Often, unsurprising findings are published, or previous results are confirmed. And then, people make comments like, "What? They needed a grant from the NSF to figure that out? I could have told you that!" There's no winning with some people.
I'm doing you a favour by solidly hinting that there are a good chunk of people here (nerds) who really don't care what you have to say until you express it in a nerd culturally correct way. Not talking about shaping your opinion, but the use of terminology, grammar, spelling used to express it.
Nerd here. Fine with calling them "nazis." But thank you for your concern.
Usually mice are afraid of the scent of cats, and steer clear.
But toxoplasma gondii-infected mice lose their fear of cats, and are actually attracted to the scent. They'll seek it out and hang out close to cats, where they'e more likely to be eaten, thus transferring the toxoplasma to the cat, where it can continue its life cycle.
That has nothing to do with this article, but I think it's really cool.
Why would we do that? Asimov made up the laws specifically so that he could show how ineffective or counterproductive they'd be. And you want to actually USE them?
They're scoring students on their ability to interpret the code correctly, which has nothing to do with whether recursion is the right approach. This is the sort of thing people will see in job interviews: code that you'll never actually see in the real world, with the question what does this do?
It's an exercise in determining the behavior of the function, not instruction for the right way to achieve what the function does. In the real world, you have to be able to follow sub-optimal code and know what it does. Anybody with the skills to follow this function will know one or more better ways to achieve the same result.
I would agree that medical use trumps party use; but how difficult would it be to retool an MRI to use, say, liquid nitrogen for cooling?
Sigh. Shouldn't this be, "I would agree that medical use trumps party use; so how difficult would it be to decorate with something else?" One thing is orders of magnitude easier than the other, and I'm sure you can figure out which is which.
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So, what, April starts with April 2, then? That would be weird, and people would just pull pranks on April 2.
Often, unsurprising findings are published, or previous results are confirmed. And then, people make comments like, "What? They needed a grant from the NSF to figure that out? I could have told you that!" There's no winning with some people.
Hell, just imagine what a banana peel would do...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
I'm doing you a favour by solidly hinting that there are a good chunk of people here (nerds) who really don't care what you have to say until you express it in a nerd culturally correct way. Not talking about shaping your opinion, but the use of terminology, grammar, spelling used to express it.
Nerd here. Fine with calling them "nazis." But thank you for your concern.
I'm not your buddy, Senator.
Usually mice are afraid of the scent of cats, and steer clear.
But toxoplasma gondii-infected mice lose their fear of cats, and are actually attracted to the scent. They'll seek it out and hang out close to cats, where they'e more likely to be eaten, thus transferring the toxoplasma to the cat, where it can continue its life cycle.
That has nothing to do with this article, but I think it's really cool.
> what about discrimination laws?
To which nazi-protection law are you referring? I'm unaware of it.
Before you say "First Amendment," I'll point out that that response would make you an idiot.
> You must have a really interesting Library that allows you to borrow (for free) movies.
It's pretty common for public libraries to have DVDs. If your library doesn't have a title, ask about an intra-library loan.
Yes. No need to RTFA. He did it. You're welcome.
...I just need to outrun you.
> Does it actually do anything useful yet?
Uh... diagnosing cancer?
> So why's she still cleaning toilets at the end?
GAH! Spoilers! LA LA LA CAN'T HEAR YOU.
Primer (2004) is pretty amazing sci-fi, and isn't nearly as well-known as it should be.
Commodore Vic-20. I saved up and got a 3K memory expander for a grand total of 6K. Who needs more than 6K?
That was probably their first instinct, too. Unfortunately, they'd then be intentionally providing misinformation to paying customers.
A better approach for sabotage would have been to start reading off nutritional information.
Why would we do that? Asimov made up the laws specifically so that he could show how ineffective or counterproductive they'd be. And you want to actually USE them?
...is really gonna have it in for those guys.
...would be a fascinating experience.
They're scoring students on their ability to interpret the code correctly, which has nothing to do with whether recursion is the right approach. This is the sort of thing people will see in job interviews: code that you'll never actually see in the real world, with the question what does this do?
It's an exercise in determining the behavior of the function, not instruction for the right way to achieve what the function does. In the real world, you have to be able to follow sub-optimal code and know what it does. Anybody with the skills to follow this function will know one or more better ways to achieve the same result.
just get Angry Birds.
> It is spelled *expresso* not *espresso*. I am from Italy. I would know.
The letter X isn't used in Italian. Seems like the kind of thing you would know.
> In comparison, on the VIC-20 keywords were stored literally, but you could abbreviate them, e.g. ? for PRINT or pO for POKE.
No, VIC-20 (and C64, PET, etc.) keywords were tokenized. That is, "POKE" took a single byte rather than four.
see a Beowulf Cluster of these things.
I would agree that medical use trumps party use; but how difficult would it be to retool an MRI to use, say, liquid nitrogen for cooling?
Sigh. Shouldn't this be, "I would agree that medical use trumps party use; so how difficult would it be to decorate with something else?" One thing is orders of magnitude easier than the other, and I'm sure you can figure out which is which.