elnate

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elnate··on Intel unveils tiny $99 MinnowBoard Max open single-board computer

How does this compare to a Raspberry Pi?

Did anyone else think of the XKCD comic on new standards?

Are there cameras capable of taking pictures in a broader spectrum of colours available for less than a small fortune? I'd like to see photos taken infrared - ultraviolet 'compressed' into our red-blue range.

elnate··on Looking at C++14

Care to justify your bile?

elnate··on Looking at C++14

http://cpprocks.com/c11-compiler-support-shootout-visual-stu...

A little out dated but a good starting point. I'm using gcc 4.6.1 and am loving the C++11 features, only thing I've noticed it missing is implicit capture of this in lambdas.

elnate··on Is Parallel Programming Hard, And, If So, What Can You Do About It?

Your alarm bells are calibrated for physics, it makes sense they would false alarm on a different subject.

elnate··on I was partially deaf for the last couple of years

I was once in a car driving through the Rajasthan desert and, with not a soul seen in the last hour, the driver still habitually tapped his horn every couple of minutes.

elnate··on Why Free Speech Loses in India

Question as an outsider: How does this interact with your right not to be discriminated against in the workplace based on religion or political views?

elnate··on How to Burn Out Programming

I've never been burnt out(yet). What does it feel like?

elnate··on A Note of Explanation

Well Eugene, if your as good at web design as you are at self promotion, I can see why you lost.

elnate··on Python with Braces

Can we have this with explicit typing? (Not even a joke)

elnate··on Don't Learn to Code, Learn to Program – But Come Back in 10 Years

Is it satire?

elnate··on Why the Heck is Git so Hard?

Used it and managed to decapitate my repository within a week. Couldn't figure out to recapitate. Went back to SVN. Happy ever since.

elnate··on C# Tutorials

In broad strokes, what are the differences between Java and C# and why should I bother with it?

(Disclosure: I hate Java)

elnate··on The one map you need to understand Ukraine’s crisis

I did not know that. Could it be that is because they were depopulated of Ukranians and enthic Russians were moved in to replace them?

elnate··on The one map you need to understand Ukraine’s crisis

If my history included the Holodomor, I'd be shy of associating with Russia too.

elnate··on Facebook can now read your texts

Is it possible for another app to interface with facebooks chat or do they prevent this? I remember there used to be chat apps for pc that could do MSN, AIM, Yahoo and a bunch of others.

elnate··on Parallelism in one line

Can you clarify what you mean, please?

elnate··on Success at Work, Failure at Home

Article is titled: "Success at Work, Failure at Home" and they say they can relate to this. Laments that "...comes at a cost: I might not ever be able to have a normal relationship."

I'm not saying working on their project doesn't bring them some happiness, but they hardly sound like they're as happy as they could be.

And I'm probably just a prick.

elnate··on Success at Work, Failure at Home

Chances are the world will keep on spinning without your product. Happiness should be your primary goal.

elnate··on Yahoo's COO Walks Out With $20M Stock Bonus, Plus $40M For 15 Months' Work

According to the Yahoo wikipedia page, their yearly revenue is 4.98 billion or about 96 million per week. So to make himself worth 1 million per week he just has to increase revenue by a hair over 1%.

Doesn't seem outrageous put like that, or have I completely misunderstood?

elnate··on Revolutionary Scuba Mask Creates Breathable Oxygen Underwater On Its Own

Is it a real thing or just an idea? What's all this about a microcompressor and microbattery? Even the source links are very short on details of something so 'revoultionary'.

elnate··on Why You Should Probably Stop Using Antibacterial Soap

Why not?

elnate··on The Sugar Addiction Taboo

Which is a combination of glucose and fructose.

elnate··on The Sugar Addiction Taboo

Interesting article. I'm just a little disappointed that they distinguished glucose and fructose early on then went on to using the ambiguous 'sugar'. It sounded like a lot of this only applies to the fructose when they said glucose is "not that much fun".

elnate··on Latvia becomes 18th state to join the eurozone

"Latvia becomes 18th state to throw away control of their economy."

elnate··on Optimal Characters Per Line

Ironically I found that page hard to read. I think it might the constantly having to switch my eyes back at the end of a line breaks the mental flow of the sentances. Anyone else experience similar?

elnate··on Snapchat Phone Number Database Leaked

As a casual user, can someone explain the implications for me? They seem to have my username and phone number combo; can they use these for nefarious purposes?

elnate··on Facebook is basically dead and buried with UK teenagers

One age group in one country isn't exactly 'moved on' yet. Waning yes, but still a force to be reckoned with.

elnate··on The future of employment: how susceptible are jobs to computerisation?

No, it's saying you have to acquire social skills to get a job that a robot can't take from you.

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