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  1. That graph seems to confirm Moore's law is still holding.

    "Moore's law is the observation that the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles about every two years." - Moore's law

  2. Re:District Heating Systems on French Company Plans To Heat Homes, Offices With AMD Ryzen Pro Processors · · Score: 4, Informative

    Using data centers to feed the district heating system is already on its way here in Sweden: Bahnhofs Datacenter Pionen an Open District Heating Pilot

  3. Re:Thumbs Down on new MacBook Pro Connectivity on Apple Unveils New MacBook Pro Featuring OLED Touch Bar, Touch ID - Powered By Intel Skylake Processor (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    There are quite a lot of USB C to USB A adapters available according to Google. Both from Apple and other places.

  4. Re:That reserves memory, it doesn't add bounds che on Microsoft Open-Sources 'Checked C,' A Safer C Version (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Umm, no. *(ptr + 20) is different from those above. That would translate to *(char**) (((void*) ptr) + sizeof(char*) * 20). Whilst ptr[0][20] and (*ptr)[20] translate to *(char*) (((void*) (*ptr)) + sizeof(char) * 20).
    And (ptr + 20) is even worse since it's completely missing dereferences.

    Your printf example is correct though, but not relevant to the current case.

  5. Re:That reserves memory, it doesn't add bounds che on Microsoft Open-Sources 'Checked C,' A Safer C Version (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually, it declares that ptr is a pointer to an array. So to get at the data you would actually have to do (*ptr)[20] or ptr[0][20]. Provided you have assigned something meaningful to the pointer first. The only memory reserved by the declaration is enough to hold a pointer.

  6. Re:Toxicity? on New Heating Technology Uses Seawater and Carbon Dioxide (csmonitor.com) · · Score: 2

    Interestingly this last link refers to CO2's 'low toxicity'.

    Well, CO2 isn't really that toxic. You'll die if you breath in pure CO2 anyway though. But that's because you'll suffocate since it is heavier than air and therefore remain in your lungs and prevents any new oxygen-rich air from entering.

    It will also fill up closed spaces like basements and you'll basically drown in it.

  7. Re:Customer Service on Could You Fall In Love With This Robot? (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    We've had this in Sweden for a few years now. It's fantastic :)
    (Not at McDonalds though, but a Swedish chain named Max which also happen to server way better burgers imo)

    Image: http://d14xf0em16qfin.cloudfro...

  8. Re:told us... on Google Settles Decade-Long Tax Dispute In UK (thestack.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yes, actually. At least here in Sweden. At the end of the year your employer, your bank etc report your total income for the year, and some other things that affect tax (like loan interest expenses, savings interest income. Also if you have used some tax deductible services (i.e. home renovation) those companies have to report that as well. Then sometime during spring the tax department sends out a preprinted form to you. If everything is correct you can just sign it and send it back. Otherwise you fill in the changes, sign it and send it back. Or, if you don't feel like beeing a luddite you can use the online service to see and sign the form even before it arrives in the mail.
    Then you have until august (I think) to pay your taxes. Except your employer already deducted a standard amount of taxes on your salary and payed it for you, so most likely you will get a tax return instead. Which is payed to you in august as well, except if you used the online service. In that case you receive it in june.

    So to sum the process up:
    1) Log in to online service during spring.
    2) Sign prefilled online form.
    3) (No step three)
    4) PROFIT (aka tax return around midsummer)

  9. Re:What's special here?? on Project IceStorm Passes Another Milestone: Building a CPU · · Score: 4, Informative

    What is special is that they are making an open toolchain to program an FPGA and that toolchain is now capable enough to program a working CPU into the FPGA.

    If you had read the entire summary you would have seen that the CPU design they were using was the J1 that you mention.

  10. Re: matlab is not new on The One App You Need On Your Resume If You Want a Job At Google · · Score: 1

    Nevermind, I saw that you realised this yourself :)

  11. Re: matlab is not new on The One App You Need On Your Resume If You Want a Job At Google · · Score: 2

    Actually, Matlab is produced by Mathworks while Wolfram Alpha is made by Wolfram, the company which makes Mathematica. However, I think Mathematica accepts Matlab syntax in addition to its own symbol based language.

  12. Breaking news on Experiment Shows People Exposed To East German Socialism Cheat More · · Score: 5, Insightful

    People raised in a country were the government spies on its citizens, encourages selling people out, and kidnaps dissenters are more likely to lie for personal gain.

    My guess is this is more an effect caused by Stasi, and not the communism/capitalism divide.

  13. Re:Tiresome on Google Poised To Settle EU Anti-Trust Probe · · Score: 1

    If Google, Microsoft etc choose to do business in the EU they'll have to follow the laws there. As you say, they can pull out. But as long as they choose to stay they'll have to live with the laws there or face penalties if they break them. It applies equally to all companies doing business there, domestic and foreign. The list of European companies brought up on anti-competiive charges is quite long, it just doesn't get quite as much international attention.

  14. Re:Apple shot themselves in the foot... on US Judge Orders Apple To Share HTC Deal Details With Samsung · · Score: 1

    Yes, exactly. Which was my point, since dryriver seemed to suggest in his original post that everyone who likes Apple's products are "i-fanboys and i-fangirls".

  15. Re:Apple shot themselves in the foot... on US Judge Orders Apple To Share HTC Deal Details With Samsung · · Score: 0

    I own a Samsung smartphone, tablet computer and laptop. Each product was well priced, well designed and quality built and works flawlessly so far. I've had zero issues with any of these products. So yes, I appreciate the quality Samsung brings to the market. Does that make me a fanboy? Hardly.

    I own an iPhone and a MacBook. Both products was well priced, well designed and quality built and works flawlessly so far. I've had zero issues with any of these products. So yes, I appreciate the quality Apple brings to the market. Does that make me a fanboy?

  16. Re:The Oregon Trail! on Space Vs. Poverty Debate In India · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The "gravity of the earth" at the surface of the moon is much less than the gravity of mars at the surface of mars.

    Remember, gravitational pull is proportional to the inverse square of the distance between the objects:

    F=G*(m1+m2) / r^2

  17. thought...

  18. If you enjoy working with other people and don't have a problem explaining the same thing over and over again (hopefully not to the same person), then teaching at college/university is great. I easily spend 6h per day walking back and forth between students in the computer labs. And unlike tech support and similar, the questions you tend to get are actually intelligent and well though out :)

  19. Re:I use the Glasgow Subway you insensitive clod on World's Subways Share Common Mathematical Structure · · Score: 1

    So the Glasgow subway is missing the branches, and the Stockholm subway is missing the ring? Then we'll just have to colocate them. Problem solved! :)

  20. Re:Did you read the story? on Apple Gives In, Drops iPad '4G' Tag To Avoid Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    Indeed I did.

  21. Re:Did you read the story? on Apple Gives In, Drops iPad '4G' Tag To Avoid Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    I take it the 20-25 mbps is down speed? What about up speed?

    As a comparison, my carriers 3G network here in Sweden gives you 32/4.6 mbps (up/down) according to their claims. I haven't tried it, but I'd guess the actual down speed wouldn't be lower than 25 mbps or they'd be getting a lot of trouble from the regulating authority.

    As for their 4G networks, their first and currently only plan is listed as 64/9 mbps.

  22. Re:Gasified Pellet? on Poo-Powered Rickshaw Unveiled At the Denver Zoo · · Score: 1

    The idea is probably that it's carbon neutral since the carbon dioxide released comes from plants which absorbed it from the atmosphere.

    It's new enhanced carbon cycle of life. Plants absorb CO2, monkeys eat plants, poo is flung at rickshaw, rickshaw turns poo into CO2 again.

  23. Re:What happens after though on Supercomputer Cools Off Using Groundwater · · Score: 3, Informative

    The water is in a closed loop. They pump it down into the ground to cool the water, and then back up again to cool the computers. Then it just goes down into the ground again (and again).

  24. Re:Trivial usage on Massive Rare Earth Deposit Found In Australia · · Score: 2

    Actually, I think he just multiplied $5000/kg with 5000 kg (5t) to get (exactly) $25 million.

  25. Re:How to restore the older tabs look: on Firefox 4 Released! · · Score: 1

    And to get the statusbar back you can install status-4-evar.