Okay, the police were a bit heavy handed. Still, they did arrest this kid legitimately. And he was playing with chemicals and tilt switches. There is at least some reason for reasonable suspicion when combining all these factors. Remember, this is just an investigation; they do not need proof beyond reasonable doubt.
The bomb squad investigated and decided there wasn't a problem, as is right. These guys probably played with chemistry a bit as kids, and recognised this kid was doing the same as they did.
Perhaps there was no need to close off the road, but sometimes police investigate innocent people.
I've actually always hated the explanation in the novels. It feels so contrived.
I prefer the explanation supported by the officially published script. "Ben reacts to Solo's stupid attempt to impress them with obvious misinformation", so Han was just making up random jargon in order to impress the rube.
Obviously Lucas simply had no idea that a parsec was a unit of distance, but the explanation still makes sense.
It strikes me as more of a proof of concept. While this sort of ratio is probably not all that useful, it does demonstrate that essentially anything useful is also possible.
Automated devices can always be dangerous. This is the case with any mechanised factory.
The company has a duty to produce and enforce health and safety rules. The employee has the duty to follow these rules and apply basic common sense. If both of these conditions are met, accidents will still happen, but nobody is really to blame. That's why they're called accidents. We can't predict everything.
Detecting nipples shouldn't be too hard. We could assign a probability based on relative location to the face, colour difference and size. Although a lot of "artistic" nude shots don't show that. The problem here is that they tend to hint at nakedness rather than explicitly show it.You can't detect everything that might be considered rude using a single algorithm.
Religion is declining though. Even in the US, it's more that the religious are getting louder than more numerous. In Europe, and for that matter, the more liberal US cities, people are a lot more laid back about nudity.
A women in a bikini - acceptable for all but the most puritanical of people - will have a lot of skin. A woman flashing her top will have a lot less skin than that.
The algorithm seems to do some stuff with "curves" - whether this looks for breasts or just female body shape is something I'll have to play with when I'm not at work.
Yes, so? If I was using a SPARC I'd be assuming register based passing.
If it was to be used in a calculation, and the architecture doesn't have operations on constants then I'd know it would go into a register. I wouldn't know which register, but that wasn't the point. The point is knowing it will be stored in a register. In the case of a SPARC, and if we're using it as a function parameter, and if there are fewer than 8 parameters, and if the parameters are all simple types, then it will be stored in one of the upper 8 registers in the window, and a competent programmer with low level SPARC experience will be able to tell you exactly which.
I can understand this for the basic author's copyright, but the companies involved here aren't creators. Or consumers. They're middlemen. We don't need them. If we get content from another source, (e.g. Netflix US), the copyright owner still gets money. It comes from Netflix US rather than the local NZ distributor.
The publisher knows full well that some people will be using Netflix US through VPN or DNS spoofing services, and that this represents an increased value fro the company so will charge accordingly.
I'm not quite sure how a glitch in an online music app might kill someone.
If my software kills someone I will be so distraught that I will confess immediately, and cooperate fully with any enquiry. Although I can't see anyone hiring me to work on safety critical systems.
As a programmer, I don't want to be replaced easily, and I don't care about my work when I'll die, or even when I quit my company.
As a programmer, I make sure I remain employable by doing the best job I can do. Partly this is about basic ethics, but I know that even if I write ideal code, with perfect documentation, I'm still the best person to understand that. I don't want to work for any company I work for that doesn't realise this.
Underprivileged and disabled people have a hard time getting work, so Goodwill gives them an opportunity to be a productive member of society. The fact that they get government handouts for this means that they have more money to spend on other projects.
At this stage 'a' isn't in a register. It's a symbol that will probably be replaced by a constant 13 in a later operation, or pushed onto the stack if used as a parameter (assuming stack based calling)
It is bizarre asking the performers to pay for this. Do they provide free Apple Macs for businesses and not expect to get paid until the business starts making a profit?
I've worked there for a couple of companies. There's a pretty solid tech industry up in the north Almondsbury/Bradley Stoke. It's mostly "big" tech companies - jet engines, and electronics multinationals, but there are a few upstarts and startups.
Lived there for a year. It's got a fantastic culture. Certainly the sort of place that will appeal to the 20-somethings that startups like, and a good startup culture. Plus living there is a lot cheaper.
Wouldn't rate the transport that far above London. Sure, it's great but London's is pretty good. It just suffers from London's severe crowdedness.
I'd actually say in Britain, any of the university cities would be better than London. Not just Oxford and Cambridge, but Bristol, Manchester, Edinburgh, all have a tech industry, good connections and a decent culture.
The EU is very jealous with respect to non-EEA workers and a work visa can be very hard to get. There is a similar exception to America's H1B visa for specialised skills, but my perception is that the US is a lot less rigid about enforcement.
Not always. There are a few areas where this may happen - It's fairly common with vector normalisation (zero result does typically actually work here, because a zero length "normal vector" is invalid, so we can deal with that later), anything to do with user input (where we really want to deal with the error).
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Okay, the police were a bit heavy handed. Still, they did arrest this kid legitimately. And he was playing with chemicals and tilt switches. There is at least some reason for reasonable suspicion when combining all these factors. Remember, this is just an investigation; they do not need proof beyond reasonable doubt.
The bomb squad investigated and decided there wasn't a problem, as is right. These guys probably played with chemistry a bit as kids, and recognised this kid was doing the same as they did.
Perhaps there was no need to close off the road, but sometimes police investigate innocent people.
I've actually always hated the explanation in the novels. It feels so contrived.
I prefer the explanation supported by the officially published script. "Ben reacts to Solo's stupid attempt to impress them with obvious misinformation", so Han was just making up random jargon in order to impress the rube.
Obviously Lucas simply had no idea that a parsec was a unit of distance, but the explanation still makes sense.
Really smart people can be naive. Nobody is immune to confirmation bias.
It strikes me as more of a proof of concept. While this sort of ratio is probably not all that useful, it does demonstrate that essentially anything useful is also possible.
Seems to average somewhere around 3
Automated devices can always be dangerous. This is the case with any mechanised factory.
The company has a duty to produce and enforce health and safety rules. The employee has the duty to follow these rules and apply basic common sense. If both of these conditions are met, accidents will still happen, but nobody is really to blame. That's why they're called accidents. We can't predict everything.
Detecting nipples shouldn't be too hard. We could assign a probability based on relative location to the face, colour difference and size. Although a lot of "artistic" nude shots don't show that. The problem here is that they tend to hint at nakedness rather than explicitly show it.You can't detect everything that might be considered rude using a single algorithm.
Religion is declining though. Even in the US, it's more that the religious are getting louder than more numerous. In Europe, and for that matter, the more liberal US cities, people are a lot more laid back about nudity.
A women in a bikini - acceptable for all but the most puritanical of people - will have a lot of skin. A woman flashing her top will have a lot less skin than that.
The algorithm seems to do some stuff with "curves" - whether this looks for breasts or just female body shape is something I'll have to play with when I'm not at work.
Yes, so? If I was using a SPARC I'd be assuming register based passing.
If it was to be used in a calculation, and the architecture doesn't have operations on constants then I'd know it would go into a register. I wouldn't know which register, but that wasn't the point. The point is knowing it will be stored in a register. In the case of a SPARC, and if we're using it as a function parameter, and if there are fewer than 8 parameters, and if the parameters are all simple types, then it will be stored in one of the upper 8 registers in the window, and a competent programmer with low level SPARC experience will be able to tell you exactly which.
I can understand this for the basic author's copyright, but the companies involved here aren't creators. Or consumers. They're middlemen. We don't need them. If we get content from another source, (e.g. Netflix US), the copyright owner still gets money. It comes from Netflix US rather than the local NZ distributor.
The publisher knows full well that some people will be using Netflix US through VPN or DNS spoofing services, and that this represents an increased value fro the company so will charge accordingly.
So don't then. The customers don't need it. They can access it online.
We don't outlaw bread making machines in order to keep bakers in business either.
so?
Not being under any legal obligation does not mean they are not immune to criticism for behavior that is considered poor form.
Who ever said anything about "do no evil"? Google's unofficial policy is "Don't be evil". Different in a subtle but significant way.
I'm not quite sure how a glitch in an online music app might kill someone.
If my software kills someone I will be so distraught that I will confess immediately, and cooperate fully with any enquiry. Although I can't see anyone hiring me to work on safety critical systems.
As a programmer, I make sure I remain employable by doing the best job I can do. Partly this is about basic ethics, but I know that even if I write ideal code, with perfect documentation, I'm still the best person to understand that. I don't want to work for any company I work for that doesn't realise this.
Underprivileged and disabled people have a hard time getting work, so Goodwill gives them an opportunity to be a productive member of society. The fact that they get government handouts for this means that they have more money to spend on other projects.
"Ribbon sucks" is hardly a controversial position. You can come out and admit it with pride!
At this stage 'a' isn't in a register. It's a symbol that will probably be replaced by a constant 13 in a later operation, or pushed onto the stack if used as a parameter (assuming stack based calling)
Unless you are a 4 year old girl not only is your opinion irrelevant, even having an opinion makes me think less of you.
It is bizarre asking the performers to pay for this. Do they provide free Apple Macs for businesses and not expect to get paid until the business starts making a profit?
I've worked there for a couple of companies. There's a pretty solid tech industry up in the north Almondsbury/Bradley Stoke. It's mostly "big" tech companies - jet engines, and electronics multinationals, but there are a few upstarts and startups.
Lived there for a year. It's got a fantastic culture. Certainly the sort of place that will appeal to the 20-somethings that startups like, and a good startup culture. Plus living there is a lot cheaper.
Wouldn't rate the transport that far above London. Sure, it's great but London's is pretty good. It just suffers from London's severe crowdedness.
I'd actually say in Britain, any of the university cities would be better than London. Not just Oxford and Cambridge, but Bristol, Manchester, Edinburgh, all have a tech industry, good connections and a decent culture.
Good question.
The EU is very jealous with respect to non-EEA workers and a work visa can be very hard to get. There is a similar exception to America's H1B visa for specialised skills, but my perception is that the US is a lot less rigid about enforcement.
Not always. There are a few areas where this may happen - It's fairly common with vector normalisation (zero result does typically actually work here, because a zero length "normal vector" is invalid, so we can deal with that later), anything to do with user input (where we really want to deal with the error).