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True | henk53 | null | Ha! The minute Python appears in this guy's tests and it wins, you'll see the votes going up. But beware Python ending at any place other than the first and you'll see the downvotes coming in like crazy. | null | 0 | 1319059900 | False | 0 | c2stprl | t3_lhcpe | null | t1_c2stprl | t3_lhcpe | null | 1427754867 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rooktakesqueen | null | I could see that being the case. Readability is also less of an issue if you're primarily dealing with small codebases of maybe a few hundred lines--like the happy-path implementation of an algorithm, without all the scaffolding necessary for real-world use. | null | 0 | 1319059949 | False | 0 | c2stq1p | t3_lh1ly | null | t1_c2stq1p | t1_c2sq0eg | null | 1427754870 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Wavicle | null | If he is so committed to trolling that he would write a 128 KLoC 64-bit multitasking OS just for this purpose, he is the most epic troll in history and I am honored to have lived at the same time as him. | null | 0 | 1319060191 | False | 0 | c2strbf | t3_lhefd | null | t1_c2strbf | t1_c2ss60k | null | 1427754896 | 20 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | arvarin | null | Oh, it can be explained simply, so long as you know enough beforehand. The sentence in the topic *is* one of the simple explanations.
Would you complain if an explanation of what a covariant return type is in Java included the terms "subclass" or "method"? Those are just as jargony as "monoid", "category" and "endofun... | null | 0 | 1319060208 | False | 0 | c2strg2 | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2strg2 | t1_c2stohj | null | 1427754889 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | thegeek2 | null | Yes I probably could, but the very thought is painful.
So much performance sacrificed for very little gain:/ | null | 0 | 1319060258 | False | 0 | c2strq8 | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2strq8 | t1_c2stfan | null | 1427754893 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | badsectoracula | null | This image has Internet Explorer and CLR (both of which are sitting on top of Win32) on top of the kernel too :-P | null | 0 | 1319060263 | False | 0 | c2strrw | t3_lh6ey | null | t1_c2strrw | t1_c2sroxw | null | 1427754895 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I wonder how many snow penises they will get? | null | 0 | 1319060298 | False | 0 | c2sts06 | t3_lhsud | null | t1_c2sts06 | t3_lhsud | null | 1427754897 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Philluminati | null | Very addictive survey. I answered 10 questions and when I look at my results compared to others I was pretty surprised how off base I am.
[People would rather use Assembler than Visual Basic?](http://therighttool.hammerprinciple.com/statements/i-enjoy-using-this-language). I guess they mean "for fun" or because it's a... | null | 0 | 1319060319 | True | 0 | c2sts4i | t3_lhlex | null | t1_c2sts4i | t3_lhlex | null | 1427754899 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tjdziuba | null | "Covariant return type"? What the fuck? Enlighten me, professor. | null | 0 | 1319060380 | False | 0 | c2stshl | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2stshl | t1_c2strg2 | null | 1427754902 | -7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | adavies42 | null | there's amazingly good information in there for <150 respondents
it'd be nice to see some visual clustering of the languages and statements | null | 0 | 1319060477 | False | 0 | c2stt1d | t3_lhlex | null | t1_c2stt1d | t3_lhlex | null | 1428191912 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | suninwinter | null | None of the Android source code is available right now, because of the kernel.org hack.
https://android.git.kernel.org/ [404]
edit: And now it's back: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/android-building/IwlEJtE1LsI/WtHcsPkUPMcJ | null | 0 | 1319060624 | True | 0 | c2sttvg | t3_lhtzj | null | t1_c2sttvg | t3_lhtzj | null | 1427754920 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319060705 | False | 0 | c2stubg | t3_lhtzj | null | t1_c2stubg | t3_lhtzj | null | 1427754926 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sbrocket | null | Now, I thought them not releasing the Honeycomb sources was a big a joke as anyone else after they toted the "open" moniker so much (yeah yeah yeah, I know all the excuses that were given and that they aren't even required to), but lets not jump the gun here. Ice Cream Sandwich was *first announced* yesterday.
**Plus,... | null | 0 | 1319060722 | False | 0 | c2stuf4 | t3_lhtzj | null | t1_c2stuf4 | t3_lhtzj | null | 1427754927 | 22 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | realstevejobs | null | I haven't tried it myself, but WebCL should be about as fast as CUDA in theory.
The gain is the same as any code on the web, presuming that WebCL takes off and is included in major browsers. People will be able to run your code in a page without downloading anything. If your screenshots were actually interactive demos... | null | 0 | 1319060843 | False | 0 | c2stv5t | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2stv5t | t1_c2strq8 | null | 1427754937 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | NotCoffeeTable | null | I've never heard that but its interesting. After a very productive coding session (work or pleasure) I'm often in what my friends call my "programming mode". Its like my brain is running a system idle process, I'm thinking to hard to notice people around me but I'm not thinking about anything. | null | 0 | 1319060895 | False | 0 | c2stvey | t3_lh3av | null | t1_c2stvey | t1_c2sokfg | null | 1427754940 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | adavies42 | null | `-N` is an old, unportable version of `-nN`. try changing it to `-n1` (or `sed q` if you want to be cute :)) | null | 0 | 1319060931 | False | 0 | c2stvma | t3_lhhpn | null | t1_c2stvma | t1_c2sswg4 | null | 1427754943 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | > But both are true. There is a software crisis and practioners do manage to build software at reasonable cost.
Instead of "do manage to build software at reasonable cost," I would say "because the marginal distribution cost of software asymptotically approaches zero, but the marginal utility of the software to eac... | null | 0 | 1319061009 | False | 0 | c2stw1c | t3_lfm1k | null | t1_c2stw1c | t1_c2ssl5y | null | 1427754949 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | > But both are true. There is a software crisis and practioners do manage to build software at reasonable cost.
Instead of "do manage to build software at reasonable cost," I would say "because the marginal distribution cost of software asymptotically approaches zero, but the marginal utility of the software to eac... | null | 0 | 1319061025 | False | 0 | c2stw6p | t3_lfm1k | null | t1_c2stw6p | t1_c2ssl5y | null | 1427754951 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | LainIwakura | null | His OS is...interesting (in a good way) to say the least. He himself, is interesting (in a bad way) to say the least.. | null | 0 | 1319061094 | False | 0 | c2stwlv | t3_lhefd | null | t1_c2stwlv | t1_c2sqsoo | null | 1427754964 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | joelthelion | null | Javascript will get there and beyond, it's only a matter of time. Competition does amazing things. | null | 0 | 1319061206 | False | 0 | c2stx60 | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2stx60 | t1_c2srudw | null | 1427754964 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Philluminati | null | It's just C# with sillier syntax and £3k less in your bank account. I don't think it's so inconsistent as Perl, or PHP so I don't know where the anger comes from. | null | 0 | 1319061421 | False | 0 | c2stxtc | t3_lhlex | null | t1_c2stxtc | t1_c2ss7mg | null | 1427754972 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nobodynose | null | &#3232;\_&#3232;
Not saying they are for sure are going to release the source code but I am saying it's way too early to become so damn whiny about it. ICS isn't even on a single phone yet. The first phone to officially get it won't be out for another month.
Plus as bonked pointed out the official word is y... | null | 0 | 1319061466 | False | 0 | c2sty6z | t3_lhtzj | null | t1_c2sty6z | t1_c2st18o | null | 1427754977 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | yogthos | null | oops my bad totally misread that, I guess I'd do something like this
(defn get-y-range [dx]
(if (zero? dx)
[-1 1]
[-1 0 1]))
(defn neighbours [[x y]]
(for [dx [-1 0 1], dy (get-y-range dx)]
[(+ dx x), (+ dy y)]))
| null | 0 | 1319061529 | False | 0 | c2styld | t3_lh1ly | null | t1_c2styld | t1_c2ss5vv | null | 1427754982 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | TrancePhreak | null | "The Android version is network operator dependent and will normally be upgraded over the air, but this will not occur when a handset is configured for one network operator but operated on another network.[citation needed] The latest official Android version for a handset configured for any carrier is available using t... | null | 0 | 1319061544 | False | 0 | c2styoc | t3_lhtzj | null | t1_c2styoc | t1_c2stp0x | null | 1427754983 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jackhammer2022 | null | And this to download everything together for offline reading:
wget -rckE -l5 -I /static/,/titles/9781449380373/ http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9781449380373/ | null | 0 | 1319061604 | False | 0 | c2styzx | t3_lhyw0 | null | t1_c2styzx | t3_lhyw0 | null | 1427754987 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | C (when used in a limited, non-crazy way), python, go might be my top three currently, in no particular order.
I even enjoy Haskell in some twisted way. O'caml was kinda nice too. Factor was interestingly terse. | null | 0 | 1319061661 | False | 0 | c2stzah | t3_lg661 | null | t1_c2stzah | t1_c2sr91r | null | 1427754991 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | barsoap | null | That doesn't mean that there are no citations for it. You're just hijacking the question. | null | 0 | 1319061767 | False | 0 | c2stzqk | t3_lh3av | null | t1_c2stzqk | t1_c2spqju | null | 1427754997 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mahlzeit | null | One has to take every opportunity for a little promotion nowadays :) And yes, it's written in D (D1/Tango, to be precise).
I'm not a psychiatrist, so I can't really say something about TrivialSolutions' insanity. But: it's not the first time he's submitted LoseThos here, and he said himself that he is highly schizophr... | null | 0 | 1319061794 | False | 0 | c2stzxx | t3_lhefd | null | t1_c2stzxx | t1_c2stjcx | null | 1427755000 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Azuvector | null | As both a C++ programmer and a C# programmer, I'd say the lack of any mention at all of C#'s String and StringBuilder and the issues with the former that the latter is meant to address is a clear failing of this FAQ. | null | 0 | 1319061815 | False | 0 | c2stzys | t3_lg1xx | null | t1_c2stzys | t3_lg1xx | null | 1427755000 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | habys | null | I believe it's 640x480x16 | null | 0 | 1319061828 | False | 0 | c2su04x | t3_lhefd | null | t1_c2su04x | t1_c2srpql | null | 1427755002 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Wow. Really?
**Update:** OK, I got over it, sorry.
The [Wikipedia page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covariance_and_contravariance_(computer_science)) on covariance and contravariance is pretty good. In a language with subtyping (all modern OO languages qualify, although conflating subclassing and subtyping is actual... | null | 0 | 1319061929 | True | 0 | c2su0nz | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2su0nz | t1_c2stshl | null | 1427755009 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | The i9000 (eu) release of Gingerbread has been out for about 6 months, but nothing that I've seen for the t959 (us/tmobile) | null | 0 | 1319061938 | False | 0 | c2su0ph | t3_lhtzj | null | t1_c2su0ph | t1_c2styoc | null | 1428191908 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | merreborn | null | I think your second point there applies as well:
> Do not feel shy to use parentheses
The programmer could have used parentheses here to make his expected order of operations explicit. | null | 0 | 1319061954 | False | 0 | c2su0rs | t3_lhfji | null | t1_c2su0rs | t1_c2sr831 | null | 1428191909 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | joerick | null | Colour me dubious... | null | 0 | 1319061957 | False | 0 | c2su0sm | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2su0sm | t1_c2stx60 | null | 1427755011 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lmcinnes | null | My problem is that I am a mathematician, have plenty of background in Category theory, and understand perfectly well what a monoid object in the category of endofunctors is ... but that doesn't help me at all in conceptualising how to actually apply that to programming problems. Yes its a description, and mathematicall... | null | 0 | 1319062030 | False | 0 | c2su160 | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2su160 | t1_c2stk5u | null | 1427755016 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | moseeds | null | Whoa so much hating going on. Been following LoseThos OS for a very long time, really admirable effort over and above my own skill level as a programmer regardless of the author's own personal foibles. Doth my hat to the guy. | null | 0 | 1319062049 | False | 0 | c2su19p | t3_lhefd | null | t1_c2su19p | t3_lhefd | null | 1427755020 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aquasucks | null | Firefox Nightly runs the unlimited JS version faster on my computer as well. | null | 0 | 1319062062 | False | 0 | c2su1cj | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2su1cj | t1_c2ssi2f | null | 1427755020 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | 0xABADC0DA | null | > roughly three weeks after the first phone with the new release is launched. This makes the phone makers happy
Well it makes the phone makers that have access to the new source happy. The rest have to wait 3 weeks while their competitors get to market first.
While old branches of the Android code eventually end ... | null | 0 | 1319062067 | False | 0 | c2su1d6 | t3_lhtzj | null | t1_c2su1d6 | t1_c2stk28 | null | 1427755020 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | link87 | null | char *func1(void);
int *func2(char* (*f)(void));
int *(*func_array[10])(char *(*f)(void)) = {&func2};
int *(*(*arr_ptr)[10])(char *(*f)(void)) = &func_array;
Admittedly I had to experiment with the compiler to get the final line correct. Forgot one of those asterisks for a long time.
| null | 0 | 1319062068 | False | 0 | c2su1di | t3_lgfp0 | null | t1_c2su1di | t1_c2sj6pi | null | 1427755020 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | czuk | null | Or cyanogenmod 7.1 is now supported if you want to lose the Samsung bloat | null | 0 | 1319062087 | False | 0 | c2su1gl | t3_lhtzj | null | t1_c2su1gl | t1_c2styoc | null | 1427755021 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | artsrc | null | Going beyond first class classes, if languages included first class modules we would have something that is simpler and more powerful than DI containers.
Given A uses B and B uses (C or D), having B workout what to do is pragmatic, clear and simple. But the coupling is objectively worse. At what stage of complexity ... | null | 0 | 1319062176 | False | 0 | c2su1wx | t3_lf1px | null | t1_c2su1wx | t1_c2soqe7 | null | 1427755025 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | "Without a bunch of jargon" is your interpretation of what Dr. Feynman said. If you read [Six Easy Pieces](http://www.amazon.com/Six-Easy-Pieces-Essentials-ebook/dp/B004OVEYNU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1319061976&sr=1-1) and [Six Not-So-Easy Pieces](http://www.amazon.com/Six-Not-So-Easy-Pieces-R... | null | 0 | 1319062286 | False | 0 | c2su2fe | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2su2fe | t1_c2stohj | null | 1427755033 | 21 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319062294 | False | 0 | c2su2ht | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2su2ht | t1_c2stohj | null | 1427755035 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | anttirt | null | There's a way to avoid the first bug statically and with no overhead:
template <typename T, size_t N> char(&CANT_GET_ARRAY_COUNT_FOR_NON_ARRAY_TYPE(T(&)[N]))[N];
#define countof(array) sizeof(CANT_GET_ARRAY_COUNT_FOR_NON_ARRAY_TYPE(array))
Trying to use this in the wrong way:
void run_comma... | null | 0 | 1319062308 | True | 0 | c2su2ld | t3_lhfji | null | t1_c2su2ld | t3_lhfji | null | 1427755036 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ithika | null | > And this is why I can't take Haskell seriously.
Because they're good natured enough to enjoy a joke at their own expense?
Seriously, anyone with a modicum of understanding could only read that sentence as deeply tongue in cheek. I mean, do you think the t-shirts with _what part of [HM type inference mechanism] d... | null | 0 | 1319062367 | False | 0 | c2su2wz | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2su2wz | t1_c2st6wm | null | 1427755041 | 25 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319062416 | False | 0 | c2su36n | t3_lhzev | null | t1_c2su36n | t3_lhzev | null | 1427755043 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dodeca | null | Because no matter how smart or accomplished a woman is, the only thing important is how she looks? | null | 0 | 1319062423 | False | 0 | c2su37a | t3_lg6ms | null | t1_c2su37a | t1_c2sjk0t | null | 1427755043 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319062433 | False | 0 | c2su39b | t3_lhzev | null | t1_c2su39b | t3_lhzev | null | 1427755044 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | curien | null | >It was char\*\* to char\*[]
In a formal parameter list, those are the exact same type. Which you use is entirely up to style.
curien@andor:~$ cat foo.c
void foo(char **x);
void foo(char *x[]);
curien@andor:~$ gcc -c foo.c -o /dev/null
curien@andor:~$
(Since C has no function overloading, if t... | null | 0 | 1319062495 | False | 0 | c2su3lj | t3_lgfp0 | null | t1_c2su3lj | t1_c2sso07 | null | 1427755047 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | barsoap | null | It's not about stopping thought, it's about trusting your brain to do the thinking without you being aware of most of what's going on[1], in other, probably better words, you're learning how to make progressing from conscious competence to unconscious competence without tangling up unconscious competence with unconscio... | null | 0 | 1319062738 | False | 0 | c2su4p2 | t3_lh3av | null | t1_c2su4p2 | t1_c2sp4cf | null | 1427755061 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cecilkorik | null | Plasma would be my guess. | null | 0 | 1319062738 | False | 0 | c2su4pe | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2su4pe | t1_c2ss604 | null | 1427755061 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | phaedrusalt | null | And your comments are pedantic in the extreme. | null | 0 | 1319062810 | False | 0 | c2su575 | t3_ld22x | null | t1_c2su575 | t1_c2ssggg | null | 1427755068 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | softe | null | Getting the snow to fall down is pretty easy once you figure out how it works. Still puzzling out how to make it do something more complicated. | null | 0 | 1319062987 | False | 0 | c2su62a | t3_lhsud | null | t1_c2su62a | t3_lhsud | null | 1427755080 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319063020 | False | 0 | c2su6bo | t3_lhsud | null | t1_c2su6bo | t3_lhsud | null | 1427755083 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | keepingitcivil | null | I think I can relate to what von Franz is talking about, but I wouldn't describe it like this or rest hope in it. | null | 0 | 1319063043 | False | 0 | c2su6gq | t3_lh3av | null | t1_c2su6gq | t1_c2sssgi | null | 1427755086 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | PoisonTaffy | null | Getting your conscious off the task lets your subconscious churn away at the problem. Apparently studies show that this often helps people make help make decisions and solve problems faster and better than consciously thinking about them. | null | 0 | 1319063085 | False | 0 | c2su6oe | t3_lh3av | null | t1_c2su6oe | t3_lh3av | null | 1427755101 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jvictor118 | null | I am extremely underwhelmed by this. I was hoping for a discussion of more safety-related issues, and possible bugs/problems when using eval to implement one of its several use cases (e.g. scripting). This article is written for a toddler who can't program, but is discussing something that is primarily relevant to expe... | null | 0 | 1319063125 | False | 0 | c2su6we | t3_lhh6j | null | t1_c2su6we | t3_lhh6j | null | 1427755094 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | PoisonTaffy | null | Right.. Haxe is there, AS3 isn't? | null | 0 | 1319063257 | False | 0 | c2su7lf | t3_lhlex | null | t1_c2su7lf | t3_lhlex | null | 1427755101 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | frtox | null | really? I understand applying one to a old project, you'll get a million "errors". but nearly all analyzers have configuration files, and tiered classes of messages from warn to error. the ones at the Highest level are never useless
I am all for static analysis | null | 0 | 1319063395 | False | 0 | c2su89t | t3_lhfji | null | t1_c2su89t | t1_c2sq8o2 | null | 1427755109 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | COBOL. | null | 0 | 1319063476 | False | 0 | c2su8qu | t3_lhlex | null | t1_c2su8qu | t1_c2ss7mg | null | 1427755120 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | TrancePhreak | null | seems like it's still in dev http://www.mwdd.com/devices/phones/samsung-galaxy-s-4g-and-infuse-4g-gingerbread-update-leaks/ | null | 0 | 1319063503 | False | 0 | c2su8vo | t3_lhtzj | null | t1_c2su8vo | t1_c2su0ph | null | 1427755126 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | badsectoracula | null | Well, it is easier for very simple operations, but when you start needing to do more, things get harder. For example while it is just a couple of ASM instructions in real mode x86 to enter in 320x200x256 graphics mode with a nice linear buffer, it is certainly more involved to get and use 640x480x256 with the whole nee... | null | 0 | 1319063652 | False | 0 | c2su9m3 | t3_lh7x0 | null | t1_c2su9m3 | t1_c2sqa46 | null | 1427755127 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | UnoriginalGuy | null | I hate this so damn much:
> Webkit uses private APIs that aren't exposed through the NDK
This is the same as Microsoft with their private APIs that they use to develop Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer. I'm sorry but your platform is flawed if I cannot develop the same applications as the platform's... | null | 0 | 1319063672 | False | 0 | c2su9q0 | t3_lhtzj | null | t1_c2su9q0 | t3_lhtzj | null | 1427755129 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tjdziuba | null | OK, i get that there is a definition, that's all well and good, but what use is the jargon?
*You override a method in a subclass, and it returns different shit.*
Making it more complicated than that tells me you're more interested in bullshitting than you are in solving the problem at hand. | null | 0 | 1319063696 | False | 0 | c2su9uf | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2su9uf | t1_c2su0nz | null | 1427755131 | -16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Great! Are there any applications? | null | 0 | 1319063697 | False | 0 | c2su9ut | t3_ld4m9 | null | t1_c2su9ut | t3_ld4m9 | null | 1427755131 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bonefry | null | It's still not available for me and I'm in EU. | null | 0 | 1319063732 | False | 0 | c2sua2l | t3_lhtzj | null | t1_c2sua2l | t1_c2su0ph | null | 1427755134 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | internetinsomniac | null | downvote for uninformed flamebait | null | 0 | 1319063741 | False | 0 | c2sua4j | t3_lhtzj | null | t1_c2sua4j | t3_lhtzj | null | 1427755137 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | even funnier: fill it from the top just to see how much you can get in there. I managed to get it so tigth that the lowest 25% were just vibrating. It was impossible to focus on. Then suddenly it burst out (not where i filled it, but from the opposite corner). | null | 0 | 1319063900 | False | 0 | c2suavz | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2suavz | t1_c2sqint | null | 1427755154 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jdiez17 | null | WebGL. | null | 0 | 1319063958 | False | 0 | c2sub5z | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2sub5z | t1_c2st8wa | null | 1427755156 | -7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jrandom | null | Maybe he meant bits instead of colors? | null | 0 | 1319063996 | False | 0 | c2subdc | t3_lhefd | null | t1_c2subdc | t1_c2su04x | null | 1427755161 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | TheRealFender | null | Andy Rubin has stated that the full ICS AOSP will be released within a week or two of the retail date for the Galaxy Nexus. | null | 0 | 1319064246 | False | 0 | c2sucgm | t3_lhtzj | null | t1_c2sucgm | t3_lhtzj | null | 1427755166 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tholman | null | Very very cool! | null | 0 | 1319064280 | False | 0 | c2sucmy | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2sucmy | t1_c2ssyzv | null | 1427755167 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tholman | null | Yeah, all the forces are based on neighbouring positions, if you click through to the flash version, you can see them all there. Otherwise I'll post up the js soon too. | null | 0 | 1319064353 | False | 0 | c2sud0a | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2sud0a | t1_c2stp4f | null | 1427755170 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jimbokun | null | I wonder how close the Fortress code would be to your pseudo-math (Fortress is supposed to use a math-like notation). | null | 0 | 1319064369 | False | 0 | c2sud39 | t3_lh1ly | null | t1_c2sud39 | t1_c2st06g | null | 1427755172 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | addmoreice | null | Conway's law is actually a part of the book I'm writing on software design methodologies. It focuses on how this can be beneficial and how it can detract from a design. Think plugin's for example.
I always found this mirroring of structure so fascinating. | null | 0 | 1319064507 | False | 0 | c2sudtw | t3_lhnp5 | null | t1_c2sudtw | t3_lhnp5 | null | 1427755182 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | > You override a method in a subclass, and it returns different shit.
That sentence contains no actual information.
> Making it more complicated than that tells me you're more interested in bullshitting than you are in solving the problem at hand.
Going from something informative to something literally content... | null | 0 | 1319064523 | False | 0 | c2sudwh | t3_lhsyr | null | t1_c2sudwh | t1_c2su9uf | null | 1427755182 | 18 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jib | null | After playing with the Flash version of this and the HTML5 version, I'm wondering why people keep claiming that HTML5 is ready to replace Flash. The performance clearly isn't there yet. | null | 0 | 1319064552 | False | 0 | c2sue1l | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2sue1l | t3_lhgp5 | null | 1427755183 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Rhomboid | null | The kind of people that say that Flash is cpu-hungry are those on a second tier platform, like linux. Flash on linux for the longest time had no hardware acceleration to speak of, which meant watching HD and/or fullscreen videos would simply bring your machine to a slide-show stuttering mess unless you had a fast CPU,... | null | 0 | 1319064586 | False | 0 | c2sue82 | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2sue82 | t1_c2st8qi | null | 1427755187 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | curien | null | >A pointer to any incomplete or object type may be converted to a pointer to void...
Yes, but you never actually converted it, so that section is irrelevant. What is relevant is that the standard requires that for the %p specifier, "the argument shall be a pointer to void" (§7.19.6.1/8 in my draft copy of C99 TC2).... | null | 0 | 1319064686 | False | 0 | c2suepg | t3_lgfp0 | null | t1_c2suepg | t1_c2sqx4l | null | 1427755193 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | xcbsmith | null | Maybe I'm wrong about this too, but I thought:
char*[]
is much more like:
char** const
...and this change did cause some compilation errors IIRC. Maybe I'm confusing it with changing string literals to const char[]'s. | null | 0 | 1319064739 | False | 0 | c2suey2 | t3_lgfp0 | null | t1_c2suey2 | t1_c2su3lj | null | 1427755205 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | internetinsomniac | null | But is launching a missile ever the right thing to do? ;) | null | 0 | 1319064774 | False | 0 | c2suf5m | t3_lhfji | null | t1_c2suf5m | t1_c2su2ld | null | 1427755199 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | anttirt | null | Sure, if it's against a horde of zombies. | null | 0 | 1319064878 | False | 0 | c2sufox | t3_lhfji | null | t1_c2sufox | t1_c2suf5m | null | 1427755207 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | b0dhi | null | What bugs me is 1 or 2 letter variable names. | null | 0 | 1319065090 | False | 0 | c2sugre | t3_lhfji | null | t1_c2sugre | t1_c2sq5bd | null | 1427755220 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | contextfree | null | Here's an answer from someone who worked on it: winrt-and-build-in-windows-8-apps
"Some Windows Runtime APIs are thin wrappers around existing Win32 APIs (XML and the sensor APIs, for example). Some Windows Runtime APIs are completely new (the XAML APIs and the input stack). So it's not true to say that the windows ru... | null | 0 | 1319065134 | False | 0 | c2sugxt | t3_lh6ey | null | t1_c2sugxt | t1_c2sr49c | null | 1427755222 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | keithb | null | Distribution costs? The distribution costs of software are a negligible component of the TCO, and not at the margin either. Maintenance is where the majority of the cost lies.
So, we can trade anecdotes all you like (for instance, I am familiar with academic thinking because my boss is also a professor of CS and my of... | null | 0 | 1319065257 | True | 0 | c2suhkj | t3_lfm1k | null | t1_c2suhkj | t1_c2stw6p | null | 1427755231 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319065275 | False | 0 | c2suho5 | t3_lhefd | null | t1_c2suho5 | t3_lhefd | null | 1427755231 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sanity | null | We learned SML-NJ at university, my classmates hated it but I quite liked it.
I like the *idea* of Haskell, but the practice of it, not so much. I don't think its a coincidence that it's rare to see widely deployed systems that use Haskell in the wild.
We learned Prolog at University too, it was interesting to see j... | null | 0 | 1319065412 | False | 0 | c2suibw | t3_lg661 | null | t1_c2suibw | t1_c2stzah | null | 1427755241 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | AlonzoIsOurChurch | null | Something tells me that the anger doesn't come from VB.NET.
Hint: "something" in this case means "experience writing VB6 and VBA". | null | 0 | 1319065440 | False | 0 | c2suig5 | t3_lhlex | null | t1_c2suig5 | t1_c2stxtc | null | 1427755241 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | emulator crashes form me (ubuntu 10.04) | null | 0 | 1319065465 | False | 0 | c2suikb | t3_lh90h | null | t1_c2suikb | t3_lh90h | null | 1427755244 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | AttackingHobo | null | What the fuck does WebGL have to do with object types? | null | 0 | 1319065532 | False | 0 | c2suive | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2suive | t1_c2sub5z | null | 1427755248 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | almafa | null | only 4 months? | null | 0 | 1319065605 | False | 0 | c2suj8n | t3_lh7x0 | null | t1_c2suj8n | t1_c2sq57t | null | 1427755252 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | hailtiki | null | Unfortunately, this doesn't work because the value of Automata.law is passed around in setTimeout calls. In other words, you have to change the value of the global variable "Law" before Automata.init is called.
Using Chrome, for example, you can set a breakpoint (on the Scripts tab) on the line that says:
console.log... | null | 0 | 1319065648 | False | 0 | c2sujfg | t3_lhsud | null | t1_c2sujfg | t1_c2stg3a | null | 1427755255 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | BlueJeansAndRain | null | I closed it after reading the line, "Editing the css on this line is a cheap and dirty way to 'solve' the problem without really thining about it". It offended me. | null | 0 | 1319065686 | False | 0 | c2sujmb | t3_lhsud | null | t1_c2sujmb | t3_lhsud | null | 1427755258 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | julesjacobs | null | Why does it matter, in this case, that the coupling is worse? What exactly do you mean by "coupling is worse"?
If the specification says "at the client side holidays should be loaded via Ajax, and at the server side holidays should be loaded from the DB" then I don't see how you could implement that in a better way th... | null | 0 | 1319065748 | False | 0 | c2sujxl | t3_lf1px | null | t1_c2sujxl | t1_c2su1wx | null | 1427755262 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jrandom | null | > but odds are that he's so altruistic that he'd not allocate time to building random markovy auto-comment software.
[Altruistic?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altruism) | null | 0 | 1319065755 | False | 0 | c2sujyq | t3_lhefd | null | t1_c2sujyq | t1_c2ssill | null | 1427755262 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | wayndom | null | Way cool... | null | 0 | 1319065787 | False | 0 | c2suk4c | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2suk4c | t3_lhgp5 | null | 1427755264 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jonforthewin | null | **PLUS THEY SAID THEY WOULD RELEASE THE HONEYCOMB SOURCE CODE BUT THEY NEVER DID** | null | 0 | 1319065810 | True | 0 | c2suk8c | t3_lhtzj | null | t1_c2suk8c | t1_c2stuf4 | null | 1427755267 | -12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | elperroborrachotoo | null | Yes, typically a combination of a platform-specific #ifdef and a typedef or other encapsulation of the type.
It's not uncommon, that's right. Most serialization I do goes through one library that deals with that, so at least it's uncommon for me :) Still, there are usually large parts where the actual size doesn't m... | null | 0 | 1319065918 | False | 0 | c2sukt5 | t3_lgfp0 | null | t1_c2sukt5 | t1_c2stbno | null | 1427755274 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | yogthos | null | Yeah, it's not like hardware is getting exponentially more powerful or anything. | null | 0 | 1319066042 | False | 0 | c2sulej | t3_lhgp5 | null | t1_c2sulej | t1_c2su0sm | null | 1427755281 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | keije | null | and I did agree that that was a good thing in my reply... | null | 0 | 1319066178 | False | 0 | c2sum30 | t3_lhfji | null | t1_c2sum30 | t1_c2ssmxx | null | 1427755290 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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