Please modificar this comment up!!! If you are a "modern" developer, it seems the only way out of a performance problem is adding more RAM/CPU/storage. They NEVER check their code for issues, just copy/paste some stuff from internet and call the day off.
For instance, I have had to fulfill request to increase a LPAR's RAM by 16 GB because the heap size of a given JVM was chewing 3GB for each instance after a "code upgrade". I have seen memory leaks worth the lapidation of the entire development team spring like dandelions, and the first approach by said "development team" was always to take them as a feature of the JVM. Only after we gather every single piece of evidence they would bother to look at their code for issues. If the JVM isn't performing correctly, it's always the OS/hardware, not the lousy Java code.
I'll be more than happy to dance on Java's grave once we as an evolved society decide to put it down for good.
He knew probably on Monday, so that gives him a couple more days to create life before his day off. Tell him to have a few beers on me if he meets the deadline.
The in house amount of heat is higher than the one in the surrounding environment. Thus, when you pump that heat off the house, you drive more heat into its surroundings. Multiply that amount for the number of air conditioned houses and you have a net difference.
Which still exceeds the field of application of pure Physics. I apologize if my comment sounded derogatory. Physics is supposed to explain how the world works, while Engineering seeks a way to make those theoretical explanations do something "productive".
I think I have found the error in your chain of thought. "scientific journalism" has as much entity as a holographic universe or the multiverse theory.
Calculating the mass of an undiscovered particle is one thing. Forging "thought experiments" is an entirely different beast. Take this phenomenal stupidity of the whole "we live in a hologram/simulation" dilemma. It surely has helped to get the paychecks flowing for a number of people, but it doesn't even have a tiny contribution to the real field of study.
> There are a huge range of problems in... sociology and economics to which the rigorous, empirical traditions of physics are making major contributions.
Typical arrogance of the physicist that solves everything by reducing it to a point shape and ignoring higher order terms.
The problems in the softer sciences are not just rigor. Sure, many in those fields have a bad understanding of methods and statistics, but their field is quite different from physics. There is no underlying idea which can be used to base decisive experiments upon. You don't solve that with yet another PDE.
Applied Physics has a distinctive name: Engineering. And it falls way outside of its defined field of study.
Too bad in order to go 100% renewable and be able to iron out daily and seasonal input fluctuation, we need an estimated 0.2-1 MWh capacity per person. What Tesla is planning to do this year covers maybe ONE MILLIONTH of what USA would need. Does that sound like a solid plan?
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't SolarCity's main objective to provide the new Tesla Gigafactory with 100% renewable energy?
One special quality of Duck Tape I learned about recently is its ability to be vulcanized. Several surfers I know expose the glued side to an open flame (such as the one from a cigarette lighter) before applying it, and it would hold on to whatever you stick it, even under water. You could even enhance its stickyness by applying more heat once you taped it.
"A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away..." Not in a distant future,
So, timescale aside....it's an energy weapon used by a civilization with technology far, far in advance of our own, that fires a payload that moves slower than a carefully-sized lead pellet being forced down a steel tube by the power of expanding gases?
This is a civilization that casually travels the stars, blows up entire fucking planets, and harnesses energy forces beyond our wildest comprehension, and yet their weapon of choice fires a colorful plasma blob that you could practically outrun on a bicycle?
That defines a pacifist civilization in my book. One which puts more effort into Space travel than in weapons development.
I think the Mythbusters did some measurements on an episode and determined that blasters fire travels slower than light. And they tried to dodge it.
So....it's an energy weapon that fires a payload that moves slower than a 20th century handgun bullet?
"A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away..." Not in a distant future, where you are being threatened by morons in ships called USS Something, firing photon torpedos at speeds slower than light, carrying remote controls as handguns, and giant can openers as blade weapons.
It is not a lack of belief. It is a belief that there is no god. It's as much a dogma as those who do believe in a god. It is certainly a belief system.
Ultimately it all comes down (to me at least) to a matter of need. Does this universe need a deity to rule it and create it? Our current evidence says it doesn't. That's not a dogma per se. It's based on the current status of the observation of this we call reality. Maybe in the future the existence of said deity could be proved somehow. And then I'll just eat my words. But it's no dogma at all. It's called method. The scientific method, where everything is questionable.
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Please modificar this comment up!!! If you are a "modern" developer, it seems the only way out of a performance problem is adding more RAM/CPU/storage. They NEVER check their code for issues, just copy/paste some stuff from internet and call the day off. For instance, I have had to fulfill request to increase a LPAR's RAM by 16 GB because the heap size of a given JVM was chewing 3GB for each instance after a "code upgrade". I have seen memory leaks worth the lapidation of the entire development team spring like dandelions, and the first approach by said "development team" was always to take them as a feature of the JVM. Only after we gather every single piece of evidence they would bother to look at their code for issues. If the JVM isn't performing correctly, it's always the OS/hardware, not the lousy Java code. I'll be more than happy to dance on Java's grave once we as an evolved society decide to put it down for good.
Are these next-gen APUs still affected by Spectre-type vulnerabilities? I saw no mention of those flaws in the PR. But then again, it's a PR.
Try Budgie with Plank. The simplest desktop I had to set up. It's fast, beautifully minimalist, and god damn simple.
Do not spy, the government doesn't like competition.
No government-sponsored spy agencies have been harmed in the making of this motion picture.
He knew probably on Monday, so that gives him a couple more days to create life before his day off. Tell him to have a few beers on me if he meets the deadline.
If you leave scratches in your phone just by using it as intended, maybe look into getting a better phone.
Hey, you have to take other possibilities into account. Maybe he's related to Wolverine...
B-b-b-b-but YER CPU CYCLES DUDE!!! Won't you mind them being wasted?
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The in house amount of heat is higher than the one in the surrounding environment. Thus, when you pump that heat off the house, you drive more heat into its surroundings. Multiply that amount for the number of air conditioned houses and you have a net difference.
It's not a Linux bug, but a buggy RFC implementation. Please read TFA and then try to resume your lame trolling against OSS.
Which still exceeds the field of application of pure Physics. I apologize if my comment sounded derogatory. Physics is supposed to explain how the world works, while Engineering seeks a way to make those theoretical explanations do something "productive".
...scientific journalism...
I think I have found the error in your chain of thought. "scientific journalism" has as much entity as a holographic universe or the multiverse theory.
Calculating the mass of an undiscovered particle is one thing. Forging "thought experiments" is an entirely different beast. Take this phenomenal stupidity of the whole "we live in a hologram/simulation" dilemma. It surely has helped to get the paychecks flowing for a number of people, but it doesn't even have a tiny contribution to the real field of study.
> There are a huge range of problems in ... sociology and economics to which the rigorous, empirical traditions of physics are making major contributions.
Typical arrogance of the physicist that solves everything by reducing it to a point shape and ignoring higher order terms.
The problems in the softer sciences are not just rigor. Sure, many in those fields have a bad understanding of methods and statistics, but their field is quite different from physics. There is no underlying idea which can be used to base decisive experiments upon. You don't solve that with yet another PDE.
Applied Physics has a distinctive name: Engineering. And it falls way outside of its defined field of study.
The macroscopic world has ample unsolved things as well, such as inflation and dark energy.
You're talking about tax havens, right?
Too bad in order to go 100% renewable and be able to iron out daily and seasonal input fluctuation, we need an estimated 0.2-1 MWh capacity per person. What Tesla is planning to do this year covers maybe ONE MILLIONTH of what USA would need. Does that sound like a solid plan?
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't SolarCity's main objective to provide the new Tesla Gigafactory with 100% renewable energy?
Yup, you are right. But the "stickyness" of the tape increases, and not just by means of the glue coating.
One special quality of Duck Tape I learned about recently is its ability to be vulcanized. Several surfers I know expose the glued side to an open flame (such as the one from a cigarette lighter) before applying it, and it would hold on to whatever you stick it, even under water. You could even enhance its stickyness by applying more heat once you taped it.
I know, I know. I was just being sarcastic. There are many things putting the SW saga off the SciFi map.
"A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away..." Not in a distant future,
So, timescale aside....it's an energy weapon used by a civilization with technology far, far in advance of our own, that fires a payload that moves slower than a carefully-sized lead pellet being forced down a steel tube by the power of expanding gases?
This is a civilization that casually travels the stars, blows up entire fucking planets, and harnesses energy forces beyond our wildest comprehension, and yet their weapon of choice fires a colorful plasma blob that you could practically outrun on a bicycle?
That defines a pacifist civilization in my book. One which puts more effort into Space travel than in weapons development.
My favourite one involves a postapocalyptic world and fingerless gloves. Seems like you simply can't survive in the future without fingerless gloves.
I think the Mythbusters did some measurements on an episode and determined that blasters fire travels slower than light. And they tried to dodge it.
So....it's an energy weapon that fires a payload that moves slower than a 20th century handgun bullet?
"A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away..." Not in a distant future, where you are being threatened by morons in ships called USS Something, firing photon torpedos at speeds slower than light, carrying remote controls as handguns, and giant can openers as blade weapons.
Ahh, but you were 5'10" in the past, so by definition it represents a previous estate of yourself...
It is not a lack of belief. It is a belief that there is no god. It's as much a dogma as those who do believe in a god. It is certainly a belief system.
Ultimately it all comes down (to me at least) to a matter of need. Does this universe need a deity to rule it and create it? Our current evidence says it doesn't. That's not a dogma per se. It's based on the current status of the observation of this we call reality. Maybe in the future the existence of said deity could be proved somehow. And then I'll just eat my words. But it's no dogma at all. It's called method. The scientific method, where everything is questionable.
I see what you did there ;-)