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Re:FOSS app removed from the Play Store for linking to the project's w...
on Friday August 13, 2021 @02:40PM (#28172670)
Absolutely absurd take from Google here. What could they be thinking? It's like they want app store legislation.
Waymo's Simulation City
Re:12 requests per second: A realistic look at Python web frameworks
on Thursday February 18, 2021 @10:19PM (#26189217)
Use of ORMs is often a performance choke point. Raw DB queries are often much, much faster.
Almost always, the more you abstract, the worse you perform. It's great as a developer but not so great as a user.
Re:Long Hundred
on Monday February 08, 2021 @11:31PM (#26073896)
This is relevant in my field (Waste Management) as there's the long ton, the short ton, and long and short hundredweight (CWT). All different and confusing!
Re:“The Big Shift”: Internal Facebook Memo Tells Employees to Do Bette...
on Monday January 25, 2021 @10:10PM (#25911991)
It makes clear in the memo, this is FRL (Oculus), not Facebook as a whole.
Re:A disturbing Twinkie that has, so far, defied science
on Friday October 16, 2020 @02:53PM (#24803839)
Generally the rule is that if it's hard, you can cut it off, because the mold will have only spread on the surface (think moldy cheddar cheese rind), but if it's soft, throw it out (think blue cheese).
Re:A new funding model for open source software
on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @10:54PM (#23994049)
I love this idea as a rework of github sponsors.
Re:Samsung researchers build solid-state EV battery with 500-mile range
on Monday June 29, 2020 @03:46PM (#23681761)
...in a lab. I wish battery articles would include in the title whether they are commercialized or just achieved in ideal conditions.
Re:Port knocking
on Thursday May 14, 2020 @10:31PM (#23188220)
knockd is pretty easy to setup and use. I used it in a security lab class in college in the late 2000s and nobody could figure out why we didn't have any open ports!
CenturyLink, Frontier took FCC cash, failed to deploy all required broadband
Re:Sikorsky’s autonomous helicopter tech is ready for takeoff
on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @03:17PM (#19322343)
I'm impressed with what they've been able to do, and happy to see that they're developing in-house. When I was an intern there in the mid-2000's they were still working on fly-by-wire and most (all?) of their programming was done by a separate company.
Re:EEG Accurately Predicts Autism as Early as 3 Months of Age
on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @01:42PM (#16979359)
"An experimenter blew bubbles to distract them." Wasn't expecting my daily does of cute in this Autism study's abstract, but got it anyway.
Re:IBM Q system in development with working 50 qubit processor
on Friday November 10, 2017 @01:14PM (#15671748)
At what point do we no longer trust public key cryptography (RSA)? Where's the break point?
Every incoming freshman will get an iPad Pro at Ohio State
Fully driverless cars could be months away
Tesla has only produced 260 Model 3s so far
You’re a completely different person at 14 and 77
Re:Ask HN: Moving Out of Silicon Valley because of housing? Where to?
on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @07:24PM (#11249925)
Columbus, OH is pretty great. The Dublin Entrepreneurial Center has cheap office space and access to the Metro Data Center on the same floor. There are a couple nice co-working spots too like 400 West Rich.
We have a burgeoning food scene that gets better every year. Cost of living is pretty cheap, we have an NHL team (not to mention NCAA powerhouse OSU), new apartments are going up seemingly everywhere, and Amazon's building a data center here.
Re:Why my mother’s maiden name is nonsense
on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @01:20PM (#11204776)
Here's what I do: random long strings as answers for each question, and save them with the credentials in KeePass. That way I keep track of each one, and they can't be used against me.
Low-Cost Nickel Based Catalyst for Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Decentralized social networking and CMS rolled into one
Re:Thndrstrm, a decentralized personal server solution
on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @01:29PM (#10420511)
PHP and MySQL are actually very fast, check out Tech Empower's benchmarks (https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/#section=data-r10&hw=...).
Remember Facebook is built on PHP. For this purpose (distributed servers) it's a perfect stack. Easy to code for and very fast. Security is one of our primary concerns and I assure you that Thndrstrm has our users' privacy and security in mind at all times.
Thndrstrm, a decentralized personal server solution
Re:PHP in a JavaScript world
on Thursday August 27, 2015 @01:22PM (#10130748)
One thing that I don't see in these kinds of articles, and what I think is most important: MySQL speed. When I was researching technology, I compared simple pages that read some data from a MySQL database and display it on an html5 page. I did this in Go, Node, Silk, and PHP. PHP blew everyone else away. Now, this was two years ago, and perhaps their MySQL client implementations have gotten better, but this test was the reason my startup is built using PHP. It's the fastest thing available that isn't Java or C++ based. Supported here: https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/#section=data-r10&hw=...
Re:Atomic Bomb: Decision – Target Committee, May 10-11, 1945
on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @03:31PM (#9887432)
According to wikipedia:
"Due to crosswind, the bomb missed the aiming point, the Aioi Bridge, by approximately 800 ft (240 m) and detonated directly over Shima Surgical Clinic"
Re:Looks by Dr. Dre
on Wednesday July 09, 2014 @06:06PM (#8012509)
Maybe Tim Cook can just start buying companies and wait for other people to figure out what to do with them. It's certainly interesting to see how many people think that Apple is infallible. They make mistakes just like any other company.
Re:Poll: What OS do you use on your primary computer?
on Monday May 19, 2014 @07:56PM (#7770536)
Windows 7 is a solid OS. Also, built my own rig and own a copy of Windows CS4. If Adobe started making a Linux version I'd switch to Ubuntu.
Re:Quantum Random Number Generator Created Using A Smartphone Camera
on Sunday May 11, 2014 @11:38AM (#7728925)
If someone could build this into a usb key, I'd buy one for each of my servers in a heartbeat.
Re:Nod Gesture Control Ring
on Monday May 05, 2014 @02:08PM (#7700098)
This is the kind of gesture control I'd like to see for AR products like Google Glass. You shouldn't have to raise your hand to your face to interact with the device. It would be amazing to be able to control an AR headset under the table with your hand during a meeting or similar.