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True | tasteface | null | every little bit helps! ;) | null | 0 | 1316103461 | False | 0 | c2k3186 | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k3186 | t1_c2k2ayt | null | 1427603784 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rizla7 | null | you have got to be kidding me. 'intel wont let you' ? oh my..
also, all you need is an ARM compiler, if they have win8 working on ARM, obviously they have a compiler...
MS - Regarding developer tools, Sinfosky added, "The new development tools enable you to start today to build Metro style applications that will seamlessly run on x86 (32 and 64 bit) or ARM architectures."
the new intel i5s and later generations are supposed to have drastically reduced power draw. you live in the past. and its not 'infinitely' its like 30% more.
i posted an article about phone market share, iOS = 18% and dropping fast: http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/gaming.gadgets/08/25/linux.20/index.html?hpt=hp_bn7
just another troll on another day. you linked no articles, just blew hot air out your ass. good game.
actually, theres some confusion surrounding ARM apps, MS really havent really given a straight answer. not like it matters since eventually amd and intel will beat out ARM anyways. | null | 0 | 1316103487 | True | 0 | c2k31d9 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k31d9 | t1_c2k2a9w | null | 1427603793 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ascagnel | null | Because those are harder for end-users to follow, offer no substantial benefits, and you can't sell ads against them.
Not to mention you'd get a pile of "that VLC thing I installed gave me a virus" tickets the instant a user tried to open an MP3 if they weren't paying attention on installing it (and let's face it, they probably weren't). | null | 0 | 1316103537 | False | 0 | c2k31me | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k31me | t1_c2k2zwj | null | 1427603789 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Zarutian | null | why the heck should Linux be baggaged with Digital Restriction Management? | null | 0 | 1316103550 | False | 0 | c2k31ov | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k31ov | t1_c2k2sob | null | 1427603789 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FlySwat | null | InfoQ doesn't need more journalists, they need editors. | null | 0 | 1316103567 | False | 0 | c2k31s9 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k31s9 | t1_c2k2zwo | null | 1427603791 | 21 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tarantulus | null | Those that have an infinite demographic and a limited product.
If you have 10000 students applying for your school and only 500 spaces you can afford to be picky. check out the private school system in the UK.
They take the gifted students, which gives them better results and more people apply because "it's a good school". | null | 0 | 1316103572 | False | 0 | c2k31t6 | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k31t6 | t1_c2k30zm | null | 1427603791 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ooooo5 | null | That was sarcasm! | null | 0 | 1316103600 | False | 0 | c2k31xq | t3_ke569 | null | t1_c2k31xq | t1_c2joupt | null | 1427603799 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | KumbajaMyLord | null | I knew someone would criticize the analogy. Car analogies *always* suck. But programming is definitely the equivalent of driving.
The equivalent of driving is simply using the computer.
Programming is tuning or even designing/building the car. You lay down the wires so that when someone presses on the pedal, fuel gets injected into the combustion chamber and the car accelerates.
| null | 0 | 1316103603 | False | 0 | c2k31yy | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k31yy | t1_c2k2yju | null | 1427603799 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Zarutian | null | yepp because ceMEnt didnt work so well. | null | 0 | 1316103616 | False | 0 | c2k321q | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k321q | t1_c2k22at | null | 1427603794 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pietervriesacker | null | Opera is features over elegance imo. It does almost everything, it even does almost everything quite well. But there's too much essentials that haven't been worked out as well as in other browsers. | null | 0 | 1316103640 | False | 0 | c2k326f | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k326f | t1_c2k2f7u | null | 1427603795 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SciK | null | 0\. Have [Coq](http://coq.inria.fr/) check it. | null | 0 | 1316103676 | False | 0 | c2k32cv | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k32cv | t1_c2k300n | null | 1427603796 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I'll have to read up on quantum computers -- it was my (very limited) perception that they were similar to normal computers, just faster. | null | 0 | 1316103736 | False | 0 | c2k32ph | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k32ph | t1_c2k2vze | null | 1427603801 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | OceanSpray | null | Well, it's good to know that there are people like you out there, because I'm making such a language right now. | null | 0 | 1316103763 | False | 0 | c2k32u5 | t3_kfvm7 | null | t1_c2k32u5 | t1_c2k1p2j | null | 1427603802 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pandemik | null | [People who believe the efficient markets hypothesis think P=NP.](http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1002/1002.2284v2.pdf) | null | 0 | 1316103879 | False | 0 | c2k33ga | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k33ga | t1_c2k2ihl | null | 1427603807 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | forcedtoregister | null | Yeah it does. Something interesting to consider is that cryptography also relies on the fact that "all instances" are hard. Many NP complete problems are easy to solve in most cases, for example a random SAT instance is almost always easy to solve. Clearly cryptography has more stringent requirements. This is part of the reason why cryptography and computational complexity research don't intersect that much. | null | 0 | 1316103894 | False | 0 | c2k33jg | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k33jg | t1_c2k2pch | null | 1428194006 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kylegetsspam | null | Is it fast? That's all I really care about it. That's the reason I'm still on Chrome.
The browsing experience with Chrome sucks. Its feature list is short, its extensions are crappy, and half the stuff it does have is unusable (for instance, viewing and editing your history).
But! It's fast. And if a tab or plugin crashes it doesn't crash the browser or halt your computer with 100% CPU usage. So, even though it sucks, I still use it. | null | 0 | 1316103926 | False | 0 | c2k33po | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k33po | t1_c2k326f | null | 1427603813 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | panfist | null | As an end user on Linux, Silverlight sucks because I have to install it and the implementation is incomplete. | null | 0 | 1316103952 | False | 0 | c2k33tw | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k33tw | t1_c2k2z95 | null | 1427603813 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | Amen to that. | null | 0 | 1316103983 | False | 0 | c2k33zv | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k33zv | t1_c2k31s9 | null | 1427603815 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | forcedtoregister | null | Well you showed him. I usually think tattoos are a bad idea, but at least you can easily fix it up with a strike through when they prove P != NP :) (Or be incredibly smug that you got it right if the converse is proved) | null | 0 | 1316103987 | False | 0 | c2k340q | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k340q | t1_c2k2zsa | null | 1427603817 | 21 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cdsmith | null | I definitely don't agree. That statement is wrong in several important ways. The fact that it's not a decision problem is just the beginning. The more fundamental problem is that it's leaving out a crucial part of the notion of verification. It should say that you can *prove* that the answer is the one you claim, and the computer can easily check your proof. If just given the answer (which will, of course, just be "yes" or "no"), it's not necessarily easy to check. (Indeed, if just the answer is easy to check, since it's a decision problem, it'll be in P.) | null | 0 | 1316103994 | False | 0 | c2k342a | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k342a | t1_c2k2hr5 | null | 1427603817 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | montibbalt | null | >I decided to put Linux on my new laptop only to find out Netflix streaming doesn't work because of this bullshit.
...
>I decided to put Linux on my new laptop without doing any independent research on whether or not it would suit my needs. | null | 0 | 1316103997 | False | 0 | c2k342q | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k342q | t1_c2k1kre | null | 1427603817 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | frezik | null | I don't see why a flashblock-like plugin couldn't work for the <canvas> tag. | null | 0 | 1316103999 | False | 0 | c2k3435 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k3435 | t1_c2k2vlj | null | 1427603817 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | fortyonejb | null | show me the last case of "EEE" Microsoft successfully pulled off. Also, show me a single instance of "EEE" where Microsoft actively worked against their own ability to secure litigation.
Blind hatred is still en vogue eh? | null | 0 | 1316104034 | False | 0 | c2k349l | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k349l | t1_c2k2yqs | null | 1427603819 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | azafeh | null | My only question is that: will Microsoft write a js interpreter that does not suck? | null | 0 | 1316104052 | 1419569510 | 0 | c2k34cx | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k34cx | t3_kgb4h | null | 1427603820 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | Because without it the content providers will not allow Netflix to offer their services on Linux. | null | 0 | 1316104073 | False | 0 | c2k34gj | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k34gj | t1_c2k31ov | null | 1427603821 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | suroot | null | There's keyboards that come with tablets, so in theory it's completely possible to do serious work on them, however for lots of businesses, gamers, and power users they all need high specs of a good desktop PC. So the desktop isn't going anywhere.
I think the only thing tablets really serve to eat a chunk into is the laptop market, as I can see traveling around with a tablet to be more advantageous then a laptop. There's also some students and folks who would normally buy a laptop since all they do is facebook and write stuff that would get this instead. | null | 0 | 1316104101 | False | 0 | c2k34md | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k34md | t1_c2k1j7v | null | 1427603823 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Kache | null | Quantum computing provides a completely different set of tools to solve problems. Though I don't understand it all that well myself, there are algorithms in use today that are much easier to break using those tools.
Those algorithms will need to be updated should quantum computer ever become commonplace, but such an update is largely trivial in the same way that real engineers were well prepared for Y2K before the media ever decided made a big fuss about it. It's already been thought about, and there are already solutions available. | null | 0 | 1316104102 | False | 0 | c2k34mu | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k34mu | t1_c2k32ph | null | 1427603827 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | astrobe | null | I can't believe it's true. Obviously the type None (a unit type) shouldn't have a "value" field (nor any other, since it's not a tuple type -- or an empty tuple). | null | 0 | 1316104115 | False | 0 | c2k34p1 | t3_kfvm7 | null | t1_c2k34p1 | t1_c2k0np7 | null | 1427603827 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | I agree with you on that point. | null | 0 | 1316104117 | False | 0 | c2k34pf | t3_kfvm7 | null | t1_c2k34pf | t1_c2k1ujw | null | 1427603825 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | According to MatrixFrog you don't have to explicitly handle the 'Nothing' case. | null | 0 | 1316104179 | False | 0 | c2k351v | t3_kfvm7 | null | t1_c2k351v | t1_c2k1oxk | null | 1427603828 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | astrobe | null | The statement is wrong. Guard values and discremented union types are very different beasts. | null | 0 | 1316104179 | False | 0 | c2k351w | t3_kfvm7 | null | t1_c2k351w | t1_c2k1oxk | null | 1427603828 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | montibbalt | null | Well, I mean it's probably a lot easier to go AS2->JS than AS3->JS. Of course someone could implement a flash player in JS but that would be very slow and silly.
Unless you mean actually converting a SWF to Javascript, but I still think that would be slow and silly compared to just using flash. | null | 0 | 1316104188 | False | 0 | c2k353v | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k353v | t1_c2k2r3e | null | 1427603839 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | arbn | null | > coding is logical reasoning
This is where I differ slightly. My point is that while coding on its own imparts skill in a subset of logical reasoning, and is useful to learn for its own sake, it does not teach everything that every student probably needs to know about formal logic and mathematical reasoning. For instance, I think that every student needs to get a lot of experience writing proofs, because of what proofs teach one about thinking. I would maintain that a student needs to learn to write proofs even if that student never needs to code. Now, in a good computer science education, one gets all the proof-writing and such interspersed with coding. If it is practical to do this, then that's great! My point is merely that a broad instruction in logical reasoning ought to take priority and is more urgent, especially since that broad mathematical education can help one in the trickier parts of learning to code.
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True | axilmar | null | Yes, they are. However, the above code is not standard C++.
| null | 0 | 1316104213 | False | 0 | c2k3589 | t3_kewaq | null | t1_c2k3589 | t1_c2k28ky | null | 1427603831 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | axilmar | null | > How do you know for sure if it's needed or not?
You are not. But you don't care. That's what exceptions are for. | null | 0 | 1316104275 | False | 0 | c2k35jv | t3_kfvm7 | null | t1_c2k35jv | t1_c2k2g70 | null | 1427603837 | -6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | .NET interops directly with C, COM, and Java. It can run PHP, Ruby, and Python scripts. | null | 0 | 1316104291 | False | 0 | c2k35nc | t3_kful5 | null | t1_c2k35nc | t1_c2k1k90 | null | 1427603838 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | scrabbledude | null | I'll check it out.
I remember reading a short story when I was younger about a pilot whose computer broke and he was going to die unless he could perform simple math. He wasn't able to, and the plane went down.
I agree that calculation is not the most important aspect of math, and I would add that students should still be able to do it and shouldn't be allowed to forget how due to over-reliance on computers and calculators. | null | 0 | 1316104329 | False | 0 | c2k35uo | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k35uo | t1_c2k2qik | null | 1427603840 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | AlexFromOmaha | null | >So perhaps before you bitch against others throwing stones at them
This clause is a run-on. Pot, kettle. Kettle, pot. | null | 0 | 1316104352 | False | 0 | c2k35yq | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k35yq | t1_c2k2zdl | null | 1427603841 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Baaz | null | only on the tablet style browser (Metro IE), regular browsers on Win 8 will still have plugins | null | 0 | 1316104365 | False | 0 | c2k360u | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k360u | t1_c2k1a9u | null | 1427603842 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | suroot | null | That's what I thought too. If they consider classic desktop mode a "advanced feature" and hide it somewhere deep in the options, your average user won't be using anything but IE10 which probably by default only going to show bing and other Microsoft services. | null | 0 | 1316104415 | False | 0 | c2k369h | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k369h | t1_c2k1cq3 | null | 1427603846 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | BrainInAJar | null | I have a 2,3UTM tattoo. I haven't figured out how to explain it to laymen yet. | null | 0 | 1316104462 | False | 0 | c2k36ht | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k36ht | t1_c2k21oy | null | 1427603848 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SquireOfFire | null | The "Simple" part kind of falls apart after a while...
>Because of the massive amount of computation time required, often heuristics are used to approximate solutions -- these solutions are within a certain epsilon of error to an optimal solution. | null | 0 | 1316104659 | False | 0 | c2k37i0 | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k37i0 | t3_kgfhb | null | 1427603871 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | Alas developers mistkenly believe that something is not nullable when in fact it is. | null | 0 | 1316104679 | False | 0 | c2k37m9 | t3_kfvm7 | null | t1_c2k37m9 | t1_c2k1pfy | null | 1427603862 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | subtle puns are subtle | null | 0 | 1316104688 | False | 0 | c2k37o5 | t3_kgfhb | null | t1_c2k37o5 | t1_c2k2zsa | null | 1427603872 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | 5-4-3-2-1-bang | null | Not a chrome user, sorry. | null | 0 | 1316104731 | False | 0 | c2k37x1 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k37x1 | t1_c2k2v8w | null | 1427603867 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Syeknom | null | /r/thirdwordproblems | null | 0 | 1316104742 | False | 0 | c2k37yx | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k37yx | t1_c2k1i99 | null | 1427603868 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Koreija | null | > They must be anti-social or not team players.
That's true for 99% of all eminent computer scientists. No problem at all with good specifications. :) | null | 0 | 1316104778 | False | 0 | c2k385n | t3_kfrer | null | t1_c2k385n | t3_kfrer | null | 1427603871 | -4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | axilmar | null | Nope. Developers know that a value is nullable. They just don't care to handle the null case, unless required.
| null | 0 | 1316104809 | False | 0 | c2k38bj | t3_kfvm7 | null | t1_c2k38bj | t1_c2k37m9 | null | 1427603879 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pozorvlak | null | > Car analogies always suck.
And indeed this discussion started with my assertion that computers are much more like writing than cars :-)
> But programming is definitely the equivalent of driving.
Yep :-)
> The equivalent of driving is simply using the computer.
Programming *is* using the computer. Computers are machines for carrying out our instructions. It's an interesting fact that we can lay down canned series of instructions which interact with the user to solve a broad class of problems, and this is where the car analogy breaks down. The car equivalent for "just using the computer" would be following a route with a pre-set list of allowed turning and stopping points. That's more like using a bus than a car. It's a sad fact that that's the only way most people interact with computers: that's because *we live in a pre-algorate society*.
But we both agree that cars suck as an analogy to computers. | null | 0 | 1316104894 | False | 0 | c2k38qa | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k38qa | t1_c2k31yy | null | 1427603882 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | axilmar | null | They are not.
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True | rizla7 | null | have a link saying that SL will be integrated? i see speculation, thats all. from my understanding, SL will die off and itll be integrated in the dotnet CLR or WinRT or wtfever it is now ;p in some form or another. | null | 0 | 1316104909 | False | 0 | c2k38tf | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k38tf | t1_c2k2heo | null | 1427603883 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | axilmar | null | Yes, you have to explicitly handle the nothing case. The matches must be exhaustive.
| null | 0 | 1316104928 | False | 0 | c2k38wl | t3_kfvm7 | null | t1_c2k38wl | t1_c2k351v | null | 1427603883 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nemoTheKid | null | You still don't understand. There is a reason why IA64 didn't take off. When I said Intel won't let you, I meant there will be no emulation of x86 on ARM. Thats why AMD64 was so much better than IA64, legacy support.
And yes they still have reduced power draw, but its still much more than ARM. When you can finally run an i5 without a heatsink then you will have an argument.
With the iPhone, you missed a fundamental word in my argument. I said Phone, NOT OS. The iPhone is the best selling PHONE. And it still has the largest developer support.
You don't seem to understand that basic problems with moving an entire OS to a different architecture. None of the old programs will run, and just "switching compilers" won't solve all your problems. If intel really had the potential to beat out ARM with x86 it would have already done so. | null | 0 | 1316104952 | False | 0 | c2k390g | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k390g | t1_c2k31d9 | null | 1427603892 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | > I wonder why you got downvoted. You spoke the truth.
Because the fanboys don't actually understand their own language. They see the Option type as something magicial, not just a somewhat safer way to represent nulls. | null | 0 | 1316105043 | False | 0 | c2k39i7 | t3_kfvm7 | null | t1_c2k39i7 | t1_c2k1oxk | null | 1427603894 | -5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | krum | null | I think that's great, but I would rather have had them work on CLR performance, and about half a dozen other things. | null | 0 | 1316105096 | False | 0 | c2k39sm | t3_kg44k | null | t1_c2k39sm | t3_kg44k | null | 1427603897 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | deafbybeheading | null | Hey, if the Linux kernel does it, who am I to judge? Though I prefer [semantic versioning](http://semver.org/). | null | 0 | 1316105131 | False | 0 | c2k39y3 | t3_kggd3 | null | t1_c2k39y3 | t3_kggd3 | null | 1427603898 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Actually it suits my needs just fine. Netflix isn't a need, it was only an inconvenience to have it not work. | null | 0 | 1316105131 | False | 0 | c2k39ye | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k39ye | t1_c2k342q | null | 1427603898 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | clickwir | null | Doing what I can to make the web a better place. DOWN WITH SILVERLIGHT! | null | 0 | 1316105170 | False | 0 | c2k3a6u | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k3a6u | t1_c2k23ij | null | 1427603900 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | icebraining | null | >we're right back to needing to read the documentation before you do anything.
No, you'd only need to read the docs when you need something *specific to that particular service*. Many, many things could be accomplished with only standard protocols and formats. Whole applications could be built without ever having to look at service specific docs.
It's *very* different than the current statu quo.
>I really feel like you're focusing on the simple part and ignoring the hard part.
I'm basically advocating to "making easy thing easy and hard things possible", as Larry Wall said. Right now, *everything* is hard and it doesn't have to be. | null | 0 | 1316105186 | False | 0 | c2k3a9w | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k3a9w | t1_c2k2eai | null | 1427603901 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | If you don't want to use the language exrtensions then you would need to implement all of the COM interfaces and the matching WINMD metadata. | null | 0 | 1316105250 | False | 0 | c2k3am1 | t3_kewaq | null | t1_c2k3am1 | t1_c2k18nu | null | 1427603904 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | I'm not saying that haskell needs to work with both .NET and Java, one or the other would be fine. | null | 0 | 1316105318 | False | 0 | c2k3az7 | t3_kful5 | null | t1_c2k3az7 | t1_c2k0s60 | null | 1427603907 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Lashay_Sombra | null | > But who does?
> Very few people...
> This concept of "consumption" doesn't seem born out most popular websites, where you are typing / adding photos / interacting a great deal. How much of that can you do with a pad?
All of it?
Outside of the workplace, pretty much everyone is "suitable" to move over to a tablet. Probably even you too if you really sit down and analyse your usage
Used to think the same as you, that tablets are fad when really the "fad" is the hype that they are so different to laptops (and of course the apple hype) rather than natural branch of evolution of the computer to suit majority of users needs.
Outside of gamers majority of people use their home pc for web surfing, odd email, small amounts of social networking (facebook, G+, twitter), simple gaming (bejewled, farmville..) and general time wasting. All mainly "consumption" activities, something i think everyone agree's is what tablets excel at
Hell even many of those producing content, aka lots of emails, social communications are in the majority 2/3 finger typists so they can and will do it on a tablet without major loss of productivity with massive gain is comfort/mobility (and this is with application design for tablets still in it's infancy, it will get a lot better)
Even in the workplace many people could survive easily with a tablet as long as every now and they could hot desk on to a desktop/keyboard. Hell know many for who the vast majority of the electronic work mainly consists of emailing back and forth and many of those do that mainly via blackberries, so changing to a tablet for them will be an "upgrade"
Will some still need a desktop/laptop at home? sure developers, gamers, designers and those who produce LOTS of content, the rest will be able to convert over easily. Within the next 5-7 years can see majority of computers outside the office being tablets
Workplace will be more of a mixed bag as it will be fighting a status quo mentality, aka one person, one desk, one pc. So can see that going on in the same lines for a while just adding in "+1 tablet".
But even that will change over time as tablets get better and more powerful, just like it was when laptops came out, now you see many people happy with just a dock for the laptop and not wanting a desktop at all
Those who have managed to implement proper hotdesking policy's though will probably make the transition pretty fast by removing the desktop from the hotdesk
Desktops/laptops will remain tools, to be used by people who actually need them where as tablets, like smart phones will becomes part of peoples lives, keeping them plugged into the information age | null | 0 | 1316105370 | False | 0 | c2k3ba2 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k3ba2 | t1_c2k1tva | null | 1427603911 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | alexs | null | > How do you distinguish a major update?!
How do **you** distinguish what a "major update" means in your environment anyway? | null | 0 | 1316105412 | False | 0 | c2k3bii | t3_kghid | null | t1_c2k3bii | t1_c2k2uuo | null | 1427603914 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Sensationalist. Silverlight isn't going anywhere. It has it's place, a very good place, and works very well. | null | 0 | 1316105425 | False | 0 | c2k3bl5 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k3bl5 | t3_kgb4h | null | 1427603915 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | I_TYPE_IN_ALL_CAPS | null | NOT ALL PROGRAMMERS WASTE THEIR DAYS POSTING MARKDOWN TO REDDIT. | null | 0 | 1316105430 | False | 0 | c2k3bm9 | t3_kg44k | null | t1_c2k3bm9 | t1_c2k2q59 | null | 1427603915 | -6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316105439 | False | 0 | c2k3boi | t3_kfirl | null | t1_c2k3boi | t1_c2k070i | null | 1427603916 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | This will either prompt people to move to HTML5 en masse, or will make Win8's Metro feature completely useless. | null | 0 | 1316105457 | False | 0 | c2k3brq | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k3brq | t3_kgb4h | null | 1427603917 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Windows 8 doesn't "ship" at all, currently. | null | 0 | 1316105549 | False | 0 | c2k3c9h | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k3c9h | t1_c2k1v9y | null | 1427603934 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | 0blomov | null | It *would* be grammatically correct if there was either a colon or a semicolon where the first comma is, and if there was a comma after "course". Without that second comma, the verb phrase "doesn't change course" looks as if it is transitive when it is not, e.g. "Microsoft is changing course this," and the last predicate ("will be effectively...") loses its subject.
With said changes:
> 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. | null | 0 | 1316105553 | False | 0 | c2k3cae | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k3cae | t1_c2k30w2 | null | 1427603934 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ranma | null | I taught at a vocational college for several years. I found that age, sex, race, nationality, economic status, intelligence, and, most surprisingly, usage of a computer in their daily lives was absolutely _no_ indicator of how well a person could use the file system for saving files in a deterministic manner.
Desktops and file systems are completely alien to most people. The most advances users simply saved their work to the desktop, which was usually _covered_ with icons. The others simply saved the file wherever the file system was currently pointed. If they should ever stray from that location through misadventure they were completely helpless.
Now I'm _not_ talking about stupid people. Most of the students I could usually teach how to save a file in a known location, and how to navigate the file browser around. A bit. But none of them liked it, and most only put up with it because I insisted.
Most people deal with reality as a stream and organize with associations. Hierarchical organization simply doesn't map to their way of thinking.
It's important to remember that the job of File Clerk was something of a speciality...
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True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316105579 | False | 0 | c2k3cfo | t3_kg44k | null | t1_c2k3cfo | t1_c2k0u0y | null | 1427603934 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jlpoole | null | Where does Trello make its money? To fully understand what I'm getting into, I like to know how a service intends to sustain itself -- will they be able to survive? What's their business model? Even the best idea can falter is there if no financially sustainable revenue stream.
Also, this service reminds me of Google Wave, a product I think very similar to Trello, and the demise of which was a painful lesson learned. | null | 0 | 1316105667 | False | 0 | c2k3cxm | t3_ketdw | null | t1_c2k3cxm | t3_ketdw | null | 1427603936 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | It uses F8 to select the address bar, FF and Chrome both use F6. I hate that this is the only reason I don't use Opera :( | null | 0 | 1316105677 | False | 0 | c2k3czu | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k3czu | t1_c2k326f | null | 1427603945 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Zyxil | null | unity is working on this. chrome will be able to play unity packages natively. i'm sure they'll have html5 way of doing things, as well.
i'm sure adobe will port actionscript and the rest of the flash stack to html5, too. | null | 0 | 1316105684 | False | 0 | c2k3d1d | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k3d1d | t1_c2k1i2r | null | 1427603936 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Zarutian | null | One definition I heard is thus:
Static vs dynamic typing: the type check is done at compile time or runtime respectivly. (Exception to this are dynamics and annonations in respectivly)
Weak vs strong typing: punning between types that is value made for one type is used as value of another type.
So by the above defnition C is statically- and weakly-typed while Scheme is dynamicly- and strongly-typed.
And this is only the start as there yet to be defined how the type system works in each programming language. For instance are values implictly type cast? Such as from uint8 to sdouble128? From a subclass to a baseclass? (Whose idea was it to tightly couple code reuse in this idiotic way?) | null | 0 | 1316105773 | False | 0 | c2k3di5 | t3_kfvm7 | null | t1_c2k3di5 | t1_c2k2q1z | null | 1427603952 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Snowkaul | null | Visual Studio is not a language. Most languages that Visual Studio provides an IDE for are usually .NET and therefor are JIT. | null | 0 | 1316105778 | False | 0 | c2k3diu | t3_kepcp | null | t1_c2k3diu | t1_c2joitt | null | 1427603952 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ZorbaTHut | null | If I'm trying to interface with a specific service, chances are very *very* good I'm planning to do something specific to that service.
> I'm basically advocating to "making easy thing easy and hard things possible", as Larry Wall said. Right now, everything is hard and it doesn't have to be.
I think that's a good philosophy, honestly, I just don't think it's really a major factor here. We've already got "easy things are easy and hard things are possible". I'm suggesting that we don't need to spend a bunch of effort making already-easy things *slightly easier*, especially when most people are focusing on the hard things anyway. | null | 0 | 1316105793 | False | 0 | c2k3dm6 | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k3dm6 | t1_c2k3a9w | null | 1428194001 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | brainded | null | This is stupid, the guy is trolling for hits. silverlight wont be used in this _context_. If wp7 is declared dead and wpf is altered in a dramatic way and further. Net releases don't support xaml of some kind, then I will agree with you. Till then its just FUD. | null | 0 | 1316105818 | False | 0 | c2k3dqr | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k3dqr | t3_kgb4h | null | 1427603945 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dbpatterson | null | I think the main reason is that more and more people are using and expecting to use applications that are web-based. So yes, obviously having permanent client side code is an easier problem to solve in terms of security, but equally is a solution that is less relevant.
Tarsnap is great (I use it myself), but I wouldn't think of it as an example of how to make crypto more accessible to people, which is what I think javascript crypto (with a few crucial additions) has the potential to do.
In my opinion, the biggest problem that crypto faces is increasingly limited and closed platforms (for example, PGP is amazing, well understood, secure; try to use it on an iPhone or iPad. Equally a problem is the prevalence of GMail, where people primarily use the web interface. Companies, like google, that make money primarily by targeting advertising based on users personal information are not going to introduce methods to keep that information private).
It seems like the web is here to stay, at least for a while, and may soon be one of the more open platforms available. I don't think this is a good thing at all, but I'm also not sticking my head in the sand about it. There are still obviously large security problems to be addressed before using javascript crypto makes very much sense, but I think those problems are going to be easier to solve than getting people to start using less web technology. | null | 0 | 1316105964 | False | 0 | c2k3eki | t3_jxb8g | null | t1_c2k3eki | t1_c2k1uo6 | null | 1427603954 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | I'm missing a type declaration. For this to compile x would have to be something like a Option<int>. | null | 0 | 1316106004 | False | 0 | c2k3esw | t3_kfvm7 | null | t1_c2k3esw | t1_c2k34p1 | null | 1427603956 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pozorvlak | null | Like I said, computers provide better feedback than paper :-) | null | 0 | 1316106021 | False | 0 | c2k3ew2 | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k3ew2 | t1_c2k32cv | null | 1427603958 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | brandf | null | damn. that's actually really cool. making wrappers on native libraries was always a pain. It's good to see them supporting a solution that projects into several major languages. | null | 0 | 1316106055 | False | 0 | c2k3f2y | t3_kgl4f | null | t1_c2k3f2y | t3_kgl4f | null | 1427603960 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ChiperSoft | null | Oh wow, pdf.js is working in webkit now... last I heard it used tons of firefox only features. | null | 0 | 1316106231 | False | 0 | c2k3g14 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k3g14 | t1_c2k0t8p | null | 1427603976 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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True | bonch | null | > They're simply moving away from a plugin model, so silverlight, Flash and others will come pre-installed on your tablet windows 8 device.
Um, then why are they talking about how websites should be moving to HTML5 and how it provides the best experience?
Edit: Based on your edit as well as your subsequent comments, you're a hardcore fanboy. | null | 0 | 1316106345 | True | 0 | c2k3gn0 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k3gn0 | t1_c2k12og | null | 1427603982 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bonch | null | > The plugin model have been the only source for innovation on the web since the 90s.
Innovation in invasive advertising, maybe. The plugin model is actually the reason HTML stagnated for so long.
Are you another depressed Flash developer? | null | 0 | 1316106424 | False | 0 | c2k3h1r | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k3h1r | t1_c2k22ay | null | 1427603986 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pozorvlak | null | Oh God, do the topic police now claim jurisdiction over comments as well as submissions? :-) | null | 0 | 1316106475 | False | 0 | c2k3hbw | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k3hbw | t1_c2k21jl | null | 1427603989 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | KumbajaMyLord | null |
>>But programming is definitely the equivalent of driving.
>Yep :-)
I accidentally a 'not'. ;)
>And indeed this discussion started with my assertion that computers are much more like writing than cars :-)
I only agree with that analogy to a point. Math/Logic/Programming is in a way a language in itself, but not everyone needs to know it (unlike writing), because it is a very specific language. Just like not everyone needs to every spoken language or every technical term of aeronautical engineering or the foreign exchange market.
A computer is a machine, a tool. A very versatile multi-purpose tool. You need to know how to use it for your job or rather how to use it to solve the problems that you need to solve.
For most people, these problems do not require programming; Knowing how to program does not enhance their ability to solve their everyday problems. Having a computer with the right software (and knowing how to do use it) does.
And for that car / transportation metaphor that would mean: no you don't need to know how to drive in order to get from A to B, if there is good enough public transportation. You also don't need to invest hundreds of hours into flying lessons, when the distance between A and B is too big to solve by traditional means. You can just have someone else fly the plane for you. | null | 0 | 1316106523 | False | 0 | c2k3hkn | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k3hkn | t1_c2k38qa | null | 1427603992 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pozorvlak | null | Can you point to a real-world example of your proposed system working? Public education can work pretty well if adequately resourced. | null | 0 | 1316106551 | False | 0 | c2k3hq7 | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k3hq7 | t1_c2k2pqp | null | 1427603994 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MoneyWorthington | null | Vala is pretty much C# for GObject. This is more Scala-inspired and appears to not target a particular environment.
They're both saner than C++, though. | null | 0 | 1316106578 | False | 0 | c2k3hvb | t3_kfvm7 | null | t1_c2k3hvb | t1_c2k14d9 | null | 1427603996 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316106628 | False | 0 | c2k3i1c | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k3i1c | t1_c2k3cae | null | 1427603999 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | myheaditches | null | Making posts on reddit is not whatthepoop's job. | null | 0 | 1316106735 | False | 0 | c2k3ipr | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k3ipr | t1_c2k2zdl | null | 1427604008 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Concision | null | Enough circle-jerking. The guy wrote a fucking raycaster off the top of his head without any references. He clearly has some talent.
He has always claimed that he's not the best programmer. He's not. But he's quite competent at a variety of tasks. Managing bugs/making decisions? Maybe not. Maybe they would do better with a good PM to drive them. But he's good at a few things, and that's apparent. | null | 0 | 1316106789 | False | 0 | c2k3izo | t3_kfiuk | null | t1_c2k3izo | t3_kfiuk | null | 1427604015 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | devcodex | null | This is a complete skewing of the details. IE Metro is a 64bit browser and Silverlight doesn't work in 64 bit browsers. For example, try watching a Netflix movie in the 64bit version of IE9... won't happen. | null | 0 | 1316106791 | False | 0 | c2k3j01 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k3j01 | t3_kgb4h | null | 1427604015 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Simboul | null | Cool!
Where do you take your data? And are they update automatically? | null | 0 | 1316106837 | False | 0 | c2k3j8l | t3_kgjcg | null | t1_c2k3j8l | t3_kgjcg | null | 1427604017 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bonch | null | Perhaps because he calls everyone "arrogant saps" and "idiots" while dismissing everyone who replies with a counterargument to his post? | null | 0 | 1316106860 | False | 0 | c2k3jd2 | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k3jd2 | t1_c2k1e0v | null | 1427604018 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Great, more browser detection to determine capabilities. | null | 0 | 1316106877 | False | 0 | c2k3jgh | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k3jgh | t3_kgb4h | null | 1427604020 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nemtrif | null | I just got confirmation that it *is* possible to re-write the same thing with standard C++ syntax, although "it’s quite a bit more verbose than using the new special syntax". | null | 0 | 1316106884 | False | 0 | c2k3jhm | t3_kewaq | null | t1_c2k3jhm | t1_c2k18nu | null | 1427604020 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | poo_22 | null | Should I teach my 11 year old bro python then? Whats a cool project that will get him interested but is easy for beginners? Maybe a number guessing game? | null | 0 | 1316106918 | False | 0 | c2k3jo8 | t3_kgbzq | null | t1_c2k3jo8 | t3_kgbzq | null | 1427604022 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dawpa2000 | null | Why don't you just go to Preferences and change it? | null | 0 | 1316106954 | False | 0 | c2k3jus | t3_kgb4h | null | t1_c2k3jus | t1_c2k3czu | null | 1427604024 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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