your shoelaces occasionally get loose while walking, check it. [1] http://fieggen.com/shoelace/grannyknot.h
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by xwintermutex 11y ago
If you have a few pins that you suspect to be JTAG, but don't know which is which, there are tools for that too [1], (instead of manually trying). [1]: http://hackaday.com/2013/10/02/jtagulator-finds-debu
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by xwintermutex 11y ago
> As the linked article mentions, the solution was to optimize a massively-parallel algorithm by finding coherent rays that can be efficiently calculated together. It's a batch method: start casting a bunch of rays, identify similar
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How Google Translate squeezes deep learning onto a phone(googleresearch.blogspot.com)
403 points by xwintermutex 11y ago|92 comments
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by xwintermutex 11y ago
"Facebook changed the profile to her real name against her will ..." How did they know her real name?
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by xwintermutex 11y ago
I agree with his problems with status codes.
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by xwintermutex 11y ago
What about Java?
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by xwintermutex 11y ago
What excited me most in that article is the line "The press event also saw Sony announce that long-awaited game The Last Guardian would soon be released."
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by xwintermutex 11y ago
FYI, Ken Silverman [1] is involved in this project. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Silverman (he wrote the Build engine, which powers Duke Nukem 3D and other games)
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by xwintermutex 11y ago
Trivia: a Johnny Popper is a John Deere model M. I am currently in the process of restoring one. It is called a popper because of its distinct sound, caused by the non-180 degree angle between the two cylinders on the camshaft. I dream abou
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by xwintermutex 11y ago
Looks more like C than idiomatic C++ at a first glance.
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by xwintermutex 11y ago
In the Netherlands, the public transport card "ov-chipkaart" used Mifare classic too [0]. Even worse, the "defensiepas", for access to military bases, uses it too [1], even as of today. [0] http://en.wikipedia
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by xwintermutex 11y ago
But wait... how can the pharma industry profit from this?
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by xwintermutex 11y ago
And if you potentially enjoy fiction featuring Turing, read Cryptonomicon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon
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by xwintermutex 11y ago
A bit of context: these models are used in countless of computer graphics publications. Try a image search for "Stanford Bunny" for example.
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by xwintermutex 11y ago
Now we only need batteries that don't self-discharge within decades.
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by xwintermutex 11y ago
Up to 8K displays? Other than those Bloomberg terminal guys, who needs more than 3 displays?
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by xwintermutex 12y ago
Too bad that there aren't many details on the wireless link (e.g. frequency, protocol)
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by xwintermutex 12y ago
Are those images CGI or real?
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by xwintermutex 12y ago
I see, thanks!
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by xwintermutex 12y ago
I don't understand this sentence: "One caveat to the randomness is that in order to preserve chronological ordering if a client creates multiple push IDs in the same millisecond, we just ‘increment’ the random bits by one."
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WhatsApp temporarily bans users using unofficial clients(plus.google.com)
2 points by xwintermutex 12y ago|0 comments
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by xwintermutex 12y ago
Nice work. As someone who built physics engines years ago, it makes me kind of happy that solving stacking is still no trivial task.
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by xwintermutex 12y ago
The LiDAR part is neat. Anyone knows if Google uses this too for mapping?
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by xwintermutex 12y ago
Geeky concepts illustrated using squirrels and nuts, what else does one need?
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by xwintermutex 12y ago
Reminds me of a Dutch startup that is doing about the same: http://nerdalize.com/

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