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vrfcodf

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    Comment #11470768

    I agree, I think this part makes it clear: except as modified by the unknown factors mentioned previously. Although this is quite contradicting: 5.1.2.3. p4: In the abstract machin…

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    Comment #11461595

    What both ends? :-) This is a rocket, not a plastic tube. And who plugs them, and where. In space, before landing?

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    Comment #11460391

    That is not correct. The type used to write to the memory is int, not void or char. If the object, whose address is passed to the function is not compatible with int, the behavior …

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    Comment #11460381

    I guess one could still be evil and pass a pointer to a non-int type to the function. That example is really bad, you don't need a void pointer to show this ub 'optimization'.

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    Comment #11460237

    That code is well defined.

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    Comment #11423523

    I think you're trolling but here goes: Oculus terms of service require (among other things) of the user this: By submitting User Content through the Services, you grant Oculus a wo…

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    Comment #11422292

    This is what I'm thinking too. The lack of dashboard is not because the car will be autonomous, it will be but only on the freeway, but because there will be a HUD.

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    Comment #11422218

    How could it be? The regulations don't allow it. I don't see it happening sooner than 10 years. If so, what is their plan?

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    Comment #11421329

    As a future dev it makes me sick. I have to choose either to support a business like that or never make any money.

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    Comment #11421166

    Am I not saying in effect that I grant anyone that comes along a... With the MIT license you grant those permissions for your own work, not for their work back to you.

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    Comment #11421125

    I have no problem with that if it is an opt-in. Otherwise I expect privacy in my home. No mobile app is tracking me. The only information stored by the use of my phone is the cell …

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    Comment #11421116

    Read it again. Author is concerned about how Oculus threats their users, therefore as a developer he/she decided to not contribute to that system.

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    Comment #11421099

    And from their privacy policy https://www.oculus.com/en-us/legal/privacy-policy/ : Information Automatically Collected About You When You Use Our Services: -Information about your …

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    Comment #11420761

    Good point. You would get different sequences by choosing different constants for the generator though, but you couldn't cover all of them by a longshot.

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    Comment #11420757

    Limiting resources are a limiting factor, kinda a tautology.

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    Comment #11420251

    I agree with you, although it is incorrect to assume that batteries will be always lithium based.

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    Comment #11420164

    MLCG is sequential. No value will be repeated within the period.

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    Comment #11420150

    This only matters in calculations where randomness is important, i.e. Monte Carlo method. Nevertheless, if you don't use the least significant bits, and if the constants are carefu…

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    Comment #11420022

    Here is an alternative: Use a multiplicative linear congruential generator with a period 2^n , where n is ceil(log2(m)), where m is the size of the list. Seed the generator, start …

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    Comment #11411292

    That sounds very helpful and frightening at the same time. In the future where everything is recorded the records should be sealed unless a warrant for those recordings is presente…