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True | ozzilee | null | Any plans for Java and other JVM languages? | null | 0 | 1316550680 | False | 0 | c2lbowp | t3_klv3o | null | t1_c2lbowp | t3_klv3o | null | 1427625227 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nascent | null | Mission accomplished. He did ask for shit to be done, and that is what he gets. | null | 0 | 1316550704 | False | 0 | c2lbp2s | t3_kls47 | null | t1_c2lbp2s | t1_c2lazq0 | null | 1427625238 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SickZX6R | null | 504 try once more, you have lied to me. | null | 0 | 1316550749 | True | 0 | c2lbp9k | t3_klhlv | null | t1_c2lbp9k | t3_klhlv | null | 1427625232 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SickZX6R | null | Right now at this very second I'm looking at an XML parsing class that has s about 25 functions named like this:
function stagestepnodepropstringvalue(
function stagestepnodepropoverlaystringValue(
function stagestepnodepropcategoryoverlaystringvalue(
what the fuck does that mean. | null | 0 | 1316550775 | False | 0 | c2lbpi1 | t3_klhlv | null | t1_c2lbpi1 | t3_klhlv | null | 1427625235 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | squigs | null | It's more like a namespace. It allows you to set it with a parameter of the same name without the underscore. | null | 0 | 1316550776 | False | 0 | c2lbpic | t3_klhlv | null | t1_c2lbpic | t1_c2la50x | null | 1427625235 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Press_Reset | null | We had a eastern european contractor with poor english skills do some work on some some code that analyzed lists. He shortened all the objects from analysis to anal_something. The best was was his use of an object that held some memory addresses he needed to be sure where cleaned up. Since they were holding possible... | null | 0 | 1316550856 | False | 0 | c2lbpz2 | t3_klhlv | null | t1_c2lbpz2 | t3_klhlv | null | 1427625241 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dsk | null | >I think Microsoft may have decided to drive the majority of their programmer base into the ground with Windows 8.
I disagree. A significant portion of Windows (specifically .NET) developers work on enterprise software - and metro changes nothing. Also, probably nothing changes for desktop, laptop and netbook user... | null | 0 | 1316550963 | False | 0 | c2lbqka | t3_kl1qp | null | t1_c2lbqka | t1_c2l50he | null | 1427625249 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | generalT | null | whelp, someone just read joel spolsky. | null | 0 | 1316550983 | False | 0 | c2lbqoj | t3_kls47 | null | t1_c2lbqoj | t3_kls47 | null | 1427625251 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | puntloos | null | I'm curious: we all seem to condemn these 'patent trolls', but does anyone have data on how many are legit?
If I patent something patent-worthy (lets say "the computer mouse" was my idea) and then rather than enforcing this patent myself, I sell my patent for $123456 to some company. Would this company not have the mo... | null | 0 | 1316550992 | False | 0 | c2lbqq7 | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lbqq7 | t3_klqte | null | 1427625251 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Check your usernames, I didn't call C++ an abortion or useless.
You have countered my opinions with your own. I think C++'s idea of higher abstraction is significantly inferior to nearly all other modern languages, and many archaic ones. I would never use C++ for these. I would use it only for embedded programming. | null | 0 | 1316551013 | False | 0 | c2lbquo | t3_klphp | null | t1_c2lbquo | t1_c2lbo8r | null | 1427625252 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | doubtingthomas | null | To answer the literal question, probably not. I'd hire the smartest and most experienced folks in the domain in question, and let them choose their platform. If I don't know the task at hand, it's pretty hard to pick the best language to handle it. The right choice for an embedded OS may be different from a website or... | null | 0 | 1316551049 | False | 0 | c2lbr22 | t3_kljc0 | null | t1_c2lbr22 | t3_kljc0 | null | 1427625257 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | max99x | null | Not at the moment, but it's certainly something to consider for the future. Our approach has been to have everything running in JavaScript so our current system is built around it, but I suppose there are many compilers that can run inside a Java applet which shouldn't be hard to integrate. | null | 0 | 1316551050 | False | 0 | c2lbr2j | t3_klv3o | null | t1_c2lbr2j | t1_c2lbowp | null | 1427625257 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316551133 | False | 0 | c2lbrja | t3_klphp | null | t1_c2lbrja | t1_c2lbquo | null | 1427625260 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | undershirt | null | For the past six months, I experimented with getting Quake 1 to display ultra wide FOVs (max 360 degrees) using map projections intended for globes. I spent a little time trying to port it to Quake 2 but the renderer seemed completely decoupled from the game, and I'm not sure how to approach it coming from Quake 1. O... | null | 0 | 1316551248 | False | 0 | c2lbs6i | t3_klrrx | null | t1_c2lbs6i | t3_klrrx | null | 1427625270 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dahud | null | Gah. Downloaded and built the source, but got an error
"Couldn't fall back to software refresh!"
on execution. I may be in over my head. | null | 0 | 1316551259 | False | 0 | c2lbs8c | t3_klrrx | null | t1_c2lbs8c | t3_klrrx | null | 1427625270 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | generalT | null | is anyone in this thread a practicing patent lawyer? | null | 0 | 1316551264 | False | 0 | c2lbs8y | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lbs8y | t3_klqte | null | 1427625270 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | KyteM | null | In C++, WinRT memory is managed through refcounting. If you use the Component Extensions, that refcounting will work automatically. If not, you do the old-style COM refcounting via AddRef/Release.
In .NET and JS, their respective memory managers will take care of memory handling and propagating it back to the WinRT si... | null | 0 | 1316551281 | False | 0 | c2lbsc2 | t3_kl1qp | null | t1_c2lbsc2 | t1_c2l81th | null | 1427625272 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | attrition0 | null | They used to do that all the time, unless you mean via similar contract rights. It's only now that they're owned by Zenimax that they don't license anymore -- and they've said they're happier for it, less to deal with. | null | 0 | 1316551302 | False | 0 | c2lbsg7 | t3_klrrx | null | t1_c2lbsg7 | t1_c2lausb | null | 1427625274 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | qblock | null | Somewhat off-topic, but I currently have a problem with what I guess I'll refer to as "patent farms".
Basically many large companies see R&D as a farm for patents. There can still be some legitimate research depending on the company, but there is usually always a push for a bulk of patent submissions per year by ... | null | 0 | 1316551324 | False | 0 | c2lbsl5 | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lbsl5 | t3_klqte | null | 1427625275 | 53 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | yogthos | null | >What I think is "fair and generous" is releasing your source with no strings attached. That is what I try to do, because I think that benefits everyone the most.
But it doesn't help ensure that the benefits are commutative. People using your source directly get the benefit, but then they can spin it off into somet... | null | 0 | 1316551373 | False | 0 | c2lbsur | t3_kl7h0 | null | t1_c2lbsur | t1_c2lbha6 | null | 1427625278 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | doubtingthomas | null | This post makes me think of Poe's Law. | null | 0 | 1316551383 | False | 0 | c2lbswu | t3_kljc0 | null | t1_c2lbswu | t1_c2l8i7t | null | 1427625279 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | henry_dorsett_case | null | Actually congress is responsible for patent law. | null | 0 | 1316551425 | False | 0 | c2lbt4y | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lbt4y | t1_c2lb808 | null | 1427625284 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | squigs | null | Ah. I see what you did there:) | null | 0 | 1316551510 | False | 0 | c2lbtl6 | t3_klhlv | null | t1_c2lbtl6 | t1_c2la5m4 | null | 1427625289 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Solomaxwell6 | null | Sorry, might be missing something, but
int charToInt(char v)
{
return '0' - v ;
}
This doesn't seem accurate to me. If the char is '1', it returns '0' - '1', or 48-49, for -1. I'm sure the people here are far better programmers than I and I'm missing something, but why isn't it done v - '0'?
Edi... | null | 0 | 1316551510 | True | 0 | c2lbtlb | t3_klrrx | null | t1_c2lbtlb | t3_klrrx | null | 1427625289 | 18 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | arnedh | null | I suppose one needs something like
static bool CMath::Boolean_Equals_Double_Double(const double& dblDouble1, const double& dblDouble2) | null | 0 | 1316551514 | False | 0 | c2lbtm2 | t3_klhlv | null | t1_c2lbtm2 | t1_c2lbd97 | null | 1427625289 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cwstjnobbs | null | I meant from a UX perspective, improvements were largely made behind the scenes as far as every day use is concerned.
This is important, background improvements can and should always be made but the way we use Windows shouldn't need to change dramatically. | null | 0 | 1316551520 | False | 0 | c2lbtn9 | t3_kl1qp | null | t1_c2lbtn9 | t1_c2lbal1 | null | 1427625289 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | If the best thing you have to say about C++ OO is that I don't have to use it, well, that speaks volumes. Anyway, you are free to disagree, and you do, so there you go. | null | 0 | 1316551554 | False | 0 | c2lbtte | t3_klphp | null | t1_c2lbtte | t1_c2lbrja | null | 1427625293 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | drysart | null | D2D almost certainly uses various optimizations (such as purpose-built shaders) to take best advantage of the GPU's capabilities that an average developer attempting to use the D3D API themselves directly to perform the same sorts of tasks wouldn't have without heavily investing effort to reproduce those optimizations.... | null | 0 | 1316551574 | False | 0 | c2lbtx8 | t3_kl1qp | null | t1_c2lbtx8 | t1_c2lbaoe | null | 1427625293 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Toptomcat | null | >Given that the US Government values human life about ~$200K...
??? | null | 0 | 1316551590 | False | 0 | c2lbu0i | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lbu0i | t1_c2la2xx | null | 1427625294 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | The_Angry_Pun | null | > Ok, so, you didn't invent an idea, but you patented it... so, how did you get the idea in your hands to patent?
Thomas Edison was notorious for this. He'd regularly patent things that his laboratory employees came up with; check out the second citation of [this Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List... | null | 0 | 1316551592 | False | 0 | c2lbu0q | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lbu0q | t1_c2lbapt | null | 1427625294 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rmxz | null | > "How easy is to hire developers who know X?".
Thanks to McDonalds, it's easiest to find chefs who know how to make a cheeseburger.
That doesn't mean if I open a fine dining restaurant I'd focus on burgers.
Probably best to change "how easy is it to hire developers who know X" to "how easy is it to hire **good**... | null | 0 | 1316551598 | False | 0 | c2lbu1n | t3_kljc0 | null | t1_c2lbu1n | t1_c2l87b1 | null | 1427625295 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Goblerone | null | Extend or change: whatever. In a team environment, you should write your code primarily in a way that the next person can understand it as easily as possible, and if I saw variable names like that (which I don't--not that bad), it would absolutely infuriate me.
Maybe it depends on the type of project you work on. I ... | null | 0 | 1316551682 | False | 0 | c2lbuho | t3_klhlv | null | t1_c2lbuho | t1_c2lanzc | null | 1427625300 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | universl | null | It does work that way. They are trying to get a licensing agreement out of you. And they are trying to do this without litigation. If they had to sue everyone the business model wouldn't make sense. Ongoing royalties is what they want. They only sue a handful of people to prove a point to the others.
Suing companies ... | null | 0 | 1316551793 | False | 0 | c2lbv43 | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lbv43 | t1_c2lbklz | null | 1427625309 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | saua | null | Site seems slow, luckily coral cache has [the linked page](http://fabiensanglard.net.nyud.net/quake2/index.php). | null | 0 | 1316551810 | True | 0 | c2lbv70 | t3_klrrx | null | t1_c2lbv70 | t3_klrrx | null | 1427625310 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tamrix | null | Yeah but they're no competitor to the iPad and Microsoft still hasn't innovated anything to compete with it. | null | 0 | 1316551874 | False | 0 | c2lbvja | t3_kl1qp | null | t1_c2lbvja | t1_c2l7zsn | null | 1427625314 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kernelhappy | null | Yes, unless of course you sell your equity in the company to another party. By the time the other party realizes that they can't make money because of the patent troll you're already flipping burgers and going home to your house made out of $100 bills. | null | 0 | 1316551917 | False | 0 | c2lbvnt | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lbvnt | t1_c2lbklz | null | 1427625316 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tamrix | null | Well if you want to do word processing on a tablet be my guest. | null | 0 | 1316551920 | False | 0 | c2lbvp5 | t3_kl1qp | null | t1_c2lbvp5 | t1_c2l7qr7 | null | 1427625316 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316551927 | False | 0 | c2lbvra | t3_klphp | null | t1_c2lbvra | t1_c2lbtte | null | 1427625317 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kernelhappy | null | Yes, unless of course you sell your equity in the company to another party. By the time the other party realizes that they can't make money because of the patent troll you're already flipping burgers and going home to your house made out of $100 bills. | null | 0 | 1316551928 | False | 0 | c2lbvrc | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lbvrc | t1_c2lbklz | null | 1427625317 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | darvds | null | First thing I do tomorrow is change all of the names of my return variables! | null | 0 | 1316551939 | False | 0 | c2lbvwo | t3_klhlv | null | t1_c2lbvwo | t1_c2l9f25 | null | 1427625323 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | soulreapernecro | null | I would say their actually named pretty well, but I can't say some enumerations/functions/etc. for dump and minidump files in without laughing.
MiniDumpWithFullMemory | null | 0 | 1316552000 | False | 0 | c2lbw84 | t3_klhlv | null | t1_c2lbw84 | t3_klhlv | null | 1427625327 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | GhostedAccount | null | Again, any movement of money made after you are notified of the patent claims is 100% recoverable. You can't just cash out and run. | null | 0 | 1316552111 | False | 0 | c2lbwue | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lbwue | t1_c2lbvrc | null | 1427625335 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mykdavies | null | No, they said "to complete it in a cheapest way possible", which is very different from "buy the cheapest tool and fail to deliver" which is how you read it. | null | 0 | 1316552121 | False | 0 | c2lbwwb | t3_kljc0 | null | t1_c2lbwwb | t1_c2l9lx7 | null | 1427625338 | 22 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | itslikeadog | null | At least he KNOWS he's using magic constants. | null | 0 | 1316552145 | False | 0 | c2lbx13 | t3_klhlv | null | t1_c2lbx13 | t1_c2l9fax | null | 1428193616 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | GhostedAccount | null | >They only sue a handful of people to prove a point to the others.
Thank you for backing me up 100% by reiterating what I said. | null | 0 | 1316552158 | False | 0 | c2lbx44 | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lbx44 | t1_c2lbv43 | null | 1428193616 | -9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | >There is no such thing as a perfect abstraction
Doesn't make all things equivalent though, and C++ higher abstractions are not the equal of the abstractions in Java, C#, Lisp, Scala, Python, Ruby, Haskell, Ocaml, etc. If I were working on anything that didn't absolutely require either a fantastically low memory f... | null | 0 | 1316552230 | False | 0 | c2lbxja | t3_klphp | null | t1_c2lbxja | t1_c2lbvra | null | 1427625359 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | i8beef | null | It's just a usability nightmare. Touchscreens work when you have them in your hands (tablet, phone, etc.). Put it on a wall or desk in a locked position (a monitor) and I think it will not work nearly as well. And having to pick up something else to use it is just not going to happen. | null | 0 | 1316552232 | False | 0 | c2lbxjl | t3_kl1qp | null | t1_c2lbxjl | t1_c2lbnkn | null | 1427625359 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Jesus_kung_fu_magic | null | The value of human life was valued at ~$200k back in the 70's. Now it's around 6-7 million. | null | 0 | 1316552326 | False | 0 | c2lby32 | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lby32 | t1_c2la2xx | null | 1427625363 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JustYourLuck | null | nope | null | 0 | 1316552375 | False | 0 | c2lbybo | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lbybo | t1_c2lbs8y | null | 1427625365 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kindall | null | I always assumed it was because it was a brief celebratory message, like "Cheers!" or "Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends." | null | 0 | 1316552401 | False | 0 | c2lbygb | t3_klhlv | null | t1_c2lbygb | t1_c2l8g8w | null | 1427625367 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | djork | null | Is a trinary digit a "tit"? | null | 0 | 1316552476 | False | 0 | c2lbytz | t3_klhlv | null | t1_c2lbytz | t1_c2lbb18 | null | 1427625374 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316552488 | False | 0 | c2lbyw6 | t3_klphp | null | t1_c2lbyw6 | t1_c2lbxja | null | 1427625383 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sbrown123 | null | It is "first to file", not "first to invent". Documentation doesn't count unless it is a patent document and it is first. | null | 0 | 1316552498 | False | 0 | c2lbyxu | t3_khvyw | null | t1_c2lbyxu | t1_c2kszby | null | 1427625383 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | wadcann | null | I think that it's going too far to say that there is no patent structure that would be net beneficial. Specifically for things that are easy to reverse-engineer, have not alternative mechanism (like copyright) of avoiding a direct copy, and extremely expensive to develop, like pharmaceutical stuff, I don't see how you... | null | 0 | 1316552515 | False | 0 | c2lbz15 | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lbz15 | t1_c2lazyp | null | 1427625383 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kernelhappy | null | At what point will it become impossible for a company to produce a product and sell it without having to pay some sort of licensing fee to each of their competitors?
Right now Samsung and Apple are tangled up because each claims the other uses it's patents and each claims that the uses are covered under fair and rea... | null | 0 | 1316552525 | False | 0 | c2lbz2x | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lbz2x | t3_klqte | null | 1427625384 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | theoldboy | null | > Just like Apple if Apple tried to make iOS run on your desktop machine.
Yeah, [they'd never do that.](http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/03/apple_seen_merging_ios_mac_os_x_with_custom_a6_chip_in_2012.html)
| null | 0 | 1316552559 | False | 0 | c2lbz9f | t3_kl7h0 | null | t1_c2lbz9f | t1_c2l71eh | null | 1427625382 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | generalT | null | well then, i would submit that everyone should shut the fuck up and get back to coding something. | null | 0 | 1316552590 | False | 0 | c2lbzfa | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lbzfa | t1_c2lbybo | null | 1427625386 | -12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | noobcola | null | who's that chinese guy that patented the linked list? | null | 0 | 1316552660 | False | 0 | c2lbzr2 | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lbzr2 | t3_klqte | null | 1427625388 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | frezik | null | Quake3 is out there too, and is somewhat more modern. Doom3 (idtech4) should be GPL'd after Rage is released. | null | 0 | 1316552668 | False | 0 | c2lbzs8 | t3_klrrx | null | t1_c2lbzs8 | t1_c2ladmk | null | 1427625388 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | wadcann | null | >They are trying to get a licensing agreement out of you.
Not part of the definition of a [patent troll](https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Patent_troll). Flat cash would work.
>Patent troll is a pejorative term used for a person or company that enforces its patents against one or more alleged infr... | null | 0 | 1316552855 | False | 0 | c2lc0ns | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lc0ns | t1_c2lbv43 | null | 1427625393 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | j4w | null | I don’t want to live on this planet anymore | null | 0 | 1316552911 | False | 0 | c2lc0xu | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lc0xu | t1_c2lbdzi | null | 1427625394 | 26 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | universl | null | Here's the part where I am not backing you up:
>Any company money or assets you try to run away with after being notified of the infringement will become the property of the patent troll to settle the debt.
The troll isn't going to bother suing you to get that money. They would need a judge to determine that you ... | null | 0 | 1316552922 | False | 0 | c2lc0zy | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lc0zy | t1_c2lbx44 | null | 1427625395 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | frezik | null | Whenever id releases a new game, the GPL the previous engine. You can easily commercialize your game the same way id does: code is GPL, game assets (maps, textures, etc.) are yours. Or you can still buy a private license from id, if you so choose.
I'm not sure how Unreal's "Free for Non-Commercial Use" license is bett... | null | 0 | 1316552923 | False | 0 | c2lc108 | t3_klrrx | null | t1_c2lc108 | t1_c2lausb | null | 1427625395 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | wadcann | null | Even if the current patent system has a large impact on said coding and has some serious issues?
Let's say that someone burglarized your house last night. If someone complained, I'd hope that you wouldn't say "Is anyone here a professional burglar? No? Then everyone should shut the fuck up and get back to coding so... | null | 0 | 1316552949 | True | 0 | c2lc14s | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lc14s | t1_c2lbzfa | null | 1427625396 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | scragar | null | If you're using such short names in a scope bigger than 1 screen full you're doing it wrong.
I use short names, but only in very short usage, in a three line function having an argument called 'o' for an object and 's' for a string is reasonable.
If you aren't going to be able to keep track of every var in a scope yo... | null | 0 | 1316552970 | False | 0 | c2lc17v | t3_klhlv | null | t1_c2lc17v | t1_c2l938z | null | 1427625396 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Deepmist | null | As some one who graduated a few years ago and even took a few graphics programming classes. I feel very confident writing business and productivity applications professionally (non graphics intensive apps). I've even played with programming games, wrote Tetris clones in a couple languages, did some stuff with XNA. The... | null | 0 | 1316553005 | False | 0 | c2lc1ea | t3_klrrx | null | t1_c2lc1ea | t3_klrrx | null | 1427625396 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tomovo | null | News at 11: C++ still relevant in the Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android world. It's the only language (apart from C) that can be used to program natively for all the platforms. Write once, compile anywhere. | null | 0 | 1316553046 | False | 0 | c2lc1la | t3_klgme | null | t1_c2lc1la | t3_klgme | null | 1427625397 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | washort | null | wah wah thinking is hard | null | 0 | 1316553074 | False | 0 | c2lc1qa | t3_klhzl | null | t1_c2lc1qa | t3_klhzl | null | 1427625397 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | genpfault | null | > it is the most popular (in term of licensing) 3D engine of all time.
[wat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unreal_Engine_games) | null | 0 | 1316553092 | False | 0 | c2lc1to | t3_klrrx | null | t1_c2lc1to | t3_klrrx | null | 1427625398 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | peynir | null | Me neither with people who can't do proper fucking apostrophes. | null | 0 | 1316553197 | False | 0 | c2lc2cy | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lc2cy | t1_c2lc0xu | null | 1427625402 | -18 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I laughed my ass off on those. Good one. | null | 0 | 1316553303 | False | 0 | c2lc2yj | t3_klhlv | null | t1_c2lc2yj | t3_klhlv | null | 1427625410 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aaronblohowiak | null | The alternative is to simply use the defaults of both as your source of comparison, with a GIANT disclaimer about what it is you are measuring. | null | 0 | 1316553409 | False | 0 | c2lc3gy | t3_kkfbs | null | t1_c2lc3gy | t1_c2l2fl4 | null | 1427625418 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Patent ninjas/trolls/mobsters/rapists etc are the religion of the IT world.
Because of them, we're probably losing years of innovation from this. | null | 0 | 1316553433 | False | 0 | c2lc3le | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lc3le | t1_c2lbdzi | null | 1427625426 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316553472 | False | 0 | c2lc3se | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lc3se | t1_c2lamwh | null | 1427625422 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dkitch | null | Definitely. There should be a develop-or-die clause on patents - after filing the patent, you have five years to develop a product that uses it, or you lose all rights to it.
Patent lifetime should also be governed by the pace of the industry that the patent applies to - 17 years was great for industrial patents back... | null | 0 | 1316553495 | False | 0 | c2lc3w7 | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lc3w7 | t1_c2laok4 | null | 1427625423 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | LucianU | null | Clojure. | null | 0 | 1316553528 | False | 0 | c2lc42f | t3_kks00 | null | t1_c2lc42f | t1_c2lalt2 | null | 1427625426 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | ADDERRALL | null | 0 | 1316553593 | False | 0 | c2lc4d7 | t3_kls47 | null | t1_c2lc4d7 | t3_kls47 | null | 1427625437 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | unclerummy | null | Oh, yeah. I've seen similar things in code I've worked on:
//yes
final static String YES = "yes";
//no
final static String NO = "no";
//1
final static int ONE = 1;
*edit: fixed line breaks | null | 0 | 1316553741 | False | 0 | c2lc53y | t3_klhlv | null | t1_c2lc53y | t1_c2l8868 | null | 1427625440 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MarshallBanana | null | >> And I think that people know that they too benefit from releasing derivative works.
> They do, but they often don't feel like being generous in return, this is especially true for business.
"Releasing" as in "releasing the source to".
See, you're assuming that it is "generous" to release the source. If y... | null | 0 | 1316553773 | False | 0 | c2lc5a3 | t3_kl7h0 | null | t1_c2lc5a3 | t1_c2lbsur | null | 1427625442 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nascent | null | In the discussion there are two major parts.
Under the conditions presented, it is a bad idea to take the job no matter what you choose. Many should not come at the end under the condition it must be on time.
With $100M as long as your language isn't hopelessly restrictive or under developed, you'd be able to fill ga... | null | 0 | 1316553809 | False | 0 | c2lc5g5 | t3_kljc0 | null | t1_c2lc5g5 | t1_c2lbr22 | null | 1427625443 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | KyteM | null | Well, the preview was given on a tablet which could be docked for desktop usage, and Touch was basically front & center for the showcase, so it made sense to have all the Metro Touch interface ready even if it meant leaving the desktop interface unfinished.
I bet production W8 will have the KB&M interface on pa... | null | 0 | 1316553811 | False | 0 | c2lc5gj | t3_kl1qp | null | t1_c2lc5gj | t1_c2lbxjl | null | 1427625444 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jugglist | null | What about this guy, who patented an electric snowman machine?
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/8011991.pdf | null | 0 | 1316553819 | False | 0 | c2lc5i4 | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lc5i4 | t1_c2lbdzi | null | 1427625444 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | prpetro | null | try sex() catch (Exception shame) | null | 0 | 1316553858 | False | 0 | c2lc5om | t3_klhlv | null | t1_c2lc5om | t1_c2la2u9 | null | 1427625448 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | The less you type the less you have to read. | null | 0 | 1316553876 | False | 0 | c2lc5rv | t3_klphp | null | t1_c2lc5rv | t1_c2laz7n | null | 1427625448 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kmmeerts | null | I know, I've read it all. | null | 0 | 1316553906 | False | 0 | c2lc5x2 | t3_klrrx | null | t1_c2lc5x2 | t1_c2lboqu | null | 1427625455 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | GhostedAccount | null | That part also backs me up. I said they do what is most profitable for them. You tried to rule out ruining a company, and then cited that they will sometimes ruin a company.
You have backed me up 100%. | null | 0 | 1316554040 | False | 0 | c2lc6k8 | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lc6k8 | t1_c2lc0zy | null | 1427625458 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | berlinbrown | null | Clojure app running on the Java virtual machine.
Some Clojure Code, some java, runs on the Java virtual machine. | null | 0 | 1316554047 | True | 0 | c2lc6lb | t3_kks00 | null | t1_c2lc6lb | t1_c2lc42f | null | 1427625458 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kamatsu | null | Lisp isn't strongly typed, or even typed at all. Some have optional type systems. | null | 0 | 1316554178 | False | 0 | c2lc78m | t3_kljc0 | null | t1_c2lc78m | t1_c2l8i7t | null | 1427625477 | -10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Anpheus | null | What powershell is not brilliant at is syntax. Sure, +, -, and other operators work. But "-not" and "-gt"? What the hell?
And generics? LINQ? Why are these not accessible by default in Powershell yet? Why are all Powershell operations strict and not lazy (or deferred, as the LINQ people like to call it)?
There are s... | null | 0 | 1316554234 | False | 0 | c2lc7jz | t3_kl1qp | null | t1_c2lc7jz | t1_c2l9int | null | 1428193610 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SuperGrade | null | Holy s**t - I just ran into a coworker on Reddit who's pasting in code from our codebase! | null | 0 | 1316554257 | False | 0 | c2lc7od | t3_klhlv | null | t1_c2lc7od | t1_c2lc53y | null | 1428193611 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | BeatLeJuce | null | you need to pop a chill pill. Also, static sizes in pixel suck and are bad form. If you don't see the logic in that, you probably make a poor web designer and I hope that's not a field you're active in. | null | 0 | 1316554302 | False | 0 | c2lc7w6 | t3_kldfr | null | t1_c2lc7w6 | t1_c2lbbui | null | 1427625495 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | universl | null | I think you are having reading comprehension problems. Let me break this down for you into simper concepts:
1. They will *try* do what's most profitable for them.
2. They make no profit by ruining a company.
3. They will not *try* ruin companies. | null | 0 | 1316554390 | False | 0 | c2lc8cm | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lc8cm | t1_c2lc6k8 | null | 1427625493 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | 0xABADC0DA | null | I'm not sure what you are trying to say. There's a specific structure that works ok on cache-hierarchy machines with few threads for specific cases? Ok.
Raytracing is an embarrassingly parallel task, but what is missing is embarrassingly parallel CPUs and memory. With hardware like I mentioned you can use whatever ... | null | 0 | 1316554442 | False | 0 | c2lc8mn | t3_kldfr | null | t1_c2lc8mn | t1_c2la9sj | null | 1427625497 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | twinsea | null | You may be joking with your IBM example, but the sad part about it is that is exactly what is happening with trolls such as Intellectual Ventures. You can pay them off to get immunity from future lawsuits. It's extortion plain and simple.
This problem is going to keep ballooning until the only defense against patent... | null | 0 | 1316554443 | True | 0 | c2lc8mp | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lc8mp | t1_c2ladit | null | 1427625497 | 73 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ascagnel | null | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Quake_-_family_tree_2.svg
That's only Quake 2, but includes GPL spinoffs. | null | 0 | 1316554469 | False | 0 | c2lc8rh | t3_klrrx | null | t1_c2lc8rh | t1_c2lc1to | null | 1427625498 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Dock it when you need to do desktop work. Same as what I do with my laptop everyday at work. | null | 0 | 1316554494 | True | 0 | c2lc8vk | t3_kl1qp | null | t1_c2lc8vk | t1_c2lbvp5 | null | 1427625498 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | GhostedAccount | null | >They make no profit by ruining a company.
Ah you are speculating. Hilarious. | null | 0 | 1316554498 | False | 0 | c2lc8wu | t3_klqte | null | t1_c2lc8wu | t1_c2lc8cm | null | 1427625498 | -5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Anpheus | null | The original WPF implementation was horrible, and can basically be summarized as a poor first attempt at implementing Direct2D.
Article: http://jeremiahmorrill.com/2011/02/14/a-critical-deep-dive-into-the-wpf-rendering-system/ | null | 0 | 1316554589 | False | 0 | c2lc9dc | t3_kl1qp | null | t1_c2lc9dc | t1_c2lbaoe | null | 1427625503 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | yogthos | null | >"Releasing" as in "releasing the source to".
Well, yes that has been the context of this discussion.
>See, you're assuming that it is "generous" to release the source. If you do something because you are "generous", it means you do it even though it is not beneficial to you. So there again you are assuming tha... | null | 0 | 1316554607 | False | 0 | c2lc9ga | t3_kl7h0 | null | t1_c2lc9ga | t1_c2lc5a3 | null | 1427625504 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | masklinn | null | > By themselves, pycairo’s save and restore methods do not support the with statement, so we’ll have to add the support on our own. There are two ways to support the with statement: by implementing a context manager class, or by writing a generator function. I’ll demonstrate both approaches.
The post makes a good j... | null | 0 | 1316554625 | False | 0 | c2lc9ju | t3_kljpc | null | t1_c2lc9ju | t3_kljpc | null | 1427625506 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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