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True | SuperGrade | null | I think in some workplaces they need to identify passionate developers and keep them *out*. | null | 0 | 1316787190 | False | 0 | c2m0esy | t3_korcu | null | t1_c2m0esy | t3_korcu | null | 1427637086 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | realigion | null | What **I**nternet age are you living in? | null | 0 | 1316787222 | False | 0 | c2m0exc | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0exc | t1_c2m0bqj | null | 1427637088 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FrankBattaglia | null | The Constitution does not work that way. | null | 0 | 1316787248 | False | 0 | c2m0f1k | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0f1k | t1_c2lzbz2 | null | 1427637089 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | freakish777 | null | Visual Studio gets really slow when the project you're opening is bulky, and then sometimes take a little while to open the file you click on. But seriously this is nothing to really complain about, I mean you're the one with the bulky project to support (ie, don't volunteer to support legacy systems that have 200 MB+... | null | 0 | 1316787274 | False | 0 | c2m0f5b | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2m0f5b | t1_c2lxt3p | null | 1427637091 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316787274 | False | 0 | c2m0f5d | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0f5d | t1_c2m0d7p | null | 1427637091 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Ranekore | null | "Because it makes us look like idiots, would it have killed to guy to spend 2 minutes proofreading it?" Ironic. | null | 0 | 1316787279 | False | 0 | c2m0f6a | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0f6a | t1_c2m0bw1 | null | 1427637091 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kamatsu | null | I know plenty of employers that will hire you for in depth knowledge of haskell - I work for one. Also, afaik, PyPy is not a language, Python is, and I could get a job writing that as well. | null | 0 | 1316787284 | False | 0 | c2m0f6v | t3_kos4z | null | t1_c2m0f6v | t1_c2lzpws | null | 1427637091 | 16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | UsingYourWifi | null | I personally don't know why I struggled with it. I'm going to guess it's due to poor explanations, because given a good one it clicks with just about anyone.
If i had to guess, data having or needing an address is a foreign concept. Usually in most intro to programming courses you're dealing only with data on the sta... | null | 0 | 1316787393 | False | 0 | c2m0fmv | t3_kogj4 | null | t1_c2m0fmv | t1_c2lzk6m | null | 1427637103 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FrankBattaglia | null | Yeah, screw the Constitution and its carefully constructed system of checks and balances that have worked for over two hundred years, even through times of crisis. We don't like software patents, people!
Dolt. | null | 0 | 1316787421 | True | 0 | c2m0fqu | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0fqu | t1_c2lzxdl | null | 1427637098 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JAPH | null | Only if the US can try to change how your government operates also. | null | 0 | 1316787475 | False | 0 | c2m0fyq | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0fyq | t1_c2lz4dx | null | 1427637108 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316787527 | False | 0 | c2m0g6y | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0g6y | t1_c2lzxo9 | null | 1427637104 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ashtar | null | works | null | 0 | 1316787552 | False | 0 | c2m0gan | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2m0gan | t1_c2lz29f | null | 1427637112 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | whileonebegin | null | It's good programming practice to ALWAYS include curly braces around if/then statements. This has multiple benefits and few drawbacks:
Pros:
1. Code readability.
2. Easier to add additional logic inside the curly braces.
3. Automatic indentation and pretty-formatting of code (in some IDEs).
Cons:
1. Requires deve... | null | 0 | 1316787557 | True | 0 | c2m0gbr | t3_kooiy | null | t1_c2m0gbr | t1_c2lys1l | null | 1427637112 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FrankBattaglia | null | This is the crux of the issue. What is "obvious" to a software developer is usually not considered "obvious" by the law (at least in the USPTO; in court when a patent is litigated, each side hires an expert to opine on the level of skill in the art). | null | 0 | 1316787622 | False | 0 | c2m0gmi | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0gmi | t1_c2m0e1u | null | 1427637112 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Baaz | null | Ah ok, that would definitely make sense.
Sounds eerily similar to the Java FX debacle. | null | 0 | 1316787646 | False | 0 | c2m0gpp | t3_ko2wv | null | t1_c2m0gpp | t1_c2lywxv | null | 1427637112 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cafezinho | null | What is the time frame of this event? | null | 0 | 1316787667 | False | 0 | c2m0gsm | t3_kp0u2 | null | t1_c2m0gsm | t3_kp0u2 | null | 1427637115 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | vfr | null | Holy crap, what are you, like 12? Checks and balances doesn't even come into play here, what the holy hell are you talking about? Software patents have been argued against for over a decade, and the EU has resisted them for exactly this reason. In fact, all patents of every kind no longer even serve the purpose the... | null | 0 | 1316787746 | False | 0 | c2m0h4u | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0h4u | t1_c2m0fqu | null | 1427637117 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | washort | null | Considering that they're targeting this to replace C++, it looks tight and focused by comparison. ;) | null | 0 | 1316787763 | False | 0 | c2m0h7p | t3_kos4z | null | t1_c2m0h7p | t1_c2lzq65 | null | 1427637117 | 20 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jib | null | The one in which "Internet" and "internet" are both widely accepted spellings. | null | 0 | 1316787826 | False | 0 | c2m0hhf | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0hhf | t1_c2m0exc | null | 1427637121 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jseigh | null | You mean lock-free read access? You could do that already. Immutability isn't exactly on my list of things that would be really nice for supporting lock-free. | null | 0 | 1316787832 | False | 0 | c2m0hic | t3_knn5p | null | t1_c2m0hic | t1_c2lq5mx | null | 1427637121 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | choikwa | null | you accidentally a word | null | 0 | 1316787853 | False | 0 | c2m0hls | t3_klphp | null | t1_c2m0hls | t1_c2lgwgb | null | 1427637122 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kikaerter | null | It's like Java plus some ML and Haskell. Good times for all. | null | 0 | 1316787926 | False | 0 | c2m0hwx | t3_kos4z | null | t1_c2m0hwx | t1_c2m08ah | null | 1427637126 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | vfr | null | The president has the ability to introduce bills to congress. | null | 0 | 1316787944 | False | 0 | c2m0hz6 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0hz6 | t1_c2m0eam | null | 1427637128 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | washort | null | Oh, misread this title as saying that Factor should be considered if you're looking for the optimal programming language. All I see here are some Indians talking about Java and PHP though. :( | null | 0 | 1316787954 | False | 0 | c2m0i0m | t3_kn8ra | null | t1_c2m0i0m | t3_kn8ra | null | 1427637129 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jib | null | > Am I just out the money now?
Yes. The risk of the government screwing your company is part of the risk of investing in a company, and you would have taken that into account when lending. | null | 0 | 1316787996 | False | 0 | c2m0i6i | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0i6i | t1_c2lyumj | null | 1427637131 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | argv_minus_one | null | >If you remove software patents, organizations no longer have any means to protect their IP.
Hogwash. Copyright is the main legal tool used to protect software innovation. Patents are used only to extort money from others. | null | 0 | 1316788045 | False | 0 | c2m0ie8 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0ie8 | t1_c2m0d3v | null | 1427637134 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Irritable_Succubus | null | You forgot to capitalize "fucking". | null | 0 | 1316788047 | False | 0 | c2m0ien | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0ien | t1_c2lz8b5 | null | 1427637134 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | arturoman | null | Not programming. | null | 0 | 1316788092 | False | 0 | c2m0im0 | t3_kp0u2 | null | t1_c2m0im0 | t3_kp0u2 | null | 1427637136 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jaschwan | null | TLDR | null | 0 | 1316788138 | False | 0 | c2m0iso | t3_kp0u2 | null | t1_c2m0iso | t3_kp0u2 | null | 1427637137 | -30 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jadero | null | Not terribly impressed. I don't blame the author, though, because the whole 'passionate programmer' thing seems to be a staple of the industry and everybody is trying find ways to identify the passionate programmer.
In my opinion, there are very few managers and fewer companies deserving of passionate employees, progr... | null | 0 | 1316788198 | False | 0 | c2m0j28 | t3_korcu | null | t1_c2m0j28 | t3_korcu | null | 1427637141 | 28 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Proper noun capitalization. It has nothing to do with spelling. | null | 0 | 1316788260 | False | 0 | c2m0jbp | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0jbp | t1_c2m0hhf | null | 1427637145 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | DanielKeep | null | After five years of using it for my research project? No way. | null | 0 | 1316788452 | False | 0 | c2m0k62 | t3_kljc0 | null | t1_c2m0k62 | t3_kljc0 | null | 1427637157 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FrankBattaglia | null | >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 protect IP, there are no mechanisms to prevent anyone on the planet from accessing t... | null | 0 | 1316788463 | True | 0 | c2m0k7l | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0k7l | t1_c2m0d3v | null | 1427637157 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | expertunderachiever | null | I've yet to see places [other than schools] where knowing Haskell promotes any sort of economic advancement.
In fact, it cost us money here. We had one of them interns from Waterloo [who's actually now a full-timer] re-write one of our vector generators in Haskell. He was all proud and what not... until we tried to r... | null | 0 | 1316788504 | False | 0 | c2m0ke2 | t3_kos4z | null | t1_c2m0ke2 | t1_c2m0f6v | null | 1427637160 | -7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lespea | null | I'm on the dev mailing list already :)
Just good to see a status report + I was trying to get others excited by posting this. | null | 0 | 1316788539 | False | 0 | c2m0kjg | t3_kodmc | null | t1_c2m0kjg | t1_c2lxsnw | null | 1427637162 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | If you could rephrase that somehow, I think it would be a brilliant joke. Maybe stick together the two images (of a win in Solitare and this one) with the caption "You won!" | null | 0 | 1316788564 | False | 0 | c2m0kn0 | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2m0kn0 | t1_c2lvc40 | null | 1427637171 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Do you really think that most programmers are unemployed? I'm on my phone, so I can't link to it, but it's one of the fastest growing careers on the BLS website. Significantly increased demand between between 2008 and 2018. | null | 0 | 1316788646 | False | 0 | c2m0l00 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0l00 | t1_c2m08kq | null | 1427637168 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | paranoidray | null | Well one way to tell if someone is passionate, is when he has built his own software forge: http://raysforge.net/viewProject.xhtml?fn=Raysforge | null | 0 | 1316788875 | False | 0 | c2m0lz8 | t3_korcu | null | t1_c2m0lz8 | t3_korcu | null | 1427637182 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jrue | null | This kind of over simplicity drives me up the wall. It's not always so straightforward what something means.
> A linked list is a list of things that are linked.
Ok, sounds simple. But what could it actually mean? Off the top of my head, here's some it could be interpreted/implemented:
1. A list of `data` and `ne... | null | 0 | 1316788885 | False | 0 | c2m0m1d | t3_kogj4 | null | t1_c2m0m1d | t3_kogj4 | null | 1427637186 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nemtrif | null | Interesting. I wonder whether that is still the case after the latest changes. | null | 0 | 1316788964 | False | 0 | c2m0mem | t3_kos4z | null | t1_c2m0mem | t1_c2m0bzt | null | 1427637186 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Smallpaul | null | It sounds like he was pretty junior. | null | 0 | 1316789009 | False | 0 | c2m0mml | t3_ko2wv | null | t1_c2m0mml | t1_c2lt5ne | null | 1427637189 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kamatsu | null | Thanks for your anecdotal evidence, but to counter it I have my own: I know plenty of people who make money writing Haskell. An example of a non-academic company that does so is Tsuru Capital, in fact there are many haskell-using finance companies. Also, Haskell is popular in industries where formal methods are popular... | null | 0 | 1316789030 | False | 0 | c2m0mqb | t3_kos4z | null | t1_c2m0mqb | t1_c2m0ke2 | null | 1427637190 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | password456 | null | I recommend the Visual Studio 2010 Keybinding posters: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=13189
Download, print and put your office's laminator to use... Helps to have them handy and learn a new shortcut every 2-3 days | null | 0 | 1316789033 | False | 0 | c2m0mqs | t3_ko21c | null | t1_c2m0mqs | t3_ko21c | null | 1427637190 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | diewhitegirls | null | Copyright does not offer anywhere near the same protections as patents. And I believe the word "piracy" is a clear example of just how effective copyrights are.
Patents offer protection on their innovation. Protecting a jumble of audio/visual info as literature (copyright) means that any half-talented coder can go out... | null | 0 | 1316789041 | False | 0 | c2m0ms9 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0ms9 | t1_c2m0ie8 | null | 1427637191 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ocdude | null | Not all patents. Just software patents. If you're still paranoid about someone stealing your work, there's still copyright. | null | 0 | 1316789045 | False | 0 | c2m0msx | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0msx | t1_c2m0c5o | null | 1427637191 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dr3d | null | Ahh okay.
.....
Now I am even more confused... | null | 0 | 1316789053 | False | 0 | c2m0mu6 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0mu6 | t1_c2lz8t6 | null | 1427637191 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I always thought the best solution for a language with C-like syntax would be to just always *require* curly braces after an `if`/`for`/`while`, but erroring on ambiguities isn't so bad either. | null | 0 | 1316789104 | False | 0 | c2m0n2b | t3_kooiy | null | t1_c2m0n2b | t1_c2lys1l | null | 1427637194 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | shakingApple | null | I *would* have, except for your comment. | null | 0 | 1316789114 | False | 0 | c2m0n40 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0n40 | t1_c2lznmk | null | 1427637195 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FlySwat | null | No, I've used both helios (for android dev), and Rational Application Developer (RAD, from IBM, total shit), and the Force.com IDE (also total shit).
Helios is only a tiny bit better than those bastard versions though when it comes to overall memory footprint and speed.
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True | sailorh | null | And the author cant edit the existing petition, huh? | null | 0 | 1316789266 | False | 0 | c2m0nt1 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0nt1 | t1_c2m00zs | null | 1427637203 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | i8beef | null | Having an index on CustomerType on the Customer table wouldn't be useful here though, indexing the Customers table? Why would the CustomerType table have a foreign key back to the Customers table in this instance?
The point about multi-column indexes is a good one, but only if the only methods by which you will be sea... | null | 0 | 1316789277 | False | 0 | c2m0nu6 | t3_kmp73 | null | t1_c2m0nu6 | t1_c2m05rh | null | 1427637203 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ressis74 | null | http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos303.htm | null | 0 | 1316789296 | False | 0 | c2m0nxc | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0nxc | t1_c2m0l00 | null | 1427637205 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | manixrock | null | I think we should follow the lead of the internet. Look at all the innovation there is online. Would the internet be better or worse if you couldn't create any websites without paying 10 licence fees for using HTML/JavaScript/CSS/PHP/SQL/etc.
It would be much, much worse. The internet is an innovation wildfire because... | null | 0 | 1316789370 | False | 0 | c2m0o89 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0o89 | t1_c2m0msx | null | 1427637209 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tsujiku | null | Software is already covered by copyright, there is no need to have patents as well. | null | 0 | 1316789371 | False | 0 | c2m0o91 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0o91 | t1_c2m0c5o | null | 1427637209 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cradlesong | null | Scumbag Reddit: ~1500 upvotes, ~900 signatures. | null | 0 | 1316789420 | False | 0 | c2m0ogl | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0ogl | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427637212 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | billiarddaddy | null | Exactly the explanation I was hoping for. Thank you, kind sir. | null | 0 | 1316789477 | False | 0 | c2m0opm | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0opm | t1_c2lyz4z | null | 1427637216 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | anshou | null | If you can't see how not signing this position hurts the cause more than nitpicking over minor grammatical issues, then I am clearly wasting my time.
I expected to get downvoted over this, so I'm not surprised, but I made sure to upvote everyone else in this discussion to do my part to ensure their opinions are heard ... | null | 0 | 1316789515 | False | 0 | c2m0ow1 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0ow1 | t1_c2m0f5d | null | 1427637217 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | manixrock | null | Yes, we're asking them to bark at the right trees in our name. They are supposed to do our collective bidding, and they know the right trees to bark at to get the job done. | null | 0 | 1316789519 | False | 0 | c2m0owm | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0owm | t1_c2lzuz9 | null | 1427637217 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ressis74 | null | lawyers don't make laws unless they are actually members of congress.
The number of jobs in congress is more or less steady. It will not decrease ever. Those who make the laws have nothing but lobbyists to lose. | null | 0 | 1316789523 | False | 0 | c2m0ox6 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0ox6 | t1_c2m0g6y | null | 1427637217 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | eaturbrainz | null | >if, due to a evaluating to false, we do not execute b, we don't have an alternative. If we want a value it is going to be some kind of default and it is not clear what the principle of least surprise requires of the designer of the programming language.
Unit type. | null | 0 | 1316789548 | False | 0 | c2m0p1f | t3_kooiy | null | t1_c2m0p1f | t1_c2lzj1g | null | 1427637220 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | anshou | null | Typically one cannot change a petition after it has been created. I would not want to sign a petition to have it be changed afterward to include language that I do not agree with. | null | 0 | 1316789563 | False | 0 | c2m0p4a | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0p4a | t1_c2m0nt1 | null | 1427637221 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | diewhitegirls | null | No, it's not. See my argument above for copyright...and trade secrets?? Forget it. Trade secrets for software are impossible to defend. You have to have a team of lawyers drafting ungodly reams of NDA's, everything has to be done under lock and key, you have to somehow convince a judge that the employee "willfully" pas... | null | 0 | 1316789642 | False | 0 | c2m0phd | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0phd | t1_c2m0k7l | null | 1427637226 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FrankBattaglia | null | >Checks and balances doesn't even come into play here
This petition requests that the Executive unilaterally implement a change in standing law. Either you are a troll, or your understanding of the Constitution is so limited as to be nonexistent. Either way, I see no gain to be had from a discussion with you on t... | null | 0 | 1316789656 | False | 0 | c2m0pjj | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0pjj | t1_c2m0h4u | null | 1427637226 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | xTRUMANx | null | It's funny because this is the second time his comment bitching about the petition has been corrected. | null | 0 | 1316789691 | False | 0 | c2m0ppj | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0ppj | t1_c2m0f6a | null | 1427637230 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | vorpalsword92 | null | erm..this is unconstitutional especially "void all previously issued patents". The government can't make an ex post facto law (a law that operates retroactively). Also PLEASE proof read, you're trying to change the world not send a text to your mom. Spelling is important here.
for more info look up the definition of a... | null | 0 | 1316789797 | True | 0 | c2m0q7n | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0q7n | t3_kosg9 | null | 1428193399 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316789810 | False | 0 | c2m0q9n | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0q9n | t1_c2lzbz2 | null | 1427637236 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jtmengel | null | I don't know if I agree with your Math Professor analogy - his definition of passion or 'spark' sounds like it's 'inspire motivation in others'. If I went to a professor in the my college's math department and asked him why 2+2=4 and he 100% blew me off, I'd feel pretty uninspired. And on that vein, can you really make... | null | 0 | 1316789998 | False | 0 | c2m0r6b | t3_korcu | null | t1_c2m0r6b | t1_c2lzuwk | null | 1427637249 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | aristotle2600 | null | I didn't say it was an easy solution, but I think it's the right one. I understand and acknowledge the issues with software patents, but how many of them are really particular to software? Governments and courts are notorious for not understanding technology, I just think that that is what needs to be fixed. An outr... | null | 0 | 1316790011 | False | 0 | c2m0r8j | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0r8j | t1_c2m0gmi | null | 1427637249 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ell0bo | null | unemployed... i don't know one programmer that's unemployed except for those that burnt out a little and wanted time off, or those that think they are better than they really are. I get calls about new jobs about twice a day. | null | 0 | 1316790036 | False | 0 | c2m0rcf | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0rcf | t1_c2m08kq | null | 1427637259 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Buttosaurus | null | This better not suck. | null | 0 | 1316790133 | False | 0 | c2m0rtu | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0rtu | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427637259 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FrankBattaglia | null | So then before 1998, everything was open source, there was no way for any organization to protect its software IP, and the entire proprietary software industry was nonexistent. Got it. | null | 0 | 1316790191 | True | 0 | c2m0s3y | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0s3y | t1_c2m0phd | null | 1427637261 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bananahead | null | "Void all previously issued patents?" That's a ridiculous request that no one will take seriously. | null | 0 | 1316790222 | False | 0 | c2m0s90 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0s90 | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427637262 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316790297 | False | 0 | c2m0slt | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0slt | t1_c2m0ow1 | null | 1427637272 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nascent | null | My point point was that the compiler couldn't even put in a check because it wouldn't know if the the type at some point was declared immutable or shared, there isn't a check you could add to find it.
I suppose a runtime type chain could be kept at runtime, but that would be a lot of overhead, and I don't know if the ... | null | 0 | 1316790303 | False | 0 | c2m0smq | t3_knn5p | null | t1_c2m0smq | t1_c2lzxh6 | null | 1427637272 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | lazyFer | null | I'm not saying Oracle DBA's are by default useless, I was just pointing out the pattern I've seen. I've worked with 1 good and 2 phenomenal Oracle DBAs, but the rest have been stuck in an old mindset.
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True | Pxtl | null | Notice how syntactically-significant whitespace would solve everything? Python is awesome. | null | 0 | 1316790334 | False | 0 | c2m0ss5 | t3_kooiy | null | t1_c2m0ss5 | t1_c2lzxp2 | null | 1427637269 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FrankBattaglia | null | Maybe I was previously unclear, but I agree with you. The disconnect between what we know is obvious, and what the USPTO is allowed to determine legally obvious, creates a swath of patents that don't in fact serve to promote the progress of the arts and sciences.
As you say, though, there's not an easy solution, beca... | null | 0 | 1316790437 | True | 0 | c2m0ta6 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0ta6 | t1_c2m0r8j | null | 1427637277 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JAPH | null | Yes, but congress still needs to be on board with the idea. You needs the support of congress before a bill has a chance. | null | 0 | 1316790437 | False | 0 | c2m0ta9 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0ta9 | t1_c2m0hz6 | null | 1427637277 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316790458 | False | 0 | c2m0tdt | t3_kfiuk | null | t1_c2m0tdt | t1_c2k106l | null | 1427637278 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | 1corn | null | Please upgrade your phone. | null | 0 | 1316790497 | False | 0 | c2m0tk1 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0tk1 | t1_c2m0l00 | null | 1427637280 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bananahead | null | The internet is now a generic term. Or do you still capitalize Telephone? | null | 0 | 1316790501 | False | 0 | c2m0tks | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0tks | t1_c2m0jbp | null | 1427637282 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | argv_minus_one | null | >And I believe the word "piracy" is a clear example of just how effective copyrights are.
…You think patents protect against piracy? Are you mad or just retarded?
I'm done with you. You clearly haven't the slightest clue what you're talking about. Good day. | null | 0 | 1316790531 | False | 0 | c2m0tpt | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0tpt | t1_c2m0ms9 | null | 1427637282 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dbingham | null | Not really, sorry, it was late at night. I was really just playing with the system to see what it could do and didn't realize I wouldn't be able to edit it (or delete it) later. :/ When I had that realization it was too late, so I just ran with it.
Edit: Hacker News is working on writing a new and better one. I com... | null | 0 | 1316790550 | True | 0 | c2m0tsx | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0tsx | t1_c2lzql5 | null | 1427637285 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | __s | null | Love triangles. Then you can get into mutual recursion (two self haters in love with each other) and doubly linked or singly linked and self reference (yay Narcissism) and null can fit in there. Also shared data since multiple people can love the same person. Then there's those people who start loving everbody. Add in ... | null | 0 | 1316790567 | True | 0 | c2m0tw9 | t3_kogj4 | null | t1_c2m0tw9 | t1_c2lze8a | null | 1428193396 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | guymean | null | You know what they say... "You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies."
The guy sat in Jimmy Iovine's office and five years later still thinks Jimmy's the good guy. Doesn't surprise me that he lacked the social sense and business skills to avoid becoming a cautionary tale. | null | 0 | 1316790580 | False | 0 | c2m0tys | t3_kp0u2 | null | t1_c2m0tys | t3_kp0u2 | null | 1427637285 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316790620 | False | 0 | c2m0u5a | t3_kp2db | null | t1_c2m0u5a | t3_kp2db | null | 1427637287 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | argv_minus_one | null | You seriously think an economic projection of employment figures stretching to *2018* is even remotely accurate? Projected employment figures for the *next quarter* are usually way off! | null | 0 | 1316790651 | False | 0 | c2m0ua9 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0ua9 | t1_c2m0l00 | null | 1427637289 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sanity | null | There is a big difference between a petition you want hundreds of thousands of people to sign and a reddit comment. | null | 0 | 1316790664 | False | 0 | c2m0uc3 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0uc3 | t1_c2m0f6a | null | 1427637289 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | argv_minus_one | null | I'm talking about the United States, not India. | null | 0 | 1316790764 | False | 0 | c2m0utz | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0utz | t1_c2m0rcf | null | 1427637298 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | expertunderachiever | null | I didn't do the code, the bright-eyed intern ran off using his "new-language of the day" foo and wrote a program we couldn't use.
My warning is to the others who don't work in one of the few select places that it makes sense. MOST programming jobs don't call for these fly-by-night-fad languages... | null | 0 | 1316790908 | False | 0 | c2m0vj3 | t3_kos4z | null | t1_c2m0vj3 | t1_c2m0mqb | null | 1427637305 | -10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dbingham | null | Sorry for the typos and bad language. I wrote this really late at night when I was just playing with the system to see what it could do. I didn't realize that I wouldn't be able to edit or even delete it later. Once I realized, it was too late. So I ran with it. | null | 0 | 1316790936 | False | 0 | c2m0vo3 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0vo3 | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427637307 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | So the solution to software patent problems is to eliminate software patents completely? | null | 0 | 1316791027 | False | 0 | c2m0w3k | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0w3k | t1_c2lzbz2 | null | 1427637312 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316791127 | False | 0 | c2m0wkv | t3_kn9gt | null | t1_c2m0wkv | t3_kn9gt | null | 1427637319 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | koonat | null | Nope.
All software patents need to be destroyed.
Copyright is plenty. | null | 0 | 1316791183 | False | 0 | c2m0wv7 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0wv7 | t1_c2lymu8 | null | 1427637322 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | YourMatt | null | It's been mostly stable. Off the top of my head, I've had 2 issues I could call stability problems:
1) If executing an especially heavy query, and you let it go a while before cancelling, it will not cancel.
2) On occasion, the Open Table feature would cause a blue screen. This is with SSMS 9 and XP. I don't use t... | null | 0 | 1316791203 | False | 0 | c2m0wyg | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2m0wyg | t1_c2m083m | null | 1427637324 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | __s | null | You're missing the important part that the pointer itself is addressable data. Also null | null | 0 | 1316791204 | False | 0 | c2m0wyr | t3_kogj4 | null | t1_c2m0wyr | t1_c2lzk6m | null | 1427637329 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | koonat | 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.
Copyright software, that's fine.
It's like you're saying there is no innovation in the world of literature, because you can't patent books.
I don't th... | null | 0 | 1316791274 | False | 0 | c2m0xbq | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0xbq | t1_c2lyw69 | null | 1427637328 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | > Implying UI design isn't fucking hard work and doesn't require a lot of research to get something right | null | 0 | 1316791363 | False | 0 | c2m0xro | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0xro | t1_c2m0ehe | null | 1427637337 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kamatsu | null | You're an idiot who knows not what he talks about. | null | 0 | 1316791477 | False | 0 | c2m0ybi | t3_kos4z | null | t1_c2m0ybi | t1_c2m0vj3 | null | 1427637343 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nascent | null | > In C++, I'd use a reference anyway.
Which has the exact problem you described in your example.
>> the struct vs class dichotomy requires upfront knowledge of how a type will be used.
> But the values std::vector manipulates can be references. So, in essence, it has both.
Ok, I think I understand what ... | null | 0 | 1316791479 | False | 0 | c2m0ybz | t3_kljc0 | null | t1_c2m0ybz | t1_c2lzpzh | null | 1427637343 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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