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True | Gephoria | null | 8-4 Ftw!!! | null | 0 | 1315964317 | False | 0 | c2jpdh4 | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jpdh4 | t1_c2jnrzz | null | 1427597144 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jstrassburg | null | It used to be always on September 13 because the original developer failed to account for leap year. | null | 0 | 1315964399 | False | 0 | c2jpdv3 | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jpdv3 | t3_ke58q | null | 1427597149 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | yeswecould | null | FORMAT ALL THE DISKS!! | null | 0 | 1315964477 | False | 0 | c2jpe7r | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jpe7r | t1_c2jp9ts | null | 1427597154 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rms2219 | null | Where is Visual Studio 11 mentioned? A different article? | null | 0 | 1315964483 | False | 0 | c2jpe86 | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jpe86 | t1_c2jojxx | null | 1427597154 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Gephoria | null | int notnewyears = 1
// new years = zero day and shall not be counted for it's current level of awesomeness
while(notnewyears > 0){
notnewyears = notnewyears + 1
}
//something something something darkside
// maybe insert something to reset it at 365.242199 | null | 0 | 1315964534 | False | 0 | c2jpehf | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jpehf | t1_c2jjak2 | null | 1427597157 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MilkSteak | null | See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/home/ for more details.
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Sha 1 hash - 6FE9352FB59F6D0789AF35D1001BD4E4E81E42AF
All of the following come on a disk image file (.iso).
- 64-bit Windows Developer Preview
- Windows SDK for Metro style apps
- Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Express for Windows Developer Preview
- Microsoft Expression Blend 5 Developer Preview
- 28 Metro style apps including the BUILD Conference app | null | 0 | 1315964614 | False | 0 | c2jpeul | t3_kevgf | null | t1_c2jpeul | t3_kevgf | null | 1427597232 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MilkSteak | null | In my previous life at Microsoft, I found it absolutely *amazing* and inspiring to work with someone who was blind but navigated webpages, source code and anything computer related much faster than those of us with vision. He used Jaws at some speed that none of us could comprehend but was hands-down faster than just about everyone in the group at performing any task on the computer.
I can't answer your question but I can tell you that a blind person with the right tools can school someone with vision. :) | null | 0 | 1315964809 | False | 0 | c2jpfpo | t3_ke5ao | null | t1_c2jpfpo | t3_ke5ao | null | 1427597241 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | yeswecould | null | I wonder if it's really a replacement or is it just another 'WinFX' built on top of other APIs. MFC, WinForms, WPF and friends have long ago 'replaced' vanilla Win32, but I can hardly imagine them replacing Win32 instead of building on top of it. It wouldn't be impossible though, NT has support for many subsystems, Win32 and Unix services I think being the only two. | null | 0 | 1315964825 | False | 0 | c2jpfrx | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jpfrx | t1_c2jogsj | null | 1427597243 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | yeswecould | null | I hope they allow running Metro apps on Vista & 7 in some basic form, just so that we wouldn't have to write the whole UI twice for legacy OS support in newer apps. | null | 0 | 1315964978 | False | 0 | c2jpgj5 | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jpgj5 | t1_c2joxe1 | null | 1427597252 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | "how's it goin man, it's been a day...you're good at this"
"oh, you know, just finishing the file storage system, and after that I have the post interface and [.....] to do. I'll be just a jiffy."
(doing it alone, years later NOT DONE YET.) | null | 0 | 1315965039 | False | 0 | c2jpgsz | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jpgsz | t1_c2jo5xs | null | 1427597256 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rabbitlion | null | That's not what cloud computing is though. | null | 0 | 1315965181 | False | 0 | c2jphh1 | t3_kd1nr | null | t1_c2jphh1 | t3_kd1nr | null | 1427597264 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | north-and-south | null | VS2010 is not ideal for native code. In my experience it's dog slow period (but R# might have a bit to do with this in my case). It's purple though, at least it's got that going for it. Having said that, vNext doesn't look that bad and is supposed to have a much stronger focus on C++ tooling. I also have high hopes for the whole WinC++ push that seems to gaining momentum. | null | 0 | 1315965333 | False | 0 | c2jpi7i | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jpi7i | t1_c2jp073 | null | 1427597274 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dormedas | null | ALL OF THEM?! BUT SIR, WE ONLY NEED ONE! | null | 0 | 1315965404 | False | 0 | c2jpijd | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jpijd | t1_c2jpe7r | null | 1427597279 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | danita | null | GOTO [3] | null | 0 | 1315965546 | False | 0 | c2jpj8f | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jpj8f | t1_c2jm53c | null | 1427597287 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315965604 | False | 0 | c2jpjji | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jpjji | t1_c2jk041 | null | 1427597291 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | WPF actually isn't built on top of Win32 at all like MFC and WinForms are. It's all DirectX under the hood. I wonder if WinRT is similar...
Anyway, glad to see my XAML skills aren't going to waste. I really like XAML. | null | 0 | 1315965665 | True | 0 | c2jpju8 | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jpju8 | t1_c2jpfrx | null | 1427597296 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ObligatoryResponse | null | Huh? Mark Miller sent an e-mail to javascript-standard at google.com. He then forwarded his e-mail to a public list. Someone signed up markmail.org to receive and archive that mail for easy web viewing and we can see it even though we're not on the list.
It's not leaked. The guy sent it internal and then *literally 2 minutes later* (check the time stamps) forwarded to the public. The group in [question is here](https://groups.google.com/group/google-caja-discuss).
Why we're seeing this as news a year later is beyond me. | null | 0 | 1315965729 | False | 0 | c2jpk5e | t3_kc9ai | null | t1_c2jpk5e | t1_c2jn9jk | null | 1427597299 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mkdir | null | I'm looking at some mighty fine convincing evidence that it does. | null | 0 | 1315966057 | False | 0 | c2jplpd | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jplpd | t1_c2jopth | null | 1427597319 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Debian ftw | null | 0 | 1315966150 | False | 0 | c2jpm52 | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jpm52 | t1_c2jnjb1 | null | 1427597326 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | wilhelmtell | null | Fantastic. I love it! Clear, proper pace, fun. Well done! MORE! :) | null | 0 | 1315966201 | False | 0 | c2jpmbo | t3_kd88g | null | t1_c2jpmbo | t3_kd88g | null | 1427597327 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | daigoba66 | null | I mostly use the CLI, but i sometimes use git gui to interactively stage files since it shows the diff.
As for the learning curve, the key to training developers is to have at least one person become a super-expert, guru, whatever. He or she should have no problem explaining concepts, show how-tos, and be a proponent for DVCS. | null | 0 | 1315966309 | False | 0 | c2jpmri | t3_kc5di | null | t1_c2jpmri | t1_c2jixa0 | null | 1427597339 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I'm downloading it but I'm gonna run it in VMWare or Virtualbox instead of installing it directly on my computer. | null | 0 | 1315966311 | False | 0 | c2jpmrs | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jpmrs | t1_c2jp9ts | null | 1427597339 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | beforethewind | null | Like the-cakeboss said, I understand your concern for a "sheeple" mentality... but we're dealing with developers here.
It's very easy for a bunch of kids to see big explosions in a movie trailer for a summer action movie and flock towards it... but good luck trying to tell farmers that it's much more cooler and efficient to dig with their hands.
If it works, and it's an actual improvement upon previous methods, then it'll thrive and deserve to. | null | 0 | 1315966346 | False | 0 | c2jpmxk | t3_kcwx2 | null | t1_c2jpmxk | t1_c2jefy9 | null | 1427597336 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315966403 | True | 0 | c2jpn7m | t3_kewfp | null | t1_c2jpn7m | t3_kewfp | null | 1427597341 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | That is planned - they're going to sort it out after DirectX 11 is backported to Windows XP. /sarcasm
Until some software I need is updated to work on Vista (or Windows 7) then I'm stuck, anyway. | null | 0 | 1315966441 | False | 0 | c2jpndv | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jpndv | t1_c2jpgj5 | null | 1427597345 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | adzm | null | I take it you don't use cygwin or mingw then? | null | 0 | 1315966491 | False | 0 | c2jpnm4 | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jpnm4 | t1_c2jp7p2 | null | 1427597348 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | valdus | null | It it just me, or is the progression towards simplicity and focus on operating system interfaces (ie. iPad, "Metro", etc) trending towards the computers seen in Starship Troopers?
| null | 0 | 1315966496 | False | 0 | c2jpnmv | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jpnmv | t3_kejwo | null | 1427597348 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | applied_bananas | null | I have been interested in learning mercury for some time as I have been looking for a type safe logic language.
A question I have is that, this is very much DCG in prolog. Is the prolog notation also available? And how much does this extend? i.e are there equivalents of monad transformers in mercury for combining multiple inputs? (Say I want to use a state and perform IO). | null | 0 | 1315966674 | False | 0 | c2jpog7 | t3_kcggs | null | t1_c2jpog7 | t3_kcggs | null | 1427597356 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | montibbalt | null | Instead of a handheld camera, get some screen recording/ screencast software | null | 0 | 1315966712 | False | 0 | c2jpomx | t3_kewfp | null | t1_c2jpomx | t3_kewfp | null | 1427597358 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bluGill | null | My mistake, I meant the changes are not part of your working tree. Of course they are in my repo when you push to my repo. Until I merge (or otherwise update my tree to your stuff) they don't affect me. Same as if I would fetch a branch other than the branch I'm working in, the files end up in the repo, but not in my working tree.
Note, there are security concerns with allowing random users to push to your repo. From that standpoint most people would not allow push. That is a different consideration. | null | 0 | 1315966725 | False | 0 | c2jpop1 | t3_k7qvj | null | t1_c2jpop1 | t1_c2jgtza | null | 1427597359 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | imgonnacallyouretard | null | Why does BSD still exist? Under what setting would you choose a BSD over GNU/Linux? I'm asking this in an honest fashion, not as a troll. | null | 0 | 1315966812 | False | 0 | c2jpp5s | t3_kejfs | null | t1_c2jpp5s | t1_c2jnevz | null | 1427597365 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | CalcProgrammer1 | null | Ugh, that was disgusting. Why did they think putting a tablet-inspired menu on a desktop was a good idea? If they want this to be a cross-platform OS, they need to provide both Desktop (non-touchscreen, non-fullscreen tile UI menu like the Win7 start menu) and Tablet (touchscreen-friendly, drag-scrolling, pinch zooming UI) options so that you can select the best one for your platform/user preference.
I cannot see myself using that on my gaming PC, but it would look fine on a ~10" tablet or convertible laptop. Also, I don't want an "App Store" clone, one of the PC's best features is how open it is to software. If an App Store is implemented, it better have an "Off button" that disables it and all associated services/resource hogs, because if I'm paying for Windows I don't need nor want an advertising platform built in. | null | 0 | 1315967029 | False | 0 | c2jpq7s | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jpq7s | t3_kejwo | null | 1427597378 | -7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | matwill | null | It always amazes me that things make it to the front page, and the highest comment is bitching about how it doesn't belong on the front page. I thought upvoting would flatten out opinions. | null | 0 | 1315967096 | False | 0 | c2jpqjg | t3_kdey1 | null | t1_c2jpqjg | t1_c2jfxun | null | 1427597384 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | millstone | null | We should not programmatically test everything that can be programmatically tested.
All tests have a benefit and a cost. A test that throws up false positives, fails to catch bugs, constantly requires maintenance, takes a very long time to write, or requires awkward factoring is more cost than benefit.
We should programmatically test code that is well suited to programmatic testing, and manually test the rest. Take it from someone who swallowed the line and spent too long writing useless tests. | null | 0 | 1315967154 | False | 0 | c2jpqt5 | t3_kepcp | null | t1_c2jpqt5 | t1_c2joa17 | null | 1427597386 | 21 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | KyteM | null | It's why all (good) dev houses also have a dedicated team of testers that go through such unquantifiables as user experience, gameplay and whatnot.
Regression testing is to make sure you didn't break a feature when adding another.
Unit testing is to make sure your components are giving the right output given a known input.
Integration testing is to make sure the working components, when put together, are still working right.
For a calculator, for instance, unit testing would make sure that Add(1, 1) gave 2, and Multiply(5, 2) gave 10, integration testing would make sure inputting "5+2*3+1" (that is, multiply coupled with addition) returned 12 and regression testing would make sure the adder didn't break when adapted for multiplication. Then the UI testers would test for easy-of-use and whatnot. | null | 0 | 1315967447 | False | 0 | c2jps71 | t3_kepcp | null | t1_c2jps71 | t1_c2jobkv | null | 1427597405 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | Everything it comes up in the slides they show WinRT sitting right on top of the kernel with Win32 off to the side.
Win32 really is a very different development model. Can you imagine a Win32 application that was arbitrarily suspended just because the user brought another window to the foreground?
They also spent quite a bit of time talking about the Win32 things you don't get in WinRT. In WinRT was on top of Win32 I don't see how they could stop you from using Win32 functions. | null | 0 | 1315967468 | False | 0 | c2jpsap | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jpsap | t1_c2jpfrx | null | 1427597406 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | I'll keep my ears open, but I don't see that happening. The migration story looks like it is just going to suck. | null | 0 | 1315967496 | False | 0 | c2jpsfj | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jpsfj | t1_c2jpgj5 | null | 1427597409 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Mercury is heavily based off of Prolog. It's pretty much Prolog with static typing and going pure functional. | null | 0 | 1315967531 | False | 0 | c2jpslw | t3_kcggs | null | t1_c2jpslw | t1_c2jpog7 | null | 1427597410 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | How about holy grail quests for optimal Jaws scripts? | null | 0 | 1315967549 | False | 0 | c2jpsp3 | t3_ke5ao | null | t1_c2jpsp3 | t1_c2jjkgs | null | 1427597412 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315967554 | False | 0 | c2jpspy | t3_kewfp | null | t1_c2jpspy | t3_kewfp | null | 1427597412 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | A preview of VS 2011 Express ships with the Windows 8 Preview.
So far the only new feature I've seen is that they replaced the Solution Explorer with the Solution Navigator from the extension pack.
Here is what I'm expecting to see: http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/08/VS-IDE-Improvements | null | 0 | 1315967565 | False | 0 | c2jpsrx | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jpsrx | t1_c2jpe86 | null | 1427597413 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315967690 | False | 0 | c2jpte2 | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jpte2 | t1_c2jpi7i | null | 1427597421 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | I don't understand your complaint about the app store. It is just a small JavaScript application that lets you browse for programs to install. It only consumes resources when you are actively using it. If you never start it, well then it will never start.
| null | 0 | 1315967826 | False | 0 | c2jpu0c | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jpu0c | t1_c2jpq7s | null | 1427597429 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jiiyag | null | I didn't notice the way I'm about to phrase this until now, but I wish I had said this sooner.
In my opinion, you're focused too much on content-editing. I agree with you that content-editing is highly important, because it is the buffer between content-creation and content-communication.
Imagine the extremes given two of the three (editing, creation, communication):
>a group of people who are focused on creating and distributing
They would go far with their math individually, and would spread their ideas in many ways, but those ways would often confuse and take a long time to understand.
>a group of people focused on creating and editing, but not distributing
They would go far with their math, and it would be so beautiful and easy to understand, but would only reach a tiny fraction of the general population.
>a group of people focused on editing and distributing, but not creation
As soon as anything happened, everyone would know about it (because it would be accessible logistically and linguistically). But nothing would ever get off the ground, or only rare and tiny steps at unintentional intervals.
In this particular case, calling 0^0 = 1 is an editing detail. It makes some things easier to understand, but it creates no new content, it provides no further access. And in this case, this particular editing detail is not worth the trouble to fix.
I'm not saying editing details are unimportant. I can't count the number of times I've had an "ah-ha!" moment and instantly thought to myself, "well this is dumb, why didn't they *just say that*." [This is one of my favorite books](http://www.amazon.com/Proofs-BOOK-Martin-Aigner/dp/3540636986), and the entire thesis obsessed with editing details.
What I'm trying to convey is that in this case, the content-editing details are not useful to focus on. We, as a community, will gain no further insight, inspire no pre-mathematicians, nor distribute no more work to the general population by obsessing about what 0^0 means.
Use the tools you need and move on. | null | 0 | 1315967849 | False | 0 | c2jpu4v | t3_kbgvc | null | t1_c2jpu4v | t1_c2jpbnx | null | 1427597440 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | VatoSteve | null | I've downloaded it and I am burning the image right now. I'll let you know how it goes! | null | 0 | 1315967977 | False | 0 | c2jpusc | t3_kexc7 | null | t1_c2jpusc | t3_kexc7 | null | 1427597439 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | WinRT is definitely built on top of DirectX. All of your UI rendering is hardware accelerated by default.
As for WPF... I don't know. Rumor has it they painted themselves into a corner and can't fix the performance problems. They are using WinRT as an excuse to start over fresh. | null | 0 | 1315968073 | False | 0 | c2jpv8w | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jpv8w | t1_c2jpju8 | null | 1427597456 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | segfaultxr7 | null | * **Family member:** "Sooo, you're fixing computers these days, huh?"
* **Me:** "Well.. You know how you go to websites where you can log in to check your email or bank account balance or whatever? I basically write software that handles those kinds of things."
* **FM:** (long pause, blank stare) "....sounds like you have a lot of computers to fix!"
* **Me:** "Uh, yeah." | null | 0 | 1315968134 | False | 0 | c2jpviy | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jpviy | t1_c2jkdun | null | 1427597455 | 26 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | augustss | null | Not doing flattening is broken. It's the big point of list comprehensions; you can't get that wrong and claim to have list comprehension. Without flattening it's just a different syntax for map. | null | 0 | 1315968216 | False | 0 | c2jpvwu | t3_kddpb | null | t1_c2jpvwu | t1_c2jeimm | null | 1427597454 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | RattlesnakeJake | null | My download is running dirt slow though so anyone who has it and would like to share with a torrent it would be much appreciated. | null | 0 | 1315968277 | False | 0 | c2jpw7w | t3_kewkd | null | t1_c2jpw7w | t3_kewkd | null | 1427597469 | 18 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kaabii | null | This is some of the best off-topic material I've seen in the subreddit. I agree with you.
I don't care if it's absolutely perfect, hilarious, amazing content, please follow the rules. | null | 0 | 1315968525 | False | 0 | c2jpxen | t3_kdey1 | null | t1_c2jpxen | t1_c2jhx11 | null | 1427597481 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | no one gave a shit in my office. :-/
any REAL dev codes in their free time & on holidays anyway, it's not a profession, it's a lifestyle. | null | 0 | 1315968626 | False | 0 | c2jpxw1 | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jpxw1 | t3_ke58q | null | 1427597484 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | crappykoreabot | null | The windows 7 interface will still be there, Metro is something you can run on top of it. You won't lose the standard functionality that Windows 7 introduced. | null | 0 | 1315968826 | False | 0 | c2jpyva | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jpyva | t1_c2jpq7s | null | 1427597492 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | djork | null | I usually say I work in "software". That kind of covers the gamut without stooping to describing myself as "IT". | null | 0 | 1315968845 | False | 0 | c2jpyyh | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jpyyh | t1_c2jkdun | null | 1427597494 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kev009 | null | Any idea what the license is? Will this bomb after 60 days, or can it be put onto a secondary system without having to wipe it all the time? | null | 0 | 1315968875 | False | 0 | c2jpz29 | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jpz29 | t3_kejwo | null | 1427597494 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bluGill | null | Well the license is a major advantage for some. I companies don't mind giving their source back to the community, but having to have a process to respond to every Joe "GPL compliance checker" is annoying. GPL fans will try to tell you that the real reason the like BSD is they want to withhold some proprietary stuff, but that doesn't happen often enough to worry about.
BSD also tends to be more concerned with design it right. Not a problem today, but 15 years ago the quality of Linux source code was much worse than BSD (Linux has learned their lesion and even the most obscure corners of the code now need to meet quality standards)
I prefer FreeBSD, because I've always used FreeBSD. I've learned the quirks, and the ports system beats the binary installers most distro use. (particularly if you want some obscure compile time option - I suppose gentoo has the same abilities) It works, it is stable, so there isn't a good answer to why I would choose Linux (with or without the GNU parts) either.
FreeBSD has jails, which are a different security solution to anything linux has.
NetBSD is the most portable OS there is. Linux is ported to more systems, but the ports are of varying quality (stick to ARM or x86 and linux might be better, for any other obscure system you will likely find there are dusty corners that don't work right)
OpenBSD has the most through review system of any OS, and it shows in their security. If you need to withstand the types of break-ins a well funded government can throw at you, OpenBSD is your best bet to survive. (you still have to figure out how they can't just disconnect you from the net, and you need to have programs to run that can also stand their attacks)
Mostly though: there is nothing wrong with different, and several good things. | null | 0 | 1315969042 | False | 0 | c2jpzy9 | t3_kejfs | null | t1_c2jpzy9 | t1_c2jpp5s | null | 1427597507 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Durahk | null | Cygwin is usually so terribly slow, I end up just using a Linux virtual machine with a cross-compiler installed, because at least on modern hardware that runs at almost-native speed. | null | 0 | 1315969079 | False | 0 | c2jq04o | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jq04o | t1_c2jpnm4 | null | 1427597509 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cgibbard | null | Well, there's no need to obsess about it (who's obsessing?), but it seems to come up as a question from outsiders to mathematics a lot.
I think that thinking about what our convention in defining 0^0 should be also raises some important points about the structure of exponentiation and what it really means. These points are often lost in standard highschool curricula, and I think they're worth pointing out. In particular, the view of exponentiation as counting the functions between finite sets is pretty fundamental.
So while I'm answering the question about why 0^0 = 1 is a good definition, in justifying that, I also get to bring to people's attention some finer points about what exponentiation is about, and those are certainly more important.
0^0 = 1 generalises later to an isomorphism available in arbitrary Cartesian-closed categories with an initial object. While I can't reasonably convey that to people unfamiliar with categories, I can at least show the relationship to the category of sets via counting. | null | 0 | 1315969135 | True | 0 | c2jq0ej | t3_kbgvc | null | t1_c2jq0ej | t1_c2jpu4v | null | 1427597513 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | merz1254 | null | Can't wait until the next one. Thanks. | null | 0 | 1315969355 | False | 0 | c2jq1g0 | t3_kd88g | null | t1_c2jq1g0 | t3_kd88g | null | 1427597528 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gizza | null | >If they want this to be a cross-platform OS, they need to provide both Desktop (non-touchscreen, non-fullscreen tile UI menu like the Win7 start menu) and Tablet (touchscreen-friendly, drag-scrolling, pinch zooming UI) options so that you can select the best one for your platform/user preference.
You mean like exactly what they're doing? | null | 0 | 1315969401 | False | 0 | c2jq1ni | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jq1ni | t1_c2jpq7s | null | 1427597531 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | a_redditor | null | Ehhh, please don't link directly to the iso. | null | 0 | 1315969417 | False | 0 | c2jq1q3 | t3_kevgf | null | t1_c2jq1q3 | t3_kevgf | null | 1427597531 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | edthedev | null | You'll fit in just fine. :) | null | 0 | 1315969437 | False | 0 | c2jq1u3 | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jq1u3 | t1_c2jluie | null | 1427597533 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | djork | null | 11:00 PM, just shutting down... | null | 0 | 1315969497 | False | 0 | c2jq24y | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jq24y | t1_c2jjlu4 | null | 1427597535 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | happyscrappy | null | Keep talking, it doesn't mean anything.
The search engine companies pay you if you put in a search bar and direct those searches to them.
Go ahead and apply logic all you want and you're not going to change this.
> But then again, the default search engine for pretty much all browsers (except IE ofc) is Google, isn't it?
No, they all ask on first launch, including IE. This changed a few years back. It doesn't really matter which you select, they all pay the browser company per search. | null | 0 | 1315969510 | True | 0 | c2jq26n | t3_kawp5 | null | t1_c2jq26n | t1_c2jlpnp | null | 1427597544 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | edthedev | null | Thanks! We actually don't hear that all that often. | null | 0 | 1315969519 | False | 0 | c2jq28c | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jq28c | t1_c2jneqw | null | 1427597544 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | joesb | null | Read: it only turn invalid query that you would have fixed (had you know it's incorrect) into valid query that may or may not return what you thought you meant when you write that invalid query.
Yep, it's all safe. | null | 0 | 1315969836 | False | 0 | c2jq3qo | t3_kd0x9 | null | t1_c2jq3qo | t1_c2jh860 | null | 1427597561 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ipcj | null | Windows Runtime documentation - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh464947 | null | 0 | 1315969914 | False | 0 | c2jq43r | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jq43r | t1_c2jogsj | null | 1427597563 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | ITT programmers that don't understand their jokes apply to every other engineering discipline and that these jokes are a century old | null | 0 | 1315970007 | False | 0 | c2jq4jl | t3_kdey1 | null | t1_c2jq4jl | t1_c2jfxun | null | 1427597575 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | flukus | null | >They are essentially free to create and only contain the modified files.
So just like a branch then! | null | 0 | 1315970157 | False | 0 | c2jq56b | t3_kc5di | null | t1_c2jq56b | t1_c2jaxve | null | 1428194192 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dormedas | null | wow. I totally forgot I had this. >.> | null | 0 | 1315970186 | False | 0 | c2jq5as | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jq5as | t1_c2jpmrs | null | 1427597583 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | thermality | null | Feelsgoodman | null | 0 | 1315970375 | False | 0 | c2jq60d | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jq60d | t3_ke58q | null | 1427597594 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | VatoSteve | null | Posting this from Windows 8. Gotta say, so far I like it!
| null | 0 | 1315970468 | False | 0 | c2jq6fo | t3_kexc7 | null | t1_c2jq6fo | t3_kexc7 | null | 1427597602 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | Yea, except you have to decide branch *before* you alter the files. Oh, and it will branch everything, not just the files you actually changed. Good luck digging out the one or two files you actually want a week from now.
But hey, if your applications only contain a handful of source files then yes, it is just like branching. | null | 0 | 1315970605 | False | 0 | c2jq72p | t3_kc5di | null | t1_c2jq72p | t1_c2jq56b | null | 1427597607 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | > As for WPF... I don't know. Rumor has it they painted themselves into a corner and can't fix the performance problems. They are using WinRT as an excuse to start over fresh.
Yea, they do a lot of crappy stuff at the low level. For example, any hardware accelerated WPF app leaks memory on PCs with Intel Atoms.
Hopefully I can port all the XAML in my huge WPF app to WinRT relatively easily. It's a shame though, because WPF has a really nice API already. Hopefully WinRT either matches its features or builds on them. | null | 0 | 1315970612 | False | 0 | c2jq73z | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jq73z | t1_c2jpv8w | null | 1427597607 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | Do you have multiple windows open att he same time? If so you need to redesign your UI. | null | 0 | 1315970680 | False | 0 | c2jq7er | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jq7er | t1_c2jq73z | null | 1427597609 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | Awesome find. | null | 0 | 1315970701 | False | 0 | c2jq7i4 | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jq7i4 | t1_c2jq43r | null | 1427597611 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | flukus | null | Yes, branch per feature is a pretty common workflow. A branch takes seconds to create, I can check in, other people can review and modify as needed and then I or someone else can merge my changes into the main branch.
It's just as quick and simple as shelving and it doesn't require a specialised feature. | null | 0 | 1315970788 | False | 0 | c2jq7wd | t3_kc5di | null | t1_c2jq7wd | t1_c2jbtfj | null | 1427597614 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sksmith66 | null | yeah it's just that the ceo is a sales guy and the VPs are also ranked according to department with sales and marketing being the top dogs. I've never worked at a tech company where the ceo wasn't a born and bread sales douche and amongst the VPs it's always clear that the sales guys weild all the power and are the only people considered as replacement ceos. even worked for one ceo guy that actually wrote some code early in the life of the company but before, during and after his brief stint as a programmer he was a sales guy. I've also never worked anywhere at which the ceo was replaced by an internal candidate other than the vp of sales. | null | 0 | 1315970857 | True | 0 | c2jq879 | t3_ke58q | null | t1_c2jq879 | t1_c2jofvb | null | 1427597616 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | taogepacs | null | Good question, I guess. Short answer is: so long as people are willing to work on and use them, BSD is not going to go away, even if other people would wish for it to disappear for.. whatever their reasoning is.
I know plenty of BSD users have used or do use GNU/Linux, but the reverse is often not true. I doubt many of the more vocal Linux users have tried or know anything about BSD, other than they have been trained to hate it.
BSD got certain things like [kqueue](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kqueue) out of the door long before Linux had anything similar, which they all shared between each other. So back then, it was kind of a big deal. Nowadays, Linux has largely caught up and surpassed BSD in many areas. And considering the backing that Linux has, I'd be more surprised if it hadn't.
The liberal license allows companies to pick it up and use it without being forced to give anything back. This is where I guess a lot of discussions/arguments eventually lead to. Companies like Force10 and Juniper are built on BSD, and very little of their "secret sauce" is contributed back, but they make up for it in other ways, with donations, developer time and code. This is one of those settings where you'd "choose BSD over GNU/Linux".
I've personally always found BSDs clean and logical for the most part. Their documentation is usually fantastic. They all now use a similar rc.conf and rc.d system. They tend to segregate the base system from packages (FreeBSD and OpenBSD usually place packages under /usr/local (configurable), pkgsrc places them where you want, but defaulting to /usr/pkg). This is something any OS can do, but all the Linux distros I've used tend to just ditch things under the root partition, which ends up feeling messy and cluttered, especially /etc.
There are a lot of tools that are available on the BSDs that make them very worthwhile. A sample of which..
* [PF](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PF_\(firewall\))
* [pfsync](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfsync)
* [pkgsrc](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pkgsrc) - this is fantastic for having a unified package system across all your systems.
* [FreeBSD & DragonFly Jails](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeBSD_jail)
* FreeBSD [ZFS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zfs)
.. and many more.
I think I've rambled on for long enough, but hopefully that at least slightly answers your question, or intrigues you enough to look into it some more. | null | 0 | 1315970884 | True | 0 | c2jq8bq | t3_kejfs | null | t1_c2jq8bq | t1_c2jpp5s | null | 1427597617 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | DanTycoon | null | 3.6 GB at 64 KB/sec? I don't think it's really worth it.
EDIT: I forgot this was r/programming, and sarcasm wasn't allowed here. Sorry, guys. | null | 0 | 1315970886 | True | 0 | c2jq8c6 | t3_kewkd | null | t1_c2jq8c6 | t1_c2jpw7w | null | 1427597617 | -6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | TinyEarl | null | Actually I think it was stated that they each run as their own applications, so if you like the standard dekstop you don't ever have to use metro (and vice versa). | null | 0 | 1315970988 | False | 0 | c2jq8r0 | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jq8r0 | t1_c2jpyva | null | 1427597621 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ericanderton | null | Bah, *real* programmers use a battery, a paperclip and a serial port. | null | 0 | 1315971009 | False | 0 | c2jq8u4 | t3_ke5ao | null | t1_c2jq8u4 | t1_c2jort8 | null | 1427597622 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | You can actually boot .vhd images, no partitioning needed!
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/knom/archive/2009/04/07/windows-7-vhd-boot-setup-guideline.aspx | null | 0 | 1315971023 | False | 0 | c2jq8wb | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jq8wb | t1_c2jp9ts | null | 1427597623 | 35 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sidfarkus | null | Very interesting. This tidbit struck me as cool:
> There's no need to manage the lifetime of underlying object. Windows releases the object when you're finished with the last of its class instances that you've activated. | null | 0 | 1315971072 | False | 0 | c2jq93p | t3_kewaq | null | t1_c2jq93p | t3_kewaq | null | 1427597625 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | weirdasianfaces | null | I downloaded it, and I'm personally not a fan. I don't like how they don't initially ask you if you'd like to start up to the Metro UI or directly to the desktop, the ugly green background when installing and logging in, the new Aero frame (it's actually not bad, but I don't like the larger, centered text with the shadow), and when you press the start button it brings you BACK to the Metro UI.
At the last part I was like yeah okay I'm done for now, tried turning my computer off and I only saw the option to log off, so I logged off and while the lock screen is actually pretty nice, it's a slide-up screen (like you'd do on a mobile device).
**tl;dr** not a fan of the whole Metro experience taking over my computer. Windows 8 DOES perform very nicely though, I have to give it that. | null | 0 | 1315971094 | False | 0 | c2jq96t | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jq96t | t1_c2jp9ts | null | 1427597626 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | not_mad_just_upset | null | Minecraft is extremely buggy and Notch is a lazy programmer. The last person I'd take inspiration from is him. | null | 0 | 1315971107 | False | 0 | c2jq98o | t3_kepcp | null | t1_c2jq98o | t3_kepcp | null | 1427597627 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | adolfojp | null | Link is dead. | null | 0 | 1315971194 | False | 0 | c2jq9lp | t3_keepq | null | t1_c2jq9lp | t3_keepq | null | 1427597632 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Nope, it's a full screen touch-focused app for an embedded medical device. We do use the WPF Popup control for some menus, however, which uses another Window under the hood. Shouldn't be too hard to design around.
Anyway, glad to see that modal dialog boxes are deprecated in WinRT. I fought so hard against older developers to not use them even though they're so easy to implement, since the UX is so bad. | null | 0 | 1315971365 | False | 0 | c2jqabu | t3_kejwo | null | t1_c2jqabu | t1_c2jq7er | null | 1427597642 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dauphic | null | I'm more interested in seeing actual examples of how you would interface with these libraries from C++. This sounds exactly like COM, which is a ridiculously complicated mess. | null | 0 | 1315971622 | False | 0 | c2jqbhr | t3_kewaq | null | t1_c2jqbhr | t3_kewaq | null | 1427597658 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rcklmbr | null | The end of the video reminds me of an infomercial. | null | 0 | 1315971633 | False | 0 | c2jqbjs | t3_ketdw | null | t1_c2jqbjs | t3_ketdw | null | 1427597658 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jupiter104 | null | I know how to delete a certain file (File.Delete) or a directory (Directory.Delete) but what if I want to delete all the files of a certain type say with extension .txt from a particular directory. What is the code for that? | null | 0 | 1315971687 | False | 0 | c2jqbrv | t3_kezbp | null | t1_c2jqbrv | t3_kezbp | null | 1427597661 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jldugger | null | Reminds me a great deal of [BLAST](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLAST). With a good bit of rsync for speed.
Kinda disappointed it's a webservice and not also a cli app, but I guess it'd be simple to fake it with wget/curl. | null | 0 | 1315971757 | False | 0 | c2jqc39 | t3_ke9sw | null | t1_c2jqc39 | t3_ke9sw | null | 1427597665 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | WalterGR | null | This is garbage collection. COM is reference counted. | null | 0 | 1315971944 | False | 0 | c2jqcx0 | t3_kewaq | null | t1_c2jqcx0 | t1_c2jqbhr | null | 1427597676 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | a_redditor | null | [This is me, rubbing it in.](http://i.imgur.com/UawQX.png) | null | 0 | 1315971961 | False | 0 | c2jqczn | t3_kewkd | null | t1_c2jqczn | t1_c2jpw7w | null | 1427597687 | 31 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | flukus | null | >Yea, except you have to decide branch before you alter the files
No you don't. You can branch, switch and keep local modifications quite simply in svn/git.
>Oh, and it will branch everything, not just the files you actually changed
No, it will create a branch, a copy of the root node + any modifications. It's a free operations in most SCMs.
>Good luck digging out the one or two files you actually want a week from now.
I look at the history and it tells me what files were modified. Luck isn't needed.
> But hey, if your applications only contain a handful of source files then yes, it is just like branching.
A branch takes 1 second if you have 2 source files and 1 second if you have a million source files. I don't see the problem. | null | 0 | 1315971997 | False | 0 | c2jqd4y | t3_kc5di | null | t1_c2jqd4y | t1_c2jq72p | null | 1427597679 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sorry_but | null | So I've got to make this webapp I'm building for the company I work for compatible with the company's default web browser....IE8 (yeah the IT people here are a bit challenged it seems). Turns out IE8 doesn't support a table with fixed headers and a scrollable body. Well fuck you Microsoft. The linked example shows an example that apparently worked fine in IE6 and 7. | null | 0 | 1315972418 | False | 0 | c2jqeza | t3_kezq4 | null | t1_c2jqeza | t3_kezq4 | null | 1427597703 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dauphic | null | Is there a difference? I don't work with any garbage collected languages often enough to know the details, but I was under the impression that languages like C# normally implement garbage collection by reference counting objects and periodically disposing any objects with no references.
The only difference I can see is that COM releases objects as soon as the reference count reaches 0, where as garbage collection releases batches of objects every so often. | null | 0 | 1315972435 | False | 0 | c2jqf1v | t3_kewaq | null | t1_c2jqf1v | t1_c2jqcx0 | null | 1427597712 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1315972452 | False | 0 | c2jqf40 | t3_kewkd | null | t1_c2jqf40 | t1_c2jqczn | null | 1427597705 | 18 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | x-skeww | null | The video *is* an informercial. | null | 0 | 1315972464 | False | 0 | c2jqf5w | t3_ketdw | null | t1_c2jqf5w | t1_c2jqbjs | null | 1427597707 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | a_redditor | null | Haha, I knew that was coming. Cue someone with a screenshot of him/herself browsing reddit using Windows 8. | null | 0 | 1315972653 | False | 0 | c2jqfzo | t3_kewkd | null | t1_c2jqfzo | t1_c2jqf40 | null | 1427597717 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | What do you mean by "per feature?" I am talking about creating dozens of these a day to push quick changes back and forth. Using it like a DVCS | null | 0 | 1315972814 | False | 0 | c2jqgo5 | t3_kc5di | null | t1_c2jqgo5 | t1_c2jq7wd | null | 1427597725 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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