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True | [deleted] | null | Opera on the Android? Aces. | null | 0 | 1316100959 | False | 0 | c2k2otn | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2otn | t1_c2k2eb7 | null | 1427603616 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | chrisrico | null | I would argue that the point of public (read: state run) education isn't to teach children how to think but to teach them how to obey authority.
See: [Prussian education system](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussian_education_system)
John Taylor Gatto: [Against School](http://www.wesjones.com/gatto1.htm)
Otherwise, I agree with what you say. It would be very helpful to teach children algorithmic thinking. Perhaps there are ways to do so without relying upon the state to take up the cause. | null | 0 | 1316100992 | False | 0 | c2k2ozn | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2ozn | t3_kgbzq | null | 1427603619 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | syntax | null | > So what exactly is the near impossible question?
One of the classics is the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busy_beaver problem, although it is a bit technical.
It is not in NP, because it is _not_ computable, for a machine of size n, on a machine of size n [0].
You can, sometimes, compute it on a 'larger' machine, but even that's tricky. Scroll down the wikipedia page, and have a look for the results available - and note that there aren't many.
[0] Size here is a proxy for the technical sense, about Turing Machine symobls, but if you think of it as roughly the computer power, it's not totally wrong. | null | 0 | 1316101022 | False | 0 | c2k2p4z | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k2p4z | t1_c2k23jl | null | 1427603621 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dude187 | null | The guy literally will not read any valid response posted to him, despite being proven wrong over and over again. | null | 0 | 1316101027 | False | 0 | c2k2p5p | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2p5p | t1_c2k1gpc | null | 1427603621 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | happyscrappy | null | HTML5/CSS/javascript can't replace Silverlight because it can't deliver ads as effectively. This is the same reason youtube's HTML5 implementation doesn't support all videos.
Besides, any standards-based system is more susceptible to being hacked to not display the ads that are present. And the people who are delivering video don't want that.
In short, when you see a Hulu site that uses HTML5 to deliver the video, then the you'll know you there is no need for things like Silverlight and Flash anymore. | null | 0 | 1316101033 | False | 0 | c2k2p6y | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2p6y | t1_c2k0s50 | null | 1427603630 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Heh... I have a tradition of just going out for a walk whenever I accidentally hit F1 on my keyboard (loads up the Help and takes forever).
It started with VS 2003, with every new version of VS that comes out, the walk lasts 5 minutes longer. | null | 0 | 1316101035 | False | 0 | c2k2p7f | t3_kg44k | null | t1_c2k2p7f | t1_c2k133h | null | 1427603630 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Doesn't most modern cryptology rely on the belief that P != NP, because if P = NP and was proven, the proof could be transformed into a fast solution to decrypt something without a key?
| null | 0 | 1316101066 | False | 0 | c2k2pch | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k2pch | t3_kgfhb | null | 1427603623 | 28 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Clbull | null | I don't know whether this is a good idea or not.
Yes, browser plugins like Flash can be considered a buggy piece of shit but I don't really support the idea of the Metro browser.
Maybe having a browser that can interpret nothing but pure Javascript/HTML5/CSS would be a pretty good idea but Microsoft seem to be touting this as if desktop browsers will end up being legacy software.
I don't think it will work. I haven't seen anything mindblowing done in HTML5 yet. The closest is probably HTML5 video which from my knowledge is only implemented on one video website (Dailymotion) and was done as a test on YouTube.
Plus Windows 8's Metro browsing would probably come at a high cost to either companies that have probably paid tens, even hundreds of thousands for the best-looking websites built using Flash or Microsoft who now seem to be placing all their eggs in the HTML5 basket.
Said companies could choose to either abandon Flash altogether which would come at a very high cost from hiring developers to rebuild their website using CSS, HTML5, Javascript and other things that the Metro browser would support or just to ignore or cater slightly to Metro browser users.
I don't think it will catch on. People are very dependent on plugins like Flash. Sure it may not break a website like Facebook or Myspace or YouTube (their HTML5 test shows that they can implement it) but what about other sites that depend more on Flash? | null | 0 | 1316101086 | True | 0 | c2k2pf3 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2pf3 | t3_kgb4h | null | 1427603623 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | scragar | null | Correlation != causation
Many countries have very different ideas on the approach, and this has massive effects on how and what people learn. Saying the wage alone is the reason for a disparity in education quality is wrong. | null | 0 | 1316101087 | False | 0 | c2k2pfc | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2pfc | t1_c2k2mi1 | null | 1427603625 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | No it isn't. Flash works on all of my machines. Silverlight streaming works on none of them. Working is far superior to not working at all. | null | 0 | 1316101107 | False | 0 | c2k2pia | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2pia | t1_c2k1k1y | null | 1427603630 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | chrisrico | null | I disagree. The problem is not enough capitalism, or at least the wrong kind. What we need is more free market capitalism, less state capitalism. That is, schools should compete for students, rather than students be forced into schools.
I made another related comment [here](http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/kgbzq/why_we_should_teach_our_kids_to_code/c2k2ozn) | null | 0 | 1316101155 | False | 0 | c2k2pqp | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2pqp | t1_c2k1j1w | null | 1427603629 | -4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | For what it's worth, Amazon streaming video works beautifully on linux. | null | 0 | 1316101177 | False | 0 | c2k2pui | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2pui | t1_c2k1kre | null | 1427603630 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | wonglik | null | He probably is just trolling. However I like to pretend he really believe in what he writes. It makes it funnier :)
| null | 0 | 1316101183 | False | 0 | c2k2pvs | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2pvs | t1_c2k2p5p | null | 1427603630 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | __j_random_hacker | null | Fair enough. I had assumed that Simple English *does* mean glossing over details and some dumbing down, but maybe it doesn't. (FTR I think both goals -- giving a gentle, glossed-over introduction, and giving the full details but using a limited vocabulary -- are worthwhile.) | null | 0 | 1316101215 | False | 0 | c2k2q16 | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k2q16 | t1_c2k2lhi | null | 1427603632 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Smallpaul | null | I think many people use strongly and statically typed as synonyms. According to one popular set of definitions, there is a difference, but virtually all languages are strongly typed according to that definition, so I suspect it is not in use. | null | 0 | 1316101219 | False | 0 | c2k2q1z | t3_kfvm7 | null | t1_c2k2q1z | t1_c2k28sa | null | 1427603643 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | julesjacobs | null | Chrome displays a "some elements couldn't be rendered correctly; open this in adobe reader" or something similar in that case. | null | 0 | 1316101223 | False | 0 | c2k2q2p | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2q2p | t1_c2k22eu | null | 1427603643 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Xdes | null | You'd expect programmers to know about escaping? | null | 0 | 1316101237 | False | 0 | c2k2q59 | t3_kg44k | null | t1_c2k2q59 | t1_c2k1as5 | null | 1427603634 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Guido van Rossum seems to be involved:
http://groups.google.com/group/tart-dev/search?group=tart-dev&q=rossum&qt_g=Diese+Gruppe+durchsuchen | null | 0 | 1316101311 | False | 0 | c2k2qia | t3_kfvm7 | null | t1_c2k2qia | t3_kfvm7 | null | 1427603641 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | chrisrico | null | I heartily disagree, and I think you will too after you watch [this Ted talk](http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/arthur_benjamin_s_formula_for_changing_math_education.html).
**tl;dw** There was a time that math = calculation. With the advent of computers, that time is no more. There is more to real world math than calculating, so why not let computers take care of that? Instead, focus on teaching the skills of converting real world problems into math problems, and converting math solutions into real world solutions? | null | 0 | 1316101312 | False | 0 | c2k2qik | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2qik | t1_c2k1qoy | null | 1427603641 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | __j_random_hacker | null | ... moderately fucking hard? :) | null | 0 | 1316101325 | False | 0 | c2k2qku | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k2qku | t1_c2k2kv7 | null | 1427603641 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cashto | null | Well, technically it's closing over "health" (i.e., closing over "this"). But you're right "this" is something that the caller could just give it, hence your version works. A slightly more involved version would be:
void setShieldingPercentage(int pct)
{
damageStrategy = [health&, pct](int i) { health -= i * pct / 100; }
}
Anyways this is kind of a toy problem. In a real game, you could imagine having all kinds of amulets and shields and spells, and they would stack and combine with each other in different ways ... and I don't see how this pattern would really help implement that. | null | 0 | 1316101350 | False | 0 | c2k2qp8 | t3_kfuqy | null | t1_c2k2qp8 | t1_c2k0hhc | null | 1427603653 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | montibbalt | null | iirc even though they're all based on ECMAScript, AS2 is a lot closer to Javascript than AS3 | null | 0 | 1316101361 | False | 0 | c2k2qrk | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2qrk | t1_c2k1izr | null | 1427603646 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pozorvlak | null | Yes! Exactly. I tried to make this clearer in a [followup post](http://pozorvlak.livejournal.com/169894.html). | null | 0 | 1316101407 | False | 0 | c2k2qzj | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2qzj | t1_c2k2dfg | null | 1427603648 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I uh...okay... | null | 0 | 1316101429 | False | 0 | c2k2r3e | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2r3e | t1_c2k2qrk | null | 1427603656 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rexQuery | null | Really? Opera for iOS, however, is an entirely different story. I use Terra on my iPad. | null | 0 | 1316101459 | False | 0 | c2k2r9e | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2r9e | t1_c2k2otn | null | 1427603653 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mandlar | null | Wait no more! https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Androth+Softworks | null | 0 | 1316101507 | False | 0 | c2k2ri9 | t3_ig9fx | null | t1_c2k2ri9 | t1_c23iv2s | null | 1427603657 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SDRealist | null | My wife bought an iPad a few months ago, much to my dismay (my opinion of them was similar to yours - an expensive toy). I was completely and utterly wrong about how useful it would be to her; she never really got much use out of her iPhone because she didn't like the small screen, but she gets tons of mileage out of the iPad. She rarely uses her laptop anymore as most of her computer use consists of browsing and other "consumption" activities. If they weren't so expensive, I'd get one for myself because I've come to see just how convenient it is for browsing, reading ebooks, casual email use, etc.
Obviously YMMV, and I agree with you that desktops/notebooks becoming less relevant is a bit of an exaggeration; tablets, like smart phones, don't so much replace desktops/notebooks but rather supplement them. But I now think it would be incredibly shortsighted to consider tablets a fad. Remember when smart phones were an expensive fad? | null | 0 | 1316101523 | False | 0 | c2k2rl1 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2rl1 | t1_c2k23lo | null | 1427603658 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | LoveMHz | null | Amazing work :) Now I just have to find time to finish my Mupen64Plus port :P | null | 0 | 1316101589 | False | 0 | c2k2rwf | t3_ker63 | null | t1_c2k2rwf | t1_c2jsmtf | null | 1427603661 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | auto98 | null | When did "anyways" become acceptable in journalistic article? In fact when did it become acceptable at all? | null | 0 | 1316101604 | False | 0 | c2k2rze | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2rze | t3_kgb4h | null | 1427603663 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tarantulus | null | In our case it was a PE teacher with a spare period. | null | 0 | 1316101635 | False | 0 | c2k2s54 | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2s54 | t1_c2k1qg2 | null | 1427603664 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dogmeat82 | null | I get that you're probably just trolling, but this was interesting anyway: [C#, it’s just not portable!](http://www.fastchicken.co.nz/2011/09/15/c-its-just-not-portable/) | null | 0 | 1316101638 | False | 0 | c2k2s5n | t3_kfuii | null | t1_c2k2s5n | t1_c2k0xmn | null | 1427603664 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tarantulus | null | >schools should compete for students
Then you end up with schools turning away less appealing students, and a tiered system of education. | null | 0 | 1316101718 | False | 0 | c2k2sih | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2sih | t1_c2k2pqp | null | 1427603675 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pozorvlak | null | You're quite right: teacher pay isn't the direct cause of Finnish educational success. Both are consequences of a decision by the Finnish government to raise the status of teaching as a profession. | null | 0 | 1316101741 | False | 0 | c2k2smd | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2smd | t1_c2k2pfc | null | 1427603668 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | Yea, I don't see that happening until Linux starts offering DRM in its baseline install. Freedom isn't always free. | null | 0 | 1316101752 | False | 0 | c2k2sob | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2sob | t1_c2k2fsb | null | 1427603668 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tarantulus | null | Math and logic. | null | 0 | 1316101759 | False | 0 | c2k2spj | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2spj | t1_c2k1bhu | null | 1427603668 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | igouy | null | [F# 2.0 works on Mono.](http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=fsharp&lang2=csharp) | null | 0 | 1316101776 | False | 0 | c2k2ss8 | t3_kful5 | null | t1_c2k2ss8 | t1_c2jyljj | null | 1427603668 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | ..or.. you know, we can just not use Microsoft's products. That's working out fine for me. I'm going to laugh my ass off when Google finally releases their OS and the core of Microsoft's income is sliced in half. You know something like 90% of Microsoft's income comes from OS and Office, right? Gonna be sad when Google takes away half of that. :(
How's Bing coming along? World's first decision engine doesn't seem to be creating much of a market.. lol.. what a shitty attempt at creating a new position in the consumers mind. Ballmer is such a retard. | null | 0 | 1316101782 | False | 0 | c2k2ste | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2ste | t1_c2k246e | null | 1427603668 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | abledanger | null | I realize Opera precedes this, but Overstock.com ruined it for me. Everytime I see the Opera logo I think of those shitty Overstock dot bomb commercials. | null | 0 | 1316101811 | False | 0 | c2k2syn | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2syn | t1_c2k2f7u | null | 1427603670 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | 1. It is much easier for them to tell you to port your applications to Metro.
2. If Silverlight is the only plugin technology that works they open themselves to a huge anit-trust lawsuit from Adobe. They have to be all or nothing on this.
(Yea, I know these are not good reasons, but they are reasons none the less.) | null | 0 | 1316101895 | False | 0 | c2k2tdn | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2tdn | t1_c2k1vkl | null | 1427603677 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | Flash was mentioned several times.
Toolbars are not even remotely close to being an option, though you can do some toolbar-like stuff using "charms". | null | 0 | 1316101946 | False | 0 | c2k2tnm | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2tnm | t1_c2k20gf | null | 1427603679 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | xpda | null | The real problem with the Firefox about box is that when you check for updates, it automatically starts downloading the latest, and there's no way (I could see) to stop it! | null | 0 | 1316101968 | False | 0 | c2k2ts2 | t3_kghid | null | t1_c2k2ts2 | t3_kghid | null | 1427603681 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nascent | null | Last I knew the Hamster only did GoogleCode and SourceForge. I think there was a blog post in 2008 or 2009 about it, but can't find it.
Also it wasn't just the project owner that submitted a repository, anyone could. But it is definitely much better now. | null | 0 | 1316101992 | False | 0 | c2k2twn | t3_kaxjq | null | t1_c2k2twn | t1_c2k2f55 | null | 1427603683 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | Really? I'm seeing an even mix of "good riddance" and "WTF are you doing?". | null | 0 | 1316101996 | False | 0 | c2k2txl | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2txl | t1_c2k2ilb | null | 1427603683 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | phishsauce | null | Let's get the +1s counting! | null | 0 | 1316102009 | False | 0 | c2k2tzt | t3_kglwq | null | t1_c2k2tzt | t3_kglwq | null | 1427603684 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | KDevelop is superior and free! | null | 0 | 1316102083 | False | 0 | c2k2ubl | t3_kg44k | null | t1_c2k2ubl | t1_c2k1r6r | null | 1427603689 | -13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | xpda | null | Maybe they could work on the Firefox About Box. | null | 0 | 1316102132 | False | 0 | c2k2uk0 | t3_kggd3 | null | t1_c2k2uk0 | t3_kggd3 | null | 1427603691 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SDRealist | null | > *We* are the Outliers, not them.
So many people on here don't recognize this. Our world revolve around computers, and because we can't imagine living without a keyboard and our desktop applications, we assume no one else can either. After my wife got an iPad though, I realized just how completely wrong I was. Her laptop mostly collects dust, while her iPad gets constant use. | null | 0 | 1316102134 | False | 0 | c2k2ulq | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2ulq | t1_c2k2in0 | null | 1427603692 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | 3825 | null | ah. I wonder what Intel thinks of it | null | 0 | 1316102136 | False | 0 | c2k2umf | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2umf | t1_c2k2o0e | null | 1427603692 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Do you honestly think Minecraft's performance is going to get any better after it goes of out Beta? I couldn't get into the game because it caused my PC to overheat (Linux, it can run L4D2 through Wine without much hassle). That was a year ago. I tried it recently (during the Humble Bundle) and guess what, it was even worse. I think that the "Beta" thing is just a marketing scheme devised by Notch to justify Minecraft's poor performance; he already sold more copies during this Beta phase than he would ever sell. | null | 0 | 1316102152 | False | 0 | c2k2up0 | t3_kfiuk | null | t1_c2k2up0 | t1_c2k1gfr | null | 1427603703 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gomtuu123 | null | > How can you be certain that we have looked at the problem from every possible angle?
Because I'm just that clever? :)
Thanks for explaining. | null | 0 | 1316102173 | False | 0 | c2k2use | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k2use | t1_c2k2npa | null | 1427603694 | 19 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | vodman | null | Silverlight is def the nicest of them, to me anyway. I watched most of the 2010 Olympics via Silverlight which provided true HD not the crappy resolution that Flash calls HD.
| null | 0 | 1316102175 | False | 0 | c2k2ust | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2ust | t1_c2k1a9u | null | 1427603694 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Olap | null | Firefox are loosing the plot. People like version numbers, they help compatibility and in the enterprise: that is king. And why abandon minor version numbering? How do you distinguish a major update?! You mean to tell me every version from now till January 3145 is going to be an equal to a firefox 3.6 -> 4? | null | 0 | 1316102186 | False | 0 | c2k2uuo | t3_kghid | null | t1_c2k2uuo | t3_kghid | null | 1427603696 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | punwar | null | I have a hard time believing this isn't complete garbage. | null | 0 | 1316102199 | False | 0 | c2k2uwz | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k2uwz | t1_c2k21oy | null | 1427603696 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dah01 | null | Final release is what he says it is, it's just a date, be happy you're already playing it for almost nothing. | null | 0 | 1316102209 | False | 0 | c2k2uyr | t3_kfiuk | null | t1_c2k2uyr | t1_c2k1n69 | null | 1427603696 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | happyscrappy | null | They appear to be nervous. Last week they announced Android for Atom (funded by Intel) and are working for a 20x increase in standby life on Intel platforms.
They're going to stand up and fight. | null | 0 | 1316102219 | False | 0 | c2k2v0h | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2v0h | t1_c2k2umf | null | 1427603699 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pnpbios | null | Good! That's what this release is for! | null | 0 | 1316102236 | False | 0 | c2k2v3z | t3_kghml | null | t1_c2k2v3z | t3_kghml | null | 1427603699 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | maxwellb | null | It would be really great if there were some magical relationship between logical reasoning and programming ... I was going to post a detailed rebuttal, but I think I'll just leave this article instead: http://www.northeastern.edu/magazine/0301/programming.html | null | 0 | 1316102236 | False | 0 | c2k2v43 | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2v43 | t1_c2k14du | null | 1427603699 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | 3825 | null | yay (:
btw, have you gotten this note in chrome that asks would you like to open this in adobe reader? | null | 0 | 1316102262 | False | 0 | c2k2v8w | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2v8w | t1_c2k2kpv | null | 1427603701 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | auto98 | null | *I posted this elsewhere, before I saw this comment thread:*
When did "anyways" become acceptable in journalistic article? In fact when did it become acceptable at all? | null | 0 | 1316102290 | False | 0 | c2k2vdy | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2vdy | t1_c2k12ht | null | 1427603703 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Recoil42 | null | >Fortunately JavaScript doesn't cause errors and isn't used in advertising.
Ad agency developer here. Just *wait* and see what I have brewing for you. | null | 0 | 1316102306 | False | 0 | c2k2vgw | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2vgw | t1_c2k1jn0 | null | 1427603704 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Recoil42 | null | Whole new levels of *unblockable* annoyance! | null | 0 | 1316102332 | False | 0 | c2k2vlj | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2vlj | t1_c2k1kdn | null | 1427603705 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | vincentrevelations | null | You are correct. But I believe we'll be using quantum processors before we have the answer to the P vs. NP problem. With quantum computers, most modern encryption algorithms are useless. That's already proven, and mathematicians are working on quantum-proof encryption algorithms. | null | 0 | 1316102414 | False | 0 | c2k2vze | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k2vze | t1_c2k2pch | null | 1427603710 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Recoil42 | null | By definition, you wouldn't know -- you never installed it. | null | 0 | 1316102529 | False | 0 | c2k2wke | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2wke | t1_c2k11ro | null | 1427603718 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | montibbalt | null | I agree with this, but fwiw the on screen keyboard on Windows Phone 7 (and presumably Windows 8 now) is really very nice compared to other phones/devices. There's even a thing for Android that makes its keyboard work like the Windows one | null | 0 | 1316102556 | False | 0 | c2k2won | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2won | t1_c2k1kms | null | 1427603719 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mbarkhau | null | Nutcase indeed ;)
The first point I would make is, that the education system is as far away from capitalism as one could imagine. Functional literacy in America was very high in the colonies before public schooling, possibly even higher than it is today. I think one can even make a good case that public education, besides costing an immense amount of money and locking up resources that could be put to more productive use, actually harms the ability of children to develop critical thinking skills and their motivation to take part in society.
I would highly recommend to you the work of John Taylor Gatto. | null | 0 | 1316102565 | False | 0 | c2k2wq0 | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2wq0 | t1_c2k1j1w | null | 1427603719 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dude187 | null | Troll Status: **Confirmed**. | null | 0 | 1316102659 | False | 0 | c2k2x5i | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2x5i | t1_c2k1916 | null | 1427603727 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Nehle | null | There's a vast difference between plugins (such as Silverlight, Flash, PDF reader etc.) and add-ons (Such as AdBlock, Firebug etc.). Plugin-free doesn't mean add-on-free | null | 0 | 1316102678 | False | 0 | c2k2x8x | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2x8x | t1_c2k1oms | null | 1427603727 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | 3825 | null | awesome! this might be the most important contribution of android, the dismantling of wintel | null | 0 | 1316102703 | False | 0 | c2k2xdp | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2xdp | t1_c2k2v0h | null | 1427603729 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pozorvlak | null | > This is especially true because logico-mathematical reasoning constitutes the difficult part of coding.
Yes. Well, in theory, anyway. In practice the hard part is usually dealing with stupid design decisions made by someone else, or working out what the client actually wants. But anyway.
> The specifics of expressing thoughts in code are easier to learn apart from specialized instruction.
I don't know what you mean here. Do you know a better way of learning to code than coding? Do you know a better way to learn logical reasoning than by reasoning logically? I claim that (a) the best way to learn logical reasoning is by reasoning logically, (b) coding is logical reasoning, (c) coding allows instant feedback in a way that paper-and-pencil mathematics doesn't, and is thus a better arena for learning logic than a traditional mathematical education. | null | 0 | 1316102711 | False | 0 | c2k2xfe | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2xfe | t1_c2k1m3q | null | 1427603729 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | captainAwesomePants | null | Indeed. Bonus: scientists have proven that a certain group of NP problems are as hard as NP problems could possibly be. If you managed to find a fast solution for even one of these problems, you would earn the million dollars. | null | 0 | 1316102714 | False | 0 | c2k2xg1 | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k2xg1 | t1_c2k28qs | null | 1427603729 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | TleilaxuMaster | null | Share the love! | null | 0 | 1316102718 | False | 0 | c2k2xgy | t3_kgaop | null | t1_c2k2xgy | t1_c2k0zzk | null | 1427603731 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Atleast the MongoDB team has humor | null | 0 | 1316102719 | False | 0 | c2k2xh6 | t3_kggd3 | null | t1_c2k2xh6 | t3_kggd3 | null | 1427603731 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dimmu_burger | null | >So I make them feel rotten
No you don't. You don't control how they feel, just like they don't control how you feel. The only person you can conclusively say feels rotten (or otherwise) is you. | null | 0 | 1316102724 | False | 0 | c2k2xig | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2xig | t1_c2k1e7h | null | 1427603731 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Olap | null | I wish users could have a poll on features like this. I think firefox could be a great example of the first open source referendum and practicer of open source democracy. | null | 0 | 1316102752 | False | 0 | c2k2xmx | t3_kghid | null | t1_c2k2xmx | t1_c2k2ts2 | null | 1427603732 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | vbullinger | null | "Unfortunately the end of Silverlight is no rumor, if Microsoft doesn’t change course it, as well as Flash and other plugin technologies, will be effectively unusable when Windows 8 is released."
I didn't add any of those commas. | null | 0 | 1316102754 | False | 0 | c2k2xnd | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2xnd | t1_c2k1mpo | null | 1427603732 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | funkiee | null | Can anyone confirm if this will require a new underlying run-time like 4.0 did in comparison to 3.5? (2.0 and 3.5 having the same underlying run-time). | null | 0 | 1316102876 | False | 0 | c2k2y9g | t3_kfuii | null | t1_c2k2y9g | t3_kfuii | null | 1427603740 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | montibbalt | null | >Google Docs (which will keep getting better)
It needs to get *a lot* better, which might be an issue if it's all done in Javascript. I love it for sharing documents with people, but it's terrible in terms of actually writing them. | null | 0 | 1316102897 | False | 0 | c2k2yd9 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2yd9 | t1_c2k1zw5 | null | 1427603741 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pozorvlak | null | Programming is not like maintaining a car. *System administration* is like maintaining a car. Programming is like *driving*.
[Actually, I'd rather we left driving to highly-trained professionals or automated systems: expecting amateurs to safely control high-speed lumps of metal kills over a million people a year. This is why I don't own a car, and go everywhere by train, cycling or walking.] | null | 0 | 1316102933 | False | 0 | c2k2yju | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2yju | t1_c2k20k6 | null | 1427603744 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | captainAwesomePants | null | I think most CS folks believe P is not NP, but it'd be damn exciting to be wrong. For one thing, practically all encryption would be broken (elliptical still OK I think). | null | 0 | 1316102934 | True | 0 | c2k2yk3 | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k2yk3 | t1_c2k2ihl | null | 1427603744 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | NruJaC | null | I think you misunderstand what's being said there. The computable numbers are almost equivalent to the reals, but not quite. They form a field (a subfield) of the Reals, and have the rather nice property that we can algorithmically generate them. However, the reals are not a subset of the computable numbers, and so in any application that cares about the field of real numbers (all of it), the computable numbers aren't useful.
If you're not a mathematician, you probably don't care. | null | 0 | 1316102946 | False | 0 | c2k2ymc | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2ymc | t1_c2k2dhj | null | 1427603753 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ascagnel | null | HTML5 is so important so that rich/streaming media plugins can perform better? HTML5 video has nothing to do with this argument. | null | 0 | 1316102952 | False | 0 | c2k2yn9 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2yn9 | t1_c2k1r9s | null | 1427603753 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SDRealist | null | If you read the blog post they link to, you'll see that Silverlight isn't being marginalized. Basically, IE 10 won't support plugins when it's running in tablet mode, aka Metro. My guess is that this has to do with things like battery life and possibly issues with UI interaction on a touch screen. Silverlight, along with all plugins, will work just fine when the browser is running in desktop mode (which is what will be used by business users, the primary target of Silverlight apps).
TL;DR: the OP is sensationalist, editorialized BS, just like all the other recent headlines about Silverlight going away. | null | 0 | 1316102967 | False | 0 | c2k2ypt | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2ypt | t1_c2k1wk3 | null | 1428194009 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dude187 | null | Avoiding a Microsoft browser plug-in based on their proven history of the EEE tactic they use to harm competitors with these technologies is just taking smart moves based on sound experience.
Calling it a "tired phrase" just speaks of blind ignorance. | null | 0 | 1316102973 | False | 0 | c2k2yqs | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2yqs | t1_c2k1gjm | null | 1428194009 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dude187 | null | How's that ignorance? I bet it's bliss... | null | 0 | 1316103007 | False | 0 | c2k2ywy | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2ywy | t1_c2k1uer | null | 1427603751 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pozorvlak | null | > More often, they are taught to solve problems mechanically by applying equations rather blindly.
It's pretty much the same here in the UK. Depressing as hell. | null | 0 | 1316103009 | False | 0 | c2k2yxf | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2yxf | t1_c2k1ktx | null | 1427603751 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | vbullinger | null | Because the internet meme is that Silverlight sucks.
The interwebz has molded toadwarrior's tiny brain into thinking many incontrovertible truths. He doesn't understand a one of them, but debates like he does and fancies himself a genius. He will speak with short, swear-laden talking points. Things he's "learned" along the way:
Silverlight sucks
Nickelback is the worst band ever
It's ok to insult Christianity, but not Judaism or Islam (religion is general is ok to insult, as well)
Everything one major party in the US thinks is 100% right and everything the other major party in the US thinks is 100% wrong | null | 0 | 1316103026 | False | 0 | c2k2z0p | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2z0p | t1_c2k1e8l | null | 1427603753 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ascagnel | null | Think like an end-user: Flash sucks, and I have to install it. Silverlight sucks much less and I don't have to install it (on Windows). I don't have to install anything for HTML5 video, but it doesn't matter because desktop websites will still default to Flash for the time being. | null | 0 | 1316103072 | False | 0 | c2k2z95 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2z95 | t1_c2k1whf | null | 1427603756 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | shevegen | null | Hey buddy:
"The typo in the third word as enough to make me quit."
You also made a typo.
You wanted to write "was" not "as".
So perhaps before you bitch against others throwing stones at them, make sure your own words are fine, will ya? | null | 0 | 1316103097 | False | 0 | c2k2zdl | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2zdl | t1_c2k1i99 | null | 1427603758 | 29 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pozorvlak | null | > It would be really great if there were some magical relationship between logical reasoning and programming
There is. It's called the Curry-Howard isomorphism. | null | 0 | 1316103140 | False | 0 | c2k2zl0 | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k2zl0 | t1_c2k2v43 | null | 1427603762 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cbaltzer | null | http://i.imgur.com/3wfzR.jpg | null | 0 | 1316103180 | False | 0 | c2k2zsa | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k2zsa | t1_c2k2uwz | null | 1428194006 | 47 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Zarutian | null | The implementation behind Adobe Macromedia Flash is pretty terrible to start with. But why the hell not just stream your video in a format that can be opened by VLC and mplayer? | null | 0 | 1316103202 | False | 0 | c2k2zwj | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2zwj | t1_c2k1pct | null | 1427603765 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | I apologize for that. I’ve been covering the Build conference with absolutely no help and the amount of information I need to convey is quite daunting. Since Tuesday morning I have written 9 news reports, and I’ll probably have to write a dozen more before the week is out and I can get some sleep.
I’m not proud, I know I need help. If you think you can do better let me know and I’ll get you a job at InfoQ. We are always understaffed and overworked, and we have our day jobs to think about, but you do get free passes to conferences and a decent paycheck ever quarter.
EDIT: Forgot the email address
Professional Email: jonathan@infoq.com
Personal and/or hate mail: grauenwolf@gmail.com
| null | 0 | 1316103203 | True | 0 | c2k2zwo | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k2zwo | t1_c2k12ht | null | 1427603765 | 34 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pozorvlak | null | Does my program compile? Does my test suite pass? Are my results what I expect? If not, what went wrong? What's the error message? What does the debugger say?
Compare that to the process of checking a proof:
1. Stare at proof.
2. Think really really hard.
3. Curse.
4. Break pencil.
5. Goto 1. | null | 0 | 1316103222 | False | 0 | c2k300n | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k300n | t1_c2k1g20 | null | 1427603767 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Zarutian | null | Yebb that tone measured about three milli djikstra. | null | 0 | 1316103250 | False | 0 | c2k305j | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k305j | t1_c2k18nf | null | 1427603779 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | 1corn | null | That's obviously correct, though from experience we know that if we witness a development like this (browsers blocking sth., first Chrome, now 'IE Metro') the technology is at risk of disappearing completely in the long run. That at least applies to the mainstream.
I don't know who your clients are, for example the business world plays by its own rules. But in a b2c situation if a client hears from his customers something like "I can't run your application, my browser says it will probably make my computer explode" more and more frequently, then at some point he will have to ask the developers if there are any alternatives out there. | null | 0 | 1316103303 | False | 0 | c2k30fe | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k30fe | t1_c2k1q8f | null | 1427603774 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dude187 | null | > Mate, I probably have more experience than you in software development ;)
How many years has it been since you started at Microsoft, anyways? | null | 0 | 1316103307 | False | 0 | c2k30g2 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k30g2 | t1_c2k178v | null | 1427603774 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pozorvlak | null | Geography teacher in my case. Terrible coding style. | null | 0 | 1316103309 | False | 0 | c2k30gh | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k30gh | t1_c2k2s54 | null | 1427603776 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pozorvlak | null | I have little incentive to move. | null | 0 | 1316103346 | False | 0 | c2k30nj | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k30nj | t1_c2k1lgx | null | 1427603776 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | captainbastard | null | The first comma should probably be a semi-colon, but the rest looks grammatically correct to me. Not saying I like his style, but still. | null | 0 | 1316103394 | False | 0 | c2k30w2 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k30w2 | t1_c2k2xnd | null | 1427603780 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | chrisrico | null | What businesses, which have to compete for customers, turn away less appealing customers? Not any successful businesses that I know of. | null | 0 | 1316103412 | False | 0 | c2k30zm | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k30zm | t1_c2k2sih | null | 1427603781 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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