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True | complexmath | null | How the compiler interprets the TAB char could be problematic with this rule. Consider:
....if(condition)
........consequent();
TAB more_consequent();
With TAB=4 spaces there would be no warning, TAB=8 spaces a warning would occur. | null | 0 | 1316791513 | True | 0 | c2m0yi3 | t3_kooiy | null | t1_c2m0yi3 | t1_c2lzxae | null | 1427637344 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | frezik | null | > The architectural problem lies in HTTP's interaction with TCP congestion control. HTTP flows are generally pretty short (a few packets per transaction), tend to stop and start a lot, and more or less play poorly with the congestion control model. The model works really well for long flows like a FTP download - tha... | null | 0 | 1316791564 | False | 0 | c2m0yr7 | t3_kp1b5 | null | t1_c2m0yr7 | t3_kp1b5 | null | 1427637355 | 21 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | 00kyle00 | null | Yes. | null | 0 | 1316791650 | False | 0 | c2m0z65 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0z65 | t1_c2m0w3k | null | 1427637358 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dbingham | null | Really, I have a feeling this is going to be a problem with this system. Since it's so easy to put one out there, and pretty hard to have anyone but yourself proof read it before you throw it out there.
With no after pushing editing ability or deleting ability, there's no way to have other people review the languag... | null | 0 | 1316791672 | False | 0 | c2m0z9t | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0z9t | t1_c2lzu2d | null | 1427637366 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | diewhitegirls | null | I hate to pull this card, but we live in a much different world now. In '98, I was logging on to usenet and believed that "a/s/l?" was all the verification I needed. For starters, software programming was still in its mythical stage. Even if there was widespread distribution of coding, no one would have any idea what t... | null | 0 | 1316791677 | False | 0 | c2m0zaj | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0zaj | t1_c2m0s3y | null | 1427637358 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rhythmguy | null | Too many fucking typos in that thing. | null | 0 | 1316791740 | False | 0 | c2m0zkc | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0zkc | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427637360 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rhtimsr1970 | null | And while you're in there, make sure to [sign this one too](https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/abolish-tsa-and-use-its-monstrous-budget-fund-more-sophisticated-less-intrusive-counter-terrorism/c7L94bFB). | null | 0 | 1316791741 | False | 0 | c2m0zkp | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0zkp | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427637360 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kindall | null | The Executive Branch has broad latitude in how it enforces the law (the Constitution never states that the Executive Branch is *required* to enforce *any* law, merely that the President "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed" -- the definitions of "take Care" "faithfully," and "executed" being conveniently lef... | null | 0 | 1316791756 | True | 0 | c2m0zn4 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m0zn4 | t1_c2m0pjj | null | 1427637360 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Mygodjizzbomb | null | This is the best thing I've ever learned on reddit. Thank you. | null | 0 | 1316791768 | False | 0 | c2m0zp0 | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2m0zp0 | t1_c2luv5j | null | 1427637363 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gamedude999 | null | His article is talking about teaching methods and how awesome he is compared to regular teachers. It's specifically talking about educating beginners about programming. Moron.
| null | 0 | 1316791878 | False | 0 | c2m108b | t3_kogj4 | null | t1_c2m108b | t1_c2lzjlw | null | 1427637375 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | expertunderachiever | null | I'm the guy who had to re-write the tool in C so that we could actually run it on more than one platform. I'm the guy who has been professionally developing software for more than 10 years... I have my software in millions of devices around the world... etc and so on...
| null | 0 | 1316791898 | False | 0 | c2m10bf | t3_kos4z | null | t1_c2m10bf | t1_c2m0ybi | null | 1427637368 | -10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | youcanteatbullets | null | Reason 19347839 not to build a business dependent solely on another business, especially when that other business is Facebook | null | 0 | 1316791921 | False | 0 | c2m10ff | t3_kp0u2 | null | t1_c2m10ff | t3_kp0u2 | null | 1427637377 | 211 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | immerc | null | Syntactically-significant whitespace solves everything... just so long as everything you ever use preserves that whitespace, and you never accidentally end up with mixed tabs and spaces.
If you ever copy and paste code, especially between a website and an editor, syntactically-significant whitespace shows its major fl... | null | 0 | 1316791986 | False | 0 | c2m10pt | t3_kooiy | null | t1_c2m10pt | t1_c2m0ss5 | null | 1427637377 | 20 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | echidnaman | null | Online petitions are slactivism in and of themselves, so it's more like meta-slactivism. | null | 0 | 1316792062 | False | 0 | c2m112y | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m112y | t1_c2m0eq9 | null | 1427637380 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mcguire | null | > ...if I can't see a full-resolution screen shot of the product, I don't bother with that product.
Besides, it's not all that hard to photoshop together a screenshot. | null | 0 | 1316792185 | False | 0 | c2m11q3 | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2m11q3 | t1_c2lxeb7 | null | 1427637386 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316792222 | False | 0 | c2m11wz | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m11wz | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427637388 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | juancn | null | It the most cryptic link I've seen in a while. What's Qi?
| null | 0 | 1316792238 | False | 0 | c2m11zx | t3_kp1pf | null | t1_c2m11zx | t3_kp1pf | null | 1427637390 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mpredosin | null | I would sign this petition, but for the love of humanity please fix the grammatical mistakes. | null | 0 | 1316792239 | False | 0 | c2m11zz | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m11zz | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427637390 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | purplestOfPlatypuses | null | I'm no industry expert, but if a company is developing products to license out, they're more of an Autodesk/Microsoft/Bioware/[insert software company here] where they actually sell the licenses to their software. At least in the US, were software patents to disappear, their products would still be protected by copyrig... | null | 0 | 1316792326 | False | 0 | c2m12fz | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m12fz | t1_c2lzev7 | null | 1427637396 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MaxGene | null | Who the heck is downvoting you? Does nobody read the sidebar? This post is entirely out of place here. | null | 0 | 1316792360 | False | 0 | c2m12m6 | t3_kp0u2 | null | t1_c2m12m6 | t1_c2m0im0 | null | 1427637397 | -6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | echidnaman | null | A patent isn't an action, though, and the legislation the petition is calling for would merely void the already-issued patents. Having a voided patent wouldn't be a criminal action either. Calder v. Bull does not apply since a patent is not an action, nor would having a voided patent be illegal if this legislation was ... | null | 0 | 1316792380 | False | 0 | c2m12q4 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m12q4 | t1_c2m0q7n | null | 1427637398 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cdsmith | null | Well, in practice yes. It will, of course, actually be introduced by a member of Congress, but there are so many of them that it's almost sure someone could be found to introduce it.
Passing it, of course, is the main problem. | null | 0 | 1316792400 | False | 0 | c2m12tx | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m12tx | t1_c2m0hz6 | null | 1427637401 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cdsmith | null | > Unless there is a law or court decision requiring the USPTO to issue patents for software-related inventions
Indeed that is the case. There is such a law, and there is a related court decision interpreting that law. | null | 0 | 1316792498 | False | 0 | c2m13c2 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m13c2 | t1_c2m0zn4 | null | 1427637407 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | diewhitegirls | null | You really don't know how to have a conversation without resorting to insults, do you? It doesn't bolster your case.
In fact, I do know what I'm talking about. You brought up copyrights. I pointed out the flaw in copyrights. The implication that you're then intuiting is therefore that my position is patents>copyrig... | null | 0 | 1316792500 | False | 0 | c2m13cx | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m13cx | t1_c2m0tpt | null | 1427637407 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rhtimsr1970 | null | [Um, I think the site needs some automated cleanup detection.](http://i.imgur.com/xFbOr.png) | null | 0 | 1316792600 | False | 0 | c2m13vz | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m13vz | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427637414 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | axilmar | null | > Which has the exact problem you described in your example.
No. If I used references, I'd use them from the beginning, and so, I'd be aware that they shouldn't be modified, so I'd either make them const or not touch it inside a function.
> In C++ people always choose at design time whether a type is value or p... | null | 0 | 1316792628 | False | 0 | c2m140n | t3_kljc0 | null | t1_c2m140n | t1_c2m0ybz | null | 1427637416 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FrankBattaglia | null | Who said anything about the DMCA? Guess again. | null | 0 | 1316792660 | False | 0 | c2m146x | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m146x | t1_c2m0zaj | null | 1427637419 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | robbs | null | What about this is noteworthy?
edit: Is there anything in this version that's more noteworthy than being able to convert for loops? | null | 0 | 1316792673 | False | 0 | c2m1498 | t3_knx2p | null | t1_c2m1498 | t3_knx2p | null | 1427637419 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | calrogman | null | So that's a yes then? */ducks* | null | 0 | 1316792677 | False | 0 | c2m149s | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m149s | t1_c2m0fyq | null | 1427637419 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JimH10 | null | I was thinking more along the line of some hangin's. | null | 0 | 1316792811 | False | 0 | c2m14ya | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m14ya | t1_c2lzu4t | null | 1427637429 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cdsmith | null | It would be one thing if there were *just* a couple of typographical errors. Sadly, that's not the case. The entire petition is confusing and unclear due to being riddled with errors. The worse ones are saying "patentable" when it means "unpatentable", and saying "have become a tool of antitrust" when it apparently ... | null | 0 | 1316792921 | False | 0 | c2m15ia | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m15ia | t1_c2m0ow1 | null | 1427637436 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | xTRUMANx | null | > Well one way to tell if someone is passionate, is when he has rebuilt the wheel
FTFY.
Also:
> RayScript, RaysCommons, RaysSigner, Raysforge
You should rename yourself narcissistray. | null | 0 | 1316792932 | False | 0 | c2m15k2 | t3_korcu | null | t1_c2m15k2 | t1_c2m0lz8 | null | 1427637436 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Harold_Ancell | null | Released today:
[The Code](http://www.lambdassociates.org/download/index.htm)
[The direct link to the code](http://www.lambdassociates.org/Download/download.htm)
[The Documentation](http://www.lambdassociates.org/doc.htm) | null | 0 | 1316793050 | False | 0 | c2m1680 | t3_ibqp1 | null | t1_c2m1680 | t1_c22kk9x | null | 1427637447 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FrankBattaglia | null | >there may also be latitude in patent law and/or related court rulings that allows the decision to be made as a matter of policy within the USPTO.
In fact, there is law and court rulings explicitly to the contrary. The USPTO only has what is known as procedural "rule making authority," but lacks substantive author... | null | 0 | 1316793057 | True | 0 | c2m169d | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m169d | t1_c2m0zn4 | null | 1427637447 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cdsmith | null | Oh, yes, the plight of the insanely wealthy...
Seriously, these sorts of things are part of the risk of making investments. Laws change all the time, and sometimes those changes negatively impact some people. Is it really so unthinkable that a change might be made that hurts people with money and political power, fo... | null | 0 | 1316793146 | False | 0 | c2m16ql | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m16ql | t1_c2lyumj | null | 1427637452 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | x86_64Ubuntu | null | THIS ! When managers say passionate, they mean passionate in doing the job the company requires the way the company wants it in the beauracratic fashion. Alot of companies end up turning passion off, for instance, why should I be passionate about writing maintainable code when management backs up and supports indivi... | null | 0 | 1316793230 | False | 0 | c2m175g | t3_korcu | null | t1_c2m175g | t1_c2m0j28 | null | 1427637458 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FeepingCreature | null | Point is that the article is not supposed to be an _example_ of his teaching methodology in action. Dumbass. | null | 0 | 1316793240 | False | 0 | c2m177b | t3_kogj4 | null | t1_c2m177b | t1_c2m108b | null | 1427637458 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rpgFANATIC | null | That's the saddening story of too many software projects.
Great project comes along. Politics gets in the way. Great project gets abandoned | null | 0 | 1316793248 | False | 0 | c2m178s | t3_kp0u2 | null | t1_c2m178s | t3_kp0u2 | null | 1427637461 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | While the training was a bear, WinForms to WPF didn't require a full port. I just updated my app one screen at a time as time permitted. Hell, I was even working on a way to host WPF in an old VB 6 application. It was messy, but it worked. | null | 0 | 1316793278 | False | 0 | c2m17ej | t3_ko2wv | null | t1_c2m17ej | t1_c2m0837 | null | 1427637462 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mazerrackham | null | $48k is the initial licensing cost for unlimited-user Enterprise Edition on a single core (although most chipsets have a licensing factor of .75 to .25), and annual support is small percentage of that.
However, anyone who licenses Oracle products without negotiating discounts of at least 50% is not even trying. | null | 0 | 1316793330 | False | 0 | c2m17nt | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2m17nt | t1_c2lyvye | null | 1427637465 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | diewhitegirls | null | If you're referring to US v. MS, that's a whole 'nother can of worms, friend. I am not nearly educated enough to debate the merits of that clusterfuck. My opinion was always that MS screwed up badly and were lucky to survive. Their defense of "innovation" and "no money from IE" was insulting, when the real problem was ... | null | 0 | 1316793345 | False | 0 | c2m17qz | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m17qz | t1_c2m146x | null | 1427637465 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sparklyteenvampire | null | I disagree. This isn't Stack Overflow; posts about the software *business* are also relevant here. Lots of us are interested in how to monetize our work, and keeping ourselves from getting screwed is a big part of that. Especially if we're going to have anything to do with Facebook development. | null | 0 | 1316793345 | False | 0 | c2m17r4 | t3_kp0u2 | null | t1_c2m17r4 | t1_c2m12m6 | null | 1427637465 | 51 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sisyphus | null | The html site is just an export from Keynote, blame Apple. | null | 0 | 1316793346 | False | 0 | c2m17rb | t3_kos4z | null | t1_c2m17rb | t1_c2m096s | null | 1427637465 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gospelwut | null | Because that's how it spits it back to me? I have to use the exposed APIs from a hosted service. I mean, once I wrote a few LINQ methods instead of fucking around with CAML it wasn't that bad. The API services are a bit strange too though (have to send empty XML query elements to get "all" columns, crazy internal names... | null | 0 | 1316793377 | False | 0 | c2m17xo | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2m17xo | t1_c2m0d94 | null | 1427637468 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | whyunofeelguilty | null | The White House should just start a Reddit. You can actually create a reddit from your own domain... | null | 0 | 1316793408 | False | 0 | c2m183k | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m183k | t1_c2lzql5 | null | 1427637471 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dbingham | null | So, due to the failure of language in mine, I'm begging them to take it down. Meanwhile, [Hacker News](http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3028999) is working on one with more coherent language and grammar. I suggest we all collaborate on the new one and then sign that one, when it appears.
And next time, I'm going t... | null | 0 | 1316793412 | False | 0 | c2m184n | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m184n | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427637471 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | This is absolutely stupid. The rest of the world doesn't give a f*ck about software patents and does very well with that stance. | null | 0 | 1316793416 | False | 0 | c2m185c | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m185c | t1_c2m0phd | null | 1427637471 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mazerrackham | null | You can negotiate unlimited license agreements, but there is not a fixed cost, it is negotiated based on your current license usage and the expected growth of your environment, and it is only for the initial licenses. AFAIK there is no unlimited SUPPORT agreement offered. | null | 0 | 1316793419 | False | 0 | c2m185o | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2m185o | t1_c2ly1c8 | null | 1427637474 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | phaker | null | So warn if indentation depends on TAB width? | null | 0 | 1316793434 | False | 0 | c2m188m | t3_kooiy | null | t1_c2m188m | t1_c2m0yi3 | null | 1427637481 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Pxtl | null | The problem is that UI design patents are the ones that are the most notorious for being spectacularly vague and destructive to the industry.
I mean, look at the one-stroke-per-character patent. It wasn't a patent or copyright on a specific dialect of grafitti-like languages, but on the whole idea of representing eac... | null | 0 | 1316793463 | False | 0 | c2m18e3 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m18e3 | t1_c2m0xro | null | 1427637477 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | That actually bothered me. It's still wrong to use 'therefor' in that sentence. The whole petition is riddled with grammar and spelling errors. | null | 0 | 1316793481 | False | 0 | c2m18i0 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m18i0 | t1_c2lz4ia | null | 1427637547 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cdsmith | null | > However, the problems extend beyond that, and Microsoft and Google and IBM and Apple represent their own problems to others.
I know this will sound biased to someone not familiar with the facts here, but don't put Google in that list. Google has *never*, not once in its existence, filed an offensive patent actio... | null | 0 | 1316793510 | False | 0 | c2m18o1 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m18o1 | t1_c2lztvz | null | 1427637482 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gospelwut | null | Where we were you 7 months ago? WHY DIDN'T YOU SAVE ME?
/sob | null | 0 | 1316793514 | False | 0 | c2m18ow | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2m18ow | t1_c2lyu0m | null | 1427637550 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Same Numair Faraz
Motorola insider tells all about the fall of a technology icon
http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/motorola-insider-tells-all-about-the-fall-of-a-technology-icon/ | null | 0 | 1316793517 | False | 0 | c2m18pe | t3_kp0u2 | null | t1_c2m18pe | t3_kp0u2 | null | 1427637550 | 65 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | No I mean you will never have a dynamic type unless explicity called for.
I was responding to your statement "and likely tons of the use of dynamic running around under the covers as well."
There should in fact be no dynamic types under the covers.
| null | 0 | 1316793534 | False | 0 | c2m18t9 | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2m18t9 | t1_c2lxwc0 | null | 1427637551 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FrankBattaglia | null | >If you're referring to US v. MS
Strike two. You're really revealing your hand, here. | null | 0 | 1316793539 | True | 0 | c2m18u2 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m18u2 | t1_c2m17qz | null | 1427637551 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | 是吗? | null | 0 | 1316793541 | False | 0 | c2m18uf | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m18uf | t1_c2lzpww | null | 1427637552 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Piracy? You can steal existing source code, but not an idea, so "patents > copyright, w.r.t." is complete nonsense.
> patents protect innovation
This claim is just too insanely stupid to comment.
> the removal of patents from the software industry would undermine the innovative nature of the industry
Oh g... | null | 0 | 1316793576 | False | 0 | c2m1911 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m1911 | t1_c2m13cx | null | 1427637554 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | novagenesis | null | If I decide to start a Kava Cafe (something I contemplated for a while) and a bank gave me funding, everyone is taking a business risk.
If the day after the Cafe opens, the state passes a law banning Kava. Oh well, money down the drain.
That's why they charge interest that is so much higher than the interest they pa... | null | 0 | 1316793605 | False | 0 | c2m197a | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m197a | t1_c2lyumj | null | 1427637557 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nascentt | null | Wow. What a jerk.
Have you not seen job applications and emails to corporations these days? There's no formality anymore.
| null | 0 | 1316793617 | False | 0 | c2m199g | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m199g | t1_c2m0exc | null | 1427637558 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Patents give you monopoly rights guaranteed by the law. | null | 0 | 1316793734 | False | 0 | c2m19vi | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m19vi | t1_c2lza31 | null | 1427637566 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tobycatlin | null | The whole of Facebook stinks. Zuckerberg is billed as some programming and business genius when all he is a kid that got lucky. If he had done exactly the same thing a bit earlier or later facebook would have died with every other crazy website idea. | null | 0 | 1316793763 | False | 0 | c2m1a15 | t3_kp0u2 | null | t1_c2m1a15 | t3_kp0u2 | null | 1427637567 | 79 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | shott85 | null | [File > Open, every damn time](http://i.imgur.com/wE8LY.png) | null | 0 | 1316793799 | False | 0 | c2m1a7k | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2m1a7k | t3_ko3r2 | null | 1427637569 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | NancyGracesTesticles | null | Wait a second. Are you telling me that sitting at my desk and clicking a couple of buttons isn't a valid substitute for *actually doing something*?!?
I though supporting a cause was supposed to be a no-risk, no-cost, no-work endeavor. | null | 0 | 1316793830 | False | 0 | c2m1adx | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m1adx | t1_c2m084q | null | 1427637572 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gospelwut | null | It's strange though. In some cases, it's okay. If I just sat around with C#3.5 and SQL it wouldn't be that bad. Hell, I hate web development but MVC3 is admittedly very good. It seems that many of the things that come out of certain divisions are generally okay, and the stuff that comes out of their more IT divisions (... | null | 0 | 1316793842 | False | 0 | c2m1agk | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2m1agk | t1_c2lxc6u | null | 1427637572 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gamedude999 | null | Double dumbass on you.
| null | 0 | 1316793905 | False | 0 | c2m1asv | t3_kogj4 | null | t1_c2m1asv | t1_c2m177b | null | 1427637577 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | NancyGracesTesticles | null | >FYI the subreddit [1] http://www.reddit.com/r/WhiteHousePetitions/ needs more activity
Your use of the word "activity" is ironic for something specifically designed to be used by people who want to do approximately nothing towards the causes they believe in.
>I clicked buttons. I'm an activist! | null | 0 | 1316793956 | False | 0 | c2m1b0r | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m1b0r | t1_c2lz07k | null | 1427637591 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | extremeanger | null | This should be reposted more broadly than r/programming. The depth and breadth of Zuckerberg and company's anti-privacy ethics-free business practices needs more light shone upon it. | null | 0 | 1316793974 | False | 0 | c2m1b4w | t3_kp0u2 | null | t1_c2m1b4w | t3_kp0u2 | null | 1427637594 | 112 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | krunk7 | null | I'm wondering if it was even written by someone fluent in english. | null | 0 | 1316794064 | False | 0 | c2m1blj | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m1blj | t1_c2lzql5 | null | 1427637606 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316794070 | False | 0 | c2m1bmy | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m1bmy | t1_c2m0e1u | null | 1427637606 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dbingham | null | I'm totally and completely with you, actually. I'm begging them to take mine down, and you can probably spot my bright red face from space.
Hacker News is talking about collaborating to write one with better language. I suggest we all work together to create a good one. And then shift over to that one.
Edit: ... | null | 0 | 1316794096 | True | 0 | c2m1br6 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m1br6 | t1_c2m00zs | null | 1427637607 | 16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | 00kyle00 | null | C++0x to the rescue!!!
#include <iostream>
template<class T>
void iff(bool cond, T if_true) {
if(cond) if_true();
}
template<class T, class U>
void iff(bool cond, T if_true, U if_false) {
if(cond) if_true();
else if_false();
}
int main() {
... | null | 0 | 1316794139 | False | 0 | c2m1bzh | t3_kooiy | null | t1_c2m1bzh | t3_kooiy | null | 1427637609 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | morpheousmarty | null | Some men want to watch the world burn. | null | 0 | 1316794167 | False | 0 | c2m1c4k | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2m1c4k | t1_c2lvzlo | null | 1427637611 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FrankBattaglia | null | >we live in a much different world now. In '98, I was logging on to usenet and believed that "a/s/l?" was all the verification I needed. For starters, software programming was still in its mythical stage. Even if there was widespread distribution of coding, no one would have any idea what the hell to do with it, sav... | null | 0 | 1316794209 | False | 0 | c2m1ccg | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m1ccg | t1_c2m0zaj | null | 1427637614 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | krunk7 | null | Resubmit with proper grammar and proof reading and I'll sign. :P | null | 0 | 1316794225 | False | 0 | c2m1cg3 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m1cg3 | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427637614 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MaxGene | null | Well, the subreddit itself disagrees with you.
>Some seem to think this reddit is for "links that programmers might find interesting or funny". No. It's for programming links. Programming. *Programming*. **Programming**.
No matter which way you slice it, this post isn't programming and doesn't fit in with the well... | null | 0 | 1316794318 | False | 0 | c2m1cwy | t3_kp0u2 | null | t1_c2m1cwy | t1_c2m17r4 | null | 1427637619 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | phughes | null | Touché
:-) | null | 0 | 1316794370 | False | 0 | c2m1d6p | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m1d6p | t1_c2m042w | null | 1427637621 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | joequin | null | A lot of the companies that innovate, use the patents offensively as well as defensively. These large companies both innovate and stifle smaller competition. Other than google, there aren't many giants (none that I can think of) that would be on the side of actual patent reform. | null | 0 | 1316794381 | False | 0 | c2m1d8s | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m1d8s | t1_c2lzxo9 | null | 1427637622 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jtmengel | null | This was excellent for me because I'm just this week getting my girlfriend up to speed with Javascript so she can use jQuery. Thanks a bunch for that link | null | 0 | 1316794419 | False | 0 | c2m1dgs | t3_kn9fk | null | t1_c2m1dgs | t1_c2lu87r | null | 1427637624 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rasori | null | Interesting that none of these underpinning algorithms or data structures have been patented, isn't it?
The point we're making against patents is that they're horribly implemented for software. If you really want to patent software, sure, do it, but it should last for about 2 years. That's about the maximum amount of ... | null | 0 | 1316794434 | False | 0 | c2m1djd | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m1djd | t1_c2lzxwj | null | 1427637625 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Section 8 - Powers of Congress
"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;"
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True | captainAwesomePants | null | Is it weird that because you started that with "Yes, " I assumed it was sarcastic and had to read through it a few times to make sure your statement made rational sense on its face? | null | 0 | 1316794648 | False | 0 | c2m1emz | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m1emz | t1_c2lzv4k | null | 1427637633 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | twotime | null | that seems like by far the simplest and most reliable solution. | null | 0 | 1316794697 | False | 0 | c2m1ewl | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m1ewl | t1_c2m0w3k | null | 1427637639 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | complexmath | null | Possible, though I can see people getting upset if the code appears correctly indented in their editor. | null | 0 | 1316794753 | False | 0 | c2m1f75 | t3_kooiy | null | t1_c2m1f75 | t1_c2m188m | null | 1427637640 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | diewhitegirls | null | Frank: Then I've got no idea what you're talking about.
smcj: The end result of patents is to incentivize the innovator to innovate, by offering protections for their innovation. What are you missing?
All: I have opinions. My opinions are rooted in studying the economic incentives of IP and how to shift policy to cre... | null | 0 | 1316794880 | False | 0 | c2m1fv9 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m1fv9 | t1_c2m18u2 | null | 1427637645 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nascent | null | > If I used references, I'd use them from the beginning, and so, I'd be aware that they shouldn't be modified, so I'd either make them const or not touch it inside a function.
Right but your problem came from not using a reference type in the beginning not, "the struct vs class dichotomy requires upfront knowledge ... | null | 0 | 1316794931 | False | 0 | c2m1g5e | t3_kljc0 | null | t1_c2m1g5e | t1_c2m140n | null | 1427637648 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kindall | null | Thanks for the corrections. | null | 0 | 1316794945 | False | 0 | c2m1g7p | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m1g7p | t1_c2m169d | null | 1427637648 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | smeezy | null | Sorry, that was a misquote. Thank you for pointing that out! | null | 0 | 1316794954 | False | 0 | c2m1g96 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m1g96 | t1_c2lzj2a | null | 1427637649 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316794959 | False | 0 | c2m1ga3 | t3_kp0u2 | null | t1_c2m1ga3 | t3_kp0u2 | null | 1427637649 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Koreija | null | [Mercury IT-Consulting](http://mccportal.mercurycc.com/), [Mercury Software and Technologies](http://www.mercurysofttech.in/), [Mercury Development](http://www.mercdev.com/), [Mercury Software Inc.](http://www.mercurysw.com/), [Mercury Software Ltd.](http://www.mercurysoftware.ie/), [Mercury Taxi Management Software](h... | null | 0 | 1316795162 | False | 0 | c2m1he2 | t3_kolze | null | t1_c2m1he2 | t1_c2lz3fm | null | 1427637663 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gospelwut | null | Isn't the title the PMs get? Wait, but I (have to) listen to them.
`/okay.jpg` | null | 0 | 1316795200 | False | 0 | c2m1hkd | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2m1hkd | t1_c2lw77g | null | 1427637667 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | BrianAtDTS | null | In FOSS, currency is number of users. If no one is paying attention to your branch, it might as well be dead. All these new features they are building around the core actually hurts their overall position as they will now never be able to integrate into patches from MariaDB or Percona or any other major branch becaus... | null | 0 | 1316795204 | False | 0 | c2m1hla | t3_ko20r | null | t1_c2m1hla | t1_c2lwxit | null | 1427637667 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ricardo_sdl | null | The obvious question here is: is Ammy hot? | null | 0 | 1316795238 | False | 0 | c2m1hs4 | t3_koli1 | null | t1_c2m1hs4 | t3_koli1 | null | 1427637667 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1316795274 | False | 0 | c2m1hyn | t3_kp0u2 | null | t1_c2m1hyn | t1_c2m0gsm | null | 1427637670 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dmercer | null | I appreciate the reply. Did not know about q[letter] macro recording. I thought "q" was for quitting (as in ":q!").
As for the grep, I imagine there's a plugin somewhere that has what I want, I just don't know exactly how the hole Vim community works. I don't just want a search, but the ability to click on a result... | null | 0 | 1316795280 | False | 0 | c2m1hzw | t3_k9akm | null | t1_c2m1hzw | t1_c2m02q2 | null | 1427637670 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Ahh yeah I see your point.
That and the one click to buy button are good examples of where it an go wrong. | null | 0 | 1316795390 | False | 0 | c2m1il5 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m1il5 | t1_c2m18e3 | null | 1427637679 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | H-Resin | null | Can anybody explain to me why this is an issue? I'm really just ignorant to it, and I work in a patent office where we get a *few* of these, although not many. This is how I make money, lol. Although, the most we see is Apple suing Nokia. If this is the motive for this, then I think I can get behind that, because Apple... | null | 0 | 1316795402 | False | 0 | c2m1in1 | t3_kosg9 | null | t1_c2m1in1 | t3_kosg9 | null | 1427637679 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gospelwut | null | This will come in handy in the future. I'd seriously buy you a dinner for the time you have saved me. If you're ever in Chicago, let me know so I can ~~viola~~get you the best Italian beef you have ever had. | null | 0 | 1316795452 | False | 0 | c2m1iww | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2m1iww | t1_c2lvliw | null | 1427637683 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | IRQBreaker | null | WTF? How is this a problem? Look, if you use the braces, "{" "}" as intended this is never a problem.
if ( a == 1 )
{
if ( b == 2 )
{
do_stuff();
}
}
else
{
a_not_equal_to_one();
}
TLDR: USE. THE. FUCKING. BRACES! | null | 0 | 1316795476 | True | 0 | c2m1j0o | t3_kooiy | null | t1_c2m1j0o | t3_kooiy | null | 1427637684 | -8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gospelwut | null | I don't understand how it can be so universally reviled but loved by all non-programmers/IT. CMS are like the herpes of the tech world. | null | 0 | 1316795529 | False | 0 | c2m1jcs | t3_ko3r2 | null | t1_c2m1jcs | t1_c2lvjnv | null | 1427637689 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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