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True | pipocaQuemada | null | http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Applications_and_libraries/Interfacing_other_languages
You can access foreign libraries, but because of the types people who are Haskell hackers you generally only see them port stuff from C: OpenGL & GLUT, pcap, &c.
The problem with just using a foreign library, particularly one from an OO language, is that they're very unhaskelly, in much the same way that a C library isn't particularly java-y or C#-y. It takes work to take a library reasonable in C, Java or .NET and make it reasonable in haskell.
Similarly, if you make a library in F# that's very functional and takes advantage of the Hindly-Millner type system, you can't really use it in C#, there's a fundamental disconnect. Instead, the library writer needs to expose an API with the that uses the (mostly OO) subset that all .NET languages share after having implemented the library in an F#-y way internally. Working with a foreign language's libraries is not something that can just be tacked onto a language; it needs to be built into the language at a deep level, and will impact many things, including the type system. | null | 0 | 1316096770 | False | 0 | c2k25n9 | t3_kful5 | null | t1_c2k25n9 | t1_c2jy1yy | null | 1427603365 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Perky_Goth | null | Because they can always release a new and improved version of the spec that has new patents that they won't cover.
Oops.
Let alone the fact that it's always going to be playing catch up, and that using it for video will still be impossible. | null | 0 | 1316096781 | False | 0 | c2k25os | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k25os | t1_c2k147d | null | 1427603366 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | acrophobia | null | From your link
> In case web page tries to access Java plug-in, the following message will be displayed:
> “The Java plug-in needs your permission to run.”
An Ok/Cancel dialog box is not blocking...I thought this would be obvious. | null | 0 | 1316096888 | False | 0 | c2k2652 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2652 | t1_c2k1nqj | null | 1427603371 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | munificent | null | Oops, fixed! | null | 0 | 1316096890 | False | 0 | c2k265i | t3_kfuqy | null | t1_c2k265i | t1_c2k0y6r | null | 1427603371 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316096909 | False | 0 | c2k268o | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k268o | t1_c2k25os | null | 1427603372 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | munificent | null | I was one of the two engineers on the team, yes. The project was tons of fun. | null | 0 | 1316096955 | False | 0 | c2k26ft | t3_kfuqy | null | t1_c2k26ft | t1_c2k0x7y | null | 1427603375 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dbeta | null | Agreed. I use PDFs, but only as a paper document replacement. I guess I could use .ps files to avoid adobe's PDF bullcrap, but meh. | null | 0 | 1316096970 | False | 0 | c2k26i1 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k26i1 | t1_c2k2491 | null | 1427603375 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | baudehlo | null | How's the support for COM and ActiveX these days? | null | 0 | 1316097030 | False | 0 | c2k26rc | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k26rc | t1_c2k14x7 | null | 1427603379 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | EnderMB | null | It may sound cliche, but you're helping by using it. Not only does using these tools spread awareness, it helps the original developers sort out bugs or issues with their work. | null | 0 | 1316097065 | False | 0 | c2k26wg | t3_kfirl | null | t1_c2k26wg | t1_c2jvm8v | null | 1427603380 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | For people who actually do *work* on their computers, however?
I don't envy any student that types their essays on an iPad. | null | 0 | 1316097102 | False | 0 | c2k271z | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k271z | t1_c2k1phe | null | 1427603382 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | berlinbrown | null | Corrected. | null | 0 | 1316097235 | False | 0 | c2k27le | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k27le | t1_c2k23ut | null | 1427603389 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316097254 | False | 0 | c2k27oo | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k27oo | t1_c2k26rc | null | 1427603392 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cbaltzer | null | NP problems are typically verifiable with a yes/no answer (solvable in P). Given two piles A and B, are they equal? Adding up the rocks in each pile can be done in O(n), then checking if the sums are equal is O(1).
However, starting from scratch (determining which piles to make), you have to compare the sums of each possible pile. This takes (roughly) O(n) time, per possible pile. | null | 0 | 1316097271 | False | 0 | c2k27ru | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k27ru | t1_c2k25ly | null | 1427603393 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316097286 | False | 0 | c2k27tk | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k27tk | t1_c2k25ly | null | 1427603393 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pentae | null | > if she has just 100 rocks, there are 2^100 possible ways to divide these rocks into two piles
Only if:
* Putting a rock into *no* piles is not an option
* The naming of the piles is important (i.e. the combination where all 100 rocks are in pile A is *not* the same as the combination where all 100 rocks are in pile B) | null | 0 | 1316097297 | False | 0 | c2k27v5 | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k27v5 | t3_kgfhb | null | 1427603393 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | DeathBySamson | null | I see tablets as gaming consoles. They'll never make computers become obsolete but they will be an *alternative* if you want to check your email or browse the web. | null | 0 | 1316097312 | False | 0 | c2k27x5 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k27x5 | t1_c2k1j7v | null | 1427603395 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | frezik | null | It does basically what flashblock does on Firefox. "Forbid by default" is a good, practical definition of "block" for me. | null | 0 | 1316097448 | False | 0 | c2k28hd | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k28hd | t1_c2k2652 | null | 1427603402 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | It looks like they've integrated pix into the vs ui. Convenient but not new. | null | 0 | 1316097460 | False | 0 | c2k28jp | t3_kg44k | null | t1_c2k28jp | t1_c2k0cxu | null | 1427603404 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FlySwat | null | Managed code and Native code with compiler extensions are different things.
| null | 0 | 1316097468 | False | 0 | c2k28ky | t3_kewaq | null | t1_c2k28ky | t1_c2k18nu | null | 1427603404 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | __j_random_hacker | null | Sorry, I may have confused things with my second-to-last sentence. The thing is that we haven't yet been able to *prove* that it's impossible to quickly find two equal piles of rocks -- it's just that a load of smart mathematicians and computer scientists have studied [this particular problem](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subset_sum_problem) and others like it and haven't yet come up with any solutions that are faster than basically trying each possibility.
NP is the set of all problems whose answers can be checked quickly (in polynomial time). This includes easy problems that we can solve quickly (e.g. adding 2 numbers) and also problems like the rock pile problem, where we haven't yet been able to find a quick solution. The "P = NP?" question is: "Are *all* these quickly-checkable problems actually quickly-solvable too?" | null | 0 | 1316097500 | False | 0 | c2k28qs | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k28qs | t1_c2k23jl | null | 1427603405 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Zarutian | null | Wouldnt that be staticly-typed then?
And is the type system Hilde-Milliener (or how it is spelled) based or? | null | 0 | 1316097510 | False | 0 | c2k28sa | t3_kfvm7 | null | t1_c2k28sa | t1_c2k10pd | null | 1427603406 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bastawhiz | null | Silverlight filled a niche that didn't exist, pushing technology to people that already had flash and would soon have HTML5. It wasn't the best solution because it was never Microsoft's intent to make it the best solution. It was Microsoft's intent to milk a huge amount of money out of the idea (books, certifications, licensing, etc.). Anyone that jumped on the bandwagon was foolish to do so. Sure, Silverlight could have been pulled off properly and done right, but who honestly expected Microsoft to do that? When corporate interest is in mind and not clarity of purpose, this is the shit that happens. | null | 0 | 1316097591 | False | 0 | c2k295i | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k295i | t3_kgb4h | null | 1427603412 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | licorice_straw | null | I'm so addicted to starcraft I read this as "Protoss vs Neural Parasite" | null | 0 | 1316097670 | False | 0 | c2k29h3 | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k29h3 | t3_kgfhb | null | 1428194019 | -4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nemoTheKid | null | The simple fact that all programs on Windows now won't work on Windows for ARM. Thats what ARM has to do with applications, everything will either be recompiled for ARM. You can't emulate x86 on ARM because, first and formost Intel won't let you. Atom/i5/etc chips are x86 and suffer the same problems that CISC suffers that ARMs' RISC doesn't - power draw. The differences in battery life is not even close, and any advancement in battery production will be infinetly more useful to ARM than x86.
And iOS won't exist in 5 years? So billions of apps, companies, and developers will just drop off the face of the earth? Apple will fall off the face of the earth? Sounds like fanboy talk to me. It has hardly lost the market to Android, the iPhone is still the best selling single phone. For the fact that you can actually make a money targetting Apple's one phone vs Android many says alot of about the strength of the iPhone, again ignoring this, is simply fanboy talk.
Lastly, saying the tablet market will go to windows is another extremly bold claim. WP7 doesn't have anywhere near the marketshare of Android and iOS, and saying Mango will make sales skyrocket is just speculation. Then you expect Windows to take the Tablet market? Another guy, the CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer said the same thing when the iPhone launched, and paraded around with the HP Slate. The device never launched. A full OS + x86 is just too much to support on a tablet, and any advancement to either of these will have the same effect on iOS/Android. | null | 0 | 1316097845 | False | 0 | c2k2a9w | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2a9w | t1_c2k22ti | null | 1427603427 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | krelian | null | Well my dad bought himself an ipad and he is completely infatuated with the device. He keeps telling me how great of a device it is which really surprised me because I thought it would have been one of those purchases that is used a dust collector after the first week. | null | 0 | 1316097905 | False | 0 | c2k2aim | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2aim | t1_c2k23lo | null | 1428194018 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | baudehlo | null | > COM and ActiveX are ANCIENT, how is the support for the first version of Linux btw?
Every version of Linux is supported as much as you want it to be.
> Funny you think that's a legit comparison especially with MS who actually maintains old software like nobodies business. Apple can't even get iTunes to run on a 3 year old version of OSX.
The problem is not Microsoft's support of old technologies, it's their constant push to the "next best thing", causing their developers to continually learn new technologies. That's not in itself a bad thing - but what it always seems to result in is years of pain while the bugs in those new technologies are being ironed out, and all for what?
Personally I'm still developing code using ancient POSIX APIs, and I have no regrets from escaping the Microsoft platform. | null | 0 | 1316097935 | False | 0 | c2k2and | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2and | t1_c2k27oo | null | 1427603431 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | __j_random_hacker | null | * "divide the rocks into two piles" implies each rock must go in a pile.
* Alright, alright, it's closer to 2^99 since it suffices to check solutions in which pile A has at least as many rocks as pile B... Congratulations, now she only needs ~1,000,000 powerful computers running since the dawn of time :-P | null | 0 | 1316098003 | False | 0 | c2k2ayt | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k2ayt | t1_c2k27v5 | null | 1427603438 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pnpbios | null | Cocoa isn't cross platform or open source. I guess we can't use that either. | null | 0 | 1316098191 | False | 0 | c2k2bsr | t3_kfuii | null | t1_c2k2bsr | t1_c2k0xmn | null | 1427603447 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316098223 | False | 0 | c2k2byi | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2byi | t1_c2k11ro | null | 1427603450 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | icebraining | null | But many (most?) times you - the client, not the service - don't need the 10% *at all*, that's my point. Also, reading an extension to an existing format is usually much easier than reading a full new format, since the base semantics are the same.
>Look at this and tell me with a straight face that if it was provided in one of those formats, you'd be able to represent all of its data and functionality, in a pretty user-friendly way, without any extra code or documentation.
All? No, but the base information (type: game character, name, description, game it belongs to, etc) should. Then you extend the format to model the rest of the data.
| null | 0 | 1316098224 | False | 0 | c2k2byv | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2byv | t1_c2k23yr | null | 1427603450 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | soyverde | null | >Yes, they have, which should make repair and maintenance far easier, yet people can't do that, either.
It is easier in some respects (get a DTC, google it along with symptoms, replace a part). Of course car manufacturers aren't helping things here, as cars are a closed technology anywhere they're allowed to be, keeping internal codes and maintenance/troubleshooting info to themselves to sell you (via the dealership's service department). If you think this is limited to basic users you're mistaken, I know mechanics who can't stand to work on some cars simply because the necessary information is kept from them.
>The fastest-selling consumer electronics device in history is a powerful computer that you can only install approved software on. People simply don't want the ability to execute any kind of instructions, any more than they want the ability to change their own oil. It's not as cross-cutting as writing.
Sadly, you're spot on here. If the interest/desire isn't there and the tools create too high of a barrier to entry, the author's desires will remain a dream. I do think the tools (e.g. programming languages) are improving, but at the same time people are migrating towards devices that allow less control to the individual in order to use machines with an easier interface.
>And I want to own a car that a mechanically-literate society would develop: e.g., possible to change my own oil without a bunch of extra expensive gadgets, like I could in 1965. But we no longer live in this society. Extreme specialization of both people and machines rules the day.
While the keys to the castle still require quite a bit of effort, they're much more open when it comes to computers (and will probably stay that way as long as open source thrives). That said, computers certainly aren't getting any *less* complex, much like cars. Until the tools for programming match the comfort level of your average user (not happening any time soon), it's unlikely we'll see some amazing transformation to society-wide programming. If it ever comes about, it will probably be via a very high-level interface.
Hell, if battery technology ever catches up there won't be any oil to change in consumer autos. | null | 0 | 1316098391 | False | 0 | c2k2cpz | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2cpz | t1_c2k1v65 | null | 1427603465 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | frezik | null | That's because what people think is math is actually not math. You can't do any interesting math on a calculator. Some sophisticated programs have been able to do math (e.g. the proof to the Four Color Theorem), but these are still uncommon, and it can take decades for humans to verify all the steps.
Teach them math (and programming), and let them pull out a calculator when it's time to plug in those annoying number things. | null | 0 | 1316098488 | False | 0 | c2k2d55 | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2d55 | t1_c2k1qoy | null | 1427603469 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cannontrodder | null | Someone taking a comment and dictating to others what they 'really meant' is not adding anything to the discussion. I doubt very much my down vote has in any way made this subreddit unbearable. I don't know how you manage to cope FFS... | null | 0 | 1316098494 | False | 0 | c2k2d69 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2d69 | t1_c2k20ro | null | 1427603470 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | herringpj | null | I don't think the author here is arguing for everyone to be full time programmers, just as our high school English teacher did not expect students to all be writers of some sort. Rather, as our society becomes increasingly technical, a familiarity with programming, algorithms, etc...will be increasingly necessary to compete in a global market place. Therefore, require high schoolers to take a basic programming class, more to challenge their minds to think in a new way. Some actually may love it and discover a career path. Others may not like it, but at least they will have some experience.
I work in a digital agency. I spend a significant amount of time having to explain technical processes to non tech people. I know this time would be greatly reduced if people had some knowledge of the way computers work. Its not about making the world into nerds, its about making the world understand the tools most use daily. | null | 0 | 1316098550 | False | 0 | c2k2dfg | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2dfg | t3_kgbzq | null | 1427603471 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cogman10 | null | IE6 was the FIRST modern browser. It, by and large, had the best javascript and CSS support compared to its competitors at the time. Microsoft's only "sins" with IE6 was the fact that they didn't develop quicker, and they couldn't get the damn users to upgrade.
Most of Microsoft's contributions to the web happened because of IE6 and before IE6. Yes, it needs to die in a fire today, but the fact is, it was a significant technological advancement.
As for the Wine thing, its tough to dig up (I haven't followed the Wine mailing lists actively for years.). I believe it was around 2003-06 that some of the MS developers that worked directly with DirectX started making contributions to Wine's DirectX 9 implementation. | null | 0 | 1316098551 | False | 0 | c2k2dfj | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2dfj | t1_c2k25hl | null | 1427603471 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | RizzlaPlus | null | the last sentence from the first paragraph:
>The computable numbers form a real closed field and can be used in the place of real numbers for many, but not all, mathematical purposes. | null | 0 | 1316098566 | False | 0 | c2k2dhj | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2dhj | t1_c2k1yz8 | null | 1427603473 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ZorbaTHut | null | And then those format extensions require documentation, and we're right back to needing to read the documentation before you do anything.
None of the various ways of packaging data are all that tough to decode (unless they've done something truly atrocious with the format, I suppose, but most haven't.) I really feel like you're focusing on the simple part and ignoring the hard part. | null | 0 | 1316098750 | False | 0 | c2k2eai | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2eai | t1_c2k2byv | null | 1427603479 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rexQuery | null | Opera started it. Then Chrome and Fx followed. I have IE9 installed, but I don't use it much, so no idea if IE has the feature ... . | null | 0 | 1316098753 | False | 0 | c2k2eb7 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2eb7 | t1_c2k22wy | null | 1427603479 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | BitBrain | null | Lightswitch is also a brand new tool that produces Silverlight apps. Say what you want about Lightswitch as a tool, but my read on Microsoft releasing something new like this with the Silverlight dependency is that the news of Silverlight's death are a little premature. | null | 0 | 1316098808 | False | 0 | c2k2ejq | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2ejq | t1_c2k1ecy | null | 1427603482 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Dr9 | null | Is this a new 3d model editor? Or did they acquire some other companies tech?
| null | 0 | 1316098816 | False | 0 | c2k2ekz | t3_kg44k | null | t1_c2k2ekz | t3_kg44k | null | 1427603482 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316098866 | False | 0 | c2k2et9 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2et9 | t1_c2k2d69 | null | 1427603485 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | inmatarian | null | > The desire for a language which would fulfill the same role as Java, but more concise and requiring less verbose boilerplate.
class Scrollbar : Widget {
// Member variables
private {
var val:int;
var minVal:int;
var maxVal:int;
}
def construct(minValue:int, maxValue:int) {
// Initialize member variables from constructor args.
minVal = val = minValue;
maxVal = maxValue;
}
// Attach widget to parent
def attach(parent:Widget) {
parent.addChild(self);
}
// Getter and setter for 'value' field.
def value:int {
get { return val; }
set (n:int) {
val = n;
repaint();
}
}
}
Nope. | null | 0 | 1316098878 | False | 0 | c2k2evh | t3_kfvm7 | null | t1_c2k2evh | t3_kfvm7 | null | 1427603486 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kylegetsspam | null | Opera started a lot of things... yet still no one uses it. | null | 0 | 1316098905 | False | 0 | c2k2eyg | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2eyg | t1_c2k2eb7 | null | 1427603487 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | skooterz | null | Except for end users who don't know any better. | null | 0 | 1316098928 | False | 0 | c2k2f28 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2f28 | t1_c2k1woe | null | 1427603488 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MatrixFrog | null | I agree! That's why people say `fromJust` (and `head` and various other things) should be removed, or at least clearly marked as unsafe. And I think they're right. | null | 0 | 1316098932 | False | 0 | c2k2f52 | t3_kfvm7 | null | t1_c2k2f52 | t1_c2k0pcy | null | 1427603489 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mpeters | null | It seems I am mistaken (although the details on that Hamster link are a bit vague). Back when Ohloh first started you created a profile and listed your public repositories and then it crawled them to get stats. I wasn't aware that it actively crawls public repos that are not self reported. | null | 0 | 1316098932 | False | 0 | c2k2f55 | t3_kaxjq | null | t1_c2k2f55 | t1_c2jwlh1 | null | 1427603489 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kylegetsspam | null | Opera started a lot of stuff. But still no one uses it. :P | null | 0 | 1316098944 | False | 0 | c2k2f7u | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2f7u | t1_c2k2eb7 | null | 1427603490 | 29 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jayfehr | null | Size? I'm assuming XL since they are supposed to be a little tight. | null | 0 | 1316098958 | False | 0 | c2k2fac | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2fac | t1_c2k1kyi | null | 1427603490 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | k3n | null | Yeah, since streaming video can't be handled in _any_ other way.
_/me Curses NetFlix for being the **only** reason that I even have Silverlight installed._ | null | 0 | 1316098991 | False | 0 | c2k2fgh | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2fgh | t1_c2k1etx | null | 1427603493 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kevind23 | null | When did they say that Silverlight would be abandoned? If Silverlight is built into the browser, then it it's not a plugin. | null | 0 | 1316099043 | False | 0 | c2k2fp0 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2fp0 | t3_kgb4h | null | 1427603496 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | skooterz | null | I for one hope that this forces Netflix to get with the program. No Linux support, grumble grumble. | null | 0 | 1316099064 | False | 0 | c2k2fsb | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2fsb | t3_kgb4h | null | 1427603499 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | 3825 | null | but there are other browser vendors, yea? is there any indication that Microsoft is trying to bind IE to Windows more strongly wth IE10? | null | 0 | 1316099127 | False | 0 | c2k2g34 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2g34 | t1_c2k1oms | null | 1427603510 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | onebit | null | They'll figure it out pretty quick:
User: Why don't this shit work?
Computer Guy: Use Legacy Mode or whatever
User: Thanks, it works now. Why would anyone use this Metro thing? | null | 0 | 1316099148 | False | 0 | c2k2g6x | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2g6x | t1_c2k2f28 | null | 1427603504 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MatrixFrog | null | How do you know for sure if it's needed or not? In Haskell, the type system tells you. In Java, the Javadoc *might* tell you. Do you trust Javadoc to stay accurate as code evolves? | null | 0 | 1316099148 | False | 0 | c2k2g70 | t3_kfvm7 | null | t1_c2k2g70 | t1_c2k1pfy | null | 1427603504 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | k3n | null | If you can still make out the gist of the article, don't complain. While the author's name appears English, it's very possible that English is not his native tongue. I think this is basically a form of the _ad hominem_ attack, which of course is a fallacy; the relative ability for one to speak a language is no determination of the merit of the contents. | null | 0 | 1316099156 | False | 0 | c2k2g8n | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2g8n | t1_c2k1to1 | null | 1427603504 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | 3825 | null | and it will handle many basic functions but not all | null | 0 | 1316099198 | False | 0 | c2k2gfm | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2gfm | t1_c2k1mxe | null | 1427603507 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SDRealist | null | I wouldn't even bother looking for another report. That article is nothing more than speculative editorializing about [this blog post](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/14/metro-style-browsing-and-plug-in-free-html5.aspx), which was written by someone on the IE team. Not only is that blog post straight from the horse's mouth, it's also written by someone who can spell better than two out of three words. | null | 0 | 1316099202 | False | 0 | c2k2ggb | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2ggb | t1_c2k12ht | null | 1427603507 | 22 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kohrtoons | null | Sooooo when Microsoft does it its okay but when Apple does it on a mobile device you call foul? | null | 0 | 1316099283 | False | 0 | c2k2gt2 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2gt2 | t3_kgb4h | null | 1427603512 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | 3825 | null | if you are authoring or reading complex documents (with 3d graphics or complex layout) you need a full blown app. For most people I agree that we don't need a separate app (or a plug in that embeds a full blown app inside the browser) | null | 0 | 1316099296 | False | 0 | c2k2gva | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2gva | t1_c2k1dfw | null | 1427603512 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | chordsNcode | null | it took me 4 rereads to understand what was trying to be said | null | 0 | 1316099304 | False | 0 | c2k2gwh | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2gwh | t1_c2k1i99 | null | 1427603512 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rexQuery | null | Sadly true. I, for one, am an Opera fan myself. | null | 0 | 1316099368 | False | 0 | c2k2h6y | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2h6y | t1_c2k2f7u | null | 1427603517 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | 3825 | null | ah. I knew it wasn't literal but I didn't understand it fully before. Thank you for explaining. Chromium derivatives probably handle things the same way. (I don't use rockmelt so I can't tell) | null | 0 | 1316099411 | False | 0 | c2k2he9 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2he9 | t1_c2k1bns | null | 1427603518 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dwidel | null | I watched the keynote and got the complete opposite message. Silverlight is being emphasized, Silverlight will run native, so there's no reason for a plugin. | null | 0 | 1316099412 | False | 0 | c2k2heo | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2heo | t1_c2k10px | null | 1427603529 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | __j_random_hacker | null | That's true, but it's really just a technical detail that has no place on the *Simple* English Wikipedia page. All problems of interest that are not already in this form can be converted easily: "Find the minimum/maximum x such that..." can be transformed into a binary search that calls a Yes/No decision procedure a logarithmic number of times; more generally, "Find x such that...", where x belongs to a set X whose size is bounded by a polynomial in the problem size, can be turned into a series of calls that test each element in X. | null | 0 | 1316099481 | False | 0 | c2k2hr5 | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k2hr5 | t1_c2k24cr | null | 1427603528 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316099484 | False | 0 | c2k2hrs | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2hrs | t1_c2k12ht | null | 1427603528 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ranma | null | I take my iPad and blutooth keyboard on trips and it is actually a very nice experience. | null | 0 | 1316099504 | False | 0 | c2k2hux | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2hux | t1_c2k271z | null | 1427603529 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gomtuu123 | null | Can I ask a question as a non-CS-major programmer?
Why does anyone think that P might equal NP? It seems to me that combinatorial problems are very different from, say, sorting a list, because a combinatorial problem can't really be broken down into smaller pieces or steps that get you closer to your goal. With sorting, you can say "a sorted list starts with the smallest number, which is followed by the next biggest number, and so on." Each number has a property (bigness) that can be measured with respect to each other number, and that helps you arrange them all according to the definition of a sorted list, little by little.
But with a combinatorial problem, like the subset sum problem, the numbers don't have any properties that can help you break the problem down. With a set like { -7, -3, -2, 5, 8}, {-3, -2, 5} is a solution, but there's nothing special about -3 or {-3, -2} that you can measure to see if you're closer to a solution. -3 is only useful as part of the solution if there's a -2 and a 5, or if there's a -1 and a 4, etc., and you don't know that until you've tried all of those combinations.
Does that make sense? I'm really curious about this, so I'm hoping someone can explain it to me. Thanks. | null | 0 | 1316099639 | False | 0 | c2k2ihl | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k2ihl | t3_kgfhb | null | 1427603537 | 50 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | neuter | null | TIL how full reddit was of MS fanboys. | null | 0 | 1316099660 | False | 0 | c2k2ilb | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2ilb | t3_kgb4h | null | 1427603542 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316099665 | False | 0 | c2k2im1 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2im1 | t1_c2k2and | null | 1427603542 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ranma | null | Which is what most people do with their computers. _We_ are the _Outliers_, not them. | null | 0 | 1316099672 | False | 0 | c2k2in0 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2in0 | t1_c2k27x5 | null | 1427603537 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kylegetsspam | null | I meant to try it since they minimized the UI chrome. It looks a *lot* better than it used to. | null | 0 | 1316099701 | False | 0 | c2k2irp | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2irp | t1_c2k2h6y | null | 1427603537 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | __j_random_hacker | null | If bit i in a 100-bit vector represents the pile (A or B) that rock i is in, you can use a Gray code to move through the possible piles with only O(1) cost per pile :) | null | 0 | 1316099730 | False | 0 | c2k2iwz | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k2iwz | t1_c2k27ru | null | 1427603539 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rexQuery | null | I think they already have, but it isn't perfect yet. | null | 0 | 1316099795 | False | 0 | c2k2j8c | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2j8c | t1_c2k0t8p | null | 1427603543 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Their strategy is the same as it has always been since they gained their near-monopoly on the desktop: tie new technologies to Windows to drive adoption. | null | 0 | 1316099906 | False | 0 | c2k2jrq | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2jrq | t1_c2k125z | null | 1427603550 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316099927 | False | 0 | c2k2jvj | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2jvj | t1_c2k0s50 | null | 1427603552 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mycall | null | That is a great selling point for Android. | null | 0 | 1316099964 | False | 0 | c2k2k0l | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2k0l | t1_c2k1aa3 | null | 1427603552 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | _JP | null | The reward of teaching a child is different than the reward of creating something. It is not just about money here. | null | 0 | 1316099995 | False | 0 | c2k2k5l | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2k5l | t1_c2k1j1w | null | 1427603555 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mycall | null | I just want a WPF to WinRT converter and I'll be happy. | null | 0 | 1316100007 | False | 0 | c2k2k7e | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2k7e | t1_c2k10px | null | 1427603556 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | 5-4-3-2-1-bang | null | That's kind of my point; I'd wager that for 95% of the actual users out there, all they need is a PDF reader that can render text, SVGs, and bitmaps. That other 5% (at best) need the full blown crazy heavyweight PDF suite. To edge out that 95% because of no plugins (and no apparent native functionality) means the built in browser will be made irrelevant for most users. | null | 0 | 1316100110 | False | 0 | c2k2kpv | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2kpv | t1_c2k2gva | null | 1427603563 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | HillbillyBoy | null | NP complete: A problem that is NP hard AND is in NP.
As in, an NP hard problem can be so fucking hard that it won't even be in NP, and a problem in NP might be very easy and be in P. NP complete is the intersection of these two sets (NP and NP hard) meaning they're pretty fucking hard but not too hard. | null | 0 | 1316100140 | False | 0 | c2k2kv7 | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k2kv7 | t1_c2k21et | null | 1427603564 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | newbill123 | null | If MS wanted to write their own Flash or QuickTime interpreter, they are able to do so.
The Flash standard is open (for some definition of open), and there are third party implementations which are not as complete or optimized as Adobe's but they do exist. Apps like iSwifter on iOS let you use a subset of Flash on a "Flashless" platform to do things like play simple games, visit homestar runner, and watch porn which you can't do in mobile Safari.
As for QuickTime, Jobs cross licensed the tech to MS when he returned because the legal uncertainty about whether MS had stolen tech from QT. As part of Micorosoft's investment to save Apple, they became a licensee of the tech in QuickTime and Apple's lawsuit was dropped. Of course, these days even Apple is dropping dependence on QuickTime as a plugin. Codecs are interpreted at a system level via QuickTime rather than the plugin. I don't know whether the really old tech like QuickTime 3d, QTVR, or what's left of QuickTime interactive are still supported at any level since the transition to QuickTime X. But if MS wanted to implement a QuickTime shim, they'd be in a unique legal position to do so. | null | 0 | 1316100243 | False | 0 | c2k2lcm | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2lcm | t1_c2k0s50 | null | 1427603572 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | macroexpand | null | Simple English doesn't mean glossing over the details or dumbing down the topic, it means explaining things using a simple vocabulary, so that people without a firm grasp of english can understand. I don't feel knowledgable or motivated enough to make the changes myself - I was just commenting on what I thought was a slight error. | null | 0 | 1316100271 | False | 0 | c2k2lhi | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k2lhi | t1_c2k2hr5 | null | 1427603573 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Chroko | null | Before you complain, if you don't know anything about HTML5 and Javascript, look at this:
* [Microsoft's IE 10 Demos](http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Views/SiteMap/)
(Those work in most modern browsers - ie: Chrome and Firefox - not just IE, and are coded almost entirely in HTML5 and Javascript.) | null | 0 | 1316100290 | False | 0 | c2k2ll3 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2ll3 | t3_kgb4h | null | 1427603575 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cbaltzer | null | As a CS major that isn't very good at math: most likely P != NP. That seems to be the general consensus. However, until someone proves it, I'll choose to remain optimistic about it! | null | 0 | 1316100299 | False | 0 | c2k2lmr | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k2lmr | t1_c2k2ihl | null | 1427603575 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dmp1ce | null | Great news! | null | 0 | 1316100303 | False | 0 | c2k2lnl | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2lnl | t3_kgb4h | null | 1427603577 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pozorvlak | null | Unfortunately, "it's a calling, it's about more than the money" has been used as an excuse to underpay vital workers far too many times. Look at Finland: they pay their teachers properly, and they have the best education system in the world. These two facts are not coincidental. | null | 0 | 1316100480 | False | 0 | c2k2mi1 | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2mi1 | t1_c2k2k5l | null | 1428194012 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cdsmith | null | It depends on how you teach programming, though. Certainly there's common ground. How much common ground is very dependent on your approach to programming. If you set out to teach object-oriented design (and there's a very unfortunate trend toward building in object oriented design into early programming education because it's seen as "intuitive"), then you're not really doing math education. To a lesser extent, one could say that *imperative* programming is getting away from mathematical thinking, as well; or at least confusing things by grafting different meanings onto words like *variable* and *function* that kids will see in math and have them mean something else entirely.
If you really keep things simple, though, and avoid the OO fad, and possibly even avoid imperative programming, then I'd agree that computer programming can be an excellent preparation for math, as it can give a very concrete environment for playing around with algebraic expressions, functions, and similar ideas using something more manipulatable/tangible than numbers.
[Of](http://cdsmith.wordpress.com/2011/08/16/haskell-for-kids-week-1/) [course](http://cdsmith.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/haskell-for-kids-week-2/) [I'm](http://cdsmith.wordpress.com/2011/09/03/haskell-for-kids-week-3/) [rather](http://cdsmith.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/haskell-for-kids-week-4/) [biased](http://cdsmith.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/haskell-for-kids-week-5/). | null | 0 | 1316100502 | False | 0 | c2k2mky | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2mky | t1_c2k156i | null | 1427603590 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | frezik | null | > And I want to own a car that a mechanically-literate society would develop: e.g., possible to change my own oil without a bunch of extra expensive gadgets, like I could in 1965.
Oil changes are still oil changes. I need a flexible extension to get to my oil filter, but this is just a result of where the filter is placed on my car.
The additional complications of today's cars make them more reliable, to the point where changing oil, other fluids, and a few mechanical parts are all that's needed on many cars to keep them going 100k miles. Cars don't throw rods, because they don't have them. Cars don't have loose distributor caps, because they don't have them. Cars don't need their carbs tuned in the winter, because they don't have them.
The things that do go wrong that are electronics-related are also the things that are solutions against the above issues. A "check engine" light is usually the result of a bad sensor. Annoying and requires specialized equipment to diagnose and repair, but that same sensor was also helping prevent much more catastrophic mechanical failure.
Computers have gone the same way. You can download and completely understand the schematic to the Apple I and many other computers of the '80s. Their instruction manuals often included a lesson on boolean algebra. Today, it would be difficult to have complete knowledge of even a subset of a GPU's circuitry.
Specialization like that is almost inevitable. But you don't need that kind of knowledge for a programming course, either. Even simple Excel formulas are tremendously powerful and useful. | null | 0 | 1316100547 | False | 0 | c2k2msx | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2msx | t1_c2k1v65 | null | 1427603595 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pozorvlak | null | > The fastest-selling consumer electronics device in history is a powerful computer that you can only install approved software on.
Yep. Because we live in a pre-algorate society. People don't know how to write their own code, and don't realise what they're missing. You'd have had a hard time selling notebooks and pencils in the Dark Ages, too. | null | 0 | 1316100585 | False | 0 | c2k2mzb | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2mzb | t1_c2k1v65 | null | 1427603597 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ivix | null | Why do people bother creating these languages? I presume it's for fun, but surely they don't expect people to seriously use them? | null | 0 | 1316100639 | False | 0 | c2k2n98 | t3_kfvm7 | null | t1_c2k2n98 | t3_kfvm7 | null | 1427603599 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Clbull | null | You forgot Windows 2000 and the Windows Server operating systems.
Also, Windows 95 wasn't that bad either. | null | 0 | 1316100651 | False | 0 | c2k2nb7 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2nb7 | t1_c2k1pk0 | null | 1427603599 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dude187 | null | My favorite web game is Canvas Rider... | null | 0 | 1316100709 | False | 0 | c2k2nku | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2nku | t1_c2k1nw9 | null | 1427603601 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | happyscrappy | null | The 2010 Olympics streaming was delivered using Silverlight in the US and Canada and it worked great. First live streaming I used that actually worked well.
And the 2012 Olympics most likely will use it too, if I go to nbcolympics.com it says I don't have Silverlight (it's true, I don't). | null | 0 | 1316100712 | False | 0 | c2k2nlh | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2nlh | t1_c2k1etx | null | 1427603601 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316100725 | False | 0 | c2k2nnk | t3_kg44k | null | t1_c2k2nnk | t1_c2k1as5 | null | 1427603603 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | __j_random_hacker | null | > can't really be broken down into smaller pieces or steps
It's more accurate to say that we *don't yet know* a way to break these problems down. How can you be certain that we have looked at the problem from every possible angle? :)
Comparing sorting and subset sum isn't the best example, because to sort things you need a total order on those things, and as you say the usefulness of this structure is apparent to most programmers, while on the other hand subset sum seems inscrutable. But there are examples where an NP-complete problem seems extremely similar to a P problem.
The best example I know of is that [3-SAT](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean_satisfiability_problem#3-satisfiability) is NP-complete, while [XOR-SAT](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean_satisfiability_problem#XOR-satisfiability) is in P. Although the problems seem very similar, an unusual fact about XOR-SAT (essentially that XOR behaves enough "like" regular addition that the problem can be solved using the same Gaussian elimination procedure you used to solve simultaneous equations in school) means that it can be solved efficiently, while 3-SAT (and even further restrictions of 3-SAT, such as 3-SAT in which exactly one literal in each clause is required to be true) remain hard. | null | 0 | 1316100735 | False | 0 | c2k2npa | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k2npa | t1_c2k2ihl | null | 1427603603 | 68 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | insertAlias | null | I'm guessing that, since you can make Metro apps from Silverlight, that we'll see a standalone Metro application for Netflix. | null | 0 | 1316100790 | False | 0 | c2k2nzc | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2nzc | t1_c2k1etx | null | 1427603609 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | happyscrappy | null | Two. One for ARM and one for x86. | null | 0 | 1316100796 | False | 0 | c2k2o0e | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2o0e | t1_c2k1ap1 | null | 1427603609 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | happyscrappy | null | I don't really believe this. The article uses strange logic.
I don't see Silverlight going away yet since it is MS' method of choice for delivering DRM video through through a browser interface. MS is not going to abandon this market. | null | 0 | 1316100849 | False | 0 | c2k2o9i | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2o9i | t3_kgb4h | null | 1427603609 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | conspeakus | null | >Support for content distribution network (CDN) fallback in the ScriptManager control.
Anyone have any more details on this? I am just aware that there is this in .net Framework 4.0: **ScriptManager.EnableCdn**
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True | cannontrodder | null | I'm sensitive? You're taking my one down vote very badly. It's clearly easier for you to tell others to "ignore and move on" than it is to do it. | null | 0 | 1316100942 | False | 0 | c2k2oqk | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2oqk | t1_c2k2et9 | null | 1427603616 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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