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True | rabidgnat | null | 2) Yep!
3) Even if you don't explicitly implement MVC, it's a helpful mental separation.
4) I usually started it as a separate class, and refactored into a separate DLL when I needed it elsewhere. Try dragging the instance variables that have nothing to do with the form into the application class. You have some of th... | null | 0 | 1315026147 | False | 0 | c2h69b7 | t3_k33jt | null | t1_c2h69b7 | t1_c2h62if | null | 1427553241 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | beej71 | null | Fun stuff, this... looks like you had a good time writing it, too! | null | 0 | 1315026225 | False | 0 | c2h69kh | t3_k2fk4 | null | t1_c2h69kh | t1_c2gzvoh | null | 1427553246 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sastrone | null | easily | null | 0 | 1315026248 | False | 0 | c2h69ng | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h69ng | t1_c2h67p1 | null | 1427553246 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | techwizrd | null | Install [setuptools](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools) and make sure to add C:\Python26\Scripts\ to your PATH environment variable. Then you should be good to go. | null | 0 | 1315026312 | False | 0 | c2h69uv | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h69uv | t1_c2h67p1 | null | 1427553248 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | directrix1 | null | I'm not sure if either of these still work. I wrote them years ago, and during my break at work. I got tired of having multiple chat rooms on multiple networks with friends who couldn't access the other ones because of various company firewall policies. It's sloppy code I know. I never intended to release this in any w... | null | 0 | 1315026344 | True | 0 | c2h69yf | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h69yf | t1_c2h63sj | null | 1427553250 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | authorblues | null | > T_p is written in python3 and the only library in use outside of the stdlib is httplib2.
Still can't seem to kick httplib2? I'm telling you, urllib is superior! | null | 0 | 1315026423 | False | 0 | c2h6a6v | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6a6v | t1_c2h5fo7 | null | 1427553254 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | techwizrd | null | If you're writing Python code, you should generally try to follow [PEP8](http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/). Specifically, you might want to look under the section labeled 'Naming Conventions'.
PEP8 is pretty much *the* accepted standard coding conventions and style guide for Python. | null | 0 | 1315026664 | False | 0 | c2h6axi | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6axi | t1_c2h51hz | null | 1427553262 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Fhajad | null | Maybe it's cause I use Windows and Pidgin requires .dll's for plugins. Whatever. Why can't anyone say this to me instead of "hurrr idiot downvote".
This is the shit that makes reddit terrible. | null | 0 | 1315026692 | False | 0 | c2h6b0x | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6b0x | t1_c2h5rbs | null | 1427553265 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | authorblues | null | I want to see this bot of yours. That sounds really clever! I'd love to hear how you are doing the classification.
Python is an excellent language for rapid prototyping. I chose it, personally, because I knew that day I could write garbage code over the course of an afternoon and end up with a fully-working bot before... | null | 0 | 1315026768 | False | 0 | c2h6b8g | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6b8g | t1_c2h5jv0 | null | 1427553272 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aperson | null | I like httplib2 :) It's easy to use. It's urllib one way or the other anyways. | null | 0 | 1315026834 | False | 0 | c2h6bfm | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6bfm | t1_c2h6a6v | null | 1427553270 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | authorblues | null | I know, I just like to pick. You didn't pick my choice, and since it was my choice, it is obviously superior.
Still though, I've been keeping an eye on tweet_poster. Your bot makes me happy. You do good work. At least your bot is utilitarian. My bot is a meta-reddit retard that is only right about 85% of the time. Tha... | null | 0 | 1315026967 | False | 0 | c2h6bua | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6bua | t1_c2h6bfm | null | 1427553280 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aperson | null | I wouldn't go as far and say hero :P, heh. I screwed up on a feature last night (it's a secret one that I added in honor of its first 10k karma). I woke up and t_p had message spammed two people. I felt really bad for that one :S. I think I'm going to learn decorators and see what I can do with those. Oh, and dail... | null | 0 | 1315027351 | False | 0 | c2h6d2l | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6d2l | t1_c2h6bua | null | 1427553290 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | walrod | null | Also recomended to their engineers by Google:
http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/pyguide.html#Naming | null | 0 | 1315027595 | False | 0 | c2h6dtz | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6dtz | t1_c2h59n1 | null | 1427553304 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315027726 | False | 0 | c2h6e9f | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6e9f | t1_c2h5kwx | null | 1427553307 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SteveMcQwark | null | No, I think he actually wants you to queue the jokes, so that they can be dealt with one at a time... | null | 0 | 1315027764 | False | 0 | c2h6edu | t3_k0gbq | null | t1_c2h6edu | t1_c2goeul | null | 1427553317 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | YellowOnion | null | Ignore other guys, pretty sure Pidgin needs dbus to run this script, and Pidgin in windows doesn't include dbus | null | 0 | 1315028235 | False | 0 | c2h6fve | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6fve | t1_c2h5r54 | null | 1427553341 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | YellowOnion | null | Good luck getting dbus running on windows. | null | 0 | 1315028279 | False | 0 | c2h6g0f | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6g0f | t1_c2h5yic | null | 1427553332 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | YellowOnion | null | You could do one line of Python, and it'll still look better. | null | 0 | 1315028486 | False | 0 | c2h6gnu | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6gnu | t1_c2h498x | null | 1427553342 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315028565 | False | 0 | c2h6gvx | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6gvx | t1_c2h5r54 | null | 1427553344 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FlySwat | null | Build from command line?
Msbuild thing.sln /t:Build /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=x86 | null | 0 | 1315028590 | False | 0 | c2h6gyr | t3_k33jt | null | t1_c2h6gyr | t1_c2h5uiq | null | 1427553345 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Computers are stupid. | null | 0 | 1315028694 | False | 0 | c2h6hao | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6hao | t1_c2h4gwt | null | 1427553348 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | YellowOnion | null | reddit is fine, it's just the users that thinks those arrows are agree/disagree buttons | null | 0 | 1315028762 | False | 0 | c2h6him | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6him | t1_c2h6b0x | null | 1427553349 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | danthemango | null | [you should run it in Virtualbox](http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads), it's much easier and doesn't make any permanent changes to your computer | null | 0 | 1315028841 | False | 0 | c2h6hqt | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6hqt | t1_c2h5r54 | null | 1427553352 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | RevoltingX | null | These restrictions severly limit the range of programmers who can contribute to the project, and on which platforms it runs hence it hurts the project.
This is why i recommend this. | null | 0 | 1315028882 | False | 0 | c2h6hvd | t3_k33jt | null | t1_c2h6hvd | t1_c2h67iy | null | 1427553353 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Kzone272 | null | I can't stand typing constant underscores though. It frustrates me because it feels like stop and go typing. It is a bit easier to read snake_case than camelCase but I find it worth the speed when typing. | null | 0 | 1315028907 | False | 0 | c2h6hxw | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6hxw | t1_c2h61qu | null | 1427553364 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ChainSmokingPanda | null | Wrong sir. If you look at the website you can see how the propulsion process works. The solar panels are only to power the on-board electronics, which are a pretty key part of a research bot. | null | 0 | 1315028969 | False | 0 | c2h6i3o | t3_k0gbq | null | t1_c2h6i3o | t1_c2gxj5k | null | 1427553356 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Fhajad | null | It's not even that. I asked a simple thing, could have been averted if someone of the original 20 that downvoted went "Hey this is why it can't be done." Instead people go out of their way, unhide the comment only to downvote further.
:/ | null | 0 | 1315028978 | False | 0 | c2h6i4q | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6i4q | t1_c2h6him | null | 1427553357 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | eras | null | Had forgotten about SMC. SMC is nice, except perhaps the syntax could be nicer. But for me the main missing feature was the lack of verification tools. IIRC it didn't even have a way to produce a tabular representation of the machine, that would've allowed to visually inspect if all the inputs were handled, but perhaps... | null | 0 | 1315029044 | False | 0 | c2h6icc | t3_k12ka | null | t1_c2h6icc | t1_c2h2nv1 | null | 1427553361 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | drhugs | null | Why != 2 here and == 2 there?
Why not make it == 2 both places? To annunciate the exceptional case.
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True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315029130 | False | 0 | c2h6ilx | t3_k3ak0 | null | t1_c2h6ilx | t3_k3ak0 | null | 1427553365 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315029260 | False | 0 | c2h6iyy | t3_k2i8r | null | t1_c2h6iyy | t3_k2i8r | null | 1427553369 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dorfsmay | null | I call that the reverse-turing-test: Bots checking if the other is stupid enough to be human! | null | 0 | 1315029439 | False | 0 | c2h6jhw | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6jhw | t1_c2h51y3 | null | 1427553377 | 21 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | White_Hamster | null | I'm still having a hard time understanding why unit tests are so bad to you here. What is so bad about testing that certain functionality doesn't break as other pieces of the code evolves? No, it's not exhaustive, but how is it feasible to build full on regression tests on an application in a whole if it's all evolvin... | null | 0 | 1315029646 | False | 0 | c2h6k3p | t3_k2ihg | null | t1_c2h6k3p | t1_c2h5xge | null | 1427553384 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | YellowOnion | null | It's the way you put it I think.
"How do I run this?" would be rather better. | null | 0 | 1315030301 | False | 0 | c2h6lwm | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6lwm | t1_c2h6i4q | null | 1427553407 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Danthekilla | null | Personally fuck foreach loops and vars.
I despise both of them, boxing nightmares and they make code unreadable (well vars do).
I don't see the benifit of using foreachs they are harder to read, harder to debug, cannot remove elements of a collection within them when iterating that collection.
End rant | null | 0 | 1315030307 | False | 0 | c2h6lxb | t3_k33jt | null | t1_c2h6lxb | t1_c2h5hw2 | null | 1427553407 | -9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gospelwut | null | There will be a piece of kludgery somewhere, sometime that has to be there to work. It's inevitable. Without the comments to ward people away from it, somebody will break "all the things" when trying to refactor ..all the things. | null | 0 | 1315030337 | False | 0 | c2h6m0o | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6m0o | t1_c2h4pgr | null | 1427553408 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gospelwut | null | I'm a bit surprised to see this code here and not the Reddit bot code (which is actually posted in some obscure "hacking" subreddit--if you do a search).
I still think /r/programming should collectively troll /r/politics with a bot that obtains like 90,000 karma in a month. | null | 0 | 1315030406 | False | 0 | c2h6m8h | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6m8h | t3_k2x8k | null | 1427553411 | -5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ukepriest | null | Does virtualbox run in the background all the time like other virtualization methods? | null | 0 | 1315030427 | False | 0 | c2h6maj | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6maj | t1_c2h6hqt | null | 1427553412 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Fhajad | null | I forgot Pidgin was cross platform by a ton and not everyone uses .dll's, where as the windows counterpart I've been using for years does. So durp on my part, sure. | null | 0 | 1315030447 | False | 0 | c2h6mcq | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6mcq | t1_c2h6lwm | null | 1427553412 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lbrent | null | > That's exactly the problem I'm trying to solve. My client is adamant that users (and more likely competitors, prospective investors, etc.) can't infer anything about the size of the site's content from patterns in IDs.
May I ask why? I understand that there are certain cases (billing numbers, user ids, ...) where... | null | 0 | 1315030556 | False | 0 | c2h6mo6 | t3_k1owo | null | t1_c2h6mo6 | t1_c2gyki9 | null | 1427553418 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | YellowOnion | null | I think you can program in Perl and TCL for windows as well, which aren't compiled languages (don't use DLLs)
Python it's self doesn't compile to a DLL. | null | 0 | 1315030926 | False | 0 | c2h6noz | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6noz | t1_c2h6mcq | null | 1427553438 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | skim1420 | null | Some how I unknowingly pressed the "play" button on my Mac keyboard, which got some song from Les Miserables playing in the background. As the dueling "my voice is higher than.." escalated, it got really dramatic with the operatic singing in the background. I thought it was a part of the youtube vid and it was affectin... | null | 0 | 1315030997 | False | 0 | c2h6nvk | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6nvk | t1_c2h4gwt | null | 1427553440 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Gary13579 | null | Depends what you mean "all the time"... does it run while you have Windows fired up in it? Yeah, it kinda has to, but once you shut it down and close the program it doesn't keep running in the background. Granted it has been a few years since I have used it in Windows, the only thing that needs to "run" in the backgrou... | null | 0 | 1315031003 | False | 0 | c2h6nw8 | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6nw8 | t1_c2h6maj | null | 1427553440 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Get an editor plugin that transforms one to another. I don't know. Really depends on whether or not someone is ever going to read your code anyway. And then again, it's not like camelcase is impossible to read.
Mixes like set_Value or SetValue really piss me off though (or languages like PHP and their lack of code sta... | null | 0 | 1315031184 | False | 0 | c2h6odr | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6odr | t1_c2h6hxw | null | 1427553445 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rkenned | null | Inability to remove elements from within the loop is a feature. If you're going to be changing the size of the collection then by all means use a regular for loop. I wasn't saying to use a foreach in all circumstances.
For me they're much easier to read so it is just a matter of opinion. More importantly, they're... | null | 0 | 1315031355 | False | 0 | c2h6ov9 | t3_k33jt | null | t1_c2h6ov9 | t1_c2h6lxb | null | 1427553449 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | burdalane | null | Interesting read. I learned what scrum is. I generally dislike meetings, but I guess daily meetings are okay as long as you don't have to give a lengthy presentation every day. I would just be annoyed that I have to stop procrastinating long enough to have anything to say. | null | 0 | 1315031397 | False | 0 | c2h6ozl | t3_k2ctj | null | t1_c2h6ozl | t3_k2ctj | null | 1427553451 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mushishi | null | I think you might want to try this http://www.coderemarks.com/
It's currently on AppEngine but we might need to host it on another platform because of the pricing model change.
We are working on a pro version for company-wise use but suggestions are appreciated for the free version, too. | null | 0 | 1315031626 | False | 0 | c2h6pku | t3_k33jt | null | t1_c2h6pku | t1_c2h53i0 | null | 1427553456 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jeffjose | null | I learnt a thing or two -- OK fine, I didnt know any of these -- from this.
Thank you kind sir. | null | 0 | 1315031635 | False | 0 | c2h6plv | t3_k11yc | null | t1_c2h6plv | t1_c2h5bgf | null | 1428195658 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | barsoap | null | They're not *bad*. Do use them, they're useful for a couple of things, like catching regressions. For that, you need only a handful, at the most one for each fixed bug. If you really, really, want to, plaster your code with them, it's not going to hurt and only going to waste your, not my, time, but...
Seeing them as ... | null | 0 | 1315031737 | True | 0 | c2h6pv3 | t3_k2ihg | null | t1_c2h6pv3 | t1_c2h6k3p | null | 1427553459 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315031912 | False | 0 | c2h6qa9 | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6qa9 | t1_c2h6b0x | null | 1427553464 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ketralnis | null | I don't understand why people are reporting this link. It's the most `/r/programming` link here all week. It even has *code* and shit. | null | 0 | 1315032376 | False | 0 | c2h6rek | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6rek | t3_k2x8k | null | 1427553482 | 286 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | __j_random_hacker | null | Yes, I've seen several articles by Raymond Chen that detail the lengths MS has gone to to keep 3rd-party applications running. Some of them are astounding. I remember one in which MS figured out that some game had a double-`free()` bug that caused it to crash under the new memory allocation algorithm used in the new ... | null | 0 | 1315032416 | False | 0 | c2h6rhs | t3_k2ip8 | null | t1_c2h6rhs | t1_c2h3nmx | null | 1427553489 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Franciscouzo | null | [/r/haiku_accounts](http://www.reddit.com/r/haiku_accounts/) | null | 0 | 1315032775 | False | 0 | c2h6seq | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6seq | t1_c2h5lzk | null | 1427553495 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | TacticalJoke | null | >On a related note, you should comment the public methods with restrictions on the input, and what the return value represents. C# has a documentation standard, learn it!
In my opinion, the standard code-documentation methods in C# are pretty poor. They add a large amount of noise to the code, which harms readabil... | null | 0 | 1315032934 | False | 0 | c2h6st4 | t3_k33jt | null | t1_c2h6st4 | t1_c2h5tp1 | null | 1427553499 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | White_Hamster | null | I agree with you on that, it's not a measure of good code, it's just another tool. There is no one way, and like everything else, a combination works best. Also, I hate you for making me remember my theoretical computation classes. I swore off DFAs for good, and now I'm starting to bleed.
The way we do it at my work i... | null | 0 | 1315033136 | False | 0 | c2h6tap | t3_k2ihg | null | t1_c2h6tap | t1_c2h6pv3 | null | 1427553502 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jeff_hanson | null | Yes, thank you for the explanation! That was informative. | null | 0 | 1315033165 | False | 0 | c2h6td0 | t3_k11yc | null | t1_c2h6td0 | t1_c2h5bgf | null | 1427553503 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | smackson | null | "compiler errors are much more reliable for that than tests"
Hmmmmm.....
That depends a **lot** on a zillion unkonwn things, including language implementations, coding practies, coder proficiency....
The fact is... when you get a complex system, *NOTHING is exhaustive*. So, where do you decide to start checking when... | null | 0 | 1315033553 | False | 0 | c2h6tio | t3_k2ihg | null | t1_c2h6tio | t1_c2h5i3n | null | 1427553505 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | danthemango | null | no, it's just a program. What virtualization are you thinking of? | null | 0 | 1315034624 | False | 0 | c2h6vd0 | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6vd0 | t1_c2h6maj | null | 1427553531 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | barsoap | null | > when you get a complex system, NOTHING is exhaustive.
Everything *can* be, with due diligence. All the ingredients are there. Granted, firing up Coq or coding in, say, Agda, is not for the faint of heart, but there's a lot of low-hanging fruit that can be picked that don't require proof-writing capabilities.
I ... | null | 0 | 1315034706 | False | 0 | c2h6vic | t3_k2ihg | null | t1_c2h6vic | t1_c2h6tio | null | 1427553533 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rhdoenges | null | no, it comes with [spin.js](http://fgnass.github.com/spin.js/)! | null | 0 | 1315034754 | False | 0 | c2h6vm2 | t3_k1lj4 | null | t1_c2h6vm2 | t1_c2gy36h | null | 1428195657 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jyper | null | camelCase is the standard in Java and PascalCase for C# | null | 0 | 1315035434 | False | 0 | c2h6wxj | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6wxj | t1_c2h57g6 | null | 1427553553 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jyper | null | Isn't there a version of dbus for windows?(no idea how well it works or if it would work with the default windows pidgin binary) | null | 0 | 1315035721 | False | 0 | c2h6xgu | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h6xgu | t1_c2h6qa9 | null | 1427553557 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dogweather | null | Ever use a regex? | null | 0 | 1315035937 | False | 0 | c2h6xwk | t3_k12ka | null | t1_c2h6xwk | t3_k12ka | null | 1427553563 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | smackson | null | Great points! And the original video talked a little about the difference between testing mission-critical/medical/etc stuff and the other 90%.
I realise, my previous post was really about that other 90%.
When complex systems need to basically "get a job done" for hundreds or millions of people-- that's one kind of d... | null | 0 | 1315036225 | False | 0 | c2h6yhz | t3_k2ihg | null | t1_c2h6yhz | t1_c2h6vic | null | 1427553573 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cypherpunk | null | You are referring to the (in)famous Sim City anecdote. Joel Spolsky mentioned it years ago on http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/APIWar.html (search for SimCity). | null | 0 | 1315036323 | False | 0 | c2h6yo9 | t3_k2ip8 | null | t1_c2h6yo9 | t1_c2h6rhs | null | 1427553573 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | barsoap | null | I'd say there are languages that are good at hosting DSLs, the two champions being Lisp(-like) and Haskell, both in their own way, then there's languages that just plain suck at it (due to being too inflexible, like, say, Java), and then there's those language that you *can* use and at first it looks nice, but in the e... | null | 0 | 1315036442 | False | 0 | c2h6ywj | t3_k2ihg | null | t1_c2h6ywj | t1_c2h362b | null | 1427553577 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | yiyus | null | GNU-style simplicity? lol | null | 0 | 1315036861 | False | 0 | c2h6zr2 | t3_k1lc2 | null | t1_c2h6zr2 | t1_c2gtkmt | null | 1427553596 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Wolfspaw | null | > "I'm an expert in xml" random guy
> "It's like being expert in comma separated values isn't?" Terence Parr
I laughed. | null | 0 | 1315037276 | False | 0 | c2h70jm | t3_k2ihg | null | t1_c2h70jm | t3_k2ihg | null | 1427553601 | 23 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mach0 | null | You could just silently unsubscribe them from this subreddit. It's kinda sad to read all these comments "how to use it?". If you're asking questions like these, this is subreddit isn't really for you. | null | 0 | 1315038006 | False | 0 | c2h71uw | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h71uw | t1_c2h6rek | null | 1427553616 | 30 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | danuker | null | Still, they're arguably better than retarded cockroaches.
And becoming smarter. | null | 0 | 1315038164 | False | 0 | c2h7252 | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h7252 | t1_c2h6hao | null | 1427553625 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315038702 | False | 0 | c2h7329 | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h7329 | t3_k2x8k | null | 1427553631 | -10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mehwoot | null | What a load of fucking wank. Get over yourself, whoever wrote this. | null | 0 | 1315038865 | False | 0 | c2h73d7 | t3_k1lc2 | null | t1_c2h73d7 | t3_k1lc2 | null | 1427553635 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | stesch | null | WTF? The page shows for a second and forwards me to the mobile version of the front-page?
**EDIT:** You need to be fast and click the print icon. http://www.informationweek.com/articles/231600672?printer_friendly=this-page
| null | 0 | 1315038901 | False | 0 | c2h73f6 | t3_k3bwx | null | t1_c2h73f6 | t3_k3bwx | null | 1427553636 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Who the fuck comes up with these names!?
I love coding in python, but libraries like that make me want to kill myself.
(Unless I'm mistaken and the purple interface actually do something purpleish) | null | 0 | 1315039128 | False | 0 | c2h73t9 | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h73t9 | t1_c2h46z0 | null | 1427553651 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | imbaczek | null | you may want to keep drawing methods in separate classes for easier maintenance. use something like TileDrawer, MapDrawer, etc. you'll be able to test easier, switch to a new engine easier, etc. | null | 0 | 1315039349 | False | 0 | c2h7488 | t3_k33jt | null | t1_c2h7488 | t3_k33jt | null | 1427553651 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | eterps | null | See also: http://www.reddit.com/r/suckless/
| null | 0 | 1315039798 | False | 0 | c2h74yk | t3_k1lc2 | null | t1_c2h74yk | t3_k1lc2 | null | 1428195653 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gilgoomesh | null | You don't read the whole thing – but as soon as you notice a bug/quirk, you're likely to start looking at the specific lines that define the macros giving you problems. | null | 0 | 1315039948 | False | 0 | c2h757h | t3_k2ip8 | null | t1_c2h757h | t1_c2h2ess | null | 1427553662 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | PhilxBefore | null | \o
Can't leave a brother hangin'. | null | 0 | 1315040148 | False | 0 | c2h75jk | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h75jk | t1_c2h5syo | null | 1427553666 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sockpuppetzero | null | Ah, I thought you were referring to [Colin Percival's argument](http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2009-06-11-cryptographic-right-answers.html) that encrypt in CTR mode and then append an HMAC is the right choice in most common cryptographic situations because it minimizes the opportunity for timing attacks. And of cou... | null | 0 | 1315040284 | True | 0 | c2h75qz | t3_k1owo | null | t1_c2h75qz | t1_c2h5x1b | null | 1427553668 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gilgoomesh | null | Well shit, I should stop using almost every parser ever written. Just about every regex. Every computer game as well. Probably stop using Mac/Windows user-interface controls too. Maybe I'll stop using every virtual-machine ever written.
This post reveals a huge amount myopia on the part of the author. Clearly, the aut... | null | 0 | 1315040346 | True | 0 | c2h75u7 | t3_k12ka | null | t1_c2h75u7 | t3_k12ka | null | 1427553669 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | heckenpenner | null | Values of different types (references, integers, etc. ) are tagged with different tag bits. Or an extra lookup table for each stack frame tells you where they are. | null | 0 | 1315040668 | True | 0 | c2h76cb | t3_k2jpn | null | t1_c2h76cb | t1_c2h5mdg | null | 1427553673 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kashiwagi | null | That would require friends. | null | 0 | 1315040811 | False | 0 | c2h76js | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h76js | t1_c2h3x4m | null | 1427553676 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sketerpot | null | What a load of fucking wank. Get over yourself, whoever wrote this.
(Meta snark aside, the author of this article should definitely replace bombast with examples. It would make the thing a lot more useful.) | null | 0 | 1315040979 | True | 0 | c2h76su | t3_k1lc2 | null | t1_c2h76su | t1_c2h73d7 | null | 1427553680 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315040986 | False | 0 | c2h76t4 | t3_k1lc2 | null | t1_c2h76t4 | t1_c2h76su | null | 1427553680 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ForgettableUsername | null | Names are for friends, so I don't need one. | null | 0 | 1315041064 | False | 0 | c2h76x9 | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h76x9 | t1_c2h76js | null | 1427553681 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Taladar | null | Are you sure you mean what you wrote there? Running old software on an old copy of Windows doesn't seem very impressive but actually kind of obvious that that would work. | null | 0 | 1315041234 | False | 0 | c2h775i | t3_k2ip8 | null | t1_c2h775i | t1_c2h3nmx | null | 1427553684 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Concise_Pirate | null | I am very sure. If you think this is obvious you are a somewhat naive optimist about how easy it is to change a platform drastically without breaking the things above it. | null | 0 | 1315041626 | False | 0 | c2h77q2 | t3_k2ip8 | null | t1_c2h77q2 | t1_c2h775i | null | 1427553691 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | codenut | null | no websocket support? | null | 0 | 1315042259 | False | 0 | c2h78n7 | t3_k2niy | null | t1_c2h78n7 | t3_k2niy | null | 1427553704 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Jameshfisher | null | So false *negatives* are not considered acceptable in a real-world conservative GC, because this would lead to the GC deallocating memory where in fact the program still holds a pointer it, and thus will cause a crash.
However, false *positives* are considered acceptable! The reasoning here seems to be that (a) they ... | null | 0 | 1315042479 | False | 0 | c2h78x9 | t3_k2jpn | null | t1_c2h78x9 | t1_c2h3l6n | null | 1427553708 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Unfortunately mods can not do such a thing. Even banned people can downvote and report. | null | 0 | 1315042545 | False | 0 | c2h790m | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h790m | t1_c2h71uw | null | 1427553709 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I think some people have an idea that everything related to programming should be boring, or super technical. Which is sad, because much innovation and general skill comes from hacking at things to have a little fun. | null | 0 | 1315042653 | False | 0 | c2h7953 | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h7953 | t1_c2h6rek | null | 1427553711 | 22 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mehwoot | null | Hey, you repeated what I said. Good for you.
Except, I'm not claiming I'm better than everybody else and that everyone would suck less if they copied me.
But honestly, the reason why I view this as wank is because they just espouse a list of things which pretty much all software writers agree with: "simple and ele... | null | 0 | 1315042927 | False | 0 | c2h79gx | t3_k1lc2 | null | t1_c2h79gx | t1_c2h76su | null | 1427553715 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | project2501a | null | > If you're on any version of Ubuntu you should get a brain
FIFY
edit: s/a\ recent/any/g | null | 0 | 1315043099 | True | 0 | c2h79pl | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h79pl | t1_c2h5kwx | null | 1427553718 | -8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cpplinuxdude | null | Would be useful if any of my friends spoke to me :'( | null | 0 | 1315043703 | False | 0 | c2h7akt | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h7akt | t3_k2x8k | null | 1427553732 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tryx | null | If I am not mistaken, it's the interface to [libpurple](http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/WhatIsLibpurple). | null | 0 | 1315043798 | False | 0 | c2h7apn | t3_k2x8k | null | t1_c2h7apn | t1_c2h73t9 | null | 1427553734 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | wolf550e | null | In java, you can't put a pointer to an object into a variable (or a field of a class instance) that is not declared to be a pointer (an OOP, in hotspot terminology). The layout of objects of each class is known to the GC (so it knows at which offsets from beginning of each object in memory the pointers are). At each sa... | null | 0 | 1315044228 | True | 0 | c2h7b95 | t3_k2jpn | null | t1_c2h7b95 | t1_c2h5mdg | null | 1427553740 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Taladar | null | I am saying of course old software would run on old Windows because they both came out roughly at the same time. What you probably meant to say is that old software still runs on current versions of Windows or something along those lines. | null | 0 | 1315044314 | False | 0 | c2h7bd1 | t3_k2ip8 | null | t1_c2h7bd1 | t1_c2h77q2 | null | 1427553739 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ErstwhileRockstar | null | Uninformative web site. I couldn't see why I should consider Fossil as 'SCM'. Is the 'Tickets' link is an example for their 'web interface'?
EDIT: Use the anonymous login to see a little more.
EDIT 2: It's by D. Richard Hipp so it must be great. | null | 0 | 1315044521 | True | 0 | c2h7bmj | t3_k2gxq | null | t1_c2h7bmj | t3_k2gxq | null | 1427553743 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Concise_Pirate | null | You are right. I guess I need a copy editor. | null | 0 | 1315044565 | False | 0 | c2h7bos | t3_k2ip8 | null | t1_c2h7bos | t1_c2h7bd1 | null | 1427553744 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | horsebees | null | Maybe the site was confusing for you? There is code on the site, plenty of it.
If you have a big project you are already outside their small world anyway. | null | 0 | 1315044717 | False | 0 | c2h7bv9 | t3_k1lc2 | null | t1_c2h7bv9 | t1_c2h79gx | null | 1427553746 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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