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Re:But why is a sphere's surface area four times its shadow? [video]
on Sunday December 02, 2018 @07:37PM (#18585524)
I didn't realize that happened. Kind of a shame. But he did get that interactive page for visualizing quaternions built with a collaborator.
Re:Scientists discover spider species that feeds its young milk
on Saturday December 01, 2018 @08:55AM (#18576771)
impl Lactation for Spider
Re:Mars Colony Prize
on Thursday October 25, 2018 @09:08PM (#18305993)
That does sound very cool though. Except considering the poor city block on the receiving end of the I-beam.
Re:Why does sorting in computer science mean ordering rather than cate...
on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @04:33PM (#17921654)
The meanings are the same. In one case you're sorting a set of items which are all unique, whereas in the other there are some duplicates under the sorting key. If you sort by just the suit of the cards, you have clusters that are of the same suit. It's only in the very-precise world of programming that a set versus a set of sets makes much of a difference.
Re:How true hackers write JavaScript
on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @10:51AM (#17918488)
The fancy-lookin' sites are the ones which hijack basic keyboard functionality, scroll in weird ways, etc.
I can't be the only person who finds browser default behavior more intuitive and usable in general.
Why does "UX" so often mean mouse-heavy and always favor the beginner over the power-user.
Re:Can you use the terminal for everything? [video]
on Saturday September 01, 2018 @03:56PM (#17893635)
That might be okay still with some HTML filtering. Just coerce it to plaintext. Not sure anything of value would be lost.