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Re:In African Villages, Phones Can Become Ultrasound Scanners
on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @12:02AM (#19725517)
They're forcibly charging for the first year of cloud subscription, and this still makes it a con.
Re:California has a new law: No more all-male boards (2018)
on Monday April 22, 2019 @08:44PM (#19724586)
It's obvious that any sensible company will just headquarter itself in a friendlier state. California has shot itself in the foot with this law.
Re:In African Villages, Phones Can Become Ultrasound Scanners
on Monday April 22, 2019 @08:20PM (#19724457)
Phony argument. An electronic thermometer and blood pressure monitor ensure safety too and they never need a license. Do x-ray machines need a license? This ulrasound device by definition doesn't even emit radiation. This company is conning its users.
Re:In African Villages, Phones Can Become Ultrasound Scanners
on Monday April 22, 2019 @04:47PM (#19722815)
I don't understand why this ultrasound scanner needs a user license except for exploitative reasons. It's what crooks would do.
Re:PySnooper: Never use print for debugging again
on Monday April 22, 2019 @04:31PM (#19722649)
This is not a substitute for debug-level logging when you need it.
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Re:Cold war experiments to find a superman in sport
on Sunday April 21, 2019 @11:37PM (#19716325)
> In one creepy experiment, the scientists implanted electrodes in a mother rabbit’s brain, took her young litter off to a submarine and, when it was deep below the surface, killed them one by one. At each synchronised time of death, the mother’s brain reacted.
Re:Embracing Swift for Deep Learning
on Sunday April 21, 2019 @06:30PM (#19714995)
Python 3.6+ does have type annotations and multiple static analysis tools for type checking. Only an ignorant or biased person would yell at Python for flaws it doesn't have. For crucial business logic, one also writes unit tests.
Re:The Value of Bitemporality – Whose Time Is It Anyway?
on Sunday April 21, 2019 @02:51PM (#19713798)
If the db internally supports efficient temporal tracking, then yes by all means. If it doesn't, then I don't see a way for the developer around the redundancy.
Re:Planting 1.2T Trees Could Cancel Out a Decade of CO2 Emissions
on Sunday April 21, 2019 @02:06PM (#19713527)
Livestock actually enriches the soil by their poop.
Re:Planting 1.2T Trees Could Cancel Out a Decade of CO2 Emissions
on Sunday April 21, 2019 @02:05PM (#19713518)
Re:The Value of Bitemporality – Whose Time Is It Anyway?
on Sunday April 21, 2019 @01:28PM (#19713270)
My takeaway is (for applications that need this):
#1: Keep rows immutable. Don't use UPDATE or DELETE.
#2: Store the time columns you need, e.g. insertion or transaction time, and/or event generation time, etc.
Re:Planting 1.2T Trees Could Cancel Out a Decade of CO2 Emissions
on Sunday April 21, 2019 @01:23PM (#19713233)
Humans.