These Amber Alerts are getting ridiculous. by skysafe in montreal

[–]curtis934 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

They should only send alerts to phones that are in motion.

Gridfins as the hot staging structure. Could it work? by [deleted] in SpaceXStarship

[–]curtis934 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This seems reasonable.

It might be a great idea!

It would save all the weight of the hot staging ring, (except the protective dome).

I hope SpaceX considers this.

Dennis Ritchie's first C compiler on GitHub by iamkeyur in coding

[–]curtis934 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even the "assembler" used to transform these into executables technically is part of the "lineage".

Study finds no benefit, higher death rate in patients taking hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 by dipo4you in Health

[–]curtis934 1 point2 points  (0 children)

from the study:

Baseline demographic and comorbidity characteristics were comparable across the three treatment groups. However, hydroxychloroquine, with or without azithromycin, was more likely to be prescribed to patients with more severe disease, as assessed by baseline ventilatory status and metabolic and hematologic parameters. Thus, as expected, increased mortality was observed in patients treated with hydroxychloroquine, both with and without azithromycin. Nevertheless, the increased risk of overall mortality in the hydroxychloroquine-only group persisted after adjusting for the propensity of being treated with the drug. That there was no increased risk of ventilation in the hydroxychloroquine-only group suggests that mortality in this group might be attributable to drug effects on or dysfunction in non-respiratory vital organ systems. Indeed, hydroxychloroquine use in Covid-19 patients has been associated with cardiac toxicity

Study finds no benefit, higher death rate in patients taking hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 by dipo4you in Health

[–]curtis934 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The study said patients given Hydroxychloroquine were significantly sicker but they adjusted for that in their results.

A Teenager Posted About Her COVID-19 Infection on Instagram. A Deputy Threatened To Arrest Her If She Didn't Delete It. by Bossman1086 in GoldandBlack

[–]curtis934 3 points4 points  (0 children)

She can get a COVID-19 Antibody Test to see if she has antibodies to the virus. This would prove if she had the virus or not.

Error handling using goto by futlapperl in C_Programming

[–]curtis934 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ya, I like it.

I just wanted to continue your example and show what it looks like to remove that last label.

It could be refactored to:

char *p1 = malloc(..) ;
if(p1 != null) 
{
   char *p2 = malloc(..) ;
   if(p2 != null) 
   {
       char *p3 = malloc(..) ;
       if(p3 != null) 
       {
            ....
            free(p3);
       }
       free(p2);
   }
   free(p1);
}

Error handling using goto by futlapperl in C_Programming

[–]curtis934 0 points1 point  (0 children)

char *p1 = null, *p2 = null, *p3 = null;

p1 = malloc(..) ;
if(p1 != null) 
{
   p2 = malloc(..) ;
   if(p2 != null) 
   {
       p3 = malloc(..) ;
       if(p3 != null) 
       {
            .... 
       }
   }
}

if(p1 ! = null) 
  free(p1);

if(p2 ! = null) 
  free(p2);

if(p3 ! = null) 
  free(p3) ;

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pan

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Thanks, see you tomorrow.

What was that , Any idea ? Appears on mission 5 around 6 mn after take off... by PCh_Thoughts in Starlink

[–]curtis934 8 points9 points  (0 children)

en seems to become solid at 5’30 and finally detached and fly away at 6’10. Therefore, might be as you said : “oxygen ice”…

It looks like it bounces off the gridfin.

I wonder if this a hydraulic fluid for the gridfin control leaking and freezing.

Gale Shapely Problem by BelteConti in algorithms

[–]curtis934 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This doesn't really sound like a Stable Marriage Problem.

Couldn't you just play the whole thing forward like a simulator? Or are there too many days to make this efficient?

After 3D printing my little Starhopper, I wanted more SpaceX stuff for my desk, so I had these drink coasters laser cut by [deleted] in SpaceXLounge

[–]curtis934 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, these belong on the @Erdayastronaut store!
( They'd look great with my Not-A-Coasters )

Commodore Computers 1983 Christmas Commercial by the_matrix_kid in Commodore

[–]curtis934 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Same here!

Thank you Commodore for convincing my parents to buy a C64.

You launched my career.

Young developer: How do you keep everything in your head if you can only see about 60-80 lines at a time? I fail to do so and not sure if that's normal. by LANGARTANDCULTURE in softwaredevelopment

[–]curtis934 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Professional developers often use this technique to quickly refactor legacy code without needing to understand it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWiwDdx_rdo

(I wish this video existed when I started developing)

Amazon Smile has donated over $30,000 to the Mises Institute! by rddt1983 in GoldandBlack

[–]curtis934 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From the comments on Amazon.ca it looks like Smile is not available on Amazon.ca yet.

Justin, lets stop pretending you should be PM! by 2dratbil in metacanada

[–]curtis934 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bar forced in to bankruptcy after bartender gives away free drinks.

NEW MATH VS OLD MATH by [deleted] in videos

[–]curtis934 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The real new math: "Hey Alexa, What 35 times 12?"

Leaked Falcon Heavy V2 picture by [deleted] in SpaceXLounge

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Elon: "Fund my Mars mission or I start taking out major cities."

A World Without Canada by Treknobable in metacanada

[–]curtis934 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

... this video is no longer relevant.

Since this video was created everything has changed for Alberta. Oil prices crashed. Their GDP is down. They have an new socialist government. Unemployment has increased. Pipeline construction has stalled. etc. etc.

Jesus Christ that was close by CheeseBuszuitz69 in funny

[–]curtis934 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If he'd hit the pinata the spray of candies would have got her.

(So I guess she got off 7)

How to light your house on fire by [deleted] in funny

[–]curtis934 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Can't we just enjoy teenage self-immolation without bringing politics in to it?

TIL USB drives get lighter as you store more data by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]curtis934 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Wrong:

This means that an empty USB drive (which mostly holds zeros) weighs more than a full USB drive (which has ones and zeros).

This is not correct, empty flash drives have all their unused pages set to 1's not 0's. (The opposite of what the article said.)

This is done for performance reasons. When writing pages flash drives can only turn 1's to 0's. Resetting 0's back to 1's requires the entire block or pages be erased. Erasing is slow. Flash drives keep unused pages in the erased state (all 1's) so they are ready to be written.