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machiavelli1024

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    Comment #17728168

    There’s no inlining, because determining whether inlining wpuld be safe is probably Turing-complete. However, IMP cacheing is a thing and that’s enough for most cases. For the rest…

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    Comment #17705509

    LOL! Sure buddy! Remember: carbon = bad for you I for one, follow a strictly carbon-free diet and am as healthy as ever!

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    Comment #17704892

    Gosh, I misread it as "lack of internet piracy ". Had a minor heart attack!

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    Comment #17702123

    That ML pipeline ain’t gonna feed itself, y’know?

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    Comment #17701539

    Yeah, right?! They also have this “Software Update” thing in Settings, which installs kernel updates and other stuff from the internet!

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    Comment #17698245

    >For example, when you do the math, you'll see that it is basically impossible for a large enough orchestra to play perfectly in sync. Why? The conductor keeps them in sync visuall…

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    Comment #17696848

    You can configure your client to ignore comments unless they’re verified by [authority you trust]. Verification would happen cryptographically; like the GPG web of trust. It’s up t…

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    Comment #17693675

    Nope. You still have clustering on the sides. A proper uniform distribution would produce the same grey shade all over the circle, like this: https://jsfiddle.net/tz85wnxy/86/ Your…

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    Comment #17692348

    While I haven't done anything nefarious other than putting a few tracking/analytics frameworks into our product, I have heard a few stories from my colleagues... E.g. at a contract…

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    Comment #17692128

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfznnKUwywQ

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    Comment #17691232

    >Let me know if I am wrong. You're wrong on multiple levels. 1. Generating random values for x^2, y^2, z^2 and taking their square root will only give you values in the x,y,z > 0 o…

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    Comment #17691031

    “Sampling from the uniform distribution on the N-dimensional Euclidean ball (the N-ball) and its surface (the N-sphere) is a tool useful in many diverse research fields, for instan…

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    Comment #17690194

    Why would they give customer service to you? You’re not their customer, unless you bought ads from them.

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    Comment #17688904

    Notice how the rejection method becomes useless for higher dimensions. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_dimensionality

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    Comment #17688859

    That’s only a problem if they can prove that you published it elsewhere. “Oh no! Someone uploaded my paper to SciHub! What a pity :((((“

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    Comment #17686672

    You can’t reconstruct a 3D scene from a 2D projection unless you take educated guesses. E.g. When you look at a picture with something that looks like a chair, you assume that it’s…

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    Comment #17680580

    Wooooow dude, I bet noone came up with this idea before! Very trippy! 420!

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    Comment #17680553

    I had a similar experience when I forgot to take my SNRI antidepressant. I woke up in the middle of the night, and when I tried to continue sleeping I had these ultra-detailed geom…

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    Comment #17657870

    In other words: horror vacui

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    Comment #17657733

    Thanks, I've checked it! If I understand it correctly, your comment is a poor attempt at it.

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    Comment #17655048

    Google is your friend. In short: gerrymandering is the practice of redrawing voting district boundaries to ensure your victory in as many districts as possible.

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    Comment #17654989

    [flagged]

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    Comment #17651823

    I believe in freedom of information ;)

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    Comment #17651176

    Oink, what.cd, redacted