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    Comment #40957194

    We have that now. We did not for the formative years of the field.

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    Comment #40956721

    Because everything (except SSDs now a days) in a computer, on a fundamental level is either 0 or 1. So when you want something that maps to that, 2 to the power of 10 is exactly 10…

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    Comment #40746532

    For many people that live where there is no chlorine in the water, it's immediately obvious when there is added chlorine to the tap water. I'm not sure I can taste it, can't rememb…

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    Comment #40727298

    "I forgot the password, sorry". I really do not hope they will start putting people in jail for being forgetful.

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    Comment #40727281

    99.99999% not a coincident. These far reaching proposals almost always have critical stages when the public is concerned by something else.

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    Comment #40642699

    Some of the main benefits of shipping every day, is: 1. Develop a system where you can turn codepaths on and off with a toggle. 2. Become better at architecture. Learning to split …

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    Comment #40522658

    It's unfortunately often people that recover from some serious traumatic experiences, that are the most emphatic. They know what it is like to be completely lost with no one to hel…

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    Comment #40522153

    That is fine to do, if you prepare the child. I mean, start by taking all the steps with them, gamify it, and at some point I'm sure most children would be proud to do it. But just…

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    Comment #40464471

    I agree. And it's worth remembering that Scrum is a starting point. The entire point is to adapt the process such that it fits the team/product/organisation, through retrospectives…

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    Comment #40341319

    If you have the tools to work with metal, you can use those tools with few, if any, modifications and do the same thing with nylon.

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    Comment #40170928

    Abstract math (type B) is a very rigorous discipline that underpins the other kind used by engineers (type A). Type A is indeed learned by repetition along with understanding. It i…

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    Comment #40053716

    Not saying USA is not doing it, and both Germany and France is doing it as well in the wake of Corona. But the amount is visible and until we get more transparency, we can only ass…

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    Comment #40049647

    That not hard if your production and/or materials is subsidised by the state, in an attempt to outcompete western companies.

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    Comment #39978540

    Just going of the Wikipedia page on unit testing, in the 1956 paper on programming for the SAGE project, refers to testing as: Parameter testing, assembly testing, shake down testi…

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    Comment #39976810

    I believe that the original definition, way back before most of us were born, was a test of the smallest possible unit, i.e a single function ect. At least according to Wikipedia, …

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    Comment #39976693

    If I'm understanding the specs correctly, it is basically a LLM, but for audio. So it requires some serious power to encode it, because it is using the latest AI hype to achieve th…

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    Comment #39764743

    I have the exact same experience as you. I have build 50+ sets, 10 of them 1500+ piece sets and a few over 3000. I have never had a missing piece. I have had small pieces that was …

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    Comment #39701672

    It's a large enough volume of water, that adding insulation is feasible.

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    Comment #39689152

    I don't see the value in upgrading parts of my phone apart from a failing battery. And if you read it again, I upgrade because my sons phone is 4 years old, and changing the batter…

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    Comment #39680408

    I depends what you want from your tool. I get around 4 years of use from the device. I upgrade every 2 years, and my son inherits my old one. I replace the battery if it's below 80…

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    Comment #39614973

    From https://app.radicle.xyz/nodes/seed.radicle.xyz/rad:z3trNYnLW... > A seed is a node that hosts and serves one or more projects on the network. I have not read the entirety of t…

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    Comment #39614856

    Before EU261, the passanger took on the risk for delays and cancelations mainly due to the operational performance of the airline. After, the airlines now directly take on some of …

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    Comment #39614423

    I do not disagree with you. I was pointing our that there is a certain class of physical buttons we can replace with an "emulation" that works just as well. That is not to say we s…

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    Comment #39602909

    Except DD2 and KZ, well true, they only have 2 pedals, but they also have a hand operated clutch. But you only need it to start the kart. You shift without the clutch, and for star…

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    Comment #39602869

    Many modern cars have a turbo that makes this almost impossible to tell. It almost feels irrelevant, compared to planning ahead for the inevitable wait for the turbo to build press…