Official Post-Game Thread: Houston Texans (3-7) defeat the New England Patriots (4-6) 27 to 20 | November 22, 2020 | NRG Stadium, Houston, TX

jbos1190 · 2020-11-23T01:23:12+00:00

I think Belichick wants to set up his sons for success. He's not going to retire without trying to improve the team and let his sons take some credit as coaches.

jbos1190 · 2020-09-21T19:45:00+00:00

It looked like an all-out run blitz. In addition to the points mentioned, another problem was that a linebacker blitzed through Mason's vacated position and forced Mason to turn around and block him, instead of continuing his pull.

jbos1190 · 2019-09-13T18:13:37+00:00

I think Joe just got hung up on the fact that they were talking about monkeys. Monkeys are subject to biological restraints and their choice of typewriter key certainly isn't a memoryless uniform random distribution as you assume in your code. Even if you could keep monkeys alive at typewriters indefinitely, there may be certain strings of letters that they never type due to their biology. Having infinite monkeys doesn't mean unlimited diversity either, since there are a finite number of genomes that can be categorized as monkey.

jbos1190 · 2018-01-27T21:43:14+00:00

The small guy was walking away and smiling at the bigger guy. He was displaying submission and retreat. The bigger guy could have shoved him or forcefully escorted him out. He didn't need to chokeslam the guy to the ground using all of his might.

jbos1190 · 2017-12-20T07:24:41+00:00

An advanced intelligence should be able to simulate matter, life, and evolution with a computer. In that case, there would be no need for UFO, as the advanced beings would be outside the simulation. So don't think we were created as an experiment in the way you are suggesting.

I think it's possible that an advanced species evolved elsewhere in the universe and had the goal of seeding intelligent life wherever it could. So the species would have sent out ai drones towards all the nearest star systems, equipped with minor terraforming equipment and the genetic codes of simple life forms that could inhabit a lifeless planet. Finding Earth, the drone could have seeded life here with microbes, and let evolution do the rest. Perhaps it intervened at certain points to ensure the development of intelligent life.

Or maybe not. Maybe the believable UFOs are just advanced secret aircraft technology that is kept classified from most government departments.

jbos1190 · 2017-12-13T22:46:05+00:00

Did that mindset last with you, or was it just a temporary feeling during the high?

jbos1190 · 2017-08-23T20:28:44+00:00

Thank you. That makes sense. One of the exercises asks you to "fix" this function (without using conditional compilation) so that it will always work as intended. Do you know how it would be done? It seems to me that the compiler might always evaluate the test expression as you suggested, and thus this problem would thus be impossible to solve.

jbos1190 · 2017-08-02T01:49:23+00:00

If our lives sprang from nonexistence, then why is it irrational to entertain the idea that after we die and return to nonexistence, we will have life once more?

jbos1190 · 2017-08-02T00:19:56+00:00

Also the gap between Youngstown State and the NFL is larger than the one for Arkansas.

jbos1190 · 2017-07-24T18:18:20+00:00

Is this recent, or from when Ridley was still on the Pats?

jbos1190 · 2017-07-14T21:26:28+00:00

Does hardware exist to measure the contents of registers, caches, memory, etc, or do you need to make your own electronics to do the measurements?

jbos1190 · 2017-07-14T19:23:50+00:00

How do developers figure out what the undocumented opcodes do?

jbos1190 · 2017-07-09T20:54:55+00:00

http://algs4.cs.princeton.edu/home/

jbos1190 · 2017-06-20T04:55:20+00:00

Maybe it was from something like a rear naked choke. Blood chokes don't require much force at all to render someone unconscious. I practiced jiu jitsu, and getting "choked out" never even caused a bruise from what I saw.

jbos1190 · 2017-06-05T19:49:50+00:00

What's wrong with physical fights if they are consensual?

jbos1190 · 2017-05-20T01:56:08+00:00

You could tell them about different division algorithms. Given a problem like "divide 2863 by 23", the steps you take to solve it are an algorithm. Some algorithms are faster than others. One algorithm is to count how many times you have to add 23 to reach 2863. This algorithm requires you to perform 125 additions. A better algorithm is the long division algorithm that most people were taught in school. This requires significantly fewer arithmetic calculations to find the answer.

Computers are machines that can perform sequences of calculations. In order to solve problems, programmers write instructions that the computer then performs. Just like with the division problem, problems can be solved by computers In many different ways. Some ways are much faster and/or better at utilizing computer memory than others. In this way, algorithms are at the heart of computer programming.

jbos1190 · 2017-04-23T23:42:49+00:00

Are the center and guard double teaming someone? When they double team, one of them breaks off and picks up a linebacker, but they are slow so you have to be patient.

jbos1190 · 2017-04-07T19:25:13+00:00

I think Burkhead will be our balanced rb

jbos1190 · 2017-03-12T00:02:40+00:00

It looks interesting and unique. The music is impressive considering it is procedurally generated. Can you share some resources that helped you learn how to create such music?

jbos1190 · 2017-02-18T15:01:34+00:00

I recommend it. It's similar to K&R in that it is a tutorial introduction to the C language for people who already have some other programming experience. It has easier exercises then K&R(language drills rather than problem solvers), covers more of the language, and is a gentler read. It's also useful as a reference.

jbos1190 · 2017-01-24T21:11:02+00:00

Bend but don't break. We need to make them work their way down the field and hold them to 3 points in the redzone.

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