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  1. Re: Why not extend "Concrete Mathematics"? on Knuth Previews New Math Section For 'The Art of Computer Programming' (stanford.edu) · · Score: 1

    I've never used tAoCP, it just does not contain enough information in an accessible format.

    Introduction to Algorithms by Cormen et. al. is a good book and covers the same space.

  2. If you need a super sophisticated book to understand long division (taught in elementary school), then your thinking process is unusual to say the least.

  3. I don't understand why you'd choose IT support. It's an ungrateful and underpaid job.

  4. How is having an understanding of your computer architecture and how your language maps to it 'math'?
    Do Americans just use the word 'math' to mean 'something that requires some thinking'?

  5. Re: The "real world"? Seriously? In your cube? on Knuth Previews New Math Section For 'The Art of Computer Programming' (stanford.edu) · · Score: 1

    People with a background in physics typically make the worst coders.
    Writing software is its own engineering discipline.

  6. Knowing some classical math won't really help you with floating point

  7. 3D Cinema on 3D TV Is Dead (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Please 3D cinema be next.

  8. Re: Some places are impossible. on Google Maps Starts Showing Parking Availability For Some Users (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I live in Europe.
    Most cities I know of have no free parking whatsoever in their centers. It's an intentional decision to discourage usage of cars within cities.

  9. No idea what this is on The Problem With Google AMP (80x24.net) · · Score: 1

    I read some articles and watched some videos and still have no idea what this is.

    It claims to be magic that makes loading websites faster but it just seems to be a variant of HTML where slow stuff is prohibited.

  10. how new can you get?

  11. Modern anime target obsessive fans, which are typically young adults. They're the ones that buy Blurays, books and other related material of the extended universe (most anime is adapted from what they call "light novels").

    There are also a few shows that do target children, because they're either associated with toys or are just a big franchise with big bucks that can put in the marketing necessary to grasp a kid's attention's span.

  12. Who uses such dodgy websites when you can get everything properly remuxed from a single IRC channel?

  13. Re: Why not? on Razer Built a Laptop With Three Screens Because Why Not? (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Gamers don't use laptops, that's just silly.

  14. As others have said, it's partly because of the money involved. AAA games get better reviews.

    But I also think a large part of it is just that most reviewers have shit taste and don't appreciate good games.
    This might be due to being brainwashed by the games they usually play, or that their socio-economic background does not enable them to understand more sophisticated works.

  15. Re: A game that would be hard to make today on Postal, the Legendarily Violent Video Game by Running With Scissors, Is Now Open Source (ndtv.com) · · Score: 1

    There are being heavily censored, not necessarily because of regulation; sometimes because the developer is afraid of the backlash from social media.

    Consider FFXV, one of the latest AAA games, coming from Japan, a country that generally doesn't mind having violence and sex in their games.

    They cut all the cutscenes of the main female character, to the point where players are asking what her role in the story and what her motivation even was. The reason they did that is because of complaints there was on twitter and elsewhere about her being too subservient and her depiction too sexist.

    The content that was cut showed her being abused by men since childhood, going through the harshness of it all by devoting her life to supporting her prince.

  16. Re: What happens when culture and copywrite collid on US Government Targets Pirate Bay and Other 'Piracy Havens' (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Copyright not 'copy write'.
    Also your typography is off.

  17. Re: Slower than a smartphone? on Nintendo Switch Uses Nvidia Tegra X1 SoC, Clock Speeds Outed (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Consoles are pretty much dead in Japan, especially for casual gaming which is Nintendo's main demographic. Niche and indie games for hardcore players also mostly moved to portable and PC due to lower developments costs and better financing schemes.
    Finally trends suggest consoles will die out in the West too.

    Portable games still suffer from having the reputation of being cheap knock-offs and not proper games among more serious players, so fusing the two is a pretty smart move to ensure they can present a legitimate first-class latform where they can focus their efforts on the largest possible market.

  18. America stepping back in the past on Trump To Scrap NASA Climate Research In Crackdown On 'Politicized Science' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    He's naming a guy who believes climate change to be in charge of the environment
    He's naming a creationist to be in charge of education
    He's naming a racist anti-gay to be in charge of interior
    He's also designing a special uniform for his people.

    Americans, what does it feel like to live in the early 1900s? Or maybe that's more like the 1800s?

  19. Chinese hoax on One Third of California's Trees Are Dead (sfgate.com) · · Score: 1

    Thankfully, thanks to our leader President-elect Donald Trump, we now know that this is all a hoax caused by China to make us doubt in America's greatness.

  20. GNOME flashback on Unity 8 Desktop Session Arrives in Ubuntu 16.10 (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    GNOME flashback is still the only desktop environment usable on Ubuntu.
    I don't understand why they're still trying to reinvent the wheel with their crap.

  21. Re: So basically... on VR Devs Pull Support For Oculus Rift Until Palmer Luckey Steps Down (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Thankfully, only the indie ones narcissist enough to be on Twitter.
    Nothing of value was said, just more noise by nobodies that try desperately trying to be heard in order to convince themselves they're relevant.

  22. People still don't get it.
    I wonder when America is going to lose its freedom like Europe.

  23. Re: 24 Hours? on 19-Year-Old Jailbreaks iPhone 7 In 24 Hours (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you're forgetting the work evolution did in coming up with the right DNA

  24. Re: SoftBank, Arm, & Brexit on SoftBank Completes $31 Billion Acquisition of ARM (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Brexit is not happening.
    The only thing imploding is Theresa May.

  25. Re: Countdown to endless arguments in 3.. 2.. 1.. on NASA's Impossible Propulsion EmDrive Is Heading to Space (popularmechanics.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd suggest you learn typography rules before making such inane comments.