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rbanffy
194,610karma·63,760submissions·March 12, 2008
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Seasoned software developer, proficient in Python, Java. Less proficient in Ruby and Lisp. A bit rusty in C and C++. Learning Erlang very slowly. Also a computer collector and restorer, lover of 8-bit computers, mainframes and interesting Unix workstations.
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> You need to inject the power near where you need it otherwise you have to upgrade everything between you and them Or you install them near your solar/wind farm (or where the power connects t…
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You’ll be fine as long as you don’t go near the corners. The spiders are… vicious…
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> in places like Dallas, that are hot in summer but cold during winter nights. In this case I’d suggest underground installation. Use the Earth as an insulator and heat sink. Temperatures undergrou…
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Paul Lutus is a treasure of humankind.
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I would love more LEDs to see the clock flowing through the processor, but that would be a LOT of LEDs. Maybe someone could invent an SMD transistor with a built-in LED.
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My kid was curious about my HP-35 and I taught them how it works. They got it in no time and I made it an exercise to rewrite math expressions in RPN. Not sure they are that interested in programming,…
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It needs a 28 inch display.
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I’m sure the current mass extinction, which seems to have started at the same time a climate change, which itself started more or less when we learned how to dump unprecedented amounts of carbon dioxi…
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It was just an observation of a clever feature of my security token, as well as one on how futile it is if whoever wants a real passcode really wants it.
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Also, a lot of us live outside the US and have no protected rights whatsoever when on US soil, at least according to the current regime. So, I ask again: please, my American friends, fix the country. …
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My RSA app accepts a PIN before it generates a passcode. If I enter the wrong PIN, it’ll generate a wrong passcode. Do, I guess the cops will continue to beat me until I produce a valid passcode.
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It’s up to the people. If you can convince enough people this is worth voting for, you might accomplish something. It is not always obvious how necessary it is to get involved in politics, even if it …
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There was a time I replaced most Windows icons with their BeOS counterparts using a resource editor messing with the MORICONS.DLL (IIRC).
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It’s a job well done. I personally liked 2000’s colour choices, but 98 managed to look modern enough a couple Unix window managers decided to copy it. As my GUI look of choice, I’d be between IRIX and…
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Honestly, I think Windows 2000 was peak coolness. XP was too colourful and it went down from there. Windows 8, 10, and 11 look OK, as they toned down the XP, Vista, and 7 visual noise.
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> so it altered the environment The motorway was not a natural occurrence, and neither cars or trucks evolved naturally. Humans went there and installed a limited fix for the destruction they cause…
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The US will not be able to sustain a military presence in the Middle East for much longer. Dedollarisation is happening and when it hits a tipping point, they won’t be able to sustain their current de…
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Nobody knows the answer to that, but if it’s efficiency they are aiming for, which results in lower inference costs, it’ll last for a while. The inference to training ratio will only get higher and th…