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True | GeneralWarts | null | Interesting. I take it free software is another name for open source?
I've also never heard of ReactOS, is it trying to make an OS similar to linux that is easier to switch to for windows users? I'll have to keep my eye open. As a long time geek I feel bad because I've yet to run a non-windows system. | null | 0 | 1315920601 | False | 0 | c2jjffk | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjffk | t1_c2jjda4 | null | 1427594343 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I don't see any ones in 256. | null | 0 | 1315920724 | False | 0 | c2jjfux | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjfux | t1_c2jjepr | null | 1427594349 | -8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | canD0Man | null | Ugh this song pisses me off so much! It insults me as a computer scientist. | null | 0 | 1315920737 | False | 0 | c2jjfvz | t3_ke6r2 | null | t1_c2jjfvz | t3_ke6r2 | null | 1427594349 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zellyman | null | Huh, I showed my boss this article, but he's insisting I stay here. Something about deadlines and clients wanting stuff done.... whatev | null | 0 | 1315920751 | False | 0 | c2jjfxs | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjfxs | t3_ke58q | null | 1427594350 | 20 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dada_ | null | Well, good. Too bad we still get treated as unwanted dogs on every other day of the year. | null | 0 | 1315920820 | False | 0 | c2jjg74 | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjg74 | t3_ke58q | null | 1427594353 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aenimated1 | null | This is awesome! I'm going to celebrate by.... um.... Well, I guess I'm just going to ignore some verification tests so I can reddit some more. | null | 0 | 1315920880 | False | 0 | c2jjgep | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjgep | t3_ke58q | null | 1427594356 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | worldexe | null | Amazing...
He should have excellent short memory (I mean guy in the first comment). | null | 0 | 1315920930 | False | 0 | c2jjgkx | t3_ke5ao | null | t1_c2jjgkx | t3_ke5ao | null | 1427594358 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Oed0 | null | A lot of designers are not open to HTML5 because they are too busy with their finger paintings. Anything that doesn't have a toy town super friendly editing suite will not be accepted because most web designers are not technical people. Just let them play with their pantone swatches and hipster frames until Adobe edge is out of beta. | null | 0 | 1315920947 | False | 0 | c2jjgnh | t3_k81qp | null | t1_c2jjgnh | t3_k81qp | null | 1427594359 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | skew | null | It's more than the size of the study, the title leaves out the most interesting context of the decrease in time.
The experimental design fixed the amount of time to work on the project, and at the end of the 27 hours everyone had a roughly equivalent success rate at producing a working parser. The time that was measured to decrease was the time during the project when their working code (every keystroke was logged) first contained a scanner that passed all the supplied scanner tests. On the other hand, at the end of the working time, each population had produced parsers which on average passed about the same fraction of the tests. *That* is an interesting result. | null | 0 | 1315920990 | False | 0 | c2jjgta | t3_k7o9e | null | t1_c2jjgta | t1_c2ixwk0 | null | 1427594361 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mhd | null | Why would the burden of proof be on Ada's shoulders here and not Haskell's? | null | 0 | 1315921051 | False | 0 | c2jjh0z | t3_ke569 | null | t1_c2jjh0z | t1_c2jj4wf | null | 1427594364 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | karlhungus | null | As an interviewer It's impossible to know where the problem lies. Is the person really good, and the manager is a disrespectful ass, or is it really the candidate who's the ass. So any negativity can be a reflection of the person being in a bad situation or actually being someone who is hard to work with (the interviewer has no way to know which).
I've left a job because I didn't feel like I was being treated respectfully, I didn't mention it. | null | 0 | 1315921074 | False | 0 | c2jjh3q | t3_k9wry | null | t1_c2jjh3q | t1_c2iljlx | null | 1427594364 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zezozio | null | There are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't. | null | 0 | 1315921121 | False | 0 | c2jjh9n | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjh9n | t1_c2jjfux | null | 1427594367 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | That's called the Scientific Method: when you claim something, the burden of proof it is on you.
Or even: "An extraordinary claim requires extraordinary proof" -- Marcello Truzzi | null | 0 | 1315921145 | True | 0 | c2jjhcm | t3_ke569 | null | t1_c2jjhcm | t1_c2jjh0z | null | 1427594367 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | splunge4me2 | null | I'm surprised Hallmark hasn't caught wind of this and started pumping out cheesy "holiday" cards. | null | 0 | 1315921156 | False | 0 | c2jjhdu | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjhdu | t3_ke58q | null | 1427594368 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zezozio | null | Yay!!! ~~Nerds~~ Geeks of the world rejoice!
Edit: I forgot 'nerd' carried this negative undertone, sorry. | null | 0 | 1315921162 | True | 0 | c2jjhes | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjhes | t3_ke58q | null | 1427594368 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | legendaris | null | You are not a programmer then | null | 0 | 1315921210 | False | 0 | c2jjhmc | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjhmc | t1_c2jjfux | null | 1427594371 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | peerst | null | People already using Git obviously think its not a good tip.
Its a better tip for people changing from some oldschool VCS like CVS or SVN: here Mercurial is easier to get into and the plugin architecture gives a cleaner UX which helps learning it.
| null | 0 | 1315921215 | False | 0 | c2jjhn3 | t3_kcoyq | null | t1_c2jjhn3 | t1_c2j9zb3 | null | 1427594371 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | feezx | null | great! I needed an excuse to take the day off anyway | null | 0 | 1315921307 | False | 0 | c2jji0b | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jji0b | t3_ke58q | null | 1427594376 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Leockard | null | In soviet Russia, buffer overflows you. | null | 0 | 1315921520 | False | 0 | c2jjit1 | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjit1 | t1_c2jjdzw | null | 1427594386 | 42 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sreguera | null | What about non-human dancers? | null | 0 | 1315921578 | False | 0 | c2jjj0u | t3_ke6r2 | null | t1_c2jjj0u | t3_ke6r2 | null | 1427594389 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Leockard | null | > Programmers of the world | null | 0 | 1315921599 | False | 0 | c2jjj4b | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjj4b | t1_c2jjhes | null | 1427594390 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | merlinm | null | Note the postgres implementation of MERGE may or may not (probably not) deal with the race condition specially. There was a huge debate about this on -hackers...if it doesn't you still have the options of locking the table first or retry. | null | 0 | 1315921617 | False | 0 | c2jjj6j | t3_kd0x9 | null | t1_c2jjj6j | t1_c2jj31x | null | 1427594392 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | elperroborrachotoo | null | *"... and this, your honor, is how I ended up with body parts stuck in the slot machine."* | null | 0 | 1315921623 | False | 0 | c2jjj7w | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjj7w | t1_c2jjemd | null | 1427594392 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | merlinm | null | postgres 9.1 has column level collations which can be paired with citext. | null | 0 | 1315921688 | False | 0 | c2jjjh2 | t3_kd0x9 | null | t1_c2jjjh2 | t1_c2jfajq | null | 1427594396 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | skew | null | Thanks for the report of your expectations. Have you thought about whether that's a reasonable expectation? (it sounds like you expect not just dogmatic rationalization, but *transparently bad* dogmatic rationalization. Are people that like the fancy type systems not at least clever, even if unwise?)
As for updating on evidence, how have you updated on the evidence? Which hypotheses do you think this study is evidence against and for?
Whatever I now try to guess about what I would have predicted, I have previously said that "Java-style" type systems are probably somewhere between worthless and a net drag ("Java-sytle" meaning manifest types, nominal subtyping, nullable references, dynamically checked upcasts, no parametric polymorphism - I was making this claim pre-generics). This experiment doesn't seem to be evidence for or against that vs. "types are completely a waste of time". There's certainly room for theories with more precise predictions to win out, but I don't see any of those on offer. | null | 0 | 1315921709 | False | 0 | c2jjjjz | t3_k7o9e | null | t1_c2jjjjz | t1_c2jab77 | null | 1427594397 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | canD0Man | null | This song is so annoying! | null | 0 | 1315921730 | False | 0 | c2jjjn5 | t3_ke7ap | null | t1_c2jjjn5 | t3_ke7ap | null | 1427594397 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | upTheDownSteriod | null | Great, now this will be stuck in my head all day. | null | 0 | 1315921806 | False | 0 | c2jjjxg | t3_ke7ap | null | t1_c2jjjxg | t3_ke7ap | null | 1427594402 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | elvisliveson | null | exactly! | null | 0 | 1315921819 | False | 0 | c2jjjyz | t3_ke7ap | null | t1_c2jjjyz | t3_ke7ap | null | 1427594402 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | elperroborrachotoo | null | I should read your code... why? | null | 0 | 1315921821 | False | 0 | c2jjjz6 | t3_ke5wz | null | t1_c2jjjz6 | t3_ke5wz | null | 1427594402 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | raydeen | null | You just didn't grasp The Vision. | null | 0 | 1315921857 | False | 0 | c2jjk3r | t3_kctmn | null | t1_c2jjk3r | t1_c2jiy0i | null | 1427594405 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | scottywz | null | ReactOS is a free software Windows clone. There doesn't seem to have been much activity on it lately, though. | null | 0 | 1315921916 | False | 0 | c2jjkbt | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjkbt | t1_c2jjffk | null | 1427594416 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Maybe its an advantage. You don't waste any time on holy grail quests like the perfect programming font, or color schemes. | null | 0 | 1315921952 | False | 0 | c2jjkgs | t3_ke5ao | null | t1_c2jjkgs | t3_ke5ao | null | 1427594410 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Pyros_Byrnur | null | Crap, and here I wore blue to work today. Ah well. | null | 0 | 1315921989 | False | 0 | c2jjklk | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjklk | t3_ke58q | null | 1427594412 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315922047 | False | 0 | c2jjkth | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjkth | t1_c2jjfux | null | 1427594415 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | styxtraveler | null | [this first mouse get's screwed](http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/graphics/mousetrap2.jpg) | null | 0 | 1315922079 | False | 0 | c2jjkxt | t3_kdey1 | null | t1_c2jjkxt | t1_c2jh6wi | null | 1427594416 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ZorbaTHut | null | Do note that executing this code will result in one last, feeble "yay" while you lie on the ground unable to right yourself. | null | 0 | 1315922080 | False | 0 | c2jjkxv | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjkxv | t1_c2jjcpy | null | 1427594416 | 67 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | evinrows | null | Two weeks ago I saw that I had 256 dollars in my wallet and I haven't been able to spend anything since. Finding out your money is at a cool number is a good savings technique. | null | 0 | 1315922150 | False | 0 | c2jjl6w | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjl6w | t3_ke58q | null | 1427594418 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ruinercollector | null | Cock-tothorpe? | null | 0 | 1315922171 | False | 0 | c2jjl9i | t3_k9h3s | null | t1_c2jjl9i | t1_c2imar5 | null | 1427594419 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nirolo | null | Using python with its indentation blocks would make it a massive pain for the web. First a lot of people like to minimise their code before sending it out to the client to reduce traffic. Second, a lot of sites generate browser code server side. Getting the indentation right would be a nightmare.
| null | 0 | 1315922174 | False | 0 | c2jjla7 | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jjla7 | t1_c2jef1x | null | 1427594419 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rkenned | null | For anyone interested, one of my old college professors was working on a Netbeans extension to aid blind programmers. I haven't looked at it since I left college, so I don't know if it is still under any active development, but here it is. http://www.cs.siue.edu/~astefik/Sodbeans.php
| null | 0 | 1315922179 | False | 0 | c2jjlaw | t3_ke5ao | null | t1_c2jjlaw | t3_ke5ao | null | 1427594419 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Cmckendry | null | Wait a minute. This story doesn't make sense at all.
Pigs can't build houses
**PIGS CAN'T BUILD HOUSES** | null | 0 | 1315922259 | False | 0 | c2jjllr | t3_kdey1 | null | t1_c2jjllr | t1_c2jhmxo | null | 1427594424 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ruinercollector | null | In C, arrays are pointers (there is no notion of a reference type.) In C#, arrays are reference types. | null | 0 | 1315922277 | False | 0 | c2jjloh | t3_k9h3s | null | t1_c2jjloh | t1_c2ip4e5 | null | 1427594434 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MaximumD | null | I'm going to celebrate by working overtime! | null | 0 | 1315922319 | False | 0 | c2jjlu4 | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjlu4 | t3_ke58q | null | 1427594426 | 72 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | CWPritchard | null | Amen; Continuous Delivery (ongoing and frequent testing to maintain code quality) is essential to drive quality outcomes re relatively "painless" Continuous Integration. | null | 0 | 1315922325 | False | 0 | c2jjlux | t3_ke6il | null | t1_c2jjlux | t3_ke6il | null | 1427594428 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Cmckendry | null | I am sitting here praying that you are not a professional engineer. | null | 0 | 1315922343 | False | 0 | c2jjlxt | t3_kdey1 | null | t1_c2jjlxt | t1_c2jiocb | null | 1427594429 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ruinercollector | null | I don't like Perl. It insists upon itself. | null | 0 | 1315922412 | False | 0 | c2jjm77 | t3_k9h3s | null | t1_c2jjm77 | t1_c2iluah | null | 1427594432 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315922414 | False | 0 | c2jjm7i | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjm7i | t3_ke58q | null | 1427594432 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | hakkzpets | null | Why? | null | 0 | 1315922479 | False | 0 | c2jjmh0 | t3_kdey1 | null | t1_c2jjmh0 | t1_c2jjlxt | null | 1427594436 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | drooidD03s | null | Haha nice! What did you use for UML? | null | 0 | 1315922552 | False | 0 | c2jjmqh | t3_ke7ap | null | t1_c2jjmqh | t3_ke7ap | null | 1427594440 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | fps6 | null | free software isn't necessary open source. you can have a program that is free and that is closed source. can't think of anything right now, something like gimp or openOffice but with closed source (not sure if they are OSS) | null | 0 | 1315922552 | False | 0 | c2jjmqj | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjmqj | t1_c2jjffk | null | 1427594440 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pyrotechie83 | null | [This is what will happen.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ6zr6kCPj8) | null | 0 | 1315922654 | False | 0 | c2jjn4o | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjn4o | t1_c2jjkxv | null | 1427594447 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | littleman11186 | null | I used ArgoUML. It's pretty basic but it's free and it's written in java. | null | 0 | 1315922659 | False | 0 | c2jjn5j | t3_ke7ap | null | t1_c2jjn5j | t1_c2jjmqh | null | 1427594447 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | doktor_wankenstein | null | On greenbar. | null | 0 | 1315922666 | False | 0 | c2jjn6i | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjn6i | t1_c2jjhdu | null | 1427594450 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mschaef | null | I'm sure it's possible... I was reading a woodworking magazine about a blind man that makes furniture in his basement. When the author went over to interview the woodworker, he descended into a totally dark basement full of saws, drills, etc... I can only imagine that keeping things precisely organized was essential.
An interesting contrast is Chuck Moore's (inventor of Forth) take:
> 20-20 vision is required for fighter pilots. I have no qualms about requiring color vision for programmers. Everyone does not need to be a programmer.
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/01/09/11/139249/Chuck-Moore-Holds-Forth | null | 0 | 1315922667 | False | 0 | c2jjn6u | t3_ke5ao | null | t1_c2jjn6u | t3_ke5ao | null | 1427594450 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | glenbolake | null | It's the "256th day." Clearly, January 1 is day 0, making today day 255. Problem solved. (We don't need no stinking zeros) | null | 0 | 1315922675 | False | 0 | c2jjn7u | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjn7u | t1_c2jjepr | null | 1427594450 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | preggit | null | In Soviet Russia, exception handles you. | null | 0 | 1315922751 | False | 0 | c2jjnip | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjnip | t1_c2jjit1 | null | 1427594454 | 55 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | doktor_wankenstein | null | **X'FF'**, no? | null | 0 | 1315922791 | False | 0 | c2jjnoj | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjnoj | t1_c2jj933 | null | 1427594456 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | schmalls | null | That is awesome with the multiple interpretations. Great job! | null | 0 | 1315922847 | False | 0 | c2jjnwq | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjnwq | t1_c2jjak2 | null | 1427594468 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | thenuge26 | null | There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand ternary, those who don't, and those who thought this would be a binary joke. | null | 0 | 1315922940 | False | 0 | c2jjoac | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjoac | t1_c2jjh9n | null | 1427594466 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pyrotechie83 | null | Clients can wait. It's mothafuckin PROGRAMMER'S DAY!! | null | 0 | 1315923010 | False | 0 | c2jjok8 | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjok8 | t1_c2jjfxs | null | 1427594471 | 24 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | LORDJEW_VAN_CUNTFUCK | null | hello world | null | 0 | 1315923032 | False | 0 | c2jjon8 | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjon8 | t3_ke58q | null | 1427594480 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | OnanationUnderGod | null | Pretty bad game, why bother? | null | 0 | 1315923117 | False | 0 | c2jjoz5 | t3_kctmn | null | t1_c2jjoz5 | t3_kctmn | null | 1427594482 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SCombinator | null | Cardforge has the split requires 2 children crash, Minecraft didn't launch.
Those are the only two java applications I use. | null | 0 | 1315923155 | False | 0 | c2jjp4i | t3_kcvv3 | null | t1_c2jjp4i | t1_c2jigch | null | 1427594479 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dakboy | null | Is she cute? | null | 0 | 1315923180 | False | 0 | c2jjp81 | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjp81 | t1_c2jjnip | null | 1427594485 | 16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | NunFur | null | Just because this has a class diagram doesn't mean it belongs in programming. | null | 0 | 1315923228 | False | 0 | c2jjpex | t3_ke7ap | null | t1_c2jjpex | t3_ke7ap | null | 1427594485 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | johnyma22 | null | Today is also World chocolate day :| | null | 0 | 1315923433 | False | 0 | c2jjq95 | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjq95 | t3_ke58q | null | 1428194259 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | silentdon | null | And there's no such thing as a two. | null | 0 | 1315923488 | False | 0 | c2jjqgn | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjqgn | t1_c2jjfux | null | 1427594501 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Huh. That's interesting. I thought being a programmer was primarily about writing programs, not about what kind of jokes I make. | null | 0 | 1315923510 | False | 0 | c2jjqkl | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjqkl | t1_c2jjhmc | null | 1427594504 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | goalieca | null | Celebrate the worker you evil capitalist pig! | null | 0 | 1315923548 | False | 0 | c2jjqqd | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjqqd | t1_c2jjayq | null | 1428194257 | 85 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | le_kommie | null | > Uncompromising Performance
If I had a $ or £ every time I heard companies say that, I would be a billionaire by now. Are there any definitions and benchmarks to refer to? | null | 0 | 1315923560 | False | 0 | c2jjqsl | t3_kdj33 | null | t1_c2jjqsl | t3_kdj33 | null | 1427594506 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Clit_Commander | null | In Soviet Russia...
I for one enjoy the benefits of beeing a programmer every day... | null | 0 | 1315923618 | False | 0 | c2jjr1i | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjr1i | t3_ke58q | null | 1427594509 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | LaurieCheers | null | Now you're just being creepy... | null | 0 | 1315923658 | False | 0 | c2jjr7c | t3_kdey1 | null | t1_c2jjr7c | t1_c2jifcc | null | 1427594511 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gwern | null | > Have you thought about whether that's a reasonable expectation? (it sounds like you expect not just dogmatic rationalization, but transparently bad dogmatic rationalization. Are people that like the fancy type systems not at least clever, even if unwise?)
You know, they don't call these 'holy wars' for nothing. And I do expect transparently bad justifications; it's funny you mention it, but 9/11 brings up a whole heap of them - eg. http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/7l0/911_as_mindkiller/ (where the interesting thing is the *writer* has realized how transparently bad his dogmatic rationalizations were, a decade later). As well, one of my own hobbies is [tracking predictions](http://www.gwern.net/Prediction%20markets), and it no longer surprises me to see people engaging in what is obviously hindsight bias, or privileging their hypotheses, or retroactively reinterpreting what they had written, or just ignoring things. The easiest person to fool is oneself.
> As for updating on evidence, how have you updated on the evidence? Which hypotheses do you think this study is evidence against and for?
It's evidence that non-experts (many of us) may not be helped much by type systems. In particular, the 'type-driven' style of development advocated by eg. Don Stewart (figure out the types of all your functions with stubs for typechecking, and then fill in the implementations) may not work very well for non-experts who don't understand the language and domain intimately.
It's not strong evidence, but the study is better than most of the older ones which are cited when people try to rigorously discuss the topic of static vs dynamic or OOP versus FP. | null | 0 | 1315923669 | True | 0 | c2jjr93 | t3_k7o9e | null | t1_c2jjr93 | t1_c2jjjjz | null | 1428194255 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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True | boa13 | null | That's quite the opposite (depending on the meaning of free).
- Free (as in beer) software can indeed be anything (closed source, open source, shareware, adware, malware, whatever)
- Free (as in speech) software is necessarily open source and would have trouble being malware or adware, since users could easily alter the source code to correct the irritating feature
- Open source software is not necessarily free software, it could have a restrictive license or simply be not free enough | null | 0 | 1315923722 | False | 0 | c2jjrgy | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjrgy | t1_c2jjmqj | null | 1427594526 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | QuestionMarker | null | If I have an @gmail.com email address which is plastered all over my business cards, my CV, my website, my entries in mailing list archives, my blog, my source code commits, is known to all my family and friends, and is basically the central coordination point for my online identity, how is saying "Use SPDY or don't use GMail" *not* forcing my hand?
Changing your email address is *not* a trivial operation, and it's not enough to say "well, don't put yourself in that position." There are people in that position, and Google *can* force them to use its technology. | null | 0 | 1315923733 | False | 0 | c2jjriv | t3_kc9ai | null | t1_c2jjriv | t1_c2jan93 | null | 1427594516 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zelf0gale | null | A less than half built brick house would. Especially if the only defender was tired and distracted with laying bricks. | null | 0 | 1315923740 | False | 0 | c2jjrk2 | t3_kdey1 | null | t1_c2jjrk2 | t1_c2jjbdx | null | 1427594519 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315923983 | True | 0 | c2jjslh | t3_ke5wz | null | t1_c2jjslh | t3_ke5wz | null | 1427594533 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | PowderedToasty | null | How often do you deal with actual 0s and 1s as a modern day programmer? | null | 0 | 1315924067 | False | 0 | c2jjsye | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjsye | t1_c2jjhmc | null | 1427594538 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aristotle2600 | null | Pragmatically, they are the same thing. However, the culture and reasoning behind them are different, as well as precisely what each term actually refers too.
First, "free software" refers to free as in speech, not beer. What that means is with free software, you are free to do things with it, to modify it most notably, and to distribute it. Free as in free beer is software that has no monetary price. Free beer does not imply free software, as in most freeware, almost all shareware, etc.
Now the difference. Free software refers to a culture and ideal that software *should* be free, as a moral principle. The reasons are varied, but the biggest one is that software is inherently an intellectual endeavor, and therefore should not be restricted (note I said *restricted*, not *monetized*.)
Open source is both more of a technical definition, and a term which caries a different moral connotation. As a technical definition, it refers to the practice of making one's source code, well, open, meaning that anyone can see it, investigate it, modify it, redistribute after modifying it, etc. As a moral and cultural term, it refers to a more pragmatic observation: opening source code makes for better code. Now, better code is also a rationale for free software advocates, but for proponents of the open source philosophy, that is the *only* reason. You hear this term more from corporate cultures, that want to save on bug squashing and development in general, as well as actually get and use better code. This way, they can focus on things that cannot be outsourced.
Among the less civil, this is ample cause for holy wars: naive idealist hippies vs. greedy selfish materialists/corporatists. | null | 0 | 1315924074 | False | 0 | c2jjszj | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjszj | t1_c2jjffk | null | 1427594538 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | IRQBreaker | null | Me too. *sigh* | null | 0 | 1315924124 | False | 0 | c2jjt74 | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjt74 | t1_c2jjlu4 | null | 1427594542 | 31 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | justicereform | null | I don't see any evidence it's observed anywhere except Russia. | null | 0 | 1315924142 | False | 0 | c2jjta4 | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjta4 | t3_ke58q | null | 1427594544 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | StormTAG | null | Woot! 256th upvote! :D | null | 0 | 1315924218 | False | 0 | c2jjtla | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjtla | t3_ke58q | null | 1427594548 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | joshdick | null | Programmers are supposed to wear white for this holiday, but it's after Labor Day. | null | 0 | 1315924298 | False | 0 | c2jjtxj | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjtxj | t3_ke58q | null | 1427594552 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | berlinbrown | null | Yea. | null | 0 | 1315924331 | False | 0 | c2jju1r | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jju1r | t3_ke58q | null | 1428194251 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | brigadierfrog | null | Out of all the python web frameworks I've used I always though pyramid managed to squeeze out quite a lot. My only complaint was the large number of dependencies it had. I guess that's not that big of a problem though as long as you use one of the sandbox creation tools python has. | null | 0 | 1315924370 | False | 0 | c2jjuaw | t3_kdv51 | null | t1_c2jjuaw | t3_kdv51 | null | 1427594557 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | threading | null | [Official website](http://programming-motherfucker.com/) | null | 0 | 1315924494 | False | 0 | c2jjuvu | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjuvu | t3_ke58q | null | 1427594564 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | schveiguy | null | *sigh* the same avoidance of answering questions all over again. It really does get tiring.
> > It's a funny way of saying "yes, we believe it's a copy" without actually saying it.
>
> That's your interpretation.
What's yours? Do you think that's all that was said to Walter, even though we could contact all the authors of the code, and all of them (except one, who refused to answer) agreed to relicense?
Maybe you should stop assuming what I or anyone else will believe. Let's stop playing politics and get to the bottom of the issue, unless you want to just infrequently keep bringing this issue up to stir the pot.
I understand that developers have a right to refuse allowing their code to be copied, but I have *never* seen an explanation from the lone (as far as I can tell) developer who claims copy infringement as to what code was copied, or else if copy infringement wasn't claimed, why this went to the place it did. I went to great lengths to get the permission from all the developers of the code to re-license, and only one refused (by not answering the question). If the person who was part of the actual conversation said what you said (that they never claimed infringement), I would be upset with Walter for claiming Tango said the code was infringing, and I'm sure he would respond, even if in private to me. But I have serious doubts that person would come forward, since I think they are hiding behind rumors and speculations from the Tango defenders. Prove me wrong, please. I hate to think the worst of people, but I have nothing else to go on.
I'll even accept a private email (which I promise to keep private). If you don't want Walter's description to be the only one everyone sees, give me another one. Tell me what code was infringed, show me the reason for the phone call in the first place. You should still have my email, but in case you don't it's my username on this site @yahoo.com. I remember another high profile case where infringement was claimed without proof for years. It was by a company called SCO against Linux source code. That worked out well for them, didn't it.
Don't forget, that was *my* code that was held hostage for reasons unexplained, I have a personal stake in this, and I had a friendly relationship with the Tango team up until that point (and was still contributing!). I examined the code before the phone call was even made and determined that the code was not a derivative work, *as the person who wrote the original*. I think I deserve an explanation, or at least a reason as to why the code was deemed infringing. But I don't hold out any hope I will get one. Baseless accusations are as meaningless as name-calling. If you want it to mean anything, give some proof. Or stop bringing it up.
Still waiting.... | null | 0 | 1315924602 | False | 0 | c2jjvci | t3_kaxjq | null | t1_c2jjvci | t1_c2jflt7 | null | 1427594583 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | arthum | null | [This gnu.org article](http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html) does a good job of explaining the difference between free software and open source. | null | 0 | 1315924611 | False | 0 | c2jjvds | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjvds | t1_c2jjffk | null | 1427594583 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | robinwholikesjava | null | This is actually a very nice idea! This guy definitely seems to know what he is talking about.
Once implemented, this could take web frameworks to an entirely new level. | null | 0 | 1315924628 | False | 0 | c2jjvgr | t3_ke7rt | null | t1_c2jjvgr | t3_ke7rt | null | 1427594575 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | -o0o- | null | 11111111 =128 + 64+ 32 +16 + 8 + 4+ 2 + 1 = 255 + 1 (00000000) = 256 values for 8 bit binary | null | 0 | 1315924665 | False | 0 | c2jjvn5 | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjvn5 | t1_c2jjfux | null | 1427594579 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | NruJaC | null | GIMP = GNU Image Manipulation Program
^^ Pretty sure that's FOSS.
OpenOffice has its own license, but you can download the source for sure. In fact, that's how it got forked. | null | 0 | 1315924712 | False | 0 | c2jjvv2 | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjvv2 | t1_c2jjmqj | null | 1427594583 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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True | theillustratedlife | null | TIL my birthday is on the 0xFF day of the year. | null | 0 | 1315924772 | False | 0 | c2jjw4t | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjw4t | t3_ke58q | null | 1427594595 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aim2free | null | > I take it free software is another name for open source?
Open source is another beast completely, but there is an overlap.
Free software means:
0. software that you can run on any computer for any purpose.
1. software that you can study and change to your wish.
2. software that you can redistribute to your choice.
3. software which you can redistribute your modified version of, with source of course.
Open source on the other hand may only fulfil no 1 of those. It was a concept invented by Bruce Perens and Eric Raymond (RedHat) in early 90-ies as people seemed to have a problem with the concept "free software" and often mixed it up with "gratis", which is something completely different. English is really a poor language in this sense, on the other hand we have it in Swedish as well "free" has two meanings.
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By the way, I recently defined ["free computer"](http://wish-it.org/freecomputer.html) according the same concept:
1. You are free to run and download any software of your choice on the computer
2. You are free to study how the computer works, and change it so it does your computing as you oish. Access to all source, that is, drawings, chip descriptions, functional diagrams and CAD descriptions, is a precondition for this.
3. You are free to share, copy, or give away your computer to anyone you like so you can help your neighbor.
4. You are free to distribute copies of your modified computer to others. By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to all source, that is, drawings, chip descriptions, functional diagrams and CAD descriptions, is a precondition for this.
PS. The site is a little experimental at the moment, will soon present a more thoroughly worked through site.
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True | mhd | null | While I agree with you that the "more robust than any other language" is quite a bit hyperbolic, I'd like to hear quite a few more preliminary arguments for Haskell before a (complicated, long-term, exhaustive) scientific comparison would be scheduled. It's like someone challenging Usain Bolt: He's not required to quickly fly over to my place of residence, just because I made the claim that I'm the fastest man alive…
A good first step would be evaluating Haskell against the Steelman. | null | 0 | 1315924820 | False | 0 | c2jjwd0 | t3_ke569 | null | t1_c2jjwd0 | t1_c2jjhcm | null | 1427594588 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | scorchie | null | Programmers are often well known for their 'fuck the free world' mentality when it comes to fashion. | null | 0 | 1315924944 | True | 0 | c2jjwxy | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjwxy | t1_c2jjtxj | null | 1427594597 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jeeeeves | null | I went to school with a blind person. I know he used screen readers. | null | 0 | 1315925053 | False | 0 | c2jjxg1 | t3_ke5ao | null | t1_c2jjxg1 | t3_ke5ao | null | 1427594603 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rmxz | null | I think of Ada as [double-entry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-entry_bookkeeping_system) for bookkeeping and data-entry.
Type the same thing over-and-over again to avoid typeos.
[disclaimer - I hear Ada's evolved a bit since I used it, so it's not quite as verbose now] | null | 0 | 1315925136 | False | 0 | c2jjxsz | t3_ke569 | null | t1_c2jjxsz | t3_ke569 | null | 1427594605 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | andralex | null | We will celebrate this day by working extra hours, tovarishchi! | null | 0 | 1315925163 | False | 0 | c2jjxwu | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jjxwu | t3_ke58q | null | 1427594607 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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