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Comment Re:What's the point? (Score 1) 129

The human eye can see individual frames in one aspect. It has been known for quite a while that humans can recognize a single frame at over 300fps. They injected a single frame that was in high contrast to the current video, and not only were people able to recognize when it occurred, but they were able to recognize the simple shape being displayed.

Humans don't see motion as "frames", but our visual system is great at picking out something when it's drastically different. The only reason we don't see "frames" past a certain fps is because it gets "close enough" that the brain kicks in and perceives it as a smooth motion.

Perception is a tricky thing. Do not mix up what we see with what we perceive.

Comment Re:this is a good thing (Score 1) 230

I wouldn't trust a human to decide. We need more research and let computers decide. My point is rampant "unfair" wages will eventually fix themselves with a crash.

It turns out when people get paid too much, their performance goes down. So that could be used as one indication. You're better off under-paying someone than over-paying. People are optimal when they get paid enough money to handle what life throws at them and spend time with their family. Too much more and their performance goes down. People should get paid enough to be "content".

Comment Re:Translation (Rough) (Score 1) 230

many people can't afford to go to college because of exorbitant tuition prices

Don't worry, it seems the more expensive a University is, the worse the quality of the education. Go find a nice tax supported state Uni. Mine had a 90% in-state discount and the other 10% was easily covered loans or one of the many state grants. TONS of state grants. If you ignore food and housing, college is virtually free for any family making making average income.

Comment Re:Translation (Rough) (Score 2) 230

Steve Jobs is an outlier. Even in the real world, quantum affects can make the impossible possible, but don't expect it to happen. There is a chance the electrostatic force in every atom in your body would suddenly stop working and you would fall into the Earth. There are magnitudes more failures than successes when it comes to people trying to carve out their own path in life. It can happen, it does happen, but if it's your goal to be like Steve Jobs, expect to fail.

Comment Re:Translation (Rough) (Score 2) 230

Kind of like saying you can become an astronaut as a highschool drop out. Yes, technically you could have the skill and self educate, but who in their right mind would even consider such a person? Risk is way too high.

In theory, you don't need to go to college, but in practice, humans can't predict the future and people without degree are higher risk. Not worth it.

Comment Re:Happy to let someone else test it (Score 1) 101

Either you're trolling or ignorant of the real issues. The LibReSSL fork was entirely deserving. OpenBSD is inflexible when it comes to doing things properly, but their code quality is the best. It is the quality of their code that makes them flexible. They write the most portable, secure, and easily understood code of all projects. They've spearheaded nearly every security advancement that has made it into any OSS OS.

People who think like you are the reason OpenSSL has so many bugs.

Comment Re:Happy to let someone else test it (Score 1) 101

Their "Ivory Tower" is a tower of "don't be f*cking retarded". The OpenBSD group is one of the most respected groups because they don't give two sh*ts about politics or making people happy. They only care about doing things correctly.

As a professional programmer, I no longer have respect for people who don't take pride in their work, and these people have a lot of pride.

Comment Re:Happy to let someone else test it (Score 2) 101

Heartbeat is only to let the other side know the connection is still expected to be alive when no data is being transmitted. It's not hard for the application level to issue data every 4.5 minutes when it detects an idle connection. The time out length is also configurable. Set the timeout for 24 hours, enjoy.

Comment Re:Great.. (Score 1) 101

OpenSSL is a hopeless caused of poor design, bad code practices, and poor leadership. No one person to point a finger at, but it is a situation where starting over would almost be a valid option. OpenBSD decided to take the route of heavy re-factoring to maintain backwards compatibility with most projects.

The OpenBSD group had no intentions of "working with" anyone. They wanted to get it done and do it correctly, no beating around the bush to get permission from the current project managers for a massive overhaul.

OpenBSD is considered to be a top contender for the most secure OS, along with some of the most readable code and best coding and security practices. OpenBSD is a a pioneer for many modern security designs, which Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD all make use of.

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