The good news though is that as memory increases, it becomes practical to do just as I said. My own OpalCalc program (shown in my sig) does that, restricting the number of undo/redos to say 500 (though I'm sure 5000 would be fine too). The class is less than around 25-40 lines of code. As (text) files inside OpalCalc tend to be on the small/tiny side, no harm is done, and it makes the chances for programmer error much smaller.
I'm guessing it's easy to code such a system in functional programming...
If you had infinite memory/CPU (or at least a small enough file), you could implement multiple undo/redo simply by storing the whole string in the file for every character change, easing code writing immensely.
Interesting. Would you say (again assuming an infinitely fast CPU) that for maximum ease of programming, that it would be best to write code in an entirely functional style, or use a mix of functional and traditional imperative programming?
Seriously though, without AI, I was just wondering if the benefits of not using functional programming for low level functions had anything to do with speed, or if it was an ease of code writing or some other issue.
How something is supposed to 'look' is something that can change within a generation.
If on the other hand you believe in universal aesthetics (like I do), and must dip into the mere look of the presented food, then there's no reason we can't have a BETTER looking food put onto our plate than what stone-age meat has to offer.
If this takes off, and I don't see why not (unless it's significantly more expensive), I almost worry that the existing range of quorn-like products will die off. There's a potentially infinite range of tastes and textures out there, and by eating just real meat, we're forcing ourselves to a tiny sub-portion of possible flavours.
It's about time we moved away from dark-age style slaughterhouses to a tasty meat substitute. Bring it on.
Finally. Something that gets hardware and software devs to care about latency. For too long, software, mobile phones, games, monitors and tons of other gadgets have often exhibited latency above 50-100ms. I'm hoping the tech will trickle down from VR headets to other devices so we can end the madness once and for all.
10ms would be better by the way as even 16ms can be perceptible by many.
All sound in the end is air pressure whether that's from an electronic speaker or a 10 trillion year old violin. The speaker is in itself a kind of instrument, except it's the most versatile instrument ever created because it can play not just any sound you have ever heard, but any sound you can POSSIBLY conceive of mathematically. I think that's an incredible concept.
Anyway, his point is that you are not hearing the 30kHz and a 34kHz pitches directly. So that still means the human ear can't hear above roughly 20kHz no matter what anyone claims. However, you're free to go for a double blind trial yourself and see if you're not wrong.
The speaker idea is fine, but it should never be enforced. If people want silence in their car (to listen to the radio, hold a conversation, or just not be irritated by a constant whining/growling drone sound), then that option should be available.
Thanks but no thanks. The one chance we have to remove noise pollution from our roads, and then we have threats it'll come back. The *invisible* damage to all our minds caused by noise pollution in busy towns and streets is worth FAR more in cost than the cost of a few accidents and even lives. People will adapt - they will learn to look where they're going instead of just blindly texting and paying no attention to the road.
Also remember that with towns much quieter (due to no ICE noises), we can hear tire noise a LOT more easily. Rather than making quiet vehicles louder, it's much better we make loud vehicles quieter.
Looking behind us and to the sides also takes our vision off the road ahead. The sooner they get rid of all three mirrors and replace them with a single monitor, the better.
I sympathize with your post as I detest maintenance and the people who benefit from a car which disintegrates over time.
Only one company has publicly stated how interested they are in making sure that cars last a LOT longer. The company is Tesla. EVs naturally have far less maintenance that normal cars, but Elon Musk has publicly stated he never intends to make money off servicing.
Actually it would be great to replace the rear mirror, and both side mirrors in one fell swoop. It would probably cover the blind spots, prevent neck sprains, keep your eyes and mind focused on the traffic ahead, make the car more aerodynamic, and give you a bigger more comfortable view. All of that is making you safer, comfortable, along with making the car more efficient. Even Tesla are campaigning to get rid of the side mirrors.
How about if they only signal at a ratio of 1 (signal) to 1000 (no signal), with a pseudo-random millisecond offset to prevent overlapping. After a couple of seconds, the probability that all products won't have been found becomes very small indeed.
Couldn't the tags be 'send only' (rather than send and receive). After all, if the products all have different IDs (even for multiple purchases of the same product), then we just tell the master receiver not to allow any duplications.
I was thinking where a cheap tiny compact tag on each product could signal to a master receiver. If such a transaction takes a millisecond, then all shopping could be accounted for in under a second.
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The good news though is that as memory increases, it becomes practical to do just as I said. My own OpalCalc program (shown in my sig) does that, restricting the number of undo/redos to say 500 (though I'm sure 5000 would be fine too). The class is less than around 25-40 lines of code. As (text) files inside OpalCalc tend to be on the small/tiny side, no harm is done, and it makes the chances for programmer error much smaller.
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I'm guessing it's easy to code such a system in functional programming
If you had infinite memory/CPU (or at least a small enough file), you could implement multiple undo/redo simply by storing the whole string in the file for every character change, easing code writing immensely.
Interesting. Would you say (again assuming an infinitely fast CPU) that for maximum ease of programming, that it would be best to write code in an entirely functional style, or use a mix of functional and traditional imperative programming?
Seriously though, without AI, I was just wondering if the benefits of not using functional programming for low level functions had anything to do with speed, or if it was an ease of code writing or some other issue.
With an infinitely fast CPU, would it make sense to use functional style even for low-level control flow?
Apart from the ones that go extinct.
22 thousand *per year*.
How something is supposed to 'look' is something that can change within a generation.
If on the other hand you believe in universal aesthetics (like I do), and must dip into the mere look of the presented food, then there's no reason we can't have a BETTER looking food put onto our plate than what stone-age meat has to offer.
If this takes off, and I don't see why not (unless it's significantly more expensive), I almost worry that the existing range of quorn-like products will die off. There's a potentially infinite range of tastes and textures out there, and by eating just real meat, we're forcing ourselves to a tiny sub-portion of possible flavours.
It's about time we moved away from dark-age style slaughterhouses to a tasty meat substitute. Bring it on.
Finally. Something that gets hardware and software devs to care about latency. For too long, software, mobile phones, games, monitors and tons of other gadgets have often exhibited latency above 50-100ms. I'm hoping the tech will trickle down from VR headets to other devices so we can end the madness once and for all.
10ms would be better by the way as even 16ms can be perceptible by many.
All sound in the end is air pressure whether that's from an electronic speaker or a 10 trillion year old violin. The speaker is in itself a kind of instrument, except it's the most versatile instrument ever created because it can play not just any sound you have ever heard, but any sound you can POSSIBLY conceive of mathematically. I think that's an incredible concept.
Anyway, his point is that you are not hearing the 30kHz and a 34kHz pitches directly. So that still means the human ear can't hear above roughly 20kHz no matter what anyone claims. However, you're free to go for a double blind trial yourself and see if you're not wrong.
Excuse my ignorance, but wouldn't a 20kHz sine wave sound less harsh or loud compared to a 20kHz square wave? Has that ever been tested?
The speaker idea is fine, but it should never be enforced. If people want silence in their car (to listen to the radio, hold a conversation, or just not be irritated by a constant whining/growling drone sound), then that option should be available.
Thanks but no thanks. The one chance we have to remove noise pollution from our roads, and then we have threats it'll come back. The *invisible* damage to all our minds caused by noise pollution in busy towns and streets is worth FAR more in cost than the cost of a few accidents and even lives. People will adapt - they will learn to look where they're going instead of just blindly texting and paying no attention to the road.
Also remember that with towns much quieter (due to no ICE noises), we can hear tire noise a LOT more easily. Rather than making quiet vehicles louder, it's much better we make loud vehicles quieter.
Looking behind us and to the sides also takes our vision off the road ahead. The sooner they get rid of all three mirrors and replace them with a single monitor, the better.
I sympathize with your post as I detest maintenance and the people who benefit from a car which disintegrates over time.
Only one company has publicly stated how interested they are in making sure that cars last a LOT longer. The company is Tesla. EVs naturally have far less maintenance that normal cars, but Elon Musk has publicly stated he never intends to make money off servicing.
Actually it would be great to replace the rear mirror, and both side mirrors in one fell swoop. It would probably cover the blind spots, prevent neck sprains, keep your eyes and mind focused on the traffic ahead, make the car more aerodynamic, and give you a bigger more comfortable view. All of that is making you safer, comfortable, along with making the car more efficient. Even Tesla are campaigning to get rid of the side mirrors.
I'd rather have less to check thanks. Doesn't the rear monitor cover the back AND sides?
Couldn't he have raised the suspension and got some more appropriate tyres?
SOG aka - shades of grey. The risk is a continuum, not a binary state.
How about the third option - a downloadable MOV file?
How about if they only signal at a ratio of 1 (signal) to 1000 (no signal), with a pseudo-random millisecond offset to prevent overlapping. After a couple of seconds, the probability that all products won't have been found becomes very small indeed.
Don't worry - I would think future machines will put the current ones to shame.
Couldn't the tags be 'send only' (rather than send and receive). After all, if the products all have different IDs (even for multiple purchases of the same product), then we just tell the master receiver not to allow any duplications.
I was thinking where a cheap tiny compact tag on each product could signal to a master receiver. If such a transaction takes a millisecond, then all shopping could be accounted for in under a second.