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True | ElroyFlynn | null | talk about ttttl;dr. Maybe there's something interesting in there. Anybody have a summary?
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True | [deleted] | null | It was supposed to kill flash but it didn't work. Apple was more successful in trying to kill flash but even they haven't succeeded yet. | null | 0 | 1316756699 | False | 0 | c2lyigw | t3_ko2wv | null | t1_c2lyigw | t1_c2lxywh | null | 1427636192 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | >How much longer will they allow themselves to be strung along?
Forever really. Windows programmers use what MS tells them to use. It's always been that way. | null | 0 | 1316756744 | False | 0 | c2lyimb | t3_ko2wv | null | t1_c2lyimb | t1_c2lumlq | null | 1427636194 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | 400 million metro users?
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True | rechlin | null | Try PL/SQL Developer. It's much better than any of the other tools I've used (the Oracle ones or SQL Navigator). | null | 0 | 1316756909 | False | 0 | c2lyj5f | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lyj5f | t3_ko3r2 | null | 1427636201 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SnakeDiver | null | When I was in college, our instructors tried to pretend that applications like SQL Developer and Toad didn't exist.
In my job now, I often use SQL Developer to jump onto a database and run some queries and then do a quick export to excel and hand it off to our business users. Some of the data they need isn't availabl... | null | 0 | 1316756933 | False | 0 | c2lyj89 | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lyj89 | t1_c2lwg5u | null | 1427636201 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Hypx | null | I wish the full walk-through was up and running. | null | 0 | 1316757202 | False | 0 | c2lyk52 | t3_kolze | null | t1_c2lyk52 | t3_kolze | null | 1428193413 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kamatsu | null | My first language was Scheme, so for me, the loops were the strange part. Really, to me they weren't strange, but struck me as inelegant - you can do it all with recursion, why do a subset of these with loops? It struck me as so silly. These days I care less. | null | 0 | 1316757309 | False | 0 | c2lyki3 | t3_kogj4 | null | t1_c2lyki3 | t1_c2lygj0 | null | 1427636220 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | antrn11 | null | Oracle makes great database with only one problem: It is impossible to use.
T: Juho | null | 0 | 1316757507 | False | 0 | c2lyl5h | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lyl5h | t1_c2ltfwo | null | 1427636232 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SnakeDiver | null | From what I've seen, the majority of it is kept alive because of the numbers of old applications out there that use Oracle as its backend. So when new applications are created, Oracle is the chosen DB because we already have it.
Cycle continues. | null | 0 | 1316757561 | False | 0 | c2lylc2 | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lylc2 | t1_c2lx82q | null | 1427636235 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SnakeDiver | null | Enterprise is used quite a bit. It provides a number of features especially for large environments that want to make use of a RAC setup.
However, Standard is not that much cheaper. Though there is a per core multiplier depending on the hardware you use. | null | 0 | 1316757706 | False | 0 | c2lylu2 | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lylu2 | t1_c2lwh2m | null | 1427636239 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | washort | null | It's amazing what lengths people are willing to go to to pursue a wrongheaded approach to security. That, combined with Microsoft's traditional view of the PC as their exclusive domain, produces amazingly ridiculous stuff like this.
Of course, if you want a Linux desktop/server these days, ARM-based systems are starti... | null | 0 | 1316757724 | False | 0 | c2lylwa | t3_kok09 | null | t1_c2lylwa | t3_kok09 | null | 1427636238 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | If you know how to make money on Android, I'm sure plenty of people want to hear about it.
So far, the hardware makers are barely breaking even, the apps developers are keeping their day jobs, and google's just about the only one making money because they're charging for ads. | null | 0 | 1316757798 | False | 0 | c2lym5h | t3_ko2wv | null | t1_c2lym5h | t1_c2ly2hw | null | 1427636241 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Actually, Apple's not trying to kill flash, any more than they're trying to kill anything else they have no interest in. | null | 0 | 1316757835 | False | 0 | c2lym9o | t3_ko2wv | null | t1_c2lym9o | t1_c2lyigw | null | 1427636242 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | TangledEarphones | null | The rediquette requires me to explain my downvote, so here goes: Nilay Patel does a much better job that I ever could
http://thisismynext.com/2011/08/11/broken-patent-system/
TL;DR There are legitimate patents. You want to value innovation, and the patent system is an excellent way to do that. What you really want to ... | null | 0 | 1316758033 | False | 0 | c2lymu8 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2lymu8 | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427636249 | 23 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | adam75 | null | In my experience, we have a hard time learning "tricky" concepts not so much because there's something inherently hard about them, but rather because of our history. I wrote a lot of C++ code before I learned Scheme. Now, Scheme is certainly an order of magnitude simpler as a language. Yet, I struggled initially. The i... | null | 0 | 1316758121 | False | 0 | c2lyn4g | t3_kogj4 | null | t1_c2lyn4g | t3_kogj4 | null | 1427636253 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mistralol | null |
So there is no SELECT INTO ??? | null | 0 | 1316758259 | False | 0 | c2lynjy | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lynjy | t1_c2luvqw | null | 1427636258 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316758301 | False | 0 | c2lynp1 | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lynp1 | t3_ko3r2 | null | 1427636261 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Uberhipster | null | Thuffering thuckatash! | null | 0 | 1316758408 | False | 0 | c2lyo0q | t3_knafe | null | t1_c2lyo0q | t3_knafe | null | 1427636265 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mistralol | null |
Jump to other connection and list processes and kill it. It should raise an error on the original connection.
The delay is because of the ACID rules. eg the time it takes to roll back the current canceled transaction. There is no way to avoid this! | null | 0 | 1316758502 | False | 0 | c2lyoaz | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lyoaz | t1_c2ltg0i | null | 1427636273 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jsolson | null | > SQLExplorer
OH MY GOD THANK YOU. You have just made my life so much less painful. | null | 0 | 1316758514 | False | 0 | c2lyoc8 | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lyoc8 | t1_c2lvbzi | null | 1427636271 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | blk7 | null | Not to be too simplistic, but you recover it. It's a safety net.
In an ideal world, everything is set up properly and we don't make dumb mistakes. Having a feature that will let you back out of a really dumb mistake is very cool though.
| null | 0 | 1316758826 | False | 0 | c2lypcm | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lypcm | t1_c2ly1ci | null | 1427636282 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | OopsLostPassword | null | Do you have an idea on why we're being downvoted ? Votes on this subject follow a very strange pattern with only stupid trolls being upvoted... | null | 0 | 1316758827 | False | 0 | c2lypcr | t3_kmpyi | null | t1_c2lypcr | t1_c2lsm1z | null | 1427636282 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | propool | null | example: mysql.exe ctrl c exits client process. Why can't my gui do the same? | null | 0 | 1316758988 | False | 0 | c2lypsh | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lypsh | t1_c2lyoaz | null | 1427636288 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | node159 | null | Can't up-vote this enough, I'm in the position to make the calls on which DBMS we use, but moving from Oracle will involve massive amounts of work, retraining of the entire development team, and firing of a bunch of useless DBA's :(. | null | 0 | 1316759083 | False | 0 | c2lyq2c | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lyq2c | t1_c2lw5j6 | null | 1427636298 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | troyanonymous1 | null | I wonder if one day we can just have open hardware and pay for a totally reasonable PC that loads whatever software we ask.
I don't want ARM to become a monopoly somehow. | null | 0 | 1316759198 | False | 0 | c2lyqe8 | t3_kok09 | null | t1_c2lyqe8 | t1_c2lylwa | null | 1427636295 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Gotebe | null | >The biggest and easiest mistake that anyone can make in trying to teach a subject is to forget what it was like not to already know what you're explaining.
;-)
Shame on you! You've just blown away TFA completely! | null | 0 | 1316759236 | False | 0 | c2lyqim | t3_kogj4 | null | t1_c2lyqim | t1_c2lyc5t | null | 1427636298 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Have you checked [here](http://howfuckedismydatabase.com/)? But seriously, even the little lightweight thing like SQL+ that came with Orcale 11 I think... or maybe it was 10. I can never remember, but what I do remember is leaving that bugger running for days on some pretty simple little queries. Oracle lag is like a m... | null | 0 | 1316759372 | False | 0 | c2lyqx0 | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lyqx0 | t3_ko3r2 | null | 1427636303 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mistralol | null |
Right click new query window .... Let the old one die in its own time?
The thing about pressing Ctrl+c is the query is still running on the server its nice to know when it stops so it isn't locking any rows any more :)
| null | 0 | 1316759386 | False | 0 | c2lyqyl | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lyqyl | t1_c2lypsh | null | 1427636304 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | node159 | null | And how is that meant to be helpful with an Oracle DB? | null | 0 | 1316759403 | False | 0 | c2lyr0b | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lyr0b | t1_c2lutqq | null | 1427636304 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | OopsLostPassword | null | I think you can present your work especially when it's perfectly on topic, and it's not spammy if you don't repeat it too often.
Hell, it may even interest me! As I know I won't convince my boss now, I'll PM you for the free copy :) | null | 0 | 1316759555 | False | 0 | c2lyrgv | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lyrgv | t1_c2lwxce | null | 1427636310 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | DGolden | null | > "The patent office's original interpretation of software as language and *therefor patentable*"
Uh. What? did you mean "therefor*e* *un*patentable" ?
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True | MatrixFrog | null | I don't know D, but I find that it's a good idea to *always* use curly braces for if, else, and for, statements. Always. No matter what. That totally solves this problem, right? | null | 0 | 1316759756 | False | 0 | c2lys1l | t3_kooiy | null | t1_c2lys1l | t3_kooiy | null | 1427636318 | 44 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | munificent | null | > we don't say "here's a pointer to a pointer to a sentence, please make the pointed-to pointer point to a sentence about that dog over there and hand it back to me".
Your Mom's friend's uncle's hairdresser said... | null | 0 | 1316759784 | False | 0 | c2lys4z | t3_kogj4 | null | t1_c2lys4z | t1_c2lwk1s | null | 1427636318 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | propool | null | good point. They should just remove the cancel button if it is not working. | null | 0 | 1316759863 | False | 0 | c2lyscw | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lyscw | t1_c2lyqyl | null | 1427636325 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | innervision | null | MySQL Workbench is the most bloated piece of crap software ever written. MySQL managed to go from a 'feature light' but working tool, to a bunch of feature light and crashy tools, to the monstrosity that Workbench is in about 6 years.
In other words: you know you are screwed when a PHP application running on top of Ap... | null | 0 | 1316759944 | False | 0 | c2lysku | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lysku | t1_c2ltzxq | null | 1427636324 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316759992 | False | 0 | c2lysph | t3_koqe8 | null | t1_c2lysph | t3_koqe8 | null | 1427636326 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ValekCOS | null | This article was a lovely read. Thanks for posting it!
I have to admit I started sidetracking myself with articles embedded inside the article, as well. Overall, I think those qualities do actually hold true for passionate developers. It's one reason I frequently argue against the whole "if you haven't been to coll... | null | 0 | 1316760037 | False | 0 | c2lystl | t3_korcu | null | t1_c2lystl | t3_korcu | null | 1427636328 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | innervision | null | Well, what I've noticed (in the past, when I was a C# dev) is that the 'express' version of Management Studio, the one distributed with Visual Studio, is an order of magnitude slower than the one distributed with SQL Server proper. Go figure. | null | 0 | 1316760157 | False | 0 | c2lyt5d | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lyt5d | t1_c2lxt3p | null | 1427636332 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zingbot3000 | null | I think they meant to void all previously issued software patents, not all patents, judging by the fact that they only asked to stop issuing software patents. | null | 0 | 1316760248 | False | 0 | c2lytem | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2lytem | t1_c2lymu8 | null | 1427636335 | 19 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | caimen | null | There is no software or piece of code that should be patentable. It is completely and utterly ridiculous to be able to patent software. Intellectual property is a scam under the guise of creating a better economy. It's great for a corporation, but for any small business wanting to go write a piece of software, they ... | null | 0 | 1316760315 | False | 0 | c2lytko | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2lytko | t1_c2lymu8 | null | 1427636337 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | UsingYourWifi | null | When I was first teaching myself to program I struggled a lot with the concept of pointers. For some reason the explanations in the one C programming book I had just did not click. I didn't really "get" it until I ventured into the realm of assembly, which forced a more fundamental level of understand of how a computer... | null | 0 | 1316760360 | False | 0 | c2lytp2 | t3_kogj4 | null | t1_c2lytp2 | t1_c2lwk1s | null | 1427636339 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aquasov | null | Working with databases for 15 years, I haven't seen a database capable of at least 1/3 of what Oracle RDBMS can provide. A couple of years ago tried MSSQL for the first time - it's a nightmare. It's just like going into space on a bicycle. The only thing which comes close to Oracle from the point of functionality and s... | null | 0 | 1316760362 | False | 0 | c2lytp6 | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lytp6 | t1_c2lubiv | null | 1427636339 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | innervision | null | Well, Amarok (KDE's music app) actually users MySQL as storage backend. Yes, you need to install the server in your desktop if you want to listen to music. Well, that or install Clementine, Banshee or any of the good alternatives. | null | 0 | 1316760373 | False | 0 | c2lytqb | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lytqb | t1_c2lvzlo | null | 1427636340 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | DGolden | null | All the same, voiding all existing patents and completely abolishing the patent system would be the ideal option.
* http://www.piratpartiet.se/international/english
* http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/general/intellectual/againstfinal.htm | null | 0 | 1316760430 | False | 0 | c2lytvd | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2lytvd | t1_c2lytem | null | 1427636347 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JabbrWockey | null | The only advice I can give is do not volunteer to work on a sharepoint project... *ever*. | null | 0 | 1316760487 | False | 0 | c2lyu0m | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lyu0m | t1_c2lvipe | null | 1427636343 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | As I recall, back in high school, when our computer science teacher wanted us to pay particular attention, he would say "now, this is really cool." | null | 0 | 1316760563 | False | 0 | c2lyu7s | t3_kogj4 | null | t1_c2lyu7s | t3_kogj4 | null | 1427636348 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JabbrWockey | null | Yeah, but then I remind myself it's free. God I'm a masochist. | null | 0 | 1316760610 | False | 0 | c2lyubx | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lyubx | t1_c2ltzxq | null | 1427636350 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JosiahJohnson | null | I don't believe Express can cover any business needs. I'm pretty darn sure it's disallowed in the EULA. | null | 0 | 1316760694 | False | 0 | c2lyukq | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lyukq | t1_c2lwh2m | null | 1427636353 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | wadcann | null | That will not happen, and it would be catastrophic from the standpoint of screwing up all sorts of assessments of value and things like that. Let's say I'm a bank and I lent $50M to a company based on the value of its IP portfolio. Am I just out the money now?
I could understand some sort of massive review, or some ... | null | 0 | 1316760712 | False | 0 | c2lyumj | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2lyumj | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427636354 | 37 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316760885 | False | 0 | c2lyv2b | t3_koj7a | null | t1_c2lyv2b | t3_koj7a | null | 1427636359 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | orthogonality | null | JDeveloper, the Oracle Eclipse knock-off, doesn't anti-alias it editor fonts. It looks like a dot matrix printer running out of ink. | null | 0 | 1316760891 | False | 0 | c2lyv2y | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lyv2y | t1_c2lt4eq | null | 1427636359 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JabbrWockey | null | I worked at a software company that had this model. The majority of the revenue came from consulting fees for implementation.
Seriously, they will never, ever have an easily configurable out of the box solution. | null | 0 | 1316761001 | False | 0 | c2lyvd5 | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lyvd5 | t1_c2ltua0 | null | 1427636363 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JabbrWockey | null | I couldn't tell if you were saying MySQL or were talking about your SQL developer... | null | 0 | 1316761130 | False | 0 | c2lyvpj | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lyvpj | t1_c2ltnm2 | null | 1427636365 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | DivineRobot | null | do
runas /netonly /user:domain\user ssms.exe | null | 0 | 1316761232 | False | 0 | c2lyvxo | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lyvxo | t1_c2lxr8z | null | 1427636368 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JabbrWockey | null | I read this initially as $48 a cpu core, and thought, "Hmmm, not bad... not bad at all."
I assume the $48000 is for annual licensing? | null | 0 | 1316761240 | False | 0 | c2lyvye | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lyvye | t1_c2lvbbv | null | 1427636368 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | b0dhi | null | >When asked, "How could you possibly have done the first interactive graphics program, the first non-procedural programming language, the first object oriented software system, all in one year?" Ivan replied: "Well, I didn't know it was hard."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Sutherland
I can't even count the num... | null | 0 | 1316761307 | True | 0 | c2lyw4t | t3_kogj4 | null | t1_c2lyw4t | t3_kogj4 | null | 1427636371 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | TangledEarphones | null | If you make the distinction between software patents and 'regular' patents, then you are essentially claiming that innovation in software is not real innovation.
I disagree with you. There are real, genuine surprising algorithms that people come up with. For example, the algorithm for a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) is... | null | 0 | 1316761321 | False | 0 | c2lyw69 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2lyw69 | t1_c2lytem | null | 1427636371 | -4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | TangledEarphones | null | Innovation in software is real innovation. There are algorithms and software that do truly astounding stuff, that a person with reasonable creativity could not come up with on his own. Allowing software patents _helps_ us because we get to see the code right away, and after a period, it becomes public domain.
What is ... | null | 0 | 1316761519 | False | 0 | c2lywmg | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2lywmg | t1_c2lytko | null | 1427636377 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dankelleher | null | Sorry. My copy of SQL Developer... | null | 0 | 1316761574 | False | 0 | c2lywr3 | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lywr3 | t1_c2lyvpj | null | 1427636379 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | c-reus | null | No, you do not need to install full-blown MySQL server on your desktop to use Amarok. Embedded MySQL works like a charm. | null | 0 | 1316761606 | False | 0 | c2lywtq | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lywtq | t1_c2lytqb | null | 1427636380 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Smallpaul | null | It was doomed because it never had a strategy beyond "copy Adobe". That's what I inferred. | null | 0 | 1316761658 | False | 0 | c2lywxv | t3_ko2wv | null | t1_c2lywxv | t1_c2lw9ut | null | 1427636381 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | stesch | null | What's with Mozilla and the PDFs lately? Don't they like HTML5 anymore?
| null | 0 | 1316761706 | False | 0 | c2lyx20 | t3_kos4z | null | t1_c2lyx20 | t3_kos4z | null | 1427636383 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | scragar | null | I think you're wrong to think of them as arbitrary, you can't call an integer as a function because it's a dud move, the effects would be impossible to predict.
Scoping exists to modularise things, if everything was automatically global imagine the carnage it would cause, recursion would be all but impossible, all you... | null | 0 | 1316761840 | False | 0 | c2lyxdk | t3_kogj4 | null | t1_c2lyxdk | t1_c2lyn4g | null | 1427636387 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | davebrk | null | Here you [go](http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4186469/rust-all-hands-w2011/assets/fallback/index.html). | null | 0 | 1316761874 | False | 0 | c2lyxfu | t3_kos4z | null | t1_c2lyxfu | t1_c2lyx20 | null | 1427636388 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | innervision | null | You saying' Ubuntu *lied* to me? To be fair, that was a few releases ago, so maybe they were still trying to figure it out. I didn't mind because I happen to use MySQL for development anyway, but I could see it could confuse the shit out of 'normal' people. | null | 0 | 1316761888 | False | 0 | c2lyxh6 | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lyxh6 | t1_c2lywtq | null | 1427636388 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ejrh | null | I first thought it strange they taught pointers to us (well, object references in Java) as arrows pointing to randomly floating boxes. I guess pointers (references) can be understood on two levels: memory addresses (or address into something), and arrows pointing to randomly floating boxes. Like you and the others I ... | null | 0 | 1316761899 | False | 0 | c2lyxi5 | t3_kogj4 | null | t1_c2lyxi5 | t1_c2lytp2 | null | 1427636388 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | If they aren't tricky, then why are pointer and recursion bugs some of the most frequently occurring bugs in C programs?
The reason is they are tricky to get right. | null | 0 | 1316762046 | False | 0 | c2lyxvl | t3_kogj4 | null | t1_c2lyxvl | t3_kogj4 | null | 1427636393 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | UsingYourWifi | null | Part of me wishes all intro to programming courses were taught in assembly. Use something friendlier than x86 if you want, but there are so many things that don't click until you get to your first architectures course. Then all of a sudden there's this "OOoohhhhh shit! So THAT'S why it works that way! Why the FUCK didn... | null | 0 | 1316762225 | False | 0 | c2lyyc4 | t3_kogj4 | null | t1_c2lyyc4 | t1_c2lyxi5 | null | 1427636399 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bgh80 | null | I am pretty sure you got that by trying to do something in the connection explorer rather than trying to run another query as running another query when you already have one running under that connection just makes it sit there looking like it is running even though it is just waiting. Still, I thought it would be good... | null | 0 | 1316762251 | False | 0 | c2lyyee | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lyyee | t3_ko3r2 | null | 1427636401 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | > Why would you think otherwise?
Well, the fact that you ranting about me being "clueless as to the tuning of Oracle" dispite the fact that I plainly stated that "I don't know how to tune it properly".
> this whole post is one giant circlejerk by half baked programmers who think themselves Oracle DBAs.
But n... | null | 0 | 1316762397 | False | 0 | c2lyyrn | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lyyrn | t1_c2lxgpr | null | 1427636405 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | stesch | null | After reading about half of it: Very interesting. They came a long way since the first announcement.
http://www.rust-lang.org/ | null | 0 | 1316762421 | True | 0 | c2lyyti | t3_kos4z | null | t1_c2lyyti | t3_kos4z | null | 1427636405 | 22 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Amazon runs on Oracle databases. You were just doing it wrong.
You can build a fast OLTP database with Oracle if you have someone who knows what they're doing. | null | 0 | 1316762442 | False | 0 | c2lyyva | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lyyva | t1_c2ltxha | null | 1427636406 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zingbot3000 | null | > If you make the distinction between software patents and 'regular' patents, then you are essentially claiming that innovation in software is not real innovation.
I'm claiming nothing of the sort.
> that its value to me is much higher than, say, a door hinge (which according to you, should be patent-protectabl... | null | 0 | 1316762519 | False | 0 | c2lyz1k | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2lyz1k | t1_c2lyw69 | null | 1427636408 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | PopeOnABomb | null | The patent office never wanted to issue software patents. Instead they treated it as living documents that needed copyright.
A series of court decisions are what forced the change. It is the judicial system, not the patent office, that made the change.
You're barking up the wrong tree. | null | 0 | 1316762566 | False | 0 | c2lyz4z | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2lyz4z | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427636411 | 175 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | When your host crashes and you need to recover from logs, good luck with those other databases. That's when you wished you had Oracle. | null | 0 | 1316762628 | False | 0 | c2lyz9y | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lyz9y | t1_c2lvwzc | null | 1427636412 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | **Why the I-Hate-Oracle Club?**
http://forums.thedailywtf.com/forums/t/1142.aspx
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True | [deleted] | null | One problem with software patents is that when it boils down to it, software is math. Math is not patentable, therefor software shouldn't be.
The other problem is, of course, that software moves so fast that by the time the patent office can issue a patent, the thing that was patented is already considered "obvious" a... | null | 0 | 1316762886 | False | 0 | c2lyzvc | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2lyzvc | t1_c2lyw69 | null | 1427636422 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | SQL Server's tool chain is by far the most user-friendly of any database product (aside from consumer databases stuff like Access and Form Maker).
The Oracle tools are so horrible that I don't know anyone who uses them. I mean literally no one, even die-hard Oracle fans buy or steal a copy of the third-party product ... | null | 0 | 1316763004 | False | 0 | c2lz04h | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lz04h | t1_c2lvn7c | null | 1427636431 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | FYI the subreddit [http://www.reddit.com/r/WhiteHousePetitions/](http://www.reddit.com/r/WhiteHousePetitions/) needs more activity. Since you all showed interest in supporting this petition, head over and support all the unsearchable petitions under 150 votes. Help your fellow Redditors out! :) | null | 0 | 1316763044 | False | 0 | c2lz07k | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2lz07k | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427636424 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Why do people still use languages that are clearly subpar?
You might think that this is just a flippant comment and that the problems are deeper than that, but no. It's not that difficult, people! Just use better languages.
Golang, python, shell scripts (preferably rc but bash can do simple things), Haskell. What el... | null | 0 | 1316763107 | False | 0 | c2lz0d5 | t3_kooiy | null | t1_c2lz0d5 | t3_kooiy | null | 1427636436 | -26 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jmdavis | null | We wouldn't have D without C++. It's learned too much from it. And D has been influenced and improved by ideas in various other languages which didn't exist when C++ was started. So, even if Stroustrup could have made a better language by not being compatible with C (which is questionable), the knowledge to make someth... | null | 0 | 1316763403 | False | 0 | c2lz105 | t3_kooiy | null | t1_c2lz105 | t1_c2ly3y1 | null | 1427636436 | 18 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Can't tell if serious, or just trolling. | null | 0 | 1316763412 | False | 0 | c2lz10v | t3_kooiy | null | t1_c2lz10v | t1_c2lz0d5 | null | 1427636436 | 20 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | alphabeat | null | Hmm. It is now that you remind me. Can be used for testing only right? | null | 0 | 1316763425 | False | 0 | c2lz11x | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lz11x | t1_c2lyukq | null | 1427636436 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mcandre | null | There are several hurdles in implementing a dynamic unit test framework in C, but I'll focus on one for now:
It's hard to write a function that returns an array populated with random elements according to a generator function. Here's the type signature:
typedef void (*fp)();
void* gen_array(fp gen, size_... | null | 0 | 1316763479 | False | 0 | c2lz15w | t3_kounn | null | t1_c2lz15w | t3_kounn | null | 1427636438 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | TangledEarphones | null | I could make a similar argument and say, the mechanism that powers your watch is essentially physics, and hence, should not be patentable :) | null | 0 | 1316763534 | False | 0 | c2lz1ag | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2lz1ag | t1_c2lyzvc | null | 1428193408 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | TangledEarphones | null | I completely agree with you over the small innovator issue. It is really a sad state of affairs. | null | 0 | 1316763621 | False | 0 | c2lz1hb | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2lz1hb | t1_c2lyz1k | null | 1427636450 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ejrh | null | There's always The Art of Computer Programming... :D
I don't know the best way to teach someone to program from square one, but I think a bit of every facet of it should be introduced reasonably early. What machine code looks like, basic algorithmic analysis, language design (and exposure to other language paradigms)... | null | 0 | 1316763628 | False | 0 | c2lz1ht | t3_kogj4 | null | t1_c2lz1ht | t1_c2lyyc4 | null | 1427636450 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | muyuu | null | They didn't do it. | null | 0 | 1316763661 | False | 0 | c2lz1k4 | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lz1k4 | t1_c2lycsv | null | 1427636444 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | alwaysean | null | I'd be interested. why do you think svd works so well in this context? when does knn outperform more sophisticated techniques? | null | 0 | 1316763740 | False | 0 | c2lz1q7 | t3_knoub | null | t1_c2lz1q7 | t1_c2ltzca | null | 1427636446 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | WalterBright | null | What's fun about this is that the dangling else problem is a very old one, a **lot** of people have thought about it, and yet this solution is simple and appears to have not been thought of before. | null | 0 | 1316763842 | False | 0 | c2lz1xt | t3_kooiy | null | t1_c2lz1xt | t3_kooiy | null | 1427636449 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kuitu | null | When I still spent time on the Euler problems, I worked around this problem with a very stupid solution I dubbed the string logarithm. I only needed to know how many digits there were in some very large numbers, so I converted them to strings and took their length. I was happy to read about a much better solution so I ... | null | 0 | 1316763877 | False | 0 | c2lz20w | t3_koio1 | null | t1_c2lz20w | t3_koio1 | null | 1427636450 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | My main argument is really the second point: Software moves too damned fast for the patent system to be anything but a drain on the industry. You can copyright a product and get plenty of protection out of that. You don't have this problem with physical devices because they take time to manufacture. This is simply a ca... | null | 0 | 1316763943 | False | 0 | c2lz254 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2lz254 | t1_c2lz1ag | null | 1427636452 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jan | null | not sure if serious | null | 0 | 1316764008 | False | 0 | c2lz29f | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lz29f | t1_c2ly614 | null | 1427636452 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ours | null | Yep but that doesn't mean it's good. I've heard better things from SQL Navigator. | null | 0 | 1316764394 | False | 0 | c2lz30m | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lz30m | t1_c2ltsf4 | null | 1427636470 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ours | null | Once someotheridiot dominates the market, yeah he can do like Microsoft, Google and Apple. | null | 0 | 1316764554 | False | 0 | c2lz3br | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lz3br | t1_c2lxs34 | null | 1427636465 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316764616 | False | 0 | c2lz3fm | t3_kolze | null | t1_c2lz3fm | t3_kolze | null | 1427636468 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | adrianmonk | null | I totally agree they should stop issuing new software patents, but I think voiding existing patents is a lost cause. Too many powerful organizations will oppose it because they went to a lot of time and expense to develop and buy patents, and they don't want to lose the power those patents give them. Because I think ... | null | 0 | 1316764638 | False | 0 | c2lz3gw | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2lz3gw | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427636476 | 20 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mfukar | null | and if there aren't, we now have AST in code objects! | null | 0 | 1316764704 | False | 0 | c2lz3l5 | t3_kmshh | null | t1_c2lz3l5 | t1_c2lkzek | null | 1427636471 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ours | null | Or some of us don't just do SQL all day so it's nice to have a tool to help us do some tasks.
It's the usual command-line versus GUI thing. Command-lines are extremely productive for expert users and GUIs are great for occasional users. | null | 0 | 1316764712 | False | 0 | c2lz3lr | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lz3lr | t1_c2lyj89 | null | 1427636471 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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