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comment Using industrial earmuffs while programming to filter out talking
@Oded: noise-cancelling is specifically designed to not block the frequencies human speech. Which makes it useless to block of chatter.
Apr
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Apr
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comment Is this a Proper “Rule” for Identifying the “Big O” Notation of an Algorithm?
@JoachimSauer: ok, fair point.
Apr
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comment Is this a Proper “Rule” for Identifying the “Big O” Notation of an Algorithm?
@JoachimSauer: N² = N*N, there is no constant there.
Apr
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Apr
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comment In plain English, what is a database index most similar to?
OTOH, textbook index does not cover all the data in the textbook, only arbitrary chosen parts.
Apr
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revised Is this a Proper “Rule” for Identifying the “Big O” Notation of an Algorithm?
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comment Is this a Proper “Rule” for Identifying the “Big O” Notation of an Algorithm?
@GlenH7: Θ(f(N)) means that your function is both O(f(N)) (upper bounds) and o(f(N)) (lower bounds). In all three cases it's asymptotic bounds, constants are irrelevant.
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comment Is this a Proper “Rule” for Identifying the “Big O” Notation of an Algorithm?
@JörgWMittag: this really isn't the place for trolling.
Apr
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answered Is this a Proper “Rule” for Identifying the “Big O” Notation of an Algorithm?
Apr
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comment Is this a Proper “Rule” for Identifying the “Big O” Notation of an Algorithm?
There is no such a thing as 2N in big-O notation.
Apr
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answered Reliable Sources of Salary Statistics
Apr
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revised What is watershed in the context of image processing?
removing [Python] tag. The question is language agnostic.
Mar
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comment Choosing between words with different spellings for function names
@thorstenmüller: W3C HQ is in Boston, MA. So they are basically just using their local dialect.
Mar
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comment Choosing between words with different spellings for function names
I see the point in using en_US, but rather as influence of location of the Silicon Valley. As for what kind of English people use in European countries, as far as I know, most people are thought Queen's English, rather than dialects from the Colonies. And then they get Cambridge ESOL certificates
Mar
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answered Keep a programming language backwards compatible vs. fixing its flaws
Mar
25
comment Type Casting variables in PHP: Is there a practical example?
to add bit to confusion: echo "010" == 010 and echo "0x10" == 0x10 ;-)