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True | MrSpontaneous | null | Indeed. I find the indentation/extra line complaint irrelevant - there's nothing forcing a newline for braces.
if (condition) action();
Can become
if (condition) { action(); }
Want to keep it to two lines?
if (condition)
action()
Goes to
if (condition) {
action();}
While that may... | null | 0 | 1316782587 | True | 0 | c2lzz53 | t3_kooiy | null | t1_c2lzz53 | t1_c2lys1l | null | 1427636882 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | iuytrq | null | The golden rule | null | 0 | 1316782603 | False | 0 | c2lzz6i | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2lzz6i | t1_c2lzbcb | null | 1427636883 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | daoist | null | Don't forget discounts | null | 0 | 1316782630 | False | 0 | c2lzz96 | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lzz96 | t1_c2lvozm | null | 1427636885 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | The hilarious thing is that *this* was the link posted on hacker news earlier, and several people complained about the HTML -- so the original poster provided the PDF version. | null | 0 | 1316782655 | True | 0 | c2lzzc7 | t3_kos4z | null | t1_c2lzzc7 | t1_c2lyxfu | null | 1427636893 | 24 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bankruptbroker | null | Why does this post have so many more upvotes then it has signatures? | null | 0 | 1316782812 | False | 0 | c2lzzsg | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2lzzsg | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427636901 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Betty_White | null | Yes, oh god yes... | null | 0 | 1316782815 | False | 0 | c2lzzsq | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2lzzsq | t1_c2lz8ug | null | 1427636901 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | froderick | null | I never had the issue with SQL Developer, actually. | null | 0 | 1316782821 | False | 0 | c2lzztf | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2lzztf | t3_ko3r2 | null | 1427636901 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | stickboy144 | null | Perhaps the aim is to make a Mercury plugin in Mercury and keep it in hg! | null | 0 | 1316782840 | False | 0 | c2lzzvg | t3_kolze | null | t1_c2lzzvg | t1_c2lz3fm | null | 1427636894 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316782876 | False | 0 | c2lzzyr | t3_kogj4 | null | t1_c2lzzyr | t1_c2lzv6w | null | 1427636893 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | turnleftdale | null | This petition is poorly worded. | null | 0 | 1316782954 | False | 0 | c2m007d | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m007d | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427636896 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | djork | null | Could we try to have proper spelling and grammar in our petitions, please?
It doesn't help our credibility to have huge glaring mistakes all over this thing...
| null | 0 | 1316783017 | False | 0 | c2m00ek | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m00ek | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427636910 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gid0ze | null | I used to use Toad as well a long time ago. But the company was bought out, so they had the free version and then the paid version. The free version had separate site that you used to go to, which updated a zip file from time to time so it would not be expired, but they were lax about doing this, so there were some... | null | 0 | 1316783060 | False | 0 | c2m00iw | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2m00iw | t1_c2lucbm | null | 1427636900 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | djork | null | > 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?
You should be, because it was a stupid investment in a harmful system and you are actively contributing to the downward spiral of this country.
So, yes, screw your $50M invested in bullshit pate... | null | 0 | 1316783104 | False | 0 | c2m00no | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m00no | t1_c2lyumj | null | 1427636903 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Thanks, that's good information. Maybe MS are so cautious about information given all the stuff that evenetually got pulled from longhorn. Sometimes, I just wish there was a clearer roadmap. | null | 0 | 1316783126 | False | 0 | c2m00q3 | t3_ko2wv | null | t1_c2m00q3 | t1_c2lz9y5 | null | 1427636905 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | BigSlowTarget | null | Keep up the fight on this TOS changer. Most people here seem to think that a contract is something handed from a big company to a consumer rather than an agreement between two parties and their belief has let it effectively actually become that way.
The real underlying question is this: The company has made an offer ... | null | 0 | 1316783172 | False | 0 | c2m00uk | t3_k6mf5 | null | t1_c2m00uk | t1_c2j45dq | null | 1427636905 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | djork | null | > Some patent trolls put their own money on the line, investing in R&D, to develop good products.
To aid your argument: please cite *one single measly example*.
Patent trolls, *by definition*, produce nothing of real value. They do not produce any products. In the case of software patents, they write no code, ... | null | 0 | 1316783187 | False | 0 | c2m00w9 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m00w9 | t1_c2lzev7 | null | 1427636906 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sanity | null | Apparently not.
"therefor" -> "therefore"
"than it's current practice" -> "than **its** current practice"
Ugh, I give up - this is hopeless. I'm not putting my name to such a poorly and carelessly written petition; it's an embarrassment.
The worst thing is that the website actively discourages you from creat... | null | 0 | 1316783221 | True | 0 | c2m00zs | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m00zs | t1_c2lzql5 | null | 1427636912 | 47 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | redditnoob | null | I think "properly" is too loaded. You can play it as a game - just get the answer. A well designed game can force you to come up with an efficient algorithm, say because of time constraints.
If you think beyond what is required to get the answer, good for you, but again, a good game can also basically force you to hav... | null | 0 | 1316783233 | False | 0 | c2m010t | t3_koio1 | null | t1_c2m010t | t1_c2lzdr1 | null | 1427636913 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Talonwhal | null | Actually, a lot of these patents aren't actually "valid", but the problem is that they are granted without the proper checks being done beforehand. They just grant it them to whoever pays the application fee.
Then when someone gets challenged/sued they either have to pay riduculous amounts to the holder, pay ridiculou... | null | 0 | 1316783375 | False | 0 | c2m01g8 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m01g8 | t1_c2lzved | null | 1427636924 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | djork | null | > Allowing software patents helps us because we get to see the code right away, and after a period, it becomes public domain.
Except for the part where the *vast* majority of software patents include no code at all, and the patent holder has no ability or intention of producing real working code from the patent.
C... | null | 0 | 1316783390 | False | 0 | c2m01hu | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m01hu | t1_c2lywmg | null | 1427636916 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | el_muchacho | null | If we base ourselves on past experience, it takes anywhere between 5 and 10 years before the latest C++ specs are correctly implemented by compilers. | null | 0 | 1316783438 | False | 0 | c2m01mx | t3_kljc0 | null | t1_c2m01mx | t1_c2laot1 | null | 1427636918 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Uncle_Chachi | null | Do we not have any groups that represent us as programmers that can make those funding choices? No PAC, no union? | null | 0 | 1316783450 | False | 0 | c2m01o6 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m01o6 | t1_c2lz906 | null | 1427636918 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nemtrif | null | > That totally solves this problem, right?
That solves this problem which I always see in various internet discussions, but never in practice. | null | 0 | 1316783548 | False | 0 | c2m01yn | t3_kooiy | null | t1_c2m01yn | t1_c2lys1l | null | 1427636922 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | frezik | null | I'm not a huge fan of how Perl5 handles single-line if's, but putting the conditional at the end does show subtle wisdom in this case:
do_something() if $num == 0;
other_thing() else; # ILLEGAL
If you want an else, then you have to use braces.
Some object on the grounds of awkwardness, but it's no more so th... | null | 0 | 1316783555 | False | 0 | c2m01zm | t3_kooiy | null | t1_c2m01zm | t3_kooiy | null | 1427636922 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | imphasing | null | y u keep trolling?
You've STILL not said a single thing wrong with this platform. Just variations of "bro that's crazy" which mean literally nothing. Are you even a developer? Do you even know what Mono is? Standard's based languages?
Seriously, do a google search for this shit and look at how many people are doing t... | null | 0 | 1316783565 | True | 0 | c2m020i | t3_kgl4f | null | t1_c2m020i | t1_c2lzikf | null | 1427636922 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316783597 | False | 0 | c2m023r | t3_khkyd | null | t1_c2m023r | t1_c2kqdas | null | 1427636924 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | unknownmat | null | Are you the author?
> It's all about 'expert status' and job security.
This disagrees with my experience. I know that "job security" is a common joke in programming circles, but I've never met anybody who intentionally obfuscates their code for this reason.
> Programming is one of those areas where there are ... | null | 0 | 1316783625 | False | 0 | c2m026w | t3_kogj4 | null | t1_c2m026w | t1_c2lz4n5 | null | 1427636925 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | djork | null | * "Patent Office" is a proper noun in this case
* "patents have been come a way"
* mixed-up tense
* "therefor *patentable*", should be "unpatentable" | null | 0 | 1316783653 | False | 0 | c2m029i | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m029i | t1_c2m00zs | null | 1427636927 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | expertunderachiever | null | Well you see, it's like Java except not. | null | 0 | 1316783748 | False | 0 | c2m02k3 | t3_kos4z | null | t1_c2m02k3 | t1_c2lzxdu | null | 1427636938 | -6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | insertAlias | null | I don't know. I didn't do it. | null | 0 | 1316783766 | False | 0 | c2m02m6 | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2m02m6 | t1_c2ly4ga | null | 1427636930 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Respectively:
* Stock Vim doesn't have this, that I'm aware of. There are several plugins that can do it: snipMate, snippetsEmu, xptemplate
* Hit q[letter] to start recording into register [letter] and q again to stop. @[letter] plays the macro back. And of course you can do something like 50@a to play the macro in r... | null | 0 | 1316783800 | False | 0 | c2m02q2 | t3_k9akm | null | t1_c2m02q2 | t1_c2lniqn | null | 1427636932 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bigdubs | null | its possible you haven't granted that domain access / mapping for the dbo's.
do you have the SA account pw? try logging in with that first to see if there is some other issue w/ your program | null | 0 | 1316783831 | False | 0 | c2m02ta | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2m02ta | t1_c2lxr8z | null | 1427636932 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Dreadgoat | null | >Trickier logic issues become much easier with concrete instances.
And this is exactly why the original article is wrong. Many people can't internalize a concept without a concrete example. A concept is "tricky" when it is difficult to come up with an accurate analogy, thus forcing people to A) Try to analyze the... | null | 0 | 1316783843 | False | 0 | c2m02un | t3_kogj4 | null | t1_c2m02un | t1_c2lzqcn | null | 1427636932 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bigdubs | null | sort of; i agree that estimated plan and actual plan differ quite a bit and there is real data in the 'actual' plan but you're better off, typically, just skipping the 'arrow width' analysis in the actual plan's graph thing and just focusing on what type/quantity of reads you're doing. | null | 0 | 1316783904 | False | 0 | c2m032i | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2m032i | t1_c2lxsrt | null | 1427636934 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | joeframbach | null | "I'm not putting my name to such a poorly and carelessly written petition, its an embarrassment." -> "I'm not putting my name to such a poorly and carelessly written petition**; it's** an embarrassment." | null | 0 | 1316783994 | False | 0 | c2m03cm | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m03cm | t1_c2m00zs | null | 1427636938 | 16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sbrown123 | null | >and have had the misfortune of having to use bastardized versions from IBM and salesforce.
So you are stating a view about a product based on a bastardized version it? | null | 0 | 1316784000 | False | 0 | c2m03d6 | t3_knx2p | null | t1_c2m03d6 | t1_c2lxegf | null | 1427636938 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | wildbob | null | Look, I agree that patents covering software needs serious reform. There aren't enough patent examiners that can cover claims covering software, so suspect claims get through, and the only way to invalidate them is through a prohibitively expensive suit. The tests for obviousness and novelty, which are applied to all p... | null | 0 | 1316784021 | False | 0 | c2m03fr | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m03fr | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427636939 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FormKing | null | I don't know what IDE you use, but VS is the most productive environment I've ever coded in. I wish there was better support for php/javascript/python/ruby etc. Better yet, I wish there was an OSX equivalent (Played with X-Code for some iOS development and it isn't bad, but not sure if it can handle the web dev langu... | null | 0 | 1316784020 | False | 0 | c2m03ft | t3_ko21c | null | t1_c2m03ft | t1_c2ly5br | null | 1427636939 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | LargeDickington | null | PostgresSQL was also designed in the 1980s. Doesnt fuck up. | null | 0 | 1316784220 | False | 0 | c2m042g | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2m042g | t1_c2lv8if | null | 1427636947 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sanity | null | Touche. Fixed (although I think the bar for reddit comments is a bit lower than official petitions to the executive branch of government). | null | 0 | 1316784224 | False | 0 | c2m042w | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m042w | t1_c2m03cm | null | 1427636947 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jkff | null | OK, I read a little bit, and found that you can represent *yourself* but you cannot represent *your company* if you don't have a law degree (WTF??).
It's also said that there are subtleties that can cost you and that require special law knowledge to avoid. | null | 0 | 1316784374 | False | 0 | c2m04jw | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m04jw | t1_c2lzbcb | null | 1427636952 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Oobert | null | Funny... 1032 upvotes.. only 502 "signatures". Hrmmmmm | null | 0 | 1316784553 | False | 0 | c2m0568 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0568 | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427636960 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | PstScrpt | null | If you have a customer table with a foreign key to an orders table, you'll absolutely want an index on orders(customer_id) to support joins and simple queries.
On the other hand, let's say that you have a customer table, with a foreign key to a customer type table. In that case, the customer type index probably isn'... | null | 0 | 1316784721 | False | 0 | c2m05rh | t3_kmp73 | null | t1_c2m05rh | t1_c2lvvbr | null | 1427636967 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Silverlight/WPF may be reaching end of life, but their advances live on in WinRT (actually, the UI layer of WinRT is pretty much just a major new version of WPF). The XAML/C# combination is phenomonally productive for GUI applications, and a joy to use once you wrap your head around concepts like data binding, data/co... | null | 0 | 1316784897 | True | 0 | c2m06be | t3_ko2wv | null | t1_c2m06be | t3_ko2wv | null | 1427636975 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | argv_minus_one | null | No. | null | 0 | 1316784909 | False | 0 | c2m06cu | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m06cu | t1_c2m01o6 | null | 1427636976 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | > I am a SL guy, but now will be remarketing myself as a XAML guy.
I'm a WPF guy and I agree, I love writing XAML. | null | 0 | 1316784975 | False | 0 | c2m06kx | t3_ko2wv | null | t1_c2m06kx | t1_c2lunr4 | null | 1427636979 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Yea they will, when you guys realize how much better the tools are than what iOS/Android have to offer. Far better languages like XAML and C# (LINQ!) and a far better IDE. | null | 0 | 1316785040 | False | 0 | c2m06tj | t3_ko2wv | null | t1_c2m06tj | t1_c2lumlq | null | 1427636982 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Woolio | null | Glenn? Is that you? | null | 0 | 1316785129 | False | 0 | c2m0745 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0745 | t1_c2lzyio | null | 1427636986 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | onionhammer | null | That is the case, unfortunately...
I kind of hope they come out with a 'Framed' template somehow, where it runs WinRT apps inside a standard window.. | null | 0 | 1316785171 | False | 0 | c2m079k | t3_kl1qp | null | t1_c2m079k | t1_c2lg9hu | null | 1427636987 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Uncle_Chachi | null | Maybe that's the first problem we should tackle, then. | null | 0 | 1316785211 | False | 0 | c2m07ee | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m07ee | t1_c2m06cu | null | 1427636989 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | argv_minus_one | null | At no point did anyone suggest that all software become open source. We are discussing the abolition of software patents. If you are too stupid to understand the difference, do not comment. | null | 0 | 1316785298 | False | 0 | c2m07q0 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m07q0 | t1_c2lzvjh | null | 1427637003 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Dead is a strong word. For example, Windows Forms is still very much alive even though they haven't promoted it much for the last 4 years. | null | 0 | 1316785311 | False | 0 | c2m07rc | t3_ko2wv | null | t1_c2m07rc | t1_c2lx6hn | null | 1427637002 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JTurtle | null | I would think a petition written in grammatically correct English would carry more weight. | null | 0 | 1316785316 | False | 0 | c2m07rv | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m07rv | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427637002 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | onionhammer | null | Stylus essentially acts like a mouse to the OS. | null | 0 | 1316785318 | False | 0 | c2m07s6 | t3_kl1qp | null | t1_c2m07s6 | t1_c2lbnkn | null | 1427637002 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | > WPF to WinRT/Metro is very difficult, just like WPF to Silverlight.
Difficult, yes, but still nowhere near as difficult as Windows Forms > WPF was. You don't have to learn a whole new development paradigm (e.g., XAML + MVVM design pattern).
You will run into a lot of trouble if your application relies on s... | null | 0 | 1316785407 | False | 0 | c2m0837 | t3_ko2wv | null | t1_c2m0837 | t1_c2lz9y5 | null | 1427636999 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ChickenBreast | null | As a DBA and programmer, I have found SSMS the single most stable piece of software I've ever used. It's a little light on features, though. | null | 0 | 1316785409 | False | 0 | c2m083m | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2m083m | t1_c2lt6k3 | null | 1427636999 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | argv_minus_one | null | Petitions accomplish nothing. Stop polluting /r/programming with this useless crap. | null | 0 | 1316785418 | False | 0 | c2m084q | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m084q | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427637001 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | TheWix | null | As a language, I think it has surpassed Java. | null | 0 | 1316785459 | False | 0 | c2m08ah | t3_kos4z | null | t1_c2m08ah | t1_c2m02k3 | null | 1427637004 | 16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | elperroborrachotoo | null | Interestingly enough, "Skillset of our Developers" / "Job market for skilled developers" doesn't even make a honorable mention.
When will we stop paying lip service to "programming languages are tools" and "the most important resource is developers". Or maybe, instead of stopping the lip service, act like that. | null | 0 | 1316785484 | False | 0 | c2m08dj | t3_kn8ra | null | t1_c2m08dj | t3_kn8ra | null | 1427637004 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | argv_minus_one | null | How the hell is a horde of unemployed programmers supposed to contribute the tens of billions of dollars needed to even get such a group's foot in Washington's door? | null | 0 | 1316785538 | False | 0 | c2m08kq | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m08kq | t1_c2m07ee | null | 1427637006 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | anshou | null | Swallow your pride and suck it up and fucking sign it if you believe in the principle. Who the fuck looks at this stuff and thinks "oh man, it's instead of its, might as well ignore it."
If a poorly written petition gets enough signatures and makes someone notice, it did its job better than the majority of those that... | null | 0 | 1316785656 | False | 0 | c2m08zg | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m08zg | t1_c2m00zs | null | 1427637010 | -8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Tuna-Fish2 | null | The problem isn't that it's html, it's that the usability of that site is horrible.
The least they could do is preload the next couple of slides instantly after they show the current one. But why bother, when you can annoy your users for the duration of a ping to our server. I mean, that never took long enough for the... | null | 0 | 1316785717 | False | 0 | c2m096s | t3_kos4z | null | t1_c2m096s | t1_c2lzzc7 | null | 1427637013 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Timmmmbob | null | I was going to say "yet another language", but this seems to actually have some new ideas that I've been waiting for for *ages*. For example:
> We support three type layers to make memory management
simple and fast.
>
> * Interior types (denoted with no sigil) are stored on the stack.
> * Unique types (d... | null | 0 | 1316785743 | False | 0 | c2m09a7 | t3_kos4z | null | t1_c2m09a7 | t3_kos4z | null | 1427637015 | 29 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FeepingCreature | null | See I'm not sure. It seems like a kind of slowly cooking vs boiling water situation, where the damage of a policy that we currently live in gets underestimated because we're used to it. | null | 0 | 1316785746 | False | 0 | c2m09au | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m09au | t1_c2lzzsq | null | 1427637015 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | fabzter | null | >Then you'll be ready to use D when D is ready for a project you'll be working on.
Certainly waiting that day. : ) | null | 0 | 1316785785 | False | 0 | c2m09fn | t3_kljc0 | null | t1_c2m09fn | t1_c2lvb6q | null | 1427637017 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316785830 | False | 0 | c2m09ll | t3_kos4z | null | t1_c2m09ll | t1_c2m08ah | null | 1427637019 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jonutzz | null | Pointers are not hard as a concept. Closures are. Lambdas are straightforward. | null | 0 | 1316785843 | False | 0 | c2m09nf | t3_kogj4 | null | t1_c2m09nf | t3_kogj4 | null | 1427637019 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | joequin | null | 1148 upvotes and only ~500 signatures on the petition... You don't need to do anything but give them you're name and email address. | null | 0 | 1316785915 | False | 0 | c2m09xh | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m09xh | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427637022 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Heh, I think I actually edited my post while you were responding, to make it clear that it was *this particular* HTML people didn't like. | null | 0 | 1316785936 | False | 0 | c2m0a0k | t3_kos4z | null | t1_c2m0a0k | t1_c2m096s | null | 1427637023 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dmwit | null | A petition should be held to higher standards than a one-off Internet comment. | null | 0 | 1316786027 | False | 0 | c2m0acu | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0acu | t1_c2m03cm | null | 1427637029 | 46 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | fabzter | null | Not that I use RoR, but I'm genuinely intrigued by why would you lose your interest just because they decided to use it. | null | 0 | 1316786044 | False | 0 | c2m0af8 | t3_kolze | null | t1_c2m0af8 | t1_c2lzj9f | null | 1427637029 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Harold_Ancell | null | Java is a uniquely successful The Right Thing language (vs. Worse Is Better, e.g. C/UNIX(TM)). The only way to accomplish that is to retain tight control over the language and its implementations and as jerf points out this can be done with a test suite, and Sun has such a suite (the TCK) and a "community" mechanism u... | null | 0 | 1316786075 | False | 0 | c2m0aj5 | t3_ibqp1 | null | t1_c2m0aj5 | t1_c22tb37 | null | 1427637031 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | fabzter | null | Yes, but I don't laugh about it. I cry everytime I close a tag. | null | 0 | 1316786102 | False | 0 | c2m0ams | t3_kos4z | null | t1_c2m0ams | t1_c2lznn3 | null | 1427637032 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dudeman209 | null | Postgres for the win. | null | 0 | 1316786125 | False | 0 | c2m0apu | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2m0apu | t3_ko3r2 | null | 1427637032 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Timmmmbob | null | See also http://filmaster.com/ | null | 0 | 1316786137 | False | 0 | c2m0ar9 | t3_knoub | null | t1_c2m0ar9 | t3_knoub | null | 1427637034 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nemtrif | null | > if the compiler knows you can't have cycles, use ref counting, otherwise use GC.
I did not see ref counting being mentioned at all. Which slide are you referring to? | null | 0 | 1316786279 | False | 0 | c2m0baf | t3_kos4z | null | t1_c2m0baf | t1_c2lzqlg | null | 1427637041 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Poita_ | null | I think the idea is not that the compiler would format your hard drive, but it could generate code that would. Although highly unlikely, the undefined behaviour could cause the generated code to do a system call to format your hard drive. | null | 0 | 1316786299 | False | 0 | c2m0bdi | t3_knn5p | null | t1_c2m0bdi | t1_c2lzxh6 | null | 1427637042 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gfwhite | null | Nice. Did anyone else experience spinning wheels between pages? I am using Chrome | null | 0 | 1316786307 | False | 0 | c2m0bej | t3_kos4z | null | t1_c2m0bej | t3_kos4z | null | 1427637042 | -5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nascentt | null | Not in the internet age. | null | 0 | 1316786397 | False | 0 | c2m0bqj | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0bqj | t1_c2m042w | null | 1427637046 | -8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sanity | null | > Swallow your pride and suck it up and fucking sign it if you believe in the principle. Who the fuck looks at this stuff and thinks "oh man, it's instead of its, might as well ignore it."
Because it makes us look like idiots, would it have killed to guy the spend 2 minutes proofreading it?
> If a poorly writte... | null | 0 | 1316786436 | True | 0 | c2m0bw1 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0bw1 | t1_c2m08zg | null | 1427637048 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | niczar | null | Not in this one, that was a year or 2 ago. | null | 0 | 1316786466 | False | 0 | c2m0bzt | t3_kos4z | null | t1_c2m0bzt | t1_c2m0baf | null | 1427637050 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | fabzter | null | >Honesty. A developer can the greenest guy out there to the saltiest codesmith on the block. Point here is, are they honest about it?
I think he the whole sentence. | null | 0 | 1316786481 | False | 0 | c2m0c2h | t3_korcu | null | t1_c2m0c2h | t3_korcu | null | 1427637051 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nascentt | null | I don't have money, but I'll farm some bitcoins and transfer them in a python script! | null | 0 | 1316786487 | False | 0 | c2m0c35 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0c35 | t1_c2m08kq | null | 1427637051 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bongwhacker | null | speling faile
| null | 0 | 1316786487 | False | 0 | c2m0c3b | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0c3b | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427637051 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rospaya | null | The solution isn't to abolish all patents. How come nobody wants a solution on the middle ground, that could satisfy both sides? | null | 0 | 1316786507 | False | 0 | c2m0c5o | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0c5o | t1_c2lzbz2 | null | 1427637052 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Harold_Ancell | null | Given that there were in progress at the time you wrote this blessed implementations of Shen for Javascript and multiple versions of Scheme I would think your concerns are overblown. Yes, the keepers of the flame could fail to work with you in good will (see my comment elsewhere in this discussion using the example of... | null | 0 | 1316786694 | True | 0 | c2m0cvu | t3_ibqp1 | null | t1_c2m0cvu | t1_c22j2cr | null | 1427637061 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | diewhitegirls | null | Good discussion does not require one to call someone stupid.
Now, on to your point. While it is in fact true that you never specifically said, "Open Source," the implications are exactly the same. If you remove software patents, organizations no longer have any means to protect their IP. If they have no means to prote... | null | 0 | 1316786751 | False | 0 | c2m0d3v | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0d3v | t1_c2m07q0 | null | 1427637064 | -4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | anshou | null | I would say "go write it" but that would actually be counter productive in the long run. Better to just sign the existing petition.
It doesn't make us look like idiots. It makes us look like people who give a shit about something important and are willing to look past superficial nonsense like "its" versus "it's." | null | 0 | 1316786782 | False | 0 | c2m0d7p | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0d7p | t1_c2m0bw1 | null | 1427637066 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | freakish777 | null | Why in *the fuck* are you looking at SP's XML?? | null | 0 | 1316786793 | False | 0 | c2m0d94 | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2m0d94 | t1_c2lvipe | null | 1427637066 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | elperroborrachotoo | null | It feels weird to agree with Kent Beck - but that's the thing he gets absolutely right IMO: Complete *simple* refactorings that take you *closer* to the desired state. | null | 0 | 1316786848 | False | 0 | c2m0dh7 | t3_klyem | null | t1_c2m0dh7 | t3_klyem | null | 1427637069 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Leshow | null | i'm all for this. but just curious, what happens to the billions of dollars the industry spent on buying up patents?
i assume they don't get any of that capital back since the patents are void?
edit:sorry I'm thinking of the cell phone hardware patent wars that have been going on lately. | null | 0 | 1316786849 | False | 0 | c2m0dh9 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0dh9 | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427637069 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | washort | null | Um. There are several manufacturers of ARM CPUs. | null | 0 | 1316786954 | False | 0 | c2m0dw7 | t3_kok09 | null | t1_c2m0dw7 | t1_c2lyqe8 | null | 1427637074 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aristotle2600 | null | I've always thought that software patents themselves are not the problem, rather *ridiculous* software patents are the problem. What we need is a better application of the "ordinary skill" standard, the one that says that if an idea could have been had by anyone with ordinary skill in the field, it's not patentable.
... | null | 0 | 1316786990 | True | 0 | c2m0e1u | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0e1u | t1_c2lyz4z | null | 1427637076 | 16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Tuna-Fish2 | null | That actually changed. Now you need to specify whether you want references with ownership semantics (ref counting) or GC. This is good, because there are places where GC works better than ref counting, even without cycles. (Short-lived objects with a lot of even more short-lived pointers to them). | null | 0 | 1316787002 | False | 0 | c2m0e3n | t3_kos4z | null | t1_c2m0e3n | t1_c2lzqlg | null | 1427637077 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JAPH | null | If you want an entirely new law, this isn't the place to start either. | null | 0 | 1316787053 | False | 0 | c2m0eam | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0eam | t1_c2lzxdl | null | 1427637079 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Pxtl | null | I could see the protection of elaborate multiparadigm algorithms...
The things that horrify me are the ones that are patents on a user interface. The single-stroke Grafitti patent. The one-click purchase patent. Things like that. | null | 0 | 1316787107 | False | 0 | c2m0ehe | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0ehe | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427637083 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FrankBattaglia | null | >The patent office's original interpretation of software as language and therefor[e] [not] patentable is much closer to reality and more productive for innovation than it[]s current practice of issuing software patents with no understanding of the patents being issued.
(1) Wait, so is this petition arguing that sof... | null | 0 | 1316787137 | True | 0 | c2m0elh | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0elh | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427637083 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | steven1350 | null | Because its slacktivism | null | 0 | 1316787168 | False | 0 | c2m0eq9 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0eq9 | t1_c2lzzsg | null | 1427637085 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lababen | null | here's another good resource - http://projects.joshy.org/presentations/HTML/CanvasDeepDive/presentation.html | null | 0 | 1316787184 | False | 0 | c2m0es6 | t3_koqe8 | null | t1_c2m0es6 | t3_koqe8 | null | 1427637086 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | holyatheismbatman | null | No one remembers Ada or Modula 2 which didn't suffer from this problem. Sigh | null | 0 | 1316787187 | False | 0 | c2m0esj | t3_kooiy | null | t1_c2m0esj | t3_kooiy | null | 1427637086 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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