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True | IRBMe | null | I don't. | null | 0 | 1317071904 | False | 0 | c2mrntn | t3_krklz | null | t1_c2mrntn | t1_c2mrhcv | null | 1427650200 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kenkirou | null | So?
int i, sum = 0;
for(i = 0; i<10;i++);
{
sum += i;
}
cout << sum
Those hard to detect bugs (extra semicolon in this case) are possible in any language (I don't really remember if that would compile in C, but you get my point) | null | 0 | 1317071950 | True | 0 | c2mro2g | t3_krpem | null | t1_c2mro2g | t1_c2mrds5 | null | 1427650204 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nick_giudici | null | "Loader" is the noun form of the verb "Load". So "Loader" would pass your test but fail the op's.
I would summarize the article as "Don't use the noun form of verbs for class names. That's a sign that you're artificially changing a procedure into a object." | null | 0 | 1317072310 | False | 0 | c2mrpxl | t3_krzdp | null | t1_c2mrpxl | t1_c2mpzf9 | null | 1427650229 | 25 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | hyperforce | null | Is that an incomplete thought? Do not use font-face unless what? | null | 0 | 1317072343 | False | 0 | c2mrq4l | t3_krklz | null | t1_c2mrq4l | t1_c2mop50 | null | 1427650231 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rubygeek | null | I vomited a bit... That is despite having been responsible for writing a large web application in C++ myself back in the day..
| null | 0 | 1317072355 | False | 0 | c2mrq6z | t3_krzdn | null | t1_c2mrq6z | t1_c2mqt14 | null | 1427650232 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | TheSuperficial | null | Are you sure you don't want to [rename that BaseLogger base class](http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/krzdp/one_of_the_best_bits_of_programming_advice_i_ever/)?
(Kidding, I have mixed feelings on the topic; just funny to have seen these 2 posts back-to-back, this coming 2nd) | null | 0 | 1317072420 | False | 0 | c2mrqjv | t3_krd8f | null | t1_c2mrqjv | t1_c2ml2c4 | null | 1427650237 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nick_giudici | null | I think that by "LoadStream" he means "A stream for loading" not "To load from a stream". That example was messed up by the English language.
A better example would be changing from "FooLoader" to "FooInputStream".
Also, I think the name "FooManager" tells you nothing about the object other than "it has something to do with Foo". "FooRegistry" tells you that the object keeps a collection of "Foo" objects. | null | 0 | 1317072613 | False | 0 | c2mrrfi | t3_krzdp | null | t1_c2mrrfi | t1_c2mr7jg | null | 1427650248 | 23 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | __s | null | Higher than when you'll have issues with dividing floats by such dimensions | null | 0 | 1317072689 | False | 0 | c2mrrrk | t3_krpem | null | t1_c2mrrrk | t1_c2mr3vy | null | 1427650252 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MrSpontaneous | null | Yeah, it's definitely a trade-off. However, based on all the code samples I've seen, it seems that most are gathering around the first. Nothing stops someone from using the latter - I'm seeing things from a maintenance perspective rather than a design one. | null | 0 | 1317072785 | False | 0 | c2mrs9j | t3_krrz1 | null | t1_c2mrs9j | t1_c2mrjcq | null | 1427650259 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SigX | null | Hit the Alt key. | null | 0 | 1317072906 | False | 0 | c2mrswu | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2mrswu | t1_c2mrid6 | null | 1427650267 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Kalium | null | Palantir. Don't they also require you to come up with a plan to attack Anonymous? | null | 0 | 1317072909 | False | 0 | c2mrsxg | t3_ks1qu | null | t1_c2mrsxg | t3_ks1qu | null | 1427650267 | 39 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | iamnotoriginal | null | It's "nowadays" not "now days". | null | 0 | 1317072917 | False | 0 | c2mrsyy | t3_krzdp | null | t1_c2mrsyy | t3_krzdp | null | 1427650268 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mistralol | null |
In most applications I have always worked with the defaults otherwise I have to change the settings in 5 different computers i use! | null | 0 | 1317072943 | False | 0 | c2mrt3t | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2mrt3t | t1_c2mp1p6 | null | 1427650270 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Kalium | null | > They ignore the standards and just focus on getting the job done (no matter how dirty the solution is).
This is rarely a good idea unless you are REALLY pressed for time. It inevitably comes back to bite you in the ass. | null | 0 | 1317072950 | False | 0 | c2mrt5w | t3_ks1qu | null | t1_c2mrt5w | t1_c2mrgtz | null | 1427650270 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | stripyfeet | null | There's quite a noticeable difference between anti-aliased fractal images and just plane old fractal images. The fact they've got aliasing in definitely puts it at a higher quality, which I guess you could argue roughly translates over to resolution. | null | 0 | 1317073072 | False | 0 | c2mrttt | t3_krpem | null | t1_c2mrttt | t1_c2mnja9 | null | 1427650279 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Bjartr | null | >LoadStream LoadRecord
Why are these better than StreamLoader and RecordLoader? Is a LoadRecord the record of what happened while loading?
| null | 0 | 1317073093 | False | 0 | c2mrtxl | t3_krzdp | null | t1_c2mrtxl | t3_krzdp | null | 1427650280 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | insertAlias | null | A lot of people operate on the "first in wins" philosophy. The classic control panel from Windows 2000 is clearly superior to the organized, headered, and subheadered one from Windows 7. Why? Because it was what I got used to first, of course! | null | 0 | 1317073099 | False | 0 | c2mrtyo | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2mrtyo | t1_c2mpssz | null | 1427650281 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | __j_random_hacker | null | > They don't create copies of functions.
I've read the downstream discussion on this thread and I think you're guessing here. You're right to say that a compiler or interpreter doesn't *need* to create copies of the functions, and that no self-respecting implementation *would*, but it's entirely possible that some or all existing Javascript engines do so anyway, since that would certainly be the easiest way to implement it, and AFAICT closures aren't used heavily in Javascript so not too many people would complain. (That could be one of the reasons why closures are such space hogs in Javascript.)
> Closures do use a lot more memory, however.
Again, this depends very much on how much effort the implementation goes to. The easy option is "save everything in the lexical environment, because who knows, we might need it", which is very wasteful. But a smart compiler (or interpreter) may be able to prove that most of the accessible variables in the environment are never accessed by the closure or anything it calls, meaning that it doesn't need to keep them around. (Underneath it's the same problem as identifying unreferenced variables, which most compilers can already solve.) | null | 0 | 1317073107 | False | 0 | c2mru05 | t3_kroia | null | t1_c2mru05 | t1_c2mowag | null | 1427650281 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | djork | null | > Do you know how much time it takes to do programming and interface design well?
Yes.
> Do you think programmers ever finish jobs so early that they would somehow have enough time to design a pretty UI if only they had the skill?
I guess I'm talking with a dose of idealism, here. Obviously in MegaCorpoNet's Software Services Division, with $10M project budgets, and 50 people on a product, you will need division of labor to get anything done. When you're mired in legacy code and changes are difficult and laborious, then UI design becomes the last thing on a programmer's mind.
I know, I've been there too.
BUT, on a small project in a sufficiently productive environment, it seems like:
productivity(n * designer + n * programmer) < productivity(n * 2 * designer_programmer) | null | 0 | 1317073193 | True | 0 | c2mrueh | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2mrueh | t1_c2mrnlj | null | 1427650286 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mistralol | null |
I know where i used to work that the numbers of bugs would grow logarithmically to the size of the code :)
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True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317073312 | False | 0 | c2mruzm | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2mruzm | t1_c2mpz0g | null | 1427650294 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | DeepDuh | null | I know about the alt-key. Not the same. It takes a combo-key plus a key press, that's quite simply half as fast. Plus the assigned keys are usually hard to learn and different in every application.
If you only ever use 1-2 applications professionally that's ok. It's even better than OSX then, because you can't control OSX fully by keyboard, only the most important functions. But for casual use and for quickly learning hotkeys it's just ahead. | null | 0 | 1317073382 | False | 0 | c2mrvbj | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2mrvbj | t1_c2mrswu | null | 1427650299 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317073467 | False | 0 | c2mrvrg | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2mrvrg | t1_c2mrit4 | null | 1427650305 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | phantamines | null | And replaced that 30% with photoshop.. | null | 0 | 1317073584 | False | 0 | c2mrwcy | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2mrwcy | t1_c2mrvrg | null | 1427650314 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mistralol | null |
No but you probably just out sourced your debugging team :) | null | 0 | 1317073670 | False | 0 | c2mrwtk | t3_krklz | null | t1_c2mrwtk | t1_c2mmtvy | null | 1427650319 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I thought "seminal work from dick" to be in poor taste. *upturned nose* | null | 0 | 1317073686 | False | 0 | c2mrwx6 | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2mrwx6 | t1_c2mp1p6 | null | 1427650320 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Darkhack | null | I found it extremely ironic to see a friend join one of those "I Hate The New Facebook" groups and then a year later when the design changed once more, they were fighting to keep it and had forgotten all about their previous dislike for the UI. | null | 0 | 1317073815 | False | 0 | c2mrxnl | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2mrxnl | t1_c2mqwi6 | null | 1427650330 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FeepingCreature | null | find -name \*.d |xargs grep class |grep \: |grep "er " |wc -l
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Almost all of those are fake hits. Is it something about compilers that tends towards producing -er classes? (Pointer, FunctionPointer, ZeroFiller, Filler, Vec4fSmaller, RelMember, Placeholder, Register, ArrayMaker, ArrayExtender (the only two relevant classes), CValueAsPointer, UnAlignedPlaceholder and Parser)
Also: is there a good naming scheme for iterators (or streams) that doesn't require me to plaster Iterator/Stream at the end of the class? I've been using -er for those a lot, ie. Reader, Writer, SockReader. The problem is that streams are some of the the verbest nouns known to me. | null | 0 | 1317073823 | True | 0 | c2mrxos | t3_krzdp | null | t1_c2mrxos | t3_krzdp | null | 1427650330 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ceolceol | null | It's still on the screen. It's just a little ribbon at the top.
Should I explain anything else so you can catch up with us? | null | 0 | 1317073849 | False | 0 | c2mrxu0 | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2mrxu0 | t1_c2mrwcy | null | 1427650333 | -7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mistralol | null |
I do the same. You also gain the advantage of fixing a bug in multiple applications. You should read up on the single responsibility pattern :)
1 class = do 1 thing well.Defining the scope of what the "1 thing" actually is can be an issue however :)
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True | teambob | null | My doctor couldn't use the ribbon... so I think that qualifies as an "average user" | null | 0 | 1317073888 | False | 0 | c2mry2k | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2mry2k | t1_c2mpo7j | null | 1427650336 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | noreallyimthepope | null | That only works on Windows platforms, and good luck getting Gnome to work there. | null | 0 | 1317073893 | False | 0 | c2mry3o | t3_krzdn | null | t1_c2mry3o | t1_c2mr7y0 | null | 1427650336 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | case-o-nuts | null | That's exactly what would be happening. Think of this as a HTML5 VNC. One that only works for a single application at once. | null | 0 | 1317073895 | True | 0 | c2mry3z | t3_krzdn | null | t1_c2mry3z | t1_c2mqkf3 | null | 1427650336 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317073948 | False | 0 | c2mryf1 | t3_krpem | null | t1_c2mryf1 | t1_c2mrd9a | null | 1427650340 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | _IPA_ | null | Emailing Apple now to have them rename NSViewController, NSWindowController, NSArrayController, etc.
;) | null | 0 | 1317073982 | False | 0 | c2mrylo | t3_krzdp | null | t1_c2mrylo | t3_krzdp | null | 1427650342 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mistralol | null |
Not always. Have a look at decss on a t-shirt. Now explain how it works?
Sometimes shorter code can mean greatly more dense code. Which can make things to complex for somebody to understand | null | 0 | 1317074013 | False | 0 | c2mryph | t3_krklz | null | t1_c2mryph | t1_c2mnrhn | null | 1427650343 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mistralol | null |
Not always. Have a look at decss on a t-shirt. Now explain how it works?
Sometimes shorter code can mean greatly more dense code. Which can make things to complex for somebody to understand | null | 0 | 1317074030 | False | 0 | c2mrys7 | t3_krklz | null | t1_c2mrys7 | t1_c2mnrhn | null | 1427650344 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mistralol | null |
Not always. Have a look at decss on a t-shirt. Now explain how it works?
Sometimes shorter code can mean greatly more dense code. Which can make things to complex for somebody to understand | null | 0 | 1317074040 | False | 0 | c2mryvu | t3_krklz | null | t1_c2mryvu | t1_c2mnrhn | null | 1427650346 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317074049 | False | 0 | c2mryzw | t3_krpem | null | t1_c2mryzw | t1_c2mnmz8 | null | 1427650347 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mistralol | null |
Actually exercise normally is :) | null | 0 | 1317074049 | False | 0 | c2mrz00 | t3_krklz | null | t1_c2mrz00 | t1_c2mo0jl | null | 1427650347 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ysangkok | null | I enjoyed the one about Scala+GWT. I'm really looking forward to seeing it get integrated into IDE's and stuff. I wish Google would support it. | null | 0 | 1317074061 | False | 0 | c2mrz3w | t3_ks45m | null | t1_c2mrz3w | t3_ks45m | null | 1427650348 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | iluvatar | null | Sadly, it is. | null | 0 | 1317074068 | False | 0 | c2mrz5j | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2mrz5j | t1_c2mr7jz | null | 1427650349 | 25 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Microsoft Word goes out of it's way to hide options from you in the menu and then if you do find the appropriate option you're presenting with a ton of tabs in a window with about a million checkboxes per tab.
I wouldn't say judging people's disgust with Word's usability as an example of anything.
More so because Word actually does what the vast majority of people want. So there isn't much reason to change options that aren't presented in icon format on the main interface and just about every single Word user changes those options. | null | 0 | 1317074102 | False | 0 | c2mrzay | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2mrzay | t1_c2mp1p6 | null | 1427650351 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FeepingCreature | null | We have entered an endless recursion of time. | null | 0 | 1317074105 | False | 0 | c2mrzc6 | t3_krzdp | null | t1_c2mrzc6 | t1_c2mr06v | null | 1427650351 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | omnilynx | null | OOP isn't a language; you can write OO code in C or ML or Assembly. It is what he said: concentrating on the data model and making functions that fit the data as opposed to procedural programming which is concentrating on what steps need to be done and using the data as a means to perform them. | null | 0 | 1317074137 | False | 0 | c2mrzjx | t3_krzdp | null | t1_c2mrzjx | t1_c2mqahc | null | 1427650354 | -4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | FeepingCreature | null | We have entered an endless recursion of time. | null | 0 | 1317074156 | False | 0 | c2mrzn8 | t3_krzdp | null | t1_c2mrzn8 | t1_c2mqzsg | null | 1427650355 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317074159 | False | 0 | c2mrznq | t3_krzdn | null | t1_c2mrznq | t3_krzdn | null | 1427650356 | -17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mistralol | null |
But I think we all know that a really big program can still be useless unless you know how to use it. Just look at something like photoshop :) | null | 0 | 1317074199 | False | 0 | c2mrzvy | t3_krklz | null | t1_c2mrzvy | t1_c2mpjj0 | null | 1427650360 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | goofygrin | null | Smaller teams are more agile and by nature can typically produce a more useful to the user product.
They, however, have trouble producing something as large as say... Windows or Office.
For the stuff I work on we prefer small project teams as the polish simply isn't necessary as if we were building something as complex as Excel, however the *correctness* of the software is important. | null | 0 | 1317074202 | False | 0 | c2mrzwt | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2mrzwt | t1_c2mrueh | null | 1427650360 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | omnilynx | null | Not necessarily, but realize that you're probably not writing object oriented code. | null | 0 | 1317074202 | False | 0 | c2mrzwu | t3_krzdp | null | t1_c2mrzwu | t1_c2mr6cj | null | 1427650360 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mappu | null | Why is a new project, in 2011, using mysql_ functions instead of PDO? There seems to be absolutely *zero* protection against injection here.
I realise this wasn't the point of the example, but it's a very loud warning bell. | null | 0 | 1317074233 | False | 0 | c2ms03i | t3_ks7cm | null | t1_c2ms03i | t3_ks7cm | null | 1427650362 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317074304 | False | 0 | c2ms0ip | t3_krzdn | null | t1_c2ms0ip | t1_c2mry3o | null | 1427650368 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kindall | null | The ribbon is no different functionally from a menu bar in this respect. With a menu you press Alt and need to choose a category of functionality, i.e. the menu name, pretty much the same as in the ribbon.
The amazing thing about Office 2007 and 2010 is that all the menu key shortcuts still work, even those that begin with Alt-letter to choose a menu and use an accelerator to select a menu item. Alt-F X still exits the program, for example, even though neither the File menu nor the Exit menu item are there anymore. | null | 0 | 1317074403 | False | 0 | c2ms13e | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2ms13e | t1_c2mr75k | null | 1427650375 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kindall | null | You want the [Search Commands](http://www.officelabs.com/projects/searchcommands/Pages/default.aspx) add-on from Office Labs. It doesn't do everything you want but it's very handy. | null | 0 | 1317074491 | False | 0 | c2ms1l0 | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2ms1l0 | t1_c2mrid6 | null | 1427650382 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mac_os | null | THANK YOU VERY MUCH
YOU MEAN THE MYSQL NOT HAVE THE FULL SECURE? | null | 0 | 1317074529 | False | 0 | c2ms1rw | t3_ks7cm | null | t1_c2ms1rw | t1_c2ms03i | null | 1427650384 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | reddit_clone | null | > The HTML5 "Broadway" backend allows rendering GTK applications in HTML5-capable browsers.
Is this going to be a legitimate way to write web applications?
Or is it just a curiosity? | null | 0 | 1317074555 | False | 0 | c2ms1w9 | t3_krzdn | null | t1_c2ms1w9 | t3_krzdn | null | 1427650386 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317074596 | False | 0 | c2ms245 | t3_ks2t2 | null | t1_c2ms245 | t3_ks2t2 | null | 1427650388 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Obi_Kwiet | null | Most people only use about 1% of Photoshop's capacity. Does it make sense to scale back it's features to MS paint? I think in a lot of cases the 95% just use it because it's the choice product for the 5%. They don't know enough to form opinions of their own so they just rely on the informed to make that decisions for them. | null | 0 | 1317074629 | False | 0 | c2ms2bf | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2ms2bf | t1_c2mp1p6 | null | 1427650391 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ottawadeveloper | null | This is both a bit funny yet an important lesson in one.
The concept of "stick to what users know" is generally a good one. But he applies it all wrong in this case. People are used to having a "search" feature on electronic apps / web pages. They're usually used to having it near the top (generally on the right on web pages - old school Wikipedia notwithstanding). People are used to having "settings" to change the defaults - to go from metric to imperial for example.
Settings are extremely useful. The defaults make your first impression - they should be as appropriate and as best you can make them. But letting advanced users tweak things just to their liking is a big part of successful app programming and isn't going anywhere.
As for the icon - I'm inclined to agree somewhat. Icons should make sense when you see them. Or they should be branded to your company - for example, when you think Firefox, you think the little fox around a globe (and the globe ties into the old navigator icon and the internet is "global"). The PDF icon on my desktop says "PDF" and has an A for Acrobat. The CSV files have "a," showing they're comma-delimited. The key part is standing out.
The problem here is that the person giving guidance knows nothing about user interface design and probably hasn't talked with any users. Talking with the users would probably show him that, yes, they want to search through the ebook sometimes (you want that quote). They probably prefer a legible, clear font for the sticky notes. And they may think the address book is boring (or think its apt).
Users are king for design requirements - settings let you accommodate different types of users.
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True | kurin | null | > Yes they do! They don't want simple books, they want the possibilities that electronic books can bring. Do you know about information theory? Have you even heard of Claude Shannon?
That's called a non sequitur. | null | 0 | 1317074686 | False | 0 | c2ms2mw | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2ms2mw | t3_krv1k | null | 1427650395 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | seydar | null | I only got through the first one. This guy with a thick French accent called me up and he asked me a quick warmup programming question, then went and asked me about PGP. I basically reimplemented modern security. Not exactly something I explicitly prepared for, but it was something that I knew enough about to explain and detail, thanks to a few courses in cryptography I had taken. Evidently, however, I didn't know what the fuck I was talking about, because if I did, then I would be up for round two. | null | 0 | 1317074701 | False | 0 | c2ms2pj | t3_ks1qu | null | t1_c2ms2pj | t1_c2mrks0 | null | 1427650397 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | thelazyfox | null | Ugh, shit like this only comes up when people loose sight of the original concept. Using closures for this purpose is just picking the wrong tool for the job because of perceived benefits that do not actually exist.
By definition nothing in javascript can be done to change the "security" of any transformation performed on input data by that same javascript. Any user has easy access to both the input data to javascript as well as the transformation logic used. Thus using closures provides no appreciable benefit to security. There's no purpose in "disallowing" others to make changes to your code if used as a 3rd party library, that's just thinking like the designers of Java. "Let's make this idiot proof and hamper everyone else in the process"
Skipping out on a language semantic expressly designed for this purpose and instead doing it another way "just because i can" is pretty foolish IMO. | null | 0 | 1317074739 | False | 0 | c2ms2x2 | t3_kroia | null | t1_c2ms2x2 | t3_kroia | null | 1427650398 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | noreallyimthepope | null | Derp. | null | 0 | 1317074798 | False | 0 | c2ms38j | t3_krzdn | null | t1_c2ms38j | t1_c2ms0ip | null | 1427650402 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Astrogat | null | I wonder, how do you define settings in word. Is colour, font or size settings? What about adding words to autocorrect or dictionary?
I don't believe I have changed any of the settings in the preference dialog tho.. | null | 0 | 1317074891 | False | 0 | c2ms3pk | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2ms3pk | t1_c2mp5bz | null | 1427650408 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | a_redditor | null | /r/startups is probably the place for this. | null | 0 | 1317074956 | False | 0 | c2ms40x | t3_ks2t2 | null | t1_c2ms40x | t3_ks2t2 | null | 1427650413 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | angry_pirate | null | Probably "Execution in the Kingdom of Nouns" by Steve Yegge. A good critique of this sort of OOP-absolutism, though he also has a pop at "-er"
http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/03/execution-in-kingdom-of-nouns.html
| null | 0 | 1317074989 | True | 0 | c2ms482 | t3_krzdp | null | t1_c2ms482 | t1_c2mr9w1 | null | 1427650416 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Or you could have a very configurable program that makes it easy to navigate the options or search for them.
IntelliJ has a fuckton of options but I've never found it hard to navigate because it has a search that works like a web ajax search. No hitting search and waiting. Just type and it shows you what it comes up with.
It's poor to assume the user doesn't want to do something or only cater to the lowest common denominator.
I'd even most popular software isn't dumbed down and everyone's favourite website (Facebook) is a pain to adjust settings yet people still do it.
The reason, I think, is because the software offers something that people want and they'll want to invest more time into it. Also by catering to people who aren't the lowest common denominator and letting them customise and personalise their software makes it theirs so they're less likely to give it up and promote it to their friends.
Catering to the lowest common denominator and dumbing down your software just makes your software a soulless solution that they'll happily dump when something else comes along that catches their eye.
So I think it's more important to make something people want. Making something boring that has the world's greatest default settings and holds your hands don't make it an awesome app that people will want to use. But making something awesome that might not be 100% straight forward or has the potential to be fully customised will pull people in and make them feel good about investing time in your software. | null | 0 | 1317074993 | False | 0 | c2ms492 | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2ms492 | t1_c2mr0kg | null | 1427650416 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | JosiahJohnson | null | Why do you think it's so unimportant that it should be hidden behind non-standard UI elements that appear to just be visual accents? | null | 0 | 1317075154 | False | 0 | c2ms53c | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2ms53c | t1_c2mqvz8 | null | 1427650429 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | asdfman123 | null | There's nothing worse than hearing good reasons to do things that are contrary to what you want to do. | null | 0 | 1317075160 | False | 0 | c2ms54t | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2ms54t | t1_c2mpdjv | null | 1427650431 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | QuestionMarker | null | Yes, and the relationship is one-way. Code reuse requires modularity. Modularity does not require, or imply, code reuse. | null | 0 | 1317075182 | False | 0 | c2ms58u | t3_krklz | null | t1_c2ms58u | t1_c2mq1fs | null | 1427650440 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | antonrodin | null | I like the codeigniter pagination class :D | null | 0 | 1317075226 | False | 0 | c2ms5h3 | t3_ks7cm | null | t1_c2ms5h3 | t3_ks7cm | null | 1427650436 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mac_os | null | do you have a demo? thanks | null | 0 | 1317075331 | False | 0 | c2ms612 | t3_ks7cm | null | t1_c2ms612 | t1_c2ms5h3 | null | 1427650441 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | It's not that it sucks but that people hate change especially with their software. They suck it up and go quiet after time.
Microsoft hasn't made Windows as similar as possible to Win95 in every version afterwards just because they're lazy. It's because people would get their panties in a wad if Windows XP was significantly different to what they know.
In my mind that holds back innovation and sometimes companies do need to say 'fuck it, they'll learn it' and move on. Microsoft effectively did that with the ribbon and it's turned out fine. | null | 0 | 1317075413 | False | 0 | c2ms6eq | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2ms6eq | t1_c2mpo7j | null | 1427650445 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | RedSpikeyThing | null | Tests break. Updating and maintaining is part of the overhead of having a large codebase. I don't see the issue here. | null | 0 | 1317075473 | False | 0 | c2ms6ru | t3_kq001 | null | t1_c2ms6ru | t1_c2mb7ew | null | 1427650450 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ghjm | null | Or if you like to throw a period. inexplicably in the middle of a sentence. | null | 0 | 1317075524 | False | 0 | c2ms73b | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2ms73b | t1_c2mquw2 | null | 1427650453 | 43 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | n1c0_ds | null | Facebook is different. It *always* changes, and arguably in a positive way. | null | 0 | 1317075538 | False | 0 | c2ms762 | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2ms762 | t1_c2mqwi6 | null | 1427650455 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | RedSpikeyThing | null | Sure there's a distinction with regards to complexity, but that doesn't make it any more or less testable. In fact anything that involves straight mathematical calculations tends to be quite easy to test. | null | 0 | 1317075551 | False | 0 | c2ms78w | t3_kq001 | null | t1_c2ms78w | t1_c2mawmf | null | 1427650455 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | PR0FiX | null | I got my book today! Thanks Eric. | null | 0 | 1317075720 | False | 0 | c2ms850 | t3_jjcwd | null | t1_c2ms850 | t3_jjcwd | null | 1427650467 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | backbob | null | would be painful in Assembly | null | 0 | 1317075769 | False | 0 | c2ms8dv | t3_krzdp | null | t1_c2ms8dv | t1_c2mrzjx | null | 1427650470 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | solinvictus21 | null | This will be unpopular, but the engineer is wrong. | null | 0 | 1317075790 | False | 0 | c2ms8i8 | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2ms8i8 | t3_krv1k | null | 1427650471 | -5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | backbob | null | rename them to SimulatorClass, LinkingLoaderClass, and AssemblerClass. Its clearly much better that way. | null | 0 | 1317075868 | False | 0 | c2ms8we | t3_krzdp | null | t1_c2ms8we | t1_c2mrj17 | null | 1427650476 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | backbob | null | depends on whether "Load" is a verb or not, which isn't clear. This party is confusing. | null | 0 | 1317075925 | False | 0 | c2ms97f | t3_krzdp | null | t1_c2ms97f | t1_c2mrtxl | null | 1427650488 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | backbob | null | the article said Controllers are a terrible idea. Guess Apple needs to redo the SDK. | null | 0 | 1317075963 | False | 0 | c2ms9el | t3_krzdp | null | t1_c2ms9el | t1_c2mrylo | null | 1427650484 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jonathanownbey | null | Or they just found someone else they liked better for some reason they did not convey to you. Not being called back does not necessarily mean you did not do well. | null | 0 | 1317076179 | False | 0 | c2msajj | t3_ks1qu | null | t1_c2msajj | t1_c2ms2pj | null | 1427650499 | 18 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | It's still sort of a poor substitution of the real thing as your software is now stuck in another bit of software. Unless of course all your software runs in the browser and you never leave the browser. Google may want that and I suppose it will eventually happen but we'll just end up with the browser being the OS and back where we are now. | null | 0 | 1317076206 | False | 0 | c2msaoh | t3_krzdn | null | t1_c2msaoh | t1_c2mpuh7 | null | 1427650501 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | hiddencamel | null | Best advice I ever got was "don't be afraid to use verbose variable/method /classes names". When you come back to a project after not looking at it for a year, or start working on a project that has been built by someone else you really appreciate variables, methods and classes that do what they say on the tin. I have had to maintain a few projects which were built by a guy who quit the company a few years back
in terms of getting complex shit done, and quickly, he was a genius. But his code is totally fucking opaque. full of ambiguous method and variable names and little to no comments. nightmare to maintain. | null | 0 | 1317076246 | False | 0 | c2msaw4 | t3_krzdp | null | t1_c2msaw4 | t3_krzdp | null | 1427650504 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | IvyMike | null | I have a FooManagerManager I have to deal with sometimes. | null | 0 | 1317076253 | False | 0 | c2msaxl | t3_krzdp | null | t1_c2msaxl | t3_krzdp | null | 1427650504 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jadero | null | Starting with the user manual is something I advocate, too. I've managed to convince someone to let me use that approach exactly once and that was so far in the past that most businesses were still using some flavour of MS-DOS. I'm not sure where I first came across the concept, but it struck a chord with me.
I work for small businesses. I've never had the luxury of working with a team. It's always been just me responsible for everything from concept to production release and documentation. I don't think I'll ever get used to the fact that every non-programmer knows more about programming practice than I do :) | null | 0 | 1317076359 | False | 0 | c2msbhq | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2msbhq | t1_c2mpz0g | null | 1427650511 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | HapDrastic | null | I don't agree with that. Attitude and passion are important aspects of how they'll relate to the rest of the team, and as a member of that team that's something you care about a great deal (or should, anyway). | null | 0 | 1317076500 | False | 0 | c2msc5z | t3_ks1qu | null | t1_c2msc5z | t1_c2mrnij | null | 1427650520 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | RiotingPacifist | null | Pretty sure you're wrong you can customise ribbon quite a bit. | null | 0 | 1317076530 | False | 0 | c2mscb1 | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2mscb1 | t1_c2mr50d | null | 1427650522 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | RedSpikeyThing | null | >productivity(n * designer + n * programmer) < productivity(n * 2 * designer_programmer)
This is true if
designer_programmer >= designer + programmer
I think it's going to be hard to find a single person who is an all star at both. That being said, if there is an existing UI then it's reasonable to have a programmer take a first pass at the UI of some new feature and have UX review it for the subtler changes. | null | 0 | 1317076616 | False | 0 | c2mscpl | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2mscpl | t1_c2mrueh | null | 1427650527 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317076631 | True | 0 | c2mscro | t3_krzdp | null | t1_c2mscro | t1_c2mrzjx | null | 1427650528 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sidcool1234 | null | Yes, they are important. Hence the HR interview. But as far as accessing technical skills is concerned, this could be left out and more stress could be laid on core technical skills. Again, just my opinion. | null | 0 | 1317076690 | False | 0 | c2msd1v | t3_ks1qu | null | t1_c2msd1v | t1_c2msc5z | null | 1427650531 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | uhhhclem | null | This is so wrong, and so shallow in its wrongness, to not be worth engaging with. | null | 0 | 1317076724 | False | 0 | c2msd7n | t3_krzdp | null | t1_c2msd7n | t3_krzdp | null | 1427650533 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I didn't find that his examples produced anything more informative.
I guess if I need to make a class Tiger or Manager (as in the person) or Compiler then I will email him for suggestions. | null | 0 | 1317076814 | False | 0 | c2msdnd | t3_krzdp | null | t1_c2msdnd | t3_krzdp | null | 1427650539 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | xanatos387 | null | Palantir was indeed one of the participants of the [HBGary scandal](http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/02/15/palantir) that included a proposed dirty-tricks campaign against journalist Glenn Greenwald (among others). This article may or may not have merit, but Palantir is _not_ some upstanding member of the computer science community just blogging it up. They're an enemy of the democratic process.
Oh yes, they apologized. They're indeed very sorry that the public found out about it.
If you have ethics, you should not interview there. It is up to us to let them know their behavior is totally unacceptable. | null | 0 | 1317076868 | False | 0 | c2msdw2 | t3_ks1qu | null | t1_c2msdw2 | t1_c2mrsxg | null | 1427650542 | 41 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | vincentrevelations | null | Hmm. It seems like you're right. But I can only check for 2010. Though the customizations seem superficial and there's not really anything I'd want to change within the options I get. | null | 0 | 1317076874 | False | 0 | c2msdyl | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2msdyl | t1_c2mscb1 | null | 1427650543 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I'm not sure about scaling up widely available apps yet, but I think it might be a viable solution for internal web apps for thin clients pretty soon. | null | 0 | 1317076874 | False | 0 | c2msdym | t3_krzdn | null | t1_c2msdym | t1_c2ms1w9 | null | 1427650543 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | You should either include numbers and methodology for your "performance graph" or you should omit it entirely. It has a comical look to it as it stands. | null | 0 | 1317076935 | False | 0 | c2mse8y | t3_ks62g | null | t1_c2mse8y | t1_c2mr8in | null | 1427650547 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317076941 | False | 0 | c2mseaa | t3_ks1qu | null | t1_c2mseaa | t1_c2mrnij | null | 1427650547 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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