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After seeing ChrisF's reply, I re-read this question and realized - you think this edit was made to a question! That doesn't really change my answer, but it does make me wonder if the review page needs to make this a bit more obvious (right now, the only major distinction is "answered" vs "asked" next to the original a... |
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When in doubt, read the edit in the context of the question! |
Note how the asker edited her question shortly after asking it, shortening all those long class and variable names down to things like "abc" and "ABC"? |
The suggested edit did the same thing to the answer. So far as I can tell, it was a perfectly appropriate edit, preserving the intent of the answerer while removing the confusion introduced by the edit to the question. |
On a more general note, there's nothing inherently wrong with editing code to make it easier to read (whether by reformatting whitespace, adding comments, or simply renaming variables). When evaluating an edit, try to determine if it actually improves the post - don't look for hard and fast rules by which you can accep... |
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As implied by Shog9's answer, I allow these edits when made by the OP to the accepted answer. |
In fact, I usually "Improve" the edit, as this automatically "Accepts" the OP's changes. Otherwise, they are usually rejected by people who don't check the whole question-context. |
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Changing variable names in code could substantially improve the question/answer by making the code much easier to understand. |
Every case needs to be evaluated on its own merits, and I have no opinion on the case you cite, but in general, I believe that renaming variables can constitute a legitimate, constructive edit. |
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Always take care with editing code in questions. It's all too easy to correct the mistake that's the cause of the problem. |
In the context of this question it might be that the OP has reused a variable incorrectly, or mistyped it a second time for example. |
In these cases reject the edit and leave a comment for the OP asking if the error is just a typo in the question. |
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In this particular case, the edit was made by the asker to an answer (a fact I now realize was missed by the OP here as well... Perhaps the suggested edits page does not do well at distinguishing between questions and answers?) after making a corresponding edit to the question itself. – Shogging through the snow Nov 2... |
@Shog9 - I realise that and perhaps should have made it clearer that I was addressing a slightly tangential issue. – ChrisF Nov 22 '11 at 9:13 |
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U.S. v. JUAREZ-ORTEGA No. 88-2547 Summary Calendar. |
866 F.2d 747 (1989) |
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Esau JUAREZ-ORTEGA, Defendant-Appellant. |
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. |
January 31, 1989. |
Ron Barroso, Corpus Christi, Tex., for defendant-appellant. |
Paula Offenhauser, Henry K. Oncken, U.S. Atty., Robert A. Berg, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee. |
Before CLARK, Chief Judge, JOHNSON and JOLLY, Circuit Judges. |
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THE COURT: The jury could not have made — the jury could not have listened to the instructions. MR. BARROSO: Your Honor, — THE COURT: The testimony was so strong. The gun was even in the apartment. That's all they needed. There was no dispute of that fact. The mere fact that that gun was in the apartment, being used in... |
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Comment: Live free or die (Score 2) 186 |
Banning cars could save more lives - Does that mean we should ban cars? |
What effects would that have on the economic productivity of the country ? In turn, how much poverty will that create ? How many extra people will die as a result of not affording medical care ? |
And this is a simple utilitarian exercise where you compare lives lost with lives lost. What about more complex dilemmas (see title of post) ? Should a nation never send troops in any conflict and accept any onerous terms the adversary imposes, for the sake of preserving all lives ? Should we ban all individual choice ... |
The notion that "lives can be saved" is not and cannot be used as the sole deciding argument on a societal issue. We are free individuals, we associate in a community seeking to improve our perceived welfare - one cannot treat the welfare as a goal in itself segregated from what we as individuals want. |
Anything dumb your lawyer says can't be used against you (since he cannot be witness against his client) or against himself (since he's not the suspect). A really really dumb lawyer can be charged with conspiracy and end up next to the defendant but it's exceptionally rare and the burden of proof is monumental (mafia l... |
You, on the other hand, are already a suspect, the tiniest slip ('I didn't like him, but I did not kill him !') can send you to the gauntlet ('Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the defendant despised the victim - by his own official testimony'). The greatest trick your lawyer has is that he isn't you. |
Talking to the police while suspected of a crime is like performing brain surgery on yourself. |
Comment: Re:Castle Doctrine Defense (Score 4, Insightful) 358 |
by Stellian (#47306067) Attached to: Florida Man Faces $48k Fine For Jamming Drivers' Cellphones |
he was acting in self defense to prevent an idiot driving while on a cell phone from causing an accident |
"The signal is bad around these parts... let's switch to message chat !" |
This is a prime example of why we have societies, laws and regulations - in this case those designed to stop mobile phone usage. Going for an individual solution quickly devolves into mayhem: thousands of bystanders affected, emergency calls interrupted, and probably not a single accident prevented. |
Comment: Re:HOPE to exploit it (Score 1) 106 |
by Stellian (#47280301) Attached to: Researchers Find "Achilles Heel" of Drug Resistant Bacteria |
More importantly, is this something fundamental to how gram-negative bacteria develop, or is it simply the current solution evolution has produced ? It would be nice to develop biotechnology that takes evolution into account and is ready to predict a few moves ahead and minimize the probability of a helpful mutation. |
It seems to me that from a computer security point of view, the human biological computer has low entropy keys and we are dealing with a massively parallel adversary that tries trillions of keys every second (billions of people infected with thousands of strains of bacteria). Meanwhile, our current "cyber defenses" (dr... |
Comment: Solutions to the wrong problems (Score 1) 396 |
by Stellian (#47247005) Attached to: "Super Bananas" May Save Millions of Lives In Africa |
The "root cause" of malnutrition is societal dysfunction. We have more than enough food, energy, water, fertilizers or the potential to obtain them in every country on earth, enough to feed the world ten times over. Every person on earth prefers a balanced and diverse diet, if it's a available. When people starve or go... |
This is techie myopia at it's finest, from the "give laptops to the poor" or "internet balloons" to "vaccines via mosquitoes". We know how to make the internet work and we know how to deliver vaccines: just like we do it in the rich countries. Poor people don't need technical solutions designed to work in anarchy, they... |
Comment: Re: This reminds me of a great Simpsons episode (Score 5, Informative) 625 |
by Stellian (#47228021) Attached to: EU's Top Court May Define Obesity As a Disability |
Yet, the vast majority of obese people have perfectly working thyroids. This is not about recognizing that some medical conditions can derail your metabolism, which I believe no one is arguing, and should be covered by existing disability laws. |
This is about treating all obese people, the vast majority of which are so because of their own choices, as disabled. Inability to control your own actions becomes a valid form of disability. It's a slippery slope because it legitimizes self harm and forces society to take responsibility. If obesity is a form of disabi... |
BTW, I write the above as a 220 pound man, who use to be as large as 260 pounds, and knows full well how hard it is for an obese person to control her appetite and weigh. But I fully understand it's MY body and MY choices, I'm fat because I love food, it's one of the great pleasures of my life and I wouldn't dream to b... |
Comment: Re:Yes, good idea. (Score 2) 322 |
by Stellian (#47191511) Attached to: Fixing China's Greenhouse Gas Emissions For Them |
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