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Comment #27733836
Did Alpha Zero play games against Stockfish on regular PC hardware or big specialized hardware.
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Comment #27683740
That carfentanil looks like about a milligram, but impossible to say without knowing its density.
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Comment #27664644
Reddit repost bots execute with full (though unintended) support of moderators and legitimate users.
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Comment #27639243
You forgot to add /s to the end of your comment.
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Comment #27619419
"memory issue" seems overly broad or vague.
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Comment #27604908
Doesn't that apply only to older phones?
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Comment #27604855
I once had auto reset enabled on my phone after 10 attempts, and then somehow while it was in my gym bag it proceeded to accidentally get buttons pressed and reset itself. Better t…
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Comment #27604794
Doesn't that require the device to have been unlocked in the first place?
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Comment #27604726
For advanced players do the 9+ discs perform better?
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Comment #27604639
The first gen of PS3 included a PS2 on board.
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Comment #27599564
OK, I must have mistaken what the original was, because I thought it was like this: processWidget(new Widget, priority()); I think I saw the above code elsewhere.
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Comment #27597783
> Is now impossible I don't see how that is so. C++ 17 allows new Widget to complete and then the priority() call to execute and throw before both are passed to shared_ptr(), thus …
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Comment #27560361
I'm not arguing this change as good or bad, but the pattern of one or two key people deciding something and others getting on board to implement it is common.
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Comment #27560318
> Am I the only person who likes this change? yes
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Comment #27557852
I'm not convinced.
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Comment #27555219
maybe, but most ransomware attacks aren't via zero-days but via simpler means. Also ransomware infects a whole network and so part of the cause is systems that allow that.
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Comment #27555175
Lack of MFA, lack of hardware whitelisting, servers exposed directly to the Internet, lack of user privilege restrictions, allowing passwords that are known-compromised, ...
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Comment #27554955
Where I last worked they said it would be hard to switch to AMD quickly because Intel CPUs had a feature set they were dependent on and would take some time/effort to switch.
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Comment #27534860
I don't know why you are being downvoted. The best solution here is for the author to admit using log was a bad idea and rewrite an entirely different version.
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Comment #27534848
There are tons of branches in those log and pow calls. Programmers are lost in branch free religion.
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Comment #27534831
Neither is production ready because they have no code comments. And if ever there was code requiring comments, this is it.
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Comment #27528762
How would you do that without potentially creating colliding names?
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Comment #27498499
> especially when considering the damage their bodies absorb Not all sports are football. Most professional sports don't damage bodies significantly.
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Comment #27498489
Why would a hijacker abandon weapons? If their goal was hijacking and they found they were to be searched then why even board the plane? Just go back home with your weapon.
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Comment #27498471
I wouldn't be surprised if the MLB secretly notified the teams that they have x days to stop it because enforcement will commence thereafter. That way the MLB still looks clean but…