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Professional GIS user here. Most of my high resolution terrain models are well within the capacity of even a modest GPU to load into WebGL and run on a browser without breaking a s…

Write it in R?

"Baghdad Bob is not a good behavorial model for a CEO to follow."

Simply owning a fake badge doesn't even prove intent, let alone being actual evidence that it happened Well, not in the US. Many other countries take a dim view towards citizens ow…

This... was an amazing reply. Thank you for offering it, and taking the time to lay out such a long and thoughtful response. I think you are pretty much dead on, and your reply hel…

Perhaps that is the fault of a deficient classical education, rather than the merit (or lack thereof) of Bergson's ideas? To extrapolate from your example argument, there are thous…

Mmmm, sort of. It's probably easier to understand the why of Bergson's theories in their historical context. In the early 20th century, General Relativity and Special Relativity ha…

So, I worked with Bergson's texts quite a bit in grad school, as he is heavily in vogue at the moment in certain disciplines. To break down his argument to its essentials, the whol…

Fair enough. If Reddit is what works for you then rock it. Regarding the imgur community, I personally think they are a little too tryhard and silly, myself. But I don't go there f…

Images from the front page of reddit are autopromoted to the front page of imgur. One of the reason I like imgur: it's Reddit without the Reddit UI or redditors.

He says it in the article but it walkways bears repeating: if you aren't the customer, you're the product.

No, you are wrong here. All machines get old and wear out; digital machines wear out faster than mechanical ones. The OP you are replying to had a good point - capacitors in partic…

No trolling here. I'm a staunch believer in free speech, no matter how distasteful. Not because it is a sacred cow, but because I believe the benefits to free speech far outweigh a…

So, a question: now that Alex Miller's activities outside of the technical content of Strangeloop - I.E., banning a presenter over his personal politics - have created such a large…

>You might be unsurprised to find out that free speech is not valued on the left or among "SJW" groups. I suggest you research this further, because I can't communicate to you in a…