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True | [deleted] | null | heh... oops. Remember- new job first, then quit. I always get those mixed up! | null | 0 | 1319922333 | False | 0 | c2vh7c6 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vh7c6 | t1_c2vevr2 | null | 1427800875 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | >You are regarded as the indispensable linchpin that holds the operations of whole departments together once they are addicted to software.
Sounds like a good situation. Quite enviable.
>And the truth be told, when you work with a company that UNDERSTANDS what you do, you do not have the luster of black magic u... | null | 0 | 1319922451 | False | 0 | c2vh7tx | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vh7tx | t1_c2veu87 | null | 1427800880 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mithaldu | null | They do work the same way, only the compiler doesn't ask you to waste your time with pointless busy-work. | null | 0 | 1319922475 | False | 0 | c2vh7x4 | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2vh7x4 | t1_c2vgvzp | null | 1427800880 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | My impression of government contractors is that they're just waiting for their lunchtime and don't work too hard in order to protect their jobs. This isn't a satisfactory life for me so I would pass, personally. It works well for many though. | null | 0 | 1319922517 | False | 0 | c2vh83n | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vh83n | t1_c2veay4 | null | 1427800882 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Purpledrank | null | Um, contracts are awarded and if things don't pan out to a certain degree of performance they are awarded to someone else. It's very competitive. | null | 0 | 1319922627 | False | 0 | c2vh8j5 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vh8j5 | t1_c2vh83n | null | 1427800884 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | >Try and avoid working at companies where software is incidental to their products.
I worked for a company where the software was central to their company, but it served a different industry. Most of the management was in that industry. I still recall the director blaring out, "Just shove it down their throat!" whe... | null | 0 | 1319922640 | False | 0 | c2vh8l5 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vh8l5 | t1_c2ve6zf | null | 1427800884 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Yeah, good question. It's not a very interesting theorem: we say that foo "[diverges](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divergence_(computer_science))." We also say that foo is a "[partial function](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_function);" see the section on "Bottom type" for details. | null | 0 | 1319922746 | False | 0 | c2vh91n | t3_lirke | null | t1_c2vh91n | t1_c2vfhzp | null | 1427800888 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I think you completely missed his point. The most valuable programmers are usually the ones who do more than just program. I don't think anyone can really argue against that.
Yes, people who only program and refuse to take on other important tasks can still make decent money. It's really up to you. Some people c... | null | 0 | 1319922757 | False | 0 | c2vh92u | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vh92u | t1_c2vdzc0 | null | 1427800888 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aaptel | null | ...aaand that's why I will probably end up in research/academia. | null | 0 | 1319922787 | False | 0 | c2vh97n | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vh97n | t1_c2vdd4d | null | 1427800889 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mifuyne | null | I saw the solution almost right away and I'm a Graphic Design major :\ | null | 0 | 1319922839 | False | 0 | c2vh9fa | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vh9fa | t1_c2vf34c | null | 1427800890 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | contracts != contractors.
That said, I don't have direct experience with observing software contracts for government institutions. So my general comments may not apply. | null | 0 | 1319922860 | False | 0 | c2vh9i3 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vh9i3 | t1_c2vh8j5 | null | 1427800891 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mikaelhg | null | It's too bad they decided to stream the dogshit keynotes, and not this kind of actually useful stuff. | null | 0 | 1319922861 | False | 0 | c2vh9i7 | t3_lsyrc | null | t1_c2vh9i7 | t1_c2vgip1 | null | 1427800891 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mr_chromatic | null | > If you like digging through manuals twice for every single feature, kudos.
Isn't that kind of a false dilemma?
> I like being able to pick up a language and run far with it before resorting to the tedium of documentation.
Of the interesting languages I've learned, they've all required some actual understandi... | null | 0 | 1319923007 | False | 0 | c2vha2s | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2vha2s | t1_c2vgwfe | null | 1427800896 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grampajoe | null | The maker of [Bingo Card Creator](http://www.bingocardcreator.com/), everyone. | null | 0 | 1319923015 | False | 0 | c2vha47 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vha47 | t3_lsyok | null | 1427800898 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Coriform | null | I... I feel *dirty* after reading that. | null | 0 | 1319923079 | False | 0 | c2vhad6 | t3_lthpe | null | t1_c2vhad6 | t3_lthpe | null | 1427800901 | 19 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Kavec | null | Oh, OK. Now we're talking. Thanks.
Well, I didn't answer the question because this is r/programming, not r/politics or r/whateconomicalsystemworksbetter. I didn't want to start a flame war.
But since you are insisting, the short answer would be:
This article shows a depressing picture of the heartless american progr... | null | 0 | 1319923297 | False | 0 | c2vhb7p | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vhb7p | t1_c2vh2u4 | null | 1427800912 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319923388 | False | 0 | c2vhbkp | t3_ltc8w | null | t1_c2vhbkp | t1_c2vgmxg | null | 1427800917 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319923500 | False | 0 | c2vhc0f | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vhc0f | t1_c2ve0mu | null | 1427800922 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | svuori | null | Yes, Scala solves most of the problems and I quite like it but this was kind of my point. Scala + JVM is great while Java the language without the benefits of the JVM, which is the case with PlayN, is not what I would go for. | null | 0 | 1319923828 | False | 0 | c2vhdbg | t3_lhon5 | null | t1_c2vhdbg | t1_c2vfdft | null | 1427800939 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Camarade_Tux | null | That doesn't mean it's not going to be really annoying to do the change. | null | 0 | 1319923899 | False | 0 | c2vhdls | t3_lsoho | null | t1_c2vhdls | t1_c2ve70w | null | 1427800942 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Camarade_Tux | null | Thing is that he create a citation with this article.</sarcasm>
I hate how wikipedia managed to make me avoid all edits. | null | 0 | 1319923946 | False | 0 | c2vhdtg | t3_lsoho | null | t1_c2vhdtg | t1_c2vbvdd | null | 1427800946 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | AndThenTrumpets | null | What are you skeptical about? The entire article was about teaching people to sell themselves through their communication skills. It sounds like you're in agreement. | null | 0 | 1319923995 | False | 0 | c2vhe04 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vhe04 | t1_c2ve8wr | null | 1427800948 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319924138 | False | 0 | c2vheld | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vheld | t1_c2vhb7p | null | 1427800957 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | forrestthewoods | null | Of course they want experienced. The point however is that experience in one language translates to other languages with a high degree of efficiency.
A guy with 5 years of professional C++ experience will easily pick up C#, Lua, Python, or whatever. Sure they won't know all the subtleties but they'll be making useful ... | null | 0 | 1319924807 | False | 0 | c2vhh5q | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vhh5q | t1_c2vdrat | null | 1427800990 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JL235 | null | Yeah, I'd partly agree with this. Having written a few compilers, I have found myself looking at more corner cases then when I've worked on other projects. | null | 0 | 1319924846 | False | 0 | c2vhhbu | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vhhbu | t1_c2vf3ci | null | 1427800992 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | twopoint718 | null | It is a great way to learn a new language. | null | 0 | 1319924957 | False | 0 | c2vhhrb | t3_lrmtc | null | t1_c2vhhrb | t3_lrmtc | null | 1427800997 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Kavec | null | That's more or less what crossed my mind while reading it. Specially I had the exact same reaction on the friends/coworkers part.
> I'm happy to say that I know for a fact and from experience that many of my former co-workers valued my best interests over the company's bottom line. That includes "higher ups."
That... | null | 0 | 1319925036 | False | 0 | c2vhi1h | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vhi1h | t1_c2vheld | null | 1427801001 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Wolfspaw | null | It's probably because they didn't agree with your assumption that this post was not /r/programming. | null | 0 | 1319925516 | False | 0 | c2vhk0t | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vhk0t | t1_c2vfl3b | null | 1427801027 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | DrHenryPym | null | No, the point is that you're trying to make yourself as marketable as possible. You *are* a programmer, but if you call yourself a *software engineer* (for example) you can mention that you administrate servers, work with hardware, *and* program.
America is all about selling, and that's the entire point of this artic... | null | 0 | 1319925664 | False | 0 | c2vhkmg | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vhkmg | t1_c2vdzc0 | null | 1427801035 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JL235 | null | > Turns out their biggest performance problem is GC pauses. How can that be, I thought GC was free !
Then you thought wrong.
But as someone who has written lots of Java, it doesn't matter most of the time, and when it does, there are straight forward ways of profiling your code to get the GC usage to come down. To... | null | 0 | 1319925738 | False | 0 | c2vhkxf | t3_lsyrc | null | t1_c2vhkxf | t1_c2ve4ne | null | 1427801039 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nicko68 | null | Once you learn concepts it's easy to pick up new languages. | null | 0 | 1319925762 | False | 0 | c2vhl0r | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vhl0r | t1_c2vefr9 | null | 1427801040 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | throwaway-o | null | The people who got fired will find jobs doing something else. They will learn a new profession. They will still be productive, perhaps even more so than before.
Horse carriage makers went out of business because of the automobile. Some people lost as a consequence to that. And that's sad, no question about that. ... | null | 0 | 1319926014 | False | 0 | c2vhm1n | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vhm1n | t1_c2vea67 | null | 1427801052 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | vplatt | null | Being able to answer stack specific questions and be able to operate within different families of technologies are not mutually exclusive capabilities and therefore does not require you to limit yourself to a single set of technologies in order to always be sure you can answer every single little stack specific questio... | null | 0 | 1319926065 | False | 0 | c2vhm8d | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vhm8d | t1_c2vdh47 | null | 1427801055 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | joshuasemar | null | I think stuff like this is awesome. One of the best ways of showing that you understand something is to proof of concept it, even if it isn't something that would ever be really used. | null | 0 | 1319926114 | False | 0 | c2vhmfu | t3_lthpe | null | t1_c2vhmfu | t1_c2vh2lg | null | 1427801058 | 16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Zazscdvfbgnazsxdcfvg | null | Harware? Continusly?? Complelty??? Get a spell checker. Now. | null | 0 | 1319926172 | False | 0 | c2vhmod | t3_lsce5 | null | t1_c2vhmod | t3_lsce5 | null | 1427801061 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | three18ti | null | Understood. And I commend you for doing so. All I was saying, is if you can afford to support the book, please do.
And thanks for writing it too. I refer to it often. | null | 0 | 1319926177 | False | 0 | c2vhmp9 | t3_lpmaq | null | t1_c2vhmp9 | t1_c2v4nwu | null | 1427801061 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | steven777400 | null | I switched jobs recently and this question came up. I told them my current salary at the time, and also told them I was very happy in my current job, but had been there for a while and was looking for a change (just to diversify my experience).
I told them I absolutely would not take a pay cut, but beyond that I wo... | null | 0 | 1319926311 | False | 0 | c2vhn7t | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vhn7t | t1_c2ve25v | null | 1427801069 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319926391 | False | 0 | c2vhni9 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vhni9 | t1_c2vdsad | null | 1427801072 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Ohiphone | null | No, that's stupid bullshit. The money is in the non-software companies, overwhelmingly so. If you want a six figure salary or better you should AVOID purely software companies. | null | 0 | 1319926550 | False | 0 | c2vho56 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vho56 | t1_c2vdiva | null | 1427801082 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319926719 | False | 0 | c2vhotv | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vhotv | t3_lsyok | null | 1427801090 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Ohiphone | null | Yes but the people in MY industry will have to find jobs somewhere else when we get the same shit done with fewer people. | null | 0 | 1319926771 | False | 0 | c2vhp17 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vhp17 | t1_c2vdufy | null | 1427801092 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Ohiphone | null | If you are a good programmer you can definitely walk into a new job with a new language and be worth your salary in a couple of weeks. You do NOT need master-level proficiency to do a good job! | null | 0 | 1319926986 | False | 0 | c2vhpxf | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vhpxf | t1_c2vdt0r | null | 1427801105 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cultic_raider | null | I last used C++ in 2005, and I was limited to the Solaris and HP/UX compatible portion...
To what extent does shared_ptr satisfy the desire for Java-style garbage collection?
Is shared_ptr basically conceptually kin to Objective-C's autorelease?
Why did auto and lambda and shared_ptr take 13 years to arrive?
Are th... | null | 0 | 1319927133 | False | 0 | c2vhqir | t3_lt22c | null | t1_c2vhqir | t3_lt22c | null | 1427801111 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Purpledrank | null | Well, if the PM wants to keep his job wouldn't he make sure the other employee's are working to meet the competive quota? | null | 0 | 1319927174 | False | 0 | c2vhqo3 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vhqo3 | t1_c2vh9i3 | null | 1427801113 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | fjord_piner | null | I'm a big fan of:
List<String> l = Lists.newArrayList();
List<String> l2 = ImmutableList.of("1", "2");
| null | 0 | 1319927195 | False | 0 | c2vhqr6 | t3_lt42x | null | t1_c2vhqr6 | t3_lt42x | null | 1427801114 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | eliseosoto | null | Two other options: node.js or Chrome's JavaScript console | null | 0 | 1319927230 | False | 0 | c2vhqwf | t3_lta8c | null | t1_c2vhqwf | t3_lta8c | null | 1427801116 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | centurijon | null | >but they are currently **not possible**
then it fails one of the original conditions that I stated:
>writing software which makes any current thing faster/more efficient/less hassle | null | 0 | 1319927245 | False | 0 | c2vhqy9 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vhqy9 | t1_c2vfrhr | null | 1427801117 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | geon | null | Read again. | null | 0 | 1319927624 | False | 0 | c2vhshl | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vhshl | t1_c2vhp17 | null | 1427801138 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SweetIrony | null | That was great. Now all we need is a JavaScript to c compiler, then I can run all my node.coffee apps superfast! | null | 0 | 1319927693 | False | 0 | c2vhsrf | t3_lthpe | null | t1_c2vhsrf | t3_lthpe | null | 1427801141 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Cool trolling. | null | 0 | 1319927701 | False | 0 | c2vhssy | t3_lthpe | null | t1_c2vhssy | t3_lthpe | null | 1427801143 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | x86_64Ubuntu | null | Are you going to run a factory farm ? | null | 0 | 1319927821 | False | 0 | c2vht9p | t3_lr1g7 | null | t1_c2vht9p | t1_c2uxi5r | null | 1427801148 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gjs278 | null | wrong. if both people have the same experience but one knows ruby, the other knows python, and the job is mostly python, python guy gets the job. | null | 0 | 1319927905 | False | 0 | c2vhtlz | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vhtlz | t1_c2vh59v | null | 1427801152 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Not reading it. | null | 0 | 1319927943 | False | 0 | c2vhtrb | t3_ltawx | null | t1_c2vhtrb | t3_ltawx | null | 1427801154 | -31 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | abyx | null | Guava's a big help in making it less of a PITA to work in Java, yet even it is not enough to make most of the functional things aesthetic.
I use it for certain shortcuts that remove boiler plate, but having to spawn out an anonymous class with a full method signature and 5 f'ing generic definitions for a simple filter ... | null | 0 | 1319928054 | False | 0 | c2vhu71 | t3_lt42x | null | t1_c2vhu71 | t3_lt42x | null | 1427801162 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | alecco | null | Matt already [fixed and linked back to your errata](http://mattmahoney.net/dc/dce.html#Section_6163). | null | 0 | 1319928183 | False | 0 | c2vhupx | t3_ltawx | null | t1_c2vhupx | t1_c2vfzlc | null | 1427801167 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | khazathon | null | No.
Edit: fuck no. | null | 0 | 1319928418 | True | 0 | c2vhvoz | t3_lthpe | null | t1_c2vhvoz | t1_c2vh45i | null | 1427801179 | -24 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MarshallBanana | null | Nice! I wouldn't want anyone else to have to go through all THAT to get a decoder working for it.
*Edit:* PS: I wish he'd release PAQ under the LGPL instead so I could actually add support for KGB archives. | null | 0 | 1319928768 | True | 0 | c2vhx3t | t3_ltawx | null | t1_c2vhx3t | t1_c2vhupx | null | 1427801199 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | levirogers | null | Fizz buzz - my little take as a non programmer.
for ($i = 3;$i -lt 101;$i++){
if ($i % 3 -eq 0 ){Write-Host "fizz"}
if ($i % 5 -eq 0 ){Write-Host "BUZZ"}
$i}
>> } | null | 0 | 1319928838 | False | 0 | c2vhxen | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vhxen | t3_lsyok | null | 1427801212 | -6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319929012 | False | 0 | c2vhy4n | t3_lthpe | null | t1_c2vhy4n | t1_c2vhsrf | null | 1427801220 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Darkmoth | null | And in all honesty, sometimes the guy you're hiring is simply a smartass. If you're not the type of manager that likes to be questioned, and he's a questioner, better you both find that out up front. Seriously.
I once had an interviewer ask me the 13 options to unix's grep command (he specifically said "13"). I didn't... | null | 0 | 1319929134 | False | 0 | c2vhyn6 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vhyn6 | t1_c2vdzss | null | 1427801231 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | EntroperZero | null | That's a good line, but not necessarily true.
One of my main tasks at my last job was to make our system configurable by non-programmers. We had purchased a company who knew fuck all about web development, but was great at account management. So we had 300 clients, each with their own directory, with their own PHP c... | null | 0 | 1319929155 | False | 0 | c2vhyq5 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vhyq5 | t1_c2vd8fp | null | 1427801225 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | Nice rant, it almost made sense but there was just enough crazy to make a coherent response impossible. | null | 0 | 1319929281 | False | 0 | c2vhz9i | t3_lr1g7 | null | t1_c2vhz9i | t1_c2vgv5o | null | 1427801230 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | groundshop | null | I don't think I or the author implied that this was a bad thing, or that the *economy* is a zero-sum game. Anyone who took a highschool economics course should be able to tell you that greater economic efficiency improves society's standard of living. To your credit, there are idiots on the internet so I guess your ass... | null | 0 | 1319929451 | False | 0 | c2vhzxf | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vhzxf | t1_c2vdufy | null | 1427801237 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | drhugs | null | The only issue I have with gnu/screen is the name 'screen'
... really?
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True | [deleted] | null | TBH I don't know much about the subject beyond what I've been forced to learn at work thanks to a due diligence process. Wowee, software licensing terms are fun. | null | 0 | 1319929589 | False | 0 | c2vi0gp | t3_ls1wi | null | t1_c2vi0gp | t1_c2ve2k6 | null | 1427801242 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | DrMonkeyLove | null | The sad thing is, I think I've actually seen this job title in real life. | null | 0 | 1319929674 | False | 0 | c2vi0th | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vi0th | t1_c2vh70b | null | 1427801247 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dominictarr | null | if you know of a way to do that same thing in /bin/dash I will use that instead. | null | 0 | 1319929903 | False | 0 | c2vi1qo | t3_lobf3 | null | t1_c2vi1qo | t1_c2v9s5u | null | 1427801259 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Darkmoth | null | > Or do you think Toyota would employ more or fewer people if they switched to manual assembly lines?
They would employ more people. Pretty much by definition. They certainly wouldn't be as *profitable*, but they would also certainly have numerically more employees. | null | 0 | 1319929936 | False | 0 | c2vi1v1 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vi1v1 | t1_c2vdufy | null | 1427801260 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | qblock | null | Both. It's both. | null | 0 | 1319929945 | False | 0 | c2vi1wf | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vi1wf | t1_c2vgiff | null | 1427801261 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dominictarr | null | that doesn't make sense. I wouldn't need to do it again.
do you mean would I put my self through the hell of writing something in bash again?
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True | m42a | null | > To what extent does shared_ptr satisfy the desire for Java-style garbage collection?
It doesn't: shared_ptr does reference counting which doesn't break cycles that garbage collectors can. It is, however, better than manually managing pointers.
> Why did auto and lambda and shared_ptr take 13 years to arrive?... | null | 0 | 1319930149 | False | 0 | c2vi2od | t3_lt22c | null | t1_c2vi2od | t1_c2vhqir | null | 1427801271 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | anon515 | null | Two things I've learned:
1. In college, you learn that there is a right answer and wrong answer. In real life, you learn that *nobody* knows the right answer and in many cases it's impossible to know. So you keep doing things in the mere hope that it will be right in the end.
2. You can try to base your happiness on ... | null | 0 | 1319930154 | False | 0 | c2vi2p8 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vi2p8 | t3_lsyok | null | 1427801271 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ysangkok | null | He actually said it was a good language somewhere between 0 and 20 min. | null | 0 | 1319930245 | False | 0 | c2vi327 | t3_lr0m5 | null | t1_c2vi327 | t1_c2uzs9e | null | 1427801276 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ysangkok | null | Did anyone catch the name of his graduate student? I'd like to see what this propagating business is all about. | null | 0 | 1319930281 | False | 0 | c2vi37c | t3_lr0m5 | null | t1_c2vi37c | t3_lr0m5 | null | 1427801278 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dominictarr | null | I'm not going to argue whether one json parser is better than another.
use whatever tool is most suitable for the job.
the situation that inspired JSON.sh was to use in an install script that you could send to a VM via ssh, and then use it to install the heavier dependencies that you might need.
so the target was bo... | null | 0 | 1319930409 | False | 0 | c2vi3q1 | t3_lobf3 | null | t1_c2vi3q1 | t1_c2veczm | null | 1427801286 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | generalT | null | you can actually grow saprophytic mushrooms on shredded currency. | null | 0 | 1319930413 | False | 0 | c2vi3qh | t3_lrr7h | null | t1_c2vi3qh | t1_c2v6r9v | null | 1427801286 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Darkmoth | null | > Except when people are hiring and ask you questions specific to the stack
That's pretty rare, especially when you tell them you don't *know* the stack.
True story: I am currently working on a project in language X, which I just learned last month. My client could have hired someone who *wrote a book* on language... | null | 0 | 1319930432 | False | 0 | c2vi3sz | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vi3sz | t1_c2vdh47 | null | 1427801295 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | elder_george | null | IIRC your advice is correct in Canada.
In US it doesn't matter. E.g. in Microsoft (and in Google, I presume), all the developers, testers, ops etc *are* called engineers. | null | 0 | 1319930496 | False | 0 | c2vi426 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vi426 | t1_c2vf47i | null | 1427801290 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319930524 | False | 0 | c2vi465 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vi465 | t3_lsyok | null | 1427801290 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dominictarr | null | plenty! | null | 0 | 1319930560 | False | 0 | c2vi4bg | t3_lobf3 | null | t1_c2vi4bg | t1_c2un7lr | null | 1427801292 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319930574 | False | 0 | c2vi4dh | t3_ltmi7 | null | t1_c2vi4dh | t3_ltmi7 | null | 1427801294 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | virt_vera | null | Enjoy all the suffering you decide to inflict on yourself.
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True | generalT | null | whelp, gonna throw all my shredded paper in a blender from now on. | null | 0 | 1319930611 | False | 0 | c2vi4is | t3_lrr7h | null | t1_c2vi4is | t1_c2vb3s8 | null | 1427801296 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | thvdburgt | null | Nice videos, but a website entirely in flash? Damn... | null | 0 | 1319930706 | False | 0 | c2vi4wn | t3_ltc8w | null | t1_c2vi4wn | t1_c2vgmxg | null | 1427801300 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Darkmoth | null | Not necessarily. Especially for a system like that, I'd rather an extremely thorough Java newbie than a sloppy Java guru. A big critical system can be built using only the basic structures of *any* language.
Mission-critical systems in C# don't necessarily use all the capabilities of that language, they are just very ... | null | 0 | 1319930785 | False | 0 | c2vi58b | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vi58b | t1_c2vdlw2 | null | 1427801304 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | edwardkmett | null | Seems to be missing [Bentley-McIlroy](http://pages.cs.brandeis.edu/~dilant/cs175/%5BSiying-Dong%5D.pdf), which is particularly important these days. | null | 0 | 1319930920 | False | 0 | c2vi5ro | t3_ltawx | null | t1_c2vi5ro | t3_ltawx | null | 1427801311 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | geon | null | > They certainly wouldn't be as profitable
Their costs would rise *dramatically*, quality would suffer, they'd get less reliable deliveries, etc.
That wouldn't be a matter of smaller profits, but more like economical hemorrhage. Soon, they'd have to fight to even stay alive. | null | 0 | 1319930963 | False | 0 | c2vi5xq | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vi5xq | t1_c2vi1v1 | null | 1427801313 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319931138 | False | 0 | c2vi6nb | t3_lthpe | null | t1_c2vi6nb | t1_c2vhy4n | null | 1427801323 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Darkmoth | null | Or, you could write CRUD apps for tons of money and do open-source Haskel in your off-time?
I certainly don't hate programming but the *only reason I go to work* is for the money. Otherwise I'd stay home. | null | 0 | 1319931186 | False | 0 | c2vi6tg | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vi6tg | t1_c2vdzc0 | null | 1427801326 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319931461 | False | 0 | c2vi7w9 | t3_lthpe | null | t1_c2vi7w9 | t3_lthpe | null | 1427801341 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Darkmoth | null | Anyone who tells you they enjoy being rented for 8 hours a day is kidding themselves, or has not yet realized what "work" is.
If it's your own business, be passionate. if it's not, be efficient, get paid, and advance your own interests. | null | 0 | 1319931603 | False | 0 | c2vi8fs | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vi8fs | t1_c2vgvxw | null | 1427801348 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | stackolee | null | I think all developers reach a point, a few years into our career, when we realize the real value of education isn't necessarily what's commonly believed, and the business world becomes demystified. This isn't the first blog post about how the "real world" works, and while certainly skewed towards "making money" and ... | null | 0 | 1319931896 | True | 0 | c2vi9ke | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vi9ke | t1_c2vdh3o | null | 1427801360 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | that's the way it works in the free market, typically. Government contracts sometimes have a bit more cushion built into them. Bad contractors aren't just fired in lieu of better ones. Anyhow, I don't have a ton of experience in this area so I'll sign off here... | null | 0 | 1319931935 | False | 0 | c2vi9q6 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vi9q6 | t1_c2vhqo3 | null | 1427801363 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | That's probably true. And if you want a life then you should stick with software companies. As a general trend that is. I'm sure there are exceptions to both. | null | 0 | 1319932098 | False | 0 | c2viace | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2viace | t1_c2vho56 | null | 1427801371 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | thedward | null | I don't think there is a way, unfortunately. | null | 0 | 1319932260 | False | 0 | c2viawr | t3_lobf3 | null | t1_c2viawr | t1_c2vi1qo | null | 1427801380 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | locster | null | Can I hire you to summarise articles posted to reddit? | null | 0 | 1319932308 | False | 0 | c2vib2q | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vib2q | t1_c2vdlpl | null | 1427801381 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Darkmoth | null | I have more, and I think Phylodome is wrong. Oh his advice is good for perhaps 5% of the programmers that will read it (even he says "talented engineer"), that are lucky enough to find a non-shitty startup, that are gifted enough to write code faster and better than their competitors, etc.
And even then, their startup... | null | 0 | 1319932535 | False | 0 | c2vibv8 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vibv8 | t1_c2veocj | null | 1427801394 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319932848 | False | 0 | c2viczo | t3_lt22c | null | t1_c2viczo | t1_c2vfdnc | null | 1427801412 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cs76 | null | It's all about optimizing the harmonious implementation of a synergistic solution. | null | 0 | 1319932913 | False | 0 | c2vid7g | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vid7g | t1_c2vecxf | null | 1427801410 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Durinthal | null | I once spent an entire internship merging five moderately-large Excel VBA scripts that probably put people out of jobs after I left. | null | 0 | 1319932951 | False | 0 | c2vidcr | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vidcr | t1_c2vdb65 | null | 1427801413 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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