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Philpax

8,713karma·1,330submissions·October 1, 2013
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> I think this is significantly more common than you think it is. For context: it was the first language taught in my CS degree in 2014. They switched to Python from Java due to its pedagogical adv…
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It's less cumbersome for them to write their content, yes. There's initial upfront effort, but their subjective experience of actually using the system to do what they want to do is better…
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Meta (Quest 2/3/Pro, Meta Portal), Google (Pixel, home automation hardware, much more), Amazon (Echo, Kindle, Ring), and Microsoft (Surface lineup and much more) all manufacture hardware.
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> I feel pretty good saying that no human being has yet followed through with a bleach recipe. I'm afraid I have bad news for you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Mi…
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GP was asking if it could cause an issue for the OP, not complaining about an annoyance. It's something that the OP may want to address.
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...isn't this just quantization?
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> Tell me what your project does in clear English. Okay. "Define a set of portable, modular, runtime-independent, and WebAssembly-native APIs which can be used by WebAssembly code to interact …
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> "Component model interfaces always support link-time interposition." > > Like WTF does this mean? The repo tells me nothing Directly above the sentence you quoted: "Interpos…
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What if you had a small phone that could become big on demand, for enhanced content consumption or productivity tasks?
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They were supporting your claim for other readers by demonstrating the exception in the amendment, not trying to raise a new point.
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I understand where you're coming from - breakthroughs in the lab often take years or decades to make their way into the public space, if they do at all - but to clarify: the synthesis procedure f…
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> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes.
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I agree with this; a copilot steps in to assist you, while an autopilot assumes your duties entirely.
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Hacker News is for hackers, who can be of any political affiliation. It might be hosted by Y Combinator, but that certainly doesn't mean it is Y Combinator.
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I think you have a different definition of fun to most people!
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Check out https://tauri.app/ - specifically, https://github.com/tauri-apps/wry , which provides a cross-platform interface to the system's WebView.…
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Check out https://voyager.minedojo.org/ , which uses a LLM to play Minecraft.
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Found this recently: a virtual physical camera in Blender with a simulated three-lens setup, per-colour film substrates, and more, using Blender's native raytracing.
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Blender already has CUDA-accelerated raytracing; this is a hobbyist building their own raytracer for the fun of it.
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If you don't distribute it publicly, you don't need to distribute the source: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#NoDistributionR... …
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Check out Lunatic https://lunatic.solutions/
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The personnummer encodes gender in the last digit (which, IMO, is very silly) - so when that changes, the number has to change too.
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