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What does the Return function do in Python?
PeterBocan replied to Yoo Song Won's topic in Programming
imagine function as being some sort of tube, a chunk of code that is separated and put aside to be used on many different places in your program. You put some inputs into it and you expect something back from that function. -
What does the Return function do in Python?
PeterBocan replied to Yoo Song Won's topic in Programming
It's a return statement, it returns the value stored in the variable called "Instruction" -
Youtube Rewind 2018.... 3.5 Million DISLIKES and counting.
PeterBocan replied to corrado33's topic in General Discussion
Did you notice he did not talk about "the Drag" ? :DDD ... #hhmmmmm... -
Yes, precisely that was the context of the whole post. Typical users, using and doing typical stuff. Games are something different. That was the context. You just pick a one sentence and build context on that one line. Congratulations, https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/strawman EDIT: Yes, I was talking about utilizing the 4 cores of older computers of normal people. LOL
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Software engineer here as well. If you need to run Excel Spreadsheet on 4 core Core i7 then you do something wrong. Of course, Software engineering is resource demanding task but think about those other people who barely know what email is. You are not the typical user dude
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At this point AMD's series makes more sense than Intels. So much overlap between those. if I had to choose between AMD or Intel on a workstation build, which will come next year this time around, I will go with AMD. Much easier decision making and much cheaper CPUs.
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Yes, state your code in here, as you would everywhere else, what the issue is - probably some output from Oracle's SQL server. Is it an assignment huh?
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Ask the question right in here, right away. Dont ask whether you can ask.
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Anyone else want to see LTT do Scrapyard Wars in Europe?
PeterBocan replied to orbitalbuzzsaw's topic in Off Topic
Naaah, Britain or Ireland? That's not funny. What about Quebec or Montreal, and learn some French? -
Save money. You will need them.
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well, stacking memory modules onto GPU is the least of the problems, still, this is handled by the GPU. CPU takes care of other things, like audio, game mechanics, internet connection/lobby and all other jazz around the game except for graphics, and 4 cores are well enough. If you want a CPU bounded game you are looking into games that are either simulation-like, i.e. City Skyline (many NPCs over whole city), or something where AI plays a big role, like Civ VI where is required multi-agent AI that you play against.
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well that goes against the logic of game studios, they want everybody to play a game. Throwing caltrops at users is soo early 2000s when all game journals were writing about what specs your PC should have to run such and such game. Of course they could say F U to gamers, but gamers are not shy to say F U back with their wallets.
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This is the topic that was wrecking my brain for some time. I think we hit the wall called "law of diminishing returns" on both sides - on the side of consumer, where 10-ish % performance boost over each generation is just "meh" and on the side of R&D - tens of millions spent on revamping old architecture, gaining really minuscule performance boost not heading anywhere. For example, if I gave you 3 or 4 or even 5 GHz CPU, 99% would not notice the difference (there's no way of knowing that just by browsing web, doing some school homework) and people just dont care that video renders 30 seconds slower on AMD machine than Intel one. At this point there's no need to go for i7, or i9 when even the basic i5-8xxx can do its job completely fine and its more about prestige than anything else. Even if Linus is all about the highest, bestest and badassest rig and what-not, there's really no point to buy the highest CPUs for the 99.7 % of people when you can do 100x more work with better GPU or even multiple GPUs for the price of some HEDT CPUs, *cough* *cough* Intel... Programmers have a hard time to utilize 4 cores or more from a fairly old Core i5-2500k, because there's literally no need for it, except in games (VR etc.), basically we live in abundance of compute power that we have no use for. Especially with event-driven, asynchronous, and mainly non-blocking programming one can achieve miracles from one mediocre CPU. For example: https://blog.jayway.com/2015/04/13/600k-concurrent-websocket-connections-on-aws-using-node-js/ Where Apple's proprietary ARM CPUs come into play is the supposed overtaking of Macbook line up - IMO Apple's ARM chip is nowhere near the performance of x86/x64 (as they like to use only one and synthetic benchmark), but don't quote me on that, but where they outshine is the low TDP usage - and that's where everybody - AMD, Intel and nVidia should just sit and listen to Apple, and watch how they are able to cram well-rounded performance into 4-5 W TDP package that can run on current batteries for days. Yes, it's not a thread-ripping performance, but 99 % dont need it anyway, am I rite? So, in the end I oppose @LinusTech's opinion that chip manufacturers should go full frequency and core count on. IMO they all should go bonkers on getting power usage to at least a 1/3 of what we are currently seeing - especially in mobile CPUs, without sacrificing the performance. That can lead to smaller heatsinks, smaller computers, or even passive and silent cooling and be more eco-friendly to the planet and save gigawatts of power. And if there's some Intel folk that roam these forums, you can send me a DM
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Titan RTX leaked (By Linus?) - Updated with Pricing & Specs
PeterBocan replied to Spotty's topic in Tech News
This is just a nice way from nVidia just to stir up some craze about crazy expensive RTX Titan that only 0.1 % of people will actually buy. -
MacOS Mojave, more like MacOS Vista...
PeterBocan replied to PeterBocan's topic in Linux, macOS and Everything Not-Windows
Never had single issue with Sierra. With Mojave the UI got sluggish -
MacOS Mojave, more like MacOS Vista...
PeterBocan replied to PeterBocan's topic in Linux, macOS and Everything Not-Windows
I reinstalled Mojave, we shall see. -
MacOS Mojave, more like MacOS Vista...
PeterBocan replied to PeterBocan's topic in Linux, macOS and Everything Not-Windows
me and another 500+ personal issues. It's either crappy hardware, or crappy software that causes the system to not function properly. -
It's been a few months since I've installed a brand new macOS Mojave and I have to admit - what was Windows Vista to Windows XP, is macOS Mojave to macOS High Sierra. It turned my, reasonably aged, but still usable workstation MacBook Pro 2013 into poor performing Macbook Air that can handle only basic workload. No idea why or what's going on, as the reports are all over the place, aand it looks like Apple doesn't know either. And I'm not the only one. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8565872
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Apple added new options to customize your own Macbook Pro. If you pick the higher, i7 2.6 GHz option, you can now tweak it with AMD Vega 16 or Vega 20 instead of the standard RX 560X. However, as it goes with Apple it comes with a price (for some people, unnecessary CPU and SSD bump, already adds unnecessary 500$ to the price).
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Well, it's not that textbooks are teaching it wrong, but at the time when those books were written, that was an okay approach. Standards and guidelines change, textbooks don't.
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Well, the definition is simple - it's the speech that can be framed as a hateful, bigoted. The problem is, anything can be framed as hateful and bigoted. And who decides what is and is not hateful or bigoted? The person who is the speech aimed for (but not necessarily, even people who are 'bystanders' can take that as an offence, even if it has nothing to do with them) . For example, if I was a touchy person any criticism would constitute as a hateful speech, because I am an arbiter, my mood, my current mental state is an arbiter of whether I like or don't like what you just said - that's hateful. Hate speech can be anything I don't like. It's highly subjective, it's highly wishy-washy and based on the mood of the person.
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Nevertheless it seems like people who support deplatforming cant see past the politics and the fact that people gathered for a charity event. Politics and political opinions, and tribalism First.