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True | ethraax | null | That's why in Pentadactyl it's called passthrough **mode**, as in "temporary mode you can enter to interface with this website". Considering it works in, quite literally, every other graphical browser I can think of, I think it's an issue with Vimperator, although I guess where the blame should be placed is subjective anyways. | null | 0 | 1317393192 | False | 0 | c2ns5vq | t3_kvtrp | null | t1_c2ns5vq | t1_c2ns462 | null | 1427667796 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lukeatron | null | Shit presentation. No way am I clicking through more than a hundred 1000+ pixel wide pages that barely change. You think it's nice because it's somewhat novel. It's a severely inconvenient and completely unnecessary way to convey this information. Maybe there's some information out there that this mode of presentation is ideal for, but this is definitely not it. | null | 0 | 1317393212 | False | 0 | c2ns5ys | t3_kvtrp | null | t1_c2ns5ys | t1_c2no1py | null | 1427667798 | -7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | The-Librarian | null | There is a limit to the number of function calls you can nest because they use the stack to store values and stacks are not dynamic, they have a maximum limit of memory. Let's imagine you can nest 5 call functions at a maximum (usually the limit is much bigger but in embedded systems this can be pretty much realistic). Your control flow will "blow the stack" if it fills the stack with function calls and then some more. Since appMenu and searchFile are calling each other instead of returning control you will get the following nesting after some use of searchFile:
1: main()
2: appMenu()
3: searchFile()
4: appMenu()
5: searchFile()
6: appmenu() --> this is where it "blows"
since there is no space left
in the stack to call another
function and your program
will malfunction/die/rape your cat.
To avoid this, some compilers are actually capable of optimizing the function calls to avoid using the stack but you can't rely on this behavior because it's not standard and not always possible.
As for a good intro book on programming I recommend [SICP](http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/) specifically because it doesn't use C++ which is not a kind language to beginners and because it teaches the basics of programming in a very practical and elegant way.
EDIT: Sorry about the recommendation, I didn't read the last part of your post. SICP is a valuable book for programming but not for Object Oriented design. I haven't read the one you recommend but Scott Meyers is a well known author so I guess the book is OK. | null | 0 | 1317393361 | True | 0 | c2ns6og | t3_kwe09 | null | t1_c2ns6og | t1_c2ns1yd | null | 1427667807 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gnuvince | null | quite right. should've checked... | null | 0 | 1317393431 | False | 0 | c2ns70z | t3_kuhn3 | null | t1_c2ns70z | t1_c2nrpcc | null | 1427667811 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kellyandbryan | null | How the hell do you even change the theme on that program? I used it once in a while and I 've never even seen anywhere to change a theme. I am a total noob though. | null | 0 | 1317393446 | False | 0 | c2ns73t | t3_kvpld | null | t1_c2ns73t | t1_c2nreoe | null | 1427667812 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | fried_green_baloney | null | There are these things called subroutines, you might give them a try some day. | null | 0 | 1317393450 | False | 0 | c2ns74p | t3_kvo92 | null | t1_c2ns74p | t1_c2nqwdj | null | 1427667813 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | olsner | null | Heh, before reading that comment, I didn't even realize this was supposed to be more than a picture saying "Algorithm is not a !@%#$@ four-letter word". | null | 0 | 1317393460 | False | 0 | c2ns76l | t3_kvtrp | null | t1_c2ns76l | t1_c2npnhr | null | 1427667813 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | roguesLovesMX518 | null | Thanks for the pointers, I'll go through it again sometime soon. I missed those indentations by the way.....bad excuse I know. | null | 0 | 1317393498 | False | 0 | c2ns7d0 | t3_kwe09 | null | t1_c2ns7d0 | t1_c2ns5to | null | 1427667816 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | fried_green_baloney | null | I worked on code like that. Some of the files were so big if you added a few lines you had to take a few out or the compiler would choke. | null | 0 | 1317393515 | False | 0 | c2ns7fo | t3_kvo92 | null | t1_c2ns7fo | t1_c2nrssa | null | 1427667817 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | fjonk | null | To tell the truth I can't be bothered to modify my browser or my behaviour to look at your slideshow. I suppose the arrow-navigation is nice and all, but look at the number of people here who couldn't use it in this thread only. | null | 0 | 1317393525 | False | 0 | c2ns7h5 | t3_kvtrp | null | t1_c2ns7h5 | t1_c2nrvp1 | null | 1427667817 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jsprogrammer | null | You can add that, but you also have to define what is "damage" and what is "body" and what are "specific parts". | null | 0 | 1317393536 | False | 0 | c2ns7iw | t3_kucjn | null | t1_c2ns7iw | t1_c2ns03q | null | 1427667818 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | The-Librarian | null | You can declare it a as a member of FileIO and it will live as long as the FileIO object lives. In this case, the whole scope of the program since "obj" lives throughout main. | null | 0 | 1317393563 | False | 0 | c2ns7nr | t3_kwe09 | null | t1_c2ns7nr | t1_c2ns02d | null | 1427667820 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | roguesLovesMX518 | null | haha awesome, I did not know that! | null | 0 | 1317393577 | False | 0 | c2ns7qf | t3_kwe09 | null | t1_c2ns7qf | t1_c2ns6og | null | 1427667820 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gnuvince | null | Very good point. I think that the 20% figure sounds right in the average case, though it should probably be as high as 50% for safety critical systems (or financial systems that could burn through millions in a matter of minutes). | null | 0 | 1317393662 | False | 0 | c2ns863 | t3_kuhn3 | null | t1_c2ns863 | t1_c2ns4kd | null | 1427667827 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cypherx | null | It might be hard to lure away the managing director of a profitable proprietary trading firm with loose change from redditers. I'd go the opposite route, harass him with annoying reddit kitsch until he gives in and writes a book. Let's send this man a narwhal wrapped in bacon! | null | 0 | 1317393695 | False | 0 | c2ns8bu | t3_kuhn3 | null | t1_c2ns8bu | t1_c2nrehb | null | 1427667828 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SciK | null | I forgot HLint. | null | 0 | 1317393712 | False | 0 | c2ns8ej | t3_ktxzn | null | t1_c2ns8ej | t1_c2n7rj3 | null | 1427667830 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | akatherder | null | Settings menu > Style Configurator
There are a million options, but I just pick themes from the dropdown and tweak from there. | null | 0 | 1317393783 | False | 0 | c2ns8qg | t3_kvpld | null | t1_c2ns8qg | t1_c2ns73t | null | 1427667835 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | The-Librarian | null | There is something missing in my comment. When I refer to "the stack" I'm not referring to the data structure or the class you can find in C++ (which can be dynamic) but rather to the specific hardware implementation that is used in current computer architectures. See Wikipedia for more [info](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_%28data_structure%29#Hardware_stacks) | null | 0 | 1317394110 | False | 0 | c2nsabo | t3_kwe09 | null | t1_c2nsabo | t1_c2ns7qf | null | 1427667854 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Saivo | null | i agree with you to an extent. However, would also like to point out (just because you didnt explicate it in your post) that having a traditional, authoritative "project manager" in an agile setting is, in itself, often a sign of a problem.
Not saying that PMs are not needed, just that their role should be critically re-evaluated.
If shitty code gets to production, it's the problem of peers as much as the managers. In a good agile team, there is a mutual agreement on quality criteria, and everyone has agreed to maintain that. Shitty code getting checked in implies that there is something in the team (review practices, communications, competence) that needs more work. PM may get the shit, but the team has to reach its own conclusions. | null | 0 | 1317394130 | False | 0 | c2nsafh | t3_kvo92 | null | t1_c2nsafh | t1_c2nmdbv | null | 1427667855 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | hafhal | null | They can be riding the PCI-DSS accreditation from Stripe , which has much more to do with the backend/bureau.
But they would still need their own PA-DSS certification for the app using the API , PA-DSS will become a mandatory part of PCI certification on July 1 2012.
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True | sidcool1234 | null | Nifty!! | null | 0 | 1317394294 | False | 0 | c2nsb8t | t3_klv3o | null | t1_c2nsb8t | t3_klv3o | null | 1427667866 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317394397 | False | 0 | c2nsbrx | t3_kwf95 | null | t1_c2nsbrx | t3_kwf95 | null | 1427667873 | -6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Unmitigated_Smut | null | A computer program is not a house, a high-rise, a church, a shed, or an outhouse. It's a computer program. It has almost no physical attributes whatsoever. | null | 0 | 1317394760 | False | 0 | c2nsdjn | t3_kwdsp | null | t1_c2nsdjn | t3_kwdsp | null | 1427667898 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | The-Librarian | null | Someone could edit the file manually and delete the separator. *Always* validate your input. Never assume anything about it. | null | 0 | 1317394760 | False | 0 | c2nsdk2 | t3_kwe09 | null | t1_c2nsdk2 | t1_c2nrzgx | null | 1427667898 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nascent | null | > In essence, C++ does what you said above, i.e. it forces you to think ahead about how the API is going to be used: do you want your objects to be subclassed in the future? use pointers to objects. Are you sure your objects will not need to be subclassed? use value-type objects. D doesn't give you that choice.
Looks like I am done here. You went all the way around from D forces you to have upfront knowledge on how the type is going to be used to, C++ forces you to and D doesn't give you that choice... | null | 0 | 1317394833 | False | 0 | c2nsdzs | t3_kljc0 | null | t1_c2nsdzs | t1_c2nr9in | null | 1427667903 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | criswell | null | Yeah, I've thought of that before as well. CSS would be ideal for syntax highlighting. Plus, whatever mechanism you picked to use it could be abstracted for use in websites. | null | 0 | 1317394919 | False | 0 | c2nseet | t3_kvpld | null | t1_c2nseet | t1_c2nr4n4 | null | 1427667909 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | itsSparkky | null | I think you're confused.
People do get fired for being "too good"
There are a lot of VERY faulty metrics, LOC for example.
You can be the best dev on the team and have negative LOC.
Add in a manager who has no interest in learning what that means, sees you doing negative work and things poorly of you.
Bad management is powerful :P | null | 0 | 1317394922 | False | 0 | c2nsef7 | t3_kvo92 | null | t1_c2nsef7 | t1_c2nnwgd | null | 1427667909 | 29 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317394963 | False | 0 | c2nsemi | t3_kvpld | null | t1_c2nsemi | t1_c2npz3z | null | 1427667911 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bobindashadows | null | Exactly - it's a unit testing framework. If you need to test DOM stuff, you'll need to be testing across browser variations anyway, and are likely already using other tools for that purpose.
I can't imagine a unit testing framework that had all the browser discrepancies baked in... though I guess it could just call out to a library like jQuery.
*Edit:* By "call out to jQuery," I mean it could provide assertions which call out to jQuery, which would make writing all the testing part of the framework easier. However, they'd still have to accurately stub out all the relevant DOM methods in browser-specific contexts... doesn't sound fun. | null | 0 | 1317394999 | True | 0 | c2nsete | t3_kvjcp | null | t1_c2nsete | t1_c2nrwv4 | null | 1427667913 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Lyqyd | null | Can't zoom, can't scroll. I could change slides, thankfully, but this is one broken web page. | null | 0 | 1317395260 | False | 0 | c2nsg3r | t3_kvtrp | null | t1_c2nsg3r | t1_c2nrrql | null | 1427667930 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | yellowstuff | null | The Google Wave Award? | null | 0 | 1317395423 | False | 0 | c2nsgzs | t3_kvarj | null | t1_c2nsgzs | t3_kvarj | null | 1427667942 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jtra | null | It is described here:
http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Heterogenous_collections | null | 0 | 1317395532 | False | 0 | c2nshlw | t3_ktxzn | null | t1_c2nshlw | t1_c2no32l | null | 1427667953 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | DarkSyzygy | null | I would argue that it doesn't hurt readability nearly as much as mistaking one function for another can hurt you | null | 0 | 1317395949 | False | 0 | c2nsjy8 | t3_kwe09 | null | t1_c2nsjy8 | t1_c2nrydv | null | 1427667980 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MrKhalos | null | Same, on my phone this site just explodes. | null | 0 | 1317396141 | False | 0 | c2nsl1c | t3_kvtrp | null | t1_c2nsl1c | t1_c2npnhr | null | 1427667994 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | binermoots | null | [Algorhythm](http://i.imgur.com/RMF1q.png) | null | 0 | 1317396247 | True | 0 | c2nsln2 | t3_kvtrp | null | t1_c2nsln2 | t3_kvtrp | null | 1427668003 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317396328 | False | 0 | c2nsm3s | t3_kw8gv | null | t1_c2nsm3s | t1_c2nrod0 | null | 1427668009 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317396363 | False | 0 | c2nsmb3 | t3_kw8gv | null | t1_c2nsmb3 | t3_kw8gv | null | 1427668012 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Leonidas_from_XIV | null | Thanks for pointing it out, I didn't look to closely on the provided screenshots, I was just talking from my own experience. [Here's how it looks for me](http://imgur.com/9YZLL), and there's no chopped W fortunately. I also added some O and 0 to compare. | null | 0 | 1317396516 | False | 0 | c2nsn63 | t3_kuti3 | null | t1_c2nsn63 | t1_c2nq6rz | null | 1427668024 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sanity | null | Seriously? Have you [seen it](http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/DataModel)?
Columns, ColumnFamilies, Rows, Keyspaces, SuperColumns. You really have to wonder what they were smoking.
Contrast this with the simplicity of document oriented databases like MongoDB, CouchDB, or others. | null | 0 | 1317396545 | False | 0 | c2nsnc2 | t3_kw8gv | null | t1_c2nsnc2 | t1_c2nsm3s | null | 1427668026 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | DarkSyzygy | null | Unless your working on embedded systems you shouldn't ever have to worry about nested functions hitting the stack limit, with the exception of recursive calls. Using MSVC the stacksize limit typically defaults to 1MB (i believe) | null | 0 | 1317396566 | False | 0 | c2nsnfv | t3_kwe09 | null | t1_c2nsnfv | t1_c2ns6og | null | 1427668027 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317396647 | True | 0 | c2nsnw5 | t3_kwf95 | null | t1_c2nsnw5 | t3_kwf95 | null | 1427668032 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | producerism | null | at the risk of sounding like a complete tool... would anyone care to try a TL;DR of this?
**edit:** thank you all! Just to clarify, I wasn't looking for a summary to avoid reading the article, I just wanted to understand the basic ideas to give some context to it. Thanks again for the responses, much appreciated! | null | 0 | 1317396691 | True | 0 | c2nso48 | t3_kwf95 | null | t1_c2nso48 | t3_kwf95 | null | 1427668035 | 25 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Baron_von_Retard | null | The text goes off of the screen for me. Stupid site design. | null | 0 | 1317396693 | False | 0 | c2nso4j | t3_kvtrp | null | t1_c2nso4j | t3_kvtrp | null | 1427668035 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kyz | null | TL;DR: Computer floats aren't decimal and don't have infinite precision. | null | 0 | 1317396789 | False | 0 | c2nsomi | t3_kwf95 | null | t1_c2nsomi | t1_c2nso48 | null | 1427668041 | 30 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | The-Librarian | null | He is using mutually recursive calls. appMenu() and searchFile() call each other recursively. He should worry about it. | null | 0 | 1317396850 | False | 0 | c2nsoxz | t3_kwe09 | null | t1_c2nsoxz | t1_c2nsnfv | null | 1427668046 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | fjonk | null | > That's why in Pentadactyl it's called passthrough mode, as in "temporary mode you can enter to interface with this website".
Which according to me says a lot about the quality of that website. But you're right, it's all subjective, I just feel like this the new js craze is just as annoying and bad as flash once was. | null | 0 | 1317396933 | False | 0 | c2nspel | t3_kvtrp | null | t1_c2nspel | t1_c2ns5vq | null | 1427668051 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | simonst | null | For what it's worth, Programmer's Notepad is based around the same editing component as Notepad++ but has much improved Regular Expressions support, including supporting lookahead/behind and so on: http://www.pnotepad.org/ | null | 0 | 1317397065 | False | 0 | c2nsq3w | t3_kvpld | null | t1_c2nsq3w | t1_c2nqq9x | null | 1427668063 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | axilmar | null | You are confused. It's actually very simple: D forces you to think ahead **when you design a type**, C++ forces you to think ahead **when you use a type**.
I believe that the C++ approach works better.
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True | dyydvujbxs | null | Yes, these are skills that can be taught in most cases, if people are willing. And oftentimes existing process hampers good habits and communication.
There is always a process or social norm in any group, explicit or implicit. Choosing a good set of explicit rules is empowering. | null | 0 | 1317397101 | False | 0 | c2nsqbo | t3_ktxk5 | null | t1_c2nsqbo | t1_c2nl1pd | null | 1427668065 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | The-Librarian | null | True, but depending on the project and code design the later simply does not happen whereas the former is a day to day problem. As I said, it depends on the project. For instance, my modules rarely use more than 2 libraries besides its own namespace, and the namespace members are orthogonal. In such a situation using using is ok. | null | 0 | 1317397111 | False | 0 | c2nsqdg | t3_kwe09 | null | t1_c2nsqdg | t1_c2nsjy8 | null | 1427668066 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | eaturbrainz | null | I love the opportunity to join these flamewars. | null | 0 | 1317397202 | False | 0 | c2nsqvd | t3_kwhif | null | t1_c2nsqvd | t3_kwhif | null | 1427668071 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | swav | null | Cool presentation. Well done! | null | 0 | 1317397229 | False | 0 | c2nsqzy | t3_kvtrp | null | t1_c2nsqzy | t3_kvtrp | null | 1427668073 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Magnesus | null | "It is repeatedly doing what you do worst, in order to improve it. " - it is very bad way to learn things. Every (good) piano teacher would tell you that. If you are playing sth wrong you won't start playing it better by repeating it - you will get even worse unable to stop playing wrongly. So when you are really bad at something find out why - you are probably doing sth wrong - and correct your way. Repeating will not help until you are good at it. | null | 0 | 1317397317 | False | 0 | c2nsrho | t3_kvtrp | null | t1_c2nsrho | t3_kvtrp | null | 1427668081 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SuperDuckQ | null | Very cool, and very well made. I'm kind of bummed that the focus here seems to be the implementation of arrow keys instead of the content of the presentation. | null | 0 | 1317397399 | False | 0 | c2nsrxr | t3_kvtrp | null | t1_c2nsrxr | t3_kvtrp | null | 1427668085 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | innervision | null | Thanks for the pointer, I'll have a look and report back if it works. | null | 0 | 1317397479 | False | 0 | c2nssdf | t3_kuti3 | null | t1_c2nssdf | t1_c2nr3qp | null | 1427668091 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317397516 | False | 0 | c2nsskw | t3_kwe52 | null | t1_c2nsskw | t1_c2nrhvm | null | 1427668093 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dyydvujbxs | null | It is hard to objectively measure productivity, if someone is producing fast enough, if someone is given the rift tools to succeed, if someone is making the right cost/quality or cost/featureful tradeoffs, teamwork, etc.
But there is a point where you can say "come-on, ask someone moderately respected by the tech community to look at this code, and ask, is this just sloppy rushwork or overdrawn detail-obsession, or is the product of someone who is doing active harm with every keystroke?" | null | 0 | 1317397587 | False | 0 | c2nsszd | t3_kvo92 | null | t1_c2nsszd | t1_c2np52y | null | 1427668099 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | I_TYPE_IN_ALL_CAPS | null | > Would it be OK then?
NO.
> And I think it would be.
WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU EVER THINK IT APPROPRIATE TO REFER TO A FEMALE COWORKER AS 'GIRL'?
WOULD YOU APPRECIATE IT IF EVERYONE AT YOUR PLACE OF WORK REFERRED TO YOU AS 'BOY'? | null | 0 | 1317397801 | False | 0 | c2nsu5x | t3_kvo92 | null | t1_c2nsu5x | t1_c2nrc1b | null | 1427668113 | -5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ethraax | null | To be fair, it would be difficult to present an animation showing the algorithms running on your computer without JavaScript. I don't think there's any good way to make this website accessible without JS. If you insist on not using it, you're just going to have to miss out on this site. | null | 0 | 1317397872 | False | 0 | c2nsuj1 | t3_kvtrp | null | t1_c2nsuj1 | t1_c2nspel | null | 1427668119 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317397904 | False | 0 | c2nsuox | t3_kvo92 | null | t1_c2nsuox | t1_c2np68s | null | 1427668121 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dyydvujbxs | null | How did the people on the team feel about that? Did they except you think the measure was fair in general?
Was there a closed door meeting with #2 through #N and the team lead's boss.
Managers can suck, but there is strength in numbers (ironically in this case!) in overcoming a tyrant.
BTW, I have never seen these dev shop horror stories in real life, and my teams are always hiring. At worst we have the occasiional confused or ineffective person gumming up the works, but no active value destroyers in positions of power.
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True | Afromancer | null | TL;DR: Do not use float or double in equality comparisons or financial computations. Especially not financial computations that involve a large number of operations. | null | 0 | 1317398132 | False | 0 | c2nsvw8 | t3_kwf95 | null | t1_c2nsvw8 | t1_c2nso48 | null | 1427668138 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | The whole point is that VB doesn't have as many of the "so don't do that" kind of rules. Instead it will just perform the correct comparison, which makes it easier for non-professionals who haven't learned all the esoteric rules of type casting. | null | 0 | 1317398141 | False | 0 | c2nsvxs | t3_kvg67 | null | t1_c2nsvxs | t1_c2nqwhu | null | 1427668138 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Kwpolska | null | And now define 'webdevel-friendly.' | null | 0 | 1317398167 | False | 0 | c2nsw32 | t3_kvpld | null | t1_c2nsw32 | t3_kvpld | null | 1427668139 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | curien | null | IEEE floats (which is most computer floats, but not all) | null | 0 | 1317398183 | False | 0 | c2nsw5o | t3_kwf95 | null | t1_c2nsw5o | t1_c2nsomi | null | 1427668141 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | i8beef | null | So this is for stored procedures and such right? Good to know. Bookmarked in case I come across anything big (or old) enough to use them. | null | 0 | 1317398198 | False | 0 | c2nsw8x | t3_kw8mp | null | t1_c2nsw8x | t3_kw8mp | null | 1427668142 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | But..but WinRT is going to fix everything and buy me a puppy. | null | 0 | 1317398251 | False | 0 | c2nswku | t3_kvfej | null | t1_c2nswku | t1_c2no183 | null | 1427668146 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | Assertions are only impossible if you have a compiler to ensure that fact is true. Otherwise they are landmines just waiting for you to trip over. | null | 0 | 1317398291 | False | 0 | c2nsws9 | t3_kvnyx | null | t1_c2nsws9 | t1_c2nqcyh | null | 1427668149 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Silhouette | null | > PCI-DSS will most likely forbid you to get most of it.
Nonsense. There is a genuine problem with the industry in that there is no standard, transparent way for a merchant to transfer such data from one secure billing service to another without acting as an intermediary, at which point the data will hit their network and all the usual heavyweight PCI DSS regulations come into effect. However, the idea that PCI DSS "forbids" such access is simply wrong. It's a royal PITA, but not prohibited. | null | 0 | 1317398295 | False | 0 | c2nswt9 | t3_kvu8y | null | t1_c2nswt9 | t1_c2nqb0y | null | 1427668149 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | i_post_things | null | You are trying to represent a decimal fraction in binary.
Normally, in decimal (base 10), each place is a order of 10 more. There is a 1's place, a 10's, 100's ect. In binay, it is as follows:
|**Binary**|etc|1|1|1|1|1|
|:-----------|------------:|------------:|------------:|------------:|------------:|------------:|
|**Decimal**|etc|16|8|4|2|1
Normally in binary:
|**Decimal**|**Binary**|
|:-----------|------------:|
|1|1
|2|10
|3|11
|4|100
|23|10111
|...etc|...etc
Fractions must be represented in a similar way, where:
|**Binary**|1|1|1|1|1|etc
|:-----------|------------:|------------:|------------:|------------:|------------:|------------:|
|**Decimal**|.5|.25|.125|.0625|.03125|etc
Because you can only be so precise with 32 or 64 bits, you will end up with rounding errors, where fractions must be truncated or rounded at some point. In our example above, we have a 5-bit machine, where we can only round within .03125 of a fraction. It's slightly more complicated than that, but if you can imagine not being able to represent some factions perfectly, combined with the scientific notation ( 1.333 x 10^48), you'll eventually lose precision somewhere. Using floats to perform mathematical operations is generally discouraged for this reason. Many languages have libraries such as Java's BigDecimal class which allow you to work around these limitations. | null | 0 | 1317398348 | True | 0 | c2nsx2h | t3_kwf95 | null | t1_c2nsx2h | t1_c2nso48 | null | 1427668153 | 41 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | djork | null | I think it's pretty common for young people to refer to each other as "guys" and "girls", in America at least. | null | 0 | 1317398379 | False | 0 | c2nsx8v | t3_kvo92 | null | t1_c2nsx8v | t1_c2nsu5x | null | 1427668154 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kristovaher | null | Color themes and styles are developed only for web development related files and I've used them in production for over a year with great success as a web developer. Nothing more. | null | 0 | 1317398417 | False | 0 | c2nsxg4 | t3_kvpld | null | t1_c2nsxg4 | t1_c2nsw32 | null | 1427668157 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MaximumD | null | Which airplane company did you work for? | null | 0 | 1317398423 | False | 0 | c2nsxhb | t3_kvo92 | null | t1_c2nsxhb | t1_c2nmpmj | null | 1427668157 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | coolestdude1 | null | I am still split between this and deep black. | null | 0 | 1317398443 | False | 0 | c2nsxle | t3_kvpld | null | t1_c2nsxle | t3_kvpld | null | 1427668159 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | belorion | null | What would video add? I thought the slides spoke for themselves very well. | null | 0 | 1317398598 | False | 0 | c2nsyf1 | t3_kvtrp | null | t1_c2nsyf1 | t1_c2nqe5o | null | 1427668170 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mercde | null | I would agree. While I probably learn more techniques about programming at work I still find amazing and interesting stuff while I play around with new stuff (not on a regular schedule, just when I feel like it). | null | 0 | 1317398620 | False | 0 | c2nsyiu | t3_kvtrp | null | t1_c2nsyiu | t1_c2nrorl | null | 1427668172 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | CritterNYC | null | Here's a better installation strategy:
1. Download the RAR and extract it or just download the XML
1. Click Start and enter %APPDATA% into the search box and hit enter
1. In that list, double-click Notepad++
1. Create a new folder and name it themes
1. Place the file Waher-style.xml in there
1. Start Notepad++ and click Settings and then Style Configurator
1. Select theme Waher-style from the theme drop down and select font Consolas from the font drop down
1. Click Save & Close
Now, when you upgrade Notepad++ to the next version, uninstall and reinstall or install a new computer but have your AppData backed up, you'll still have your custom theme.
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True | [deleted] | null | i'm starting to wonder if dahl is all there. he repeatedly tells us everything sucks...but his contribution? glue a substandard incomplete client-side language onto epoll. this is progress? i think he is probably waking up to the fact that despite mountains of hype from the hipster frontend crowd, node is a mistake and a stupid way to write server-side code. and no, i don't need respondents with six months of js under their belts to repeat lies like "js is really scheme!!! crock sez!!!!"
okay ryan, if node is a mistake as you say later in the g+ thread, erase it. make the world a better place. you'll reduce your own relevance as a result, but hey, come on, you'e full of brio about the shit of the world.
all of the putzes chiming in on that thread about how everything is crap will just go back to osx, not one of them will actually do a thing about their so-called plight
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True | I_TYPE_IN_ALL_CAPS | null | IS IT COMMON FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO WORK AS PROGRAMMERS? WHAT SUBREDDIT ARE YOU IN?
IF YOU'RE CALLING THE OPPOSITE SEX 'BOY' OR 'GIRL' AND YOU'RE NOT UNDER 14, THEN YOU'RE AN IDIOT. IF YOU'RE A PROFESSIONAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER AND YOU REFER TO YOUR COWORKER AS A 'GIRL' THEN CONGRATULATIONS, YOU JUST CONFIRMED A STEREOTYPE ABOUT PROGRAMMERS.
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True | hacksoncode | null | Or perhaps "Way More than Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic". | null | 0 | 1317398892 | False | 0 | c2nszyx | t3_kwf95 | null | t1_c2nszyx | t3_kwf95 | null | 1427668190 | -8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | What, you don't like Hello Kitty? | null | 0 | 1317398935 | False | 0 | c2nt07n | t3_kvpld | null | t1_c2nt07n | t1_c2nrgyh | null | 1427668194 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Dear Ryan Dahl. I agree. For example, I am a user of your software, and I don't give a shit about events. | null | 0 | 1317399062 | False | 0 | c2nt0wp | t3_kwhif | null | t1_c2nt0wp | t3_kwhif | null | 1427668204 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | producerism | null | thank you for such a clear explanation! | null | 0 | 1317399104 | False | 0 | c2nt13v | t3_kwf95 | null | t1_c2nt13v | t1_c2nsx2h | null | 1427668207 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Mr-Bl4ck | null | I really enjoyed this article thanks for the post. I feel like a n00b now because I've definitely fallen into the allure of comparing floats and doubles... | null | 0 | 1317399168 | False | 0 | c2nt1hr | t3_kwf95 | null | t1_c2nt1hr | t3_kwf95 | null | 1427668211 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aquasucks | null | None of it? Most of it was covered in my computer architecture classes. | null | 0 | 1317399192 | False | 0 | c2nt1mp | t3_kwf95 | null | t1_c2nt1mp | t1_c2nruvb | null | 1427668212 | 23 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Looks great, I'll try it out for a few days and see if I stick with it. Themes can be hard to get right but I think you did a fantastic job. | null | 0 | 1317399200 | False | 0 | c2nt1od | t3_kvpld | null | t1_c2nt1od | t3_kvpld | null | 1427668213 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | EmoryM | null | IT'S A TRAP! - I didn't read the article, but I assume this is the takeaway. Impossible to represent anything, really, and need to fudge about with epsilons to keep comparisons out of the cabbage Ray, so to speak.
[This is what relying on floats is like.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59Vic7jRHvA&feature=player_embedded)
Shadow edges flaky? Blame a float bug. Comparison is wonky? Hey there float bug. Whip it. | null | 0 | 1317399236 | True | 0 | c2nt1us | t3_kwf95 | null | t1_c2nt1us | t3_kwf95 | null | 1427668215 | -9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jcipar | null | It's not the data model, it's the documentation. The data model is quite simple, it's really just a multi-level hash table. It's confusing because they tried to give everything databasey names, but the names are not familiar enough to actually make them a useful analogy to a database. Just think of it as a bunch of hash tables:
value = keyspace[key (aka row)][ColumnFamily][Column]
or
value = keyspace[key][ColumnFamily][SuperColumn][Column]
Then for optimization you have to remember that everything in the same ColumnFamily is stored in the same file: if you read one column in a column family, you read them all. So put values that are used together into the same ColumnFamily. | null | 0 | 1317399324 | False | 0 | c2nt2ap | t3_kw8gv | null | t1_c2nt2ap | t1_c2nsnc2 | null | 1427668221 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Browsing_From_Work | null | I'm going to go with The [Bucky Larson](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bucky_larson_born_to_be_a_star/) Contest. | null | 0 | 1317399333 | False | 0 | c2nt2cp | t3_kvarj | null | t1_c2nt2cp | t3_kvarj | null | 1427668221 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317399424 | False | 0 | c2nt2un | t3_kvtrp | null | t1_c2nt2un | t1_c2nr9w4 | null | 1427668228 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Cephi | null | Thanks! The error release and the comment were from some older code that used the soon to be deprecated method -dataFromPropertyList:format:errorDescription:. errorDescription returned strings which needed to be released. | null | 0 | 1317399500 | False | 0 | c2nt39e | t3_krakt | null | t1_c2nt39e | t1_c2nru8i | null | 1427668233 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | deong | null | When I said "trivial in the mathematical sense", I wasn't making a statement about the level of mathematics you need. It was a play on the joke about mathematicians, where "trivial" usually means, "tedious and I didn't want to do it." In hindsight, that certainly wasn't obvious. Mea culpa.
And while my PhD was in a different area, my MS was in graphics, so I certainly wasn't trying to intimate that graphics involves no higher mathematics. That said, all the things you mentioned, while involving higher mathematics, are still not what the parent was talking about. He was clearly making a point about the tedious drudge-work involved in turning an algorithm into a product. That could be anything from drawing in a GUI to connecting to a database to basic error handling. It's all stuff we know we have to do, but a lot of us don't think of it as the fun part.
I really think you're overthinking it a bit. | null | 0 | 1317399530 | True | 0 | c2nt3fl | t3_kvtrp | null | t1_c2nt3fl | t1_c2nr9w4 | null | 1427668235 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | notfancy | null | I think this rant might be a bit disingenuous. I'm not sure he cares only about his users, rather than only about his bottom line, towards which technical niceties and geek fussiness are more often than not a net cost (ob. disclaimer: I am as guilty of being fussy as anyone can be). Color me cynic, but I don't think web properties are much more than fly-by-night machines for milking the easily distracted with new-and-shiny.
And who is Ryan Dahl anyway? | null | 0 | 1317399545 | False | 0 | c2nt3ix | t3_kwhif | null | t1_c2nt3ix | t3_kwhif | null | 1427668236 | 20 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | djork | null | So what's the female counterpart to an "IT guy"? | null | 0 | 1317399548 | False | 0 | c2nt3jb | t3_kvo92 | null | t1_c2nt3jb | t1_c2nszom | null | 1427668237 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sanity | null | Yes, I eventually figured out what those things were, you're right, the terminology was a major obstacle.
But even knowing that, I never understood the advantage of this data model over a document oriented database which just seems so much more intuitive. | null | 0 | 1317399687 | False | 0 | c2nt4ay | t3_kw8gv | null | t1_c2nt4ay | t1_c2nt2ap | null | 1427668247 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I think the biggest problem is that Windows has [terrible](http://damieng.com/blog/2007/06/13/font-rendering-philosophies-of-windows-and-mac-os-x) font rendering. In TextMate I use the [LAZY theme](http://imgur.com/BkRrg) which is quite pleasing to look at but when I cloned it for Visual Studio it looks completely awful. | null | 0 | 1317399864 | True | 0 | c2nt5c4 | t3_kvpld | null | t1_c2nt5c4 | t1_c2nreoe | null | 1427668260 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | I_TYPE_IN_ALL_CAPS | null | THERE IS NONE, THAT I'M AWARE OF. GAL COMES TO MIND, BUT IT'S A CORRUPTION OF GIRL. I RECOMMEND THAT YOU NOT USE JOB LABELS WHICH INDICATE SEX. IT'S JUST FEEDING MORE INTO THE MACHINE THAT KEEPS WOMEN OUT OF IT. | null | 0 | 1317399981 | False | 0 | c2nt5zl | t3_kvo92 | null | t1_c2nt5zl | t1_c2nt3jb | null | 1427668268 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | BluLite | null | [It's mirrored and distorted](http://i.imgur.com/hv6Fh.png), but it certainly looks more like a swastika than a maze. | null | 0 | 1317400080 | False | 0 | c2nt6ih | t3_kvtrp | null | t1_c2nt6ih | t1_c2nqj7o | null | 1427668275 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jamis | null | I would have hoped my intent there would be clearer. Of course I am not encouraging people to keep doing the thing wrong. You identify what you need to improve on, figure out how to improve on it, and work at it. That's my point. | null | 0 | 1317400101 | False | 0 | c2nt6mr | t3_kvtrp | null | t1_c2nt6mr | t1_c2nsrho | null | 1427668277 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317400178 | False | 0 | c2nt715 | t3_kw47b | null | t1_c2nt715 | t3_kw47b | null | 1427668282 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |