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I recently wrote a Vector 3 class, and I submitted my normalize() function for reviewal to a friend. He said it was good, but that I should multiply by the reciprocal where possible because "multiplying is cheaper than dividing" in CPU time.
My question...
Started by Hooked on
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I am far from knowledgeable....
The CPU has to do more.
Here's a post on the Stack talking about this:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/506237/why-is-float-division-slow/506241
The CPU operation for (float) division is much more complicated than multiplication .
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Many clients see only the "per hour" price and go "eek" and choose a "cheaper" coder to do the job. Very often these clients ends up with a complete MESS because they wanted to save a couple of bucks per hour.
Just because one consultant charges $100 ...
Started by Thomas Hansen on
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On-time delivery of usable functionality? That's what any price advantage they might... .
Quality? Perhaps cheaper isn't best.
Hours? If all they're buying is someone who shows up and types, cheaper is best.
The client thinks they're buying.
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Here it my "wishlist" for a new hardware configuration:
CPU: Intel Core i7 LGA1366 920 2.66GHz BOX STEP D0 D-0 (€ 230 / $ 327)
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P S1366 (€ 185 / $ 263)
RAM: CORSAIR DDR3 6GB (kit 3x2GB) 1600MHz PC-12800 Dominator CL7 (€ 150 / ...
Started by Andrea Ambu on
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On the other hand, you may be able to stick with the i7-920 if you went with a lower end motherboard ... .
Avoiding the Core i7 will let you pick up a cheaper motherboard and possibly cheaper RAM.
Or perhaps the triple core Phenom II X3 720.
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My logging code uses the return value of backtrace() to determine the current stack depth (for pretty printing purposes), but I can see from profiling that this is a pretty expensive call.
I don't suppose there's a cheaper way of doing this? Note that...
Started by therefromhere on
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Can't you just carry a TLS variable around with you called "depth" and increment... .
If your pretty-printing functions are reasonably contained, then pass in the indent (or indent size) as a parameter, and just increment it when you call other display functions .
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Background: I'm mostly a Mac user and have tried out Inkscape and even created SVGs with it, but it is highly user-unfriendly, it uses CTRL as the modifier key. I found VectorDesigner which seems promising so far. I also use Windows and Linux (Xubuntu...
Started by artlung on
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For Windows $89, for Linux ( Xara LX....
It's free to use and works on Linux only
By the way: What's wrong with Inkscape using CTRL as Control-Key?
i'm using Xara Extreme (and Xara 3D), userfriendly, fast and reasonable priced .
You could try Xara Xtreme.
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Hi everyone !
Here is my SQL request on MySQL (MySQL: 5.0.51a). I want have a list of restaurant with his cheaper menu:
select r.id, rm.id, rm.price, moyenne as note, get_distance_metres('47.2412254', '6.0255656', map_lat, map_lon) AS distance from restaurant...
Started by Sebastien BARBIER on
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Do you want all restaurants that have a menu with a cheaper price than a certain with a menu cheaper than certain price ORDER BY distance LIMIT 10;
Note that like many variants.
Will give you an error.
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Cheaper alternative to Tuna? Tuna is so god dam expensive... is there a cheaper alternative thats as good or even better?
Started by uperkurk on
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Unless....
Re: Cheaper alternative to Tuna? fcuk me mate your going to be struggling to find things cheaper than tuna.
Milk is pretty cheap then no it's loads.
Re: Cheaper alternative to Tuna? You can get cheap eggs for around 10p an egg.
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Gas or electric cookers whats cheaper to run? whats cheaper to run gas or electic cookers
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I don't know whats cheaper but I use an electric stove the electric would be cheaper....
Gas will be the cheaper than electric cooker because the cost of electricity is more than the gas of electricity is the main reason to the control problem.
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What's cheaper Would it be cheaper to buy and rtr rustler or just build one from
Scratch?
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I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-23.279124,150.512627
Started by Pandee on
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$240
http://traxxas.com/forums/....
Building a rustler from scratch is the same as building .
Unless you upgrade?? Definitely buy a rtr rustler much cheaper .
Rustler-Bandit Summit And MiniSlash
SPC Power! To buy one it is usually cheaper.
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This is a two part question; firstly, does anyone out there have some insight as to why PHP contract developers would be available at a much lower rate than their .NET counterparts (around a 30% premium for the Microsoft guys)? I have some theories relating...
Started by Troy Hunt on
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Because there are millions.
That could skew averages, but that is very different than saying "PHP developers are cheaper than .NET saturated with cheaper, less-skilled PHP developers than the .Net market.
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