HackerTrans
TopNewTrendsCommentsPastAskShowJobs

bishop77

no profile record

comments

bishop77
·2 năm trước·discuss
For sudokus of size 9x9 and 16x16 almost any unoptimised DFS will work just fine (even for hard sudokus [0]). The real challenge is for sudokus of size 25x25 and above.

[0] https://cdn.aaai.org/ocs/2517/2517-11201-1-PB.pdf
bishop77
·2 năm trước·discuss
Here's what worked for me on my palms and sole: I gently scrape off the upper layers of the skin on the affected area with a skalpel, close (but not reaching) the point of bleeding, which then I cover with a generous amount of table salt. The salt sucks the blood through the thinned layer of skin resulting a small redish heap. After approx 10-20 minutes I wipe off the salt with alcohol. During the next 24hrs a relatively thick scab develops which falls off during the next couple of days.
bishop77
·3 năm trước·discuss
How does this compare to Strassen's algorithm? Could you please provide a reference implementation?
bishop77
·3 năm trước·discuss
I'm interested in the art-house, non-mainstream genres, mainly produced by independent studios (e.g. one of my all-time favourites is When father was away for business, by Emir Kusturica). Do you have any suggestions for trackers specialised in these types of movies?
bishop77
·5 năm trước·discuss
Around 2015 I did the exact opposite. I still manage linux servers but gave up the desktop experience in favour of macOS. The main reasons were: 1. Inconsistent UI experience (GTK/QT). For me screen aesthetics is important, I spent countless hours configuring my desktop (theming, matching icons, recompiling the FreeType package just to enable the then-patented font hinting, etc). But even then some applications were somehow different: OpenOffice/Firefox for example brought their own rendering engine. While this issue has been solved to a certain degree, I still don't see that level of polishing as in macOS. Certain niche distros (e.g. ElementaryOS) try to lure users with carefully selected (otherwise very fine!) screenshots but it takes just a few clicks to see that the whole thing is utterly broken. 2. Related to the previous point: handling HIDPI monitors. Again, GTK/QT/slightly exotic applications have to be configured separately and even then it is a hit-and-miss. 3. The messy state of sleep/hibernation. When I raise this issue, I'm always told that this is not a Linux issue but the buggy implementation of the ACPI specs by the hardware vendors. Well, as the WINE team managed to reimplement WIN32 bug-by-bug, I think it's not far fetched to ask the kernel driver guys to circumvent these incomplete/buggy firmwares.
bishop77
·6 năm trước·discuss
> My own trick was to use Graph Papers to match co-ordinates to plan game programs.

Yes, graph papers! I had an XT with a monochrome Hercules monitor, while in the factory where my father used to work there was a full blown 486SX. Envious of the plethora of the available fonts, I magnified the letters of the System [0] font with Paint, transferred them to a graph paper and took them home. Then for each character I wrote a separate (Turbo)Basic subroutine which would draw it in graphical mode exactly as it was on the paper. Finally I assembled these routines into an elementary editor. Nostalgia, yeah.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_(typeface)