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True | cybercobra | null | There's been [an attempt at a guild](http://www.programmersguild.org/). | null | 0 | 1320087554 | False | 0 | c2vwy3x | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vwy3x | t1_c2vuhak | null | 1427808908 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | alan7388 | null | Old but still a classic. | null | 0 | 1320087604 | False | 0 | c2vwydg | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vwydg | t3_lv0aa | null | 1427808912 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aquasucks | null | I got it to work on a 6150 GO (terrible performance) but that doesn't have TurboCache.
The [firefox blocklist](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Blocklisting/Blocked_Graphics_Drivers) lists your Graphics card as not having "layers enabled" (layers is the DX9 version of hardware acceleration). But no word on WebGL. What I sugge... | null | 0 | 1320087626 | False | 0 | c2vwyig | t3_lucrs | null | t1_c2vwyig | t1_c2vwssp | null | 1427808913 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | clowderofsoldiers | null | Yep, and removing that was bullshit. If I had paid for that app, I'd feel fine okay about using the service. | null | 0 | 1320087628 | False | 0 | c2vwyiy | t3_lui39 | null | t1_c2vwyiy | t1_c2vvtpw | null | 1427808913 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MarshallBanana | null | > I wonder how many of you who criticize this comment were even writing software in 1993. By that time, I was writing driver code. I wrote an app in C and assembler to play sounds in Linux without a sound card! My bread-and-butter for the past twenty years has been writing embedded control firmware for electric powe... | null | 0 | 1320087630 | False | 0 | c2vwyjd | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vwyjd | t1_c2vtvyb | null | 1427808913 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Lerc | null | In the long term, video decoding on virtual platforms will supplant codecs in a lot of areas.
All standardized compression systems sacrifice a degree of compression to be that standard. The data has to be designed to be decompressed on a variety of decoders.
Once you move to including the decoder with the data, the ... | null | 0 | 1320087667 | False | 0 | c2vwyqd | t3_lvbw8 | null | t1_c2vwyqd | t3_lvbw8 | null | 1427808915 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SirBastille | null | Only looked at the first one but it read like something I'd encounter on OVa Online Judge. Wound up with a Tower of Hanoi-esque problem. Unless they get harder from there, I find it difficult to imagine this code would be of any use given that anything you can complete in 45 minutes time should be fairly simple in the ... | null | 0 | 1320087734 | False | 0 | c2vwz33 | t3_lveee | null | t1_c2vwz33 | t3_lveee | null | 1427808921 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kyz | null | If you actually wanted small sizes, you'd use [dietlibc](http://www.fefe.de/dietlibc/) which is optimised for executable size.
The purpose of GNU hello is to show you how to do packaging, localization, documentation and standard behaviour in compliance with the GNU standards. That the software even does anything at al... | null | 0 | 1320087828 | False | 0 | c2vwzlr | t3_lunsh | null | t1_c2vwzlr | t1_c2vuj2u | null | 1427808926 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ansible | null | One with a CRT, I heard a loud 'snap', and a perfectly round ball of dense white smoke rose up from the top vent. It seemed to still be functional, but I immediately unplugged it... right after watching the ball dissipate. | null | 0 | 1320087919 | False | 0 | c2vx04u | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vx04u | t1_c2vw4rf | null | 1427808933 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dazealex | null | Very nicely done. Wonder why I never came across it. | null | 0 | 1320088074 | False | 0 | c2vx10o | t3_lunsh | null | t1_c2vx10o | t1_c2vs35n | null | 1428185211 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | xardox | null | GIMP was intended to be usable, and it failed spectacularly at that. Maybe it SHOULD have tried to be a Photoshop clone, at least in the usability department. But the GIMP authors pride themselves in not knowing anything about Photoshop. And maybe they should have picked a less self-defeating name, if they intended for... | null | 0 | 1320088089 | False | 0 | c2vx146 | t3_lv0rx | null | t1_c2vx146 | t1_c2vwpek | null | 1427808955 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jvictor118 | null | Depends on their goal. If their goal is to learn about operating systems, writing an OS could be the way to go. If it's to make money, the focus should be on markets and marketability; if it's to help the open source ecosystem, then probably they should contribute a project that does whatever they know most about (and ... | null | 0 | 1320088152 | False | 0 | c2vx1gb | t3_lv0rx | null | t1_c2vx1gb | t1_c2vwqbt | null | 1427808958 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dazealex | null | ndos was the bee's knees. | null | 0 | 1320088180 | False | 0 | c2vx1la | t3_lunsh | null | t1_c2vx1la | t1_c2vu7ie | null | 1427808959 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ChickenOfDoom | null | Nearly everyone who took the an introductory programming course at the college I went to (all in Scheme) would strongly disagree with this sentiment. I never talked to anyone who wasn't extremely relieved to move on to other languages. | null | 0 | 1320088185 | False | 0 | c2vx1m5 | t3_lul3i | null | t1_c2vx1m5 | t3_lul3i | null | 1427808959 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jvictor118 | null | personally i very rarely have trouble thinking of things i want to work on, as my backlog is already pretty long ;) | null | 0 | 1320088190 | False | 0 | c2vx1n2 | t3_lv0rx | null | t1_c2vx1n2 | t1_c2vwqbt | null | 1427808959 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dj_jorjinho | null | The mods are free to close this if it's not appropriate.
Here's something I started working on an academic project and I was wondering if you could take a look a see if it's any good.
Please feel free to give any kind of constructive comments to the code. I really wanted the code to evolve to something better and lea... | null | 0 | 1320088253 | False | 0 | c2vx212 | t3_lvhcw | null | t1_c2vx212 | t3_lvhcw | null | 1427808965 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | eclectro | null | Let's not also forget that both C and Pascal compilers being used were not standardized either. And in many instances programmers made calls to assemby routines to optimize performance for intensive applications. | null | 0 | 1320088333 | False | 0 | c2vx2ii | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vx2ii | t1_c2vu9nh | null | 1427808969 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | slepnir | null | SDE and SDET at Microsoft are (in theory) on the same pay scale. In reality, it's a lot easier to shine as an SDET and get a better review, which means that you get bigger bonuses and promoted faster. | null | 0 | 1320088358 | False | 0 | c2vx2nf | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vx2nf | t1_c2vu3si | null | 1427808971 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dmpk2k | null | What the heck does FreePascal have that it needs 258MB? That must be including all sources as well? | null | 0 | 1320088468 | False | 0 | c2vx397 | t3_lunsh | null | t1_c2vx397 | t1_c2vwbdv | null | 1427808976 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | electronics-engineer | null | There is an interesting story behind that.
Normally, I work with toys and the processors I use are from companies like Winbond, Elan, and SunPlus. Those are _really_ uninteresting to those not involved in high-volume manufacturing, because they typically have masked ROM and a minimum order of 50,000 dies (no ICs at t... | null | 0 | 1320088598 | False | 0 | c2vx40y | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vx40y | t1_c2vvvik | null | 1427808983 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | shawnturner | null | Short, well written, and with a specific point that most programmers encounter from time to time. Just like the approach being suggested. Nice submission, thanks. | null | 0 | 1320088666 | False | 0 | c2vx4ee | t3_lv0rx | null | t1_c2vx4ee | t3_lv0rx | null | 1427808990 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | AeroNotix | null | Programmers age like wine, the older you get the more involved and esoteric the problem domain you long for.
Something like that, anyway. | null | 0 | 1320088749 | False | 0 | c2vx4vt | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vx4vt | t1_c2vwva9 | null | 1427808995 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Shnazzyone | null | Now that was a good story. I will read this tale to my children so they go the fuck to sleep. | null | 0 | 1320088786 | False | 0 | c2vx52e | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vx52e | t3_lv0aa | null | 1427809004 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rdmiller3 | null | > I can't help but notice that none of that is Mac software, which this is specifically about.
True, but I've done C and assembler on the same processors, both m68k and PowerPC. Some in Linux, some in OS9, some in custom RTOS.
So are you saying it's *that much harder* to write software for an Apple OS? | null | 0 | 1320088800 | True | 0 | c2vx557 | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vx557 | t1_c2vwyjd | null | 1427808998 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jldugger | null | And yep, he made exactly that point. I donno why I bother wasting my time watching these things =) | null | 0 | 1320088884 | False | 0 | c2vx5mi | t3_lsyrc | null | t1_c2vx5mi | t1_c2vevnq | null | 1428185210 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | wadcann | null | >If you actually wanted small sizes, you'd use dietlibc which is optimised for executable size.
Ehh...if I pull the `printf()` and `stdio.h` out, I still seem to get a nearly megabyte binary when statically-linked. It seems kinda wonky to me. I could maybe buy `printf()` being particularly dependency-heavy and th... | null | 0 | 1320088885 | False | 0 | c2vx5mu | t3_lunsh | null | t1_c2vx5mu | t1_c2vwzlr | null | 1428185210 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | paffle | null | It is so true. I recently moved from a meeting-heavy, manager-laden company to one that has very few of either. Developer productivity here is incredible compared to the old place, and all with much less stress. Constant meetings are a sure sign of neurotic or insecure management, so also an indicator of something amis... | null | 0 | 1320088923 | False | 0 | c2vx5vi | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vx5vi | t1_c2vu9kd | null | 1428185208 | 40 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | executex | null | I really fucking hate that you know. Interns should be paid. The idea that companies can just get free workers, (kinda worse than child laborers because they are usually educated and have expenses).
It's a twisting of capitalism due to excess workers in society.
Reminds me of the great depression, everyone yelling an... | null | 0 | 1320089026 | False | 0 | c2vx6h7 | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vx6h7 | t1_c2vw8lx | null | 1427809021 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MarshallBanana | null | No, I am saying that people *didn't use to bother* because the OS only ran on one processor, and there was no reason to *not* take advantage of this fact. There were also API changes because of the processor switch.
Once you have a codebase like that and someone springs a new processor on you, that is going to be a lo... | null | 0 | 1320089127 | False | 0 | c2vx71y | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vx71y | t1_c2vx557 | null | 1427809034 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jkff | null | I'm talking about the commands such as wait\_and\_pop\_next - the item may be lost "in transit" in the condition I described.
Your example for wnp\_next is a compute cluster, and it is always a concern what happens if a compute node fails, or if the task server fails (at least temporarily), or if the network fails - ... | null | 0 | 1320089139 | False | 0 | c2vx74c | t3_lv3o8 | null | t1_c2vx74c | t1_c2vw7qn | null | 1427809026 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | i-hate-digg | null | My respect for gzip goes up another notch. | null | 0 | 1320089144 | False | 0 | c2vx757 | t3_lv8gz | null | t1_c2vx757 | t3_lv8gz | null | 1427809026 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bamburger | null | From my experience Wolfram Alpha is just a front-end to make mathematica usable. | null | 0 | 1320089179 | False | 0 | c2vx7ch | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vx7ch | t1_c2vwejc | null | 1427809031 | 25 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | "We were making great progress, but we couldn't get it done alone. Creating sophisticated software requires a team effort. One person can use smoke and mirrors to make a demo that dazzles an audience. But shipping that to a million customers will expose its flaws and leave everyone looking bad. It is a cliche in our bu... | null | 0 | 1320089228 | False | 0 | c2vx7ly | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vx7ly | t3_lv0aa | null | 1427809035 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I'd have to disagree with that. I'm going to demonstrate by getting paid to do nothing. | null | 0 | 1320089234 | False | 0 | c2vx7mu | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vx7mu | t1_c2vvvfa | null | 1427810416 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Pastrami | null | You mean like [this](http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/The-Proven-Fix.aspx)? | null | 0 | 1320089264 | False | 0 | c2vx7sq | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vx7sq | t1_c2vu4l8 | null | 1427810418 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | executex | null | Yes, just doesn't make any sense, I guess their unethical margins of profit make it possible perhaps.
Helps being able to sell infinite copies of your work digitally and through CDs. It's like printing money. | null | 0 | 1320089273 | False | 0 | c2vx7u1 | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vx7u1 | t1_c2vw36p | null | 1427810418 | -7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cybercobra | null | > Finally, about calculateTravelTime... If parameters were already of type Km and Kph, no more comments would be needed.
Yup. Classic [Primitive Obscession](http://sourcemaking.com/refactoring/primitive-obsession). Buying the *Refactoring* book was one of the best investments I ever made. | null | 0 | 1320089296 | False | 0 | c2vx7yg | t3_lv4c8 | null | t1_c2vx7yg | t1_c2vwv6w | null | 1427810420 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rdmiller3 | null | Well, that's true. Maybe I'm just being too picky about the wording of the OP talking about the processor change. | null | 0 | 1320089303 | False | 0 | c2vx7zj | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vx7zj | t1_c2vx71y | null | 1427810420 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MarshallBanana | null | It was not 50k lines of processor-specific code. It was 50k lines, out of which some unknown subset was processor-specific. | null | 0 | 1320089305 | False | 0 | c2vx800 | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vx800 | t1_c2vvcrs | null | 1427810420 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | executex | null | No you are talking out of your ass, where is your proof. How do we even know you work at microsoft? I have evidence from four different divisions at microsoft saying they get paid a standard $60,000 a year for development work and that's very high for a cheap place like Washington State. | null | 0 | 1320089324 | False | 0 | c2vx841 | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vx841 | t1_c2vw08e | null | 1427810422 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | 34tefefe | null | yo can u give an example | null | 0 | 1320089328 | False | 0 | c2vx84v | t3_lucrs | null | t1_c2vx84v | t1_c2vqk3j | null | 1427810422 | -8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | but Steve WAS morally handicapped. How else could he yell at people and put them in fear? | null | 0 | 1320089348 | False | 0 | c2vx88v | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vx88v | t1_c2vvj6y | null | 1427810424 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | masta | null | Yea, I moved over to FreeBSD back in those days, though now it's all about Fedora. | null | 0 | 1320089402 | False | 0 | c2vx8ib | t3_lpuyx | null | t1_c2vx8ib | t1_c2vwtuo | null | 1427810427 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | earthboundkid | null | Oh man, up vote for truth. I'm hoping if we move out of state I can leave them at the current apartment, but we already dragged them from one apartment to another, so I'm not counting on it. | null | 0 | 1320089551 | False | 0 | c2vx9cb | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vx9cb | t1_c2vwlbb | null | 1427810438 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kmeisthax | null | No. Programmers are libertarians and ideologically opposed to unions. | null | 0 | 1320089648 | False | 0 | c2vx9x0 | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vx9x0 | t1_c2vubpt | null | 1427810444 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | We demand to be taken seriously! | null | 0 | 1320089764 | False | 0 | c2vxalr | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vxalr | t1_c2vwy3x | null | 1427810454 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1320089857 | False | 0 | c2vxb54 | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vxb54 | t3_lv0aa | null | 1427810461 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | johnpowell | null | My build is about a year old. But it is pretty damn fast. It all pretty much worked out of the box. It took about an hour after I confirmed Windows 7 worked on it to install OS X. Here is the list of [parts](http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=13253871). | null | 0 | 1320089923 | False | 0 | c2vxbj7 | t3_lucrs | null | t1_c2vxbj7 | t1_c2vvo2g | null | 1427810466 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | UniversityOfMad | null | Every programmer should read it so they can click on your ref link to Amazon? Sweet bro. | null | 0 | 1320090162 | False | 0 | c2vxcw3 | t3_lvas4 | null | t1_c2vxcw3 | t3_lvas4 | null | 1427810484 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | check3streets | null | If that's the case, I can see the wisdom of it. Redis Pub/Sub was a bolt-on, the authors said as much. This looks better.
Two things come to mind:
1. node - I think redis does a lot of node.js business, seems to go together well. Considering some of the use cases you suggested like chat and games, this also so... | null | 0 | 1320090182 | False | 0 | c2vxd0l | t3_lv3o8 | null | t1_c2vxd0l | t1_c2vwt3t | null | 1427810485 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | scythus | null | Was about to post that if you hadn't - worth watching if you have the time he tells it really well. | null | 0 | 1320090210 | False | 0 | c2vxd6l | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vxd6l | t1_c2vtwb5 | null | 1427810488 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | OGLurker | null | Let's face it, if you're coming from a one-man-team development environment, having Facebook on your resume opens a hell of a lot of new doors for you | null | 0 | 1320090243 | False | 0 | c2vxddm | t3_lveee | null | t1_c2vxddm | t1_c2vwrms | null | 1427810490 | 22 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | thatmorrowguy | null | There are plenty of ways to do massive damage to your company's software, hardware, or data provided you have the right access. The more challenging one is to do it in such a way that forensic IT squads can't figure out who did it and send you to jail for a very long time. | null | 0 | 1320090271 | False | 0 | c2vxdij | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vxdij | t1_c2vuqhe | null | 1427810492 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kaaskop42 | null | I no longer care about traditional techniques for debugging layout issues, this is just too fucking cool and shiny. | null | 0 | 1320090287 | False | 0 | c2vxdm6 | t3_lucrs | null | t1_c2vxdm6 | t3_lucrs | null | 1427810493 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | totalBIC | null | Okay, you're kind of going off to the side there, but my point is that it happens, and likely $100k (or near that) is the normal starting salary for an engineering new grad. Don't know about other degrees though. | null | 0 | 1320090410 | False | 0 | c2vxeaj | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vxeaj | t1_c2vx7u1 | null | 1427810503 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I want to know how much they actually got from Apple for the license. (i.e. did it pay off?)
/yes, I'm a whore. | null | 0 | 1320090414 | False | 0 | c2vxebh | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vxebh | t3_lv0aa | null | 1427810503 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1320090439 | False | 0 | c2vxegv | t3_lu6t7 | null | t1_c2vxegv | t1_c2vvzjz | null | 1427810505 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Anathem | null | What? | null | 0 | 1320090518 | False | 0 | c2vxewm | t3_lvidg | null | t1_c2vxewm | t3_lvidg | null | 1427810511 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | hackenberry | null | I know nothing about programming beside its end result, but this is one of my favorite stories. I've read it many times before and enjoy it every time I come across it. | null | 0 | 1320090545 | False | 0 | c2vxf2v | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vxf2v | t3_lv0aa | null | 1427810517 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | howardRoark36 | null | thanks! what operating system? 32 bit? | null | 0 | 1320090581 | True | 0 | c2vxf9m | t3_luqga | null | t1_c2vxf9m | t1_c2vtqk9 | null | 1427810526 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | badsectoracula | null | The binaries are 15.4MB (i386-win32). These include the preprocessor, compiler, linker, assembler, binary analysis tools, builder helpers (fpcmake), resource compilers, source code documentation processors (fpdoc), internationalization tools, package managers, debugger, C header file-to-unit conversion tools and a bunc... | null | 0 | 1320090682 | False | 0 | c2vxftq | t3_lunsh | null | t1_c2vxftq | t1_c2vx397 | null | 1427810528 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | Other things...
Don't use MVVM Lite, it leaks memory all over the place. (Even in places where the documentation specifically says it won't leak memory.)
Don't create child view-models that get wrapped around every single object in a collection.
Don't use shadow properties in view-models. (This is where you have a o... | null | 0 | 1320090733 | False | 0 | c2vxg3m | t3_lva78 | null | t1_c2vxg3m | t3_lva78 | null | 1427810530 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Damn, you're an ass. | null | 0 | 1320090975 | False | 0 | c2vxhec | t3_lvas4 | null | t1_c2vxhec | t1_c2vxcw3 | null | 1427810545 | -15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rubygeek | null | Anyone who has *done* that would likely have used "port" about the process. The term was frequently used in the 80's and early 90's about total rewrites for new systems. Been there, done that.
| null | 0 | 1320091146 | False | 0 | c2vxibj | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vxibj | t1_c2vvp18 | null | 1427810555 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | hxcobd | null | Adding a border to all DIVs is a bit overkill when you only want to see the layout of 5-10 DIVs, but yeah, that'd work fine too.
It would be remarkably easy to just regex out the "guide_borders" class if you were really worried about it. | null | 0 | 1320091207 | False | 0 | c2vxinj | t3_lucrs | null | t1_c2vxinj | t1_c2vu1cf | null | 1427810561 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I refuse to read a book written by someone who has the MS-windows logo tattooed on his arm.
| null | 0 | 1320091261 | False | 0 | c2vxixg | t3_lvas4 | null | t1_c2vxixg | t3_lvas4 | null | 1427810563 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | What's up with the sushi? It's completely irrelevant and it's making me hungry. | null | 0 | 1320091365 | False | 0 | c2vxjil | t3_lvib8 | null | t1_c2vxjil | t3_lvib8 | null | 1427810571 | 33 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | goldfire | null | > strip also gzips
Sorry, but I have to call that cheating. Is there a way to make it not gzip, to get a better comparison? | null | 0 | 1320091380 | False | 0 | c2vxjli | t3_lunsh | null | t1_c2vxjli | t1_c2vtgbr | null | 1427810573 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rubygeek | null | That may be so, but [this is what Wolfram has to say about how they made Wolfram Alpha with Mathematica](http://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/how-mathematica-made-wolframalpha-possible.html), from using it for the design process to building it on Mathematica technology. | null | 0 | 1320091394 | False | 0 | c2vxjnu | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vxjnu | t1_c2vwejc | null | 1427810574 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | helm | null | Lol, Apple in 1993 was a semi-big but troubled company with a lot of very talented people caught up in poorly managed projects. | null | 0 | 1320091485 | False | 0 | c2vxk5a | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vxk5a | t1_c2vvb33 | null | 1427810580 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | electronics-engineer | null | I have no idea how Reddit picks the images it picks. It would be nice to be able to choose the image myself. | null | 0 | 1320091529 | True | 0 | c2vxkcv | t3_lvib8 | null | t1_c2vxkcv | t1_c2vxjil | null | 1427810583 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Hughlander | null | It's his shtick, almost every article has it. | null | 0 | 1320091538 | False | 0 | c2vxkem | t3_lvib8 | null | t1_c2vxkem | t1_c2vxjil | null | 1427810583 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | washort | null | Come on. Not _Alice In Wonderland_? | null | 0 | 1320091568 | False | 0 | c2vxkk3 | t3_lvas4 | null | t1_c2vxkk3 | t3_lvas4 | null | 1427810585 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rpdillon | null | Perhaps also of interest: Scheme in Python by Peter Norvig (http://norvig.com/lispy.html).
Interesting that Nick also chose the name "Lispy" for one of his projects, though it isn't a scheme interpreter. | null | 0 | 1320091578 | False | 0 | c2vxklx | t3_lvgyu | null | t1_c2vxklx | t3_lvgyu | null | 1427810586 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FUCKYOURENGLISH | null | > "How to be absolutely retarded in the IT industry."
Cisco would qualify as being in this "IT industry" of yours; Apple, not so much. | null | 0 | 1320091619 | False | 0 | c2vxkto | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vxkto | t1_c2vvb33 | null | 1427810589 | -5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | avitzur | null | Thank you for making my day! Good times, good times. | null | 0 | 1320091631 | False | 0 | c2vxkvu | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vxkvu | t1_c2vuiog | null | 1427810589 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rubygeek | null | Unsurprisingly, given that Mac OS was/is immensely important as a platform for Mathematica, and once Graphing Calculator was included for free, it must've been seen as a significant threat.
Amusingly the name Mathematica was suggested by Steve Jobs, and Next included Mathematica with every machine sold from their lau... | null | 0 | 1320091639 | False | 0 | c2vxkxl | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vxkxl | t1_c2vvoui | null | 1427810590 | 24 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I think we need another comment reaffirming the relevance and intense truth behind this statement. | null | 0 | 1320091701 | False | 0 | c2vxl8r | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vxl8r | t1_c2vvfti | null | 1427810594 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Hughlander | null | It's use is to act as a filter before the HR monkey scans your resume for keywords and tosses it out if they don't find them. It's not going to get you a job, it's going to get you to the first level of HR for the first part of the interview.
| null | 0 | 1320091724 | False | 0 | c2vxldh | t3_lveee | null | t1_c2vxldh | t1_c2vwz33 | null | 1427810597 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | executex | null | No it isn't, wtf... Only in microsoft. It is not normal, if anything it is abnormal.
I live in one of the most expensive areas in the country, and that is not the starting salary anywhere, and I've had many offers. And so did many of the 4.0 GPA excelling students that graudated from prestigious universities with me.... | null | 0 | 1320091861 | False | 0 | c2vxm3t | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vxm3t | t1_c2vxeaj | null | 1427810605 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Taaniel | null | You're helping them make it better, it much easier for them to fix it now rather than in 6 months. | null | 0 | 1320092104 | False | 0 | c2vxnf1 | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vxnf1 | t1_c2vv9vt | null | 1427810622 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Rovanion | null | In Sweden there are. But we also have a long history of unions. In Sweden there are unions for about all types of workers. | null | 0 | 1320092126 | False | 0 | c2vxnj8 | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vxnj8 | t1_c2vubpt | null | 1427810625 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SirBastille | null | Yeah, I understand that much. I suppose it was the title I was taking issue with more than anything with its claim of "Give your time and code to Facebook for free" since anything that you write in there isn't going to be anything extravagant in the first place. | null | 0 | 1320092173 | False | 0 | c2vxns5 | t3_lveee | null | t1_c2vxns5 | t1_c2vxldh | null | 1427810628 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1320092246 | False | 0 | c2vxo71 | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vxo71 | t1_c2vxl8r | null | 1427810632 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I've worked with someone who was fond of those "explain exactly what each line accomplishes" comments. He was a terrible developer in just about every way imaginable, too.
For example:
// get url
// $this->getUrl();
I was so happy the day he left. | null | 0 | 1320092265 | False | 0 | c2vxoav | t3_lv4c8 | null | t1_c2vxoav | t3_lv4c8 | null | 1427810634 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | s73v3r | null | On the one hand, it kinda is "give time and code to FB for free". But on the other hand, while some of these puzzles are probably related to actual challenges they face, I doubt the code from someone's entry is going to end up in production. | null | 0 | 1320092289 | False | 0 | c2vxof9 | t3_lveee | null | t1_c2vxof9 | t3_lveee | null | 1427810635 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | badsectoracula | null | I suppose that many programmers do not mind pasting libraries together. Personally i find it very boring - being creative is the biggest reason why i like programming. Probably i'm not fit for modern programming.
I wonder if things are the same in embedded space. I somehow see people programming microcontrollers and t... | null | 0 | 1320092315 | False | 0 | c2vxokz | t3_lvib8 | null | t1_c2vxokz | t3_lvib8 | null | 1427810646 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | What the hell is up with your coding style? | null | 0 | 1320092345 | False | 0 | c2vxoq0 | t3_lvidg | null | t1_c2vxoq0 | t3_lvidg | null | 1427810640 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | s73v3r | null | I think that last part was editorializing by the submitter. I didn't see anything on those lines in the article. | null | 0 | 1320092346 | False | 0 | c2vxoq7 | t3_lveee | null | t1_c2vxoq7 | t1_c2vxns5 | null | 1427810640 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | trades | null | There's also a more complete implementation of Scheme in Python by Norvig: [lispy2](http://norvig.com/lispy2.html).
Strictly speaking, my Lispy project is not Scheme. However it is very similar and was based off the excellent series [Scheme from Scratch](http://michaux.ca/articles/scheme-from-scratch-introduction) by... | null | 0 | 1320092425 | False | 0 | c2vxp6x | t3_lvgyu | null | t1_c2vxp6x | t1_c2vxklx | null | 1427810654 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | com2kid | null | > No it isn't, wtf... Only in microsoft. It is not normal, if anything it is abnormal
Microsoft recently raised its pay scale to match that of Google and Amazon, who also have offices in the area.
From what I have experienced ~90k is the average starting salary for pure software companies.
Due to their poor perfo... | null | 0 | 1320092498 | False | 0 | c2vxpla | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vxpla | t1_c2vxm3t | null | 1427810661 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | theavatare | null | I can verify that is not the norm unless you are at a top 10 school. | null | 0 | 1320092561 | False | 0 | c2vxpzg | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vxpzg | t1_c2vvm4o | null | 1427810658 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | h4l | null | The thing is, Photoshop is hardly the epitome of usability. It's a fairly arbitrarily organised collection of tools, of which most people use a small fraction.
GIMP also seems to be fairly arbitrarily organised, but gets slated for it because nobody remembers what it's like to learn Photoshop from scratch.
That said,... | null | 0 | 1320092627 | False | 0 | c2vxqcw | t3_lv0rx | null | t1_c2vxqcw | t1_c2vv443 | null | 1427810661 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pbjorge | null | I'm experiencing this in my computer architecture class right now. I imagine compilers will be an even grander experience. | null | 0 | 1320092841 | False | 0 | c2vxrku | t3_lv0rx | null | t1_c2vxrku | t1_c2vwnx6 | null | 1427810677 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | powatom | null | Scumbag Facebook: Hires top-notch developers, releases a shitty API. | null | 0 | 1320092900 | False | 0 | c2vxrwh | t3_lveee | null | t1_c2vxrwh | t3_lveee | null | 1427810681 | 27 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | i-hate-digg | null | His name is Robert Paulson. | null | 0 | 1320093042 | False | 0 | c2vxso7 | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vxso7 | t1_c2vuqhe | null | 1427810694 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ethraax | null | You got to build your own OS in your operating systems class? I wish we did in mine... | null | 0 | 1320093052 | False | 0 | c2vxsq9 | t3_lv0rx | null | t1_c2vxsq9 | t1_c2vw7j9 | null | 1427810693 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cryptoz | null | Yes, a similar thing happened to me in computer architecture as well. It's a great feeling :) | null | 0 | 1320093073 | False | 0 | c2vxsu6 | t3_lv0rx | null | t1_c2vxsu6 | t1_c2vxrku | null | 1427810696 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | totalBIC | null | Sorry, I misstated that. I meant normal for MS. I thought that was understood since that's all we've been discussing.
However, on your note, $60k+ is normal for electrical and computer engineering new grads in Ontario. I would have assumed it would be higher in the US. | null | 0 | 1320093078 | False | 0 | c2vxsuy | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vxsuy | t1_c2vxm3t | null | 1427810696 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | my_new_alt_account | null | With 4 years of experience out of college, I was hired by Safelite Autoglass as a software developer for $120,000 in Columbus, OH (a relatively cheap place to live) almost 2yrs ago. If I'd stayed, I'd likely be at $130k now. | null | 0 | 1320093189 | False | 0 | c2vxtg4 | t3_lv0aa | null | t1_c2vxtg4 | t1_c2vxm3t | null | 1427810701 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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