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True | dauphic | null | How does '*I did something I was explicitly told not to and the API didn't shout at me*' translate into '*win32 programming is harder than it needs to be?*'
If someone thinks win32 programming is harder than it needs to be because they aren't shouted at when they break the rules set by the API, I don't think they shou... | null | 0 | 1317316366 | True | 0 | c2njiah | t3_kvfej | null | t1_c2njiah | t3_kvfej | null | 1427663656 | 55 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | binford2k | null | The change has been made. He's asking for it to be changed back. For that to happen, he has make a business case for it. Apple's reason for doing it in the first place could quite easily be "because we fucking wanted to" and there's not really anything you can say about it. If it bothers you, don't give them money. But... | null | 0 | 1317316466 | False | 0 | c2njiun | t3_krv1k | null | t1_c2njiun | t1_c2ndzyh | null | 1427663664 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mushishi | null | I wonder if it's better now. You can shrink the keyboard size a bit, and toggling the section menu should make it go completely out of your eyes. | null | 0 | 1317316651 | False | 0 | c2njjuk | t3_ktenx | null | t1_c2njjuk | t1_c2n6c0f | null | 1427663677 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Maybe the compiler could optimize this? Or warn?
Comparing a char and constant string is either unnecessary (string has length 1) or always false. | null | 0 | 1317316723 | False | 0 | c2njk81 | t3_kvg67 | null | t1_c2njk81 | t3_kvg67 | null | 1427663682 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pnpbios | null | Oh visual basic... You are so silly. | null | 0 | 1317316788 | False | 0 | c2njkla | t3_kvg67 | null | t1_c2njkla | t3_kvg67 | null | 1427663687 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | day_cq | null | that's just silly. **.** marks the boundary better to me at least.
let x . f = f x
im . rows . map cols . all and
or you can use more vivid marker like F# does
let x |> f = f x
im |> rows |> map cols |> all and
| null | 0 | 1317316851 | False | 0 | c2njkx9 | t3_kv3ww | null | t1_c2njkx9 | t1_c2nix1j | null | 1427663691 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bitwize | null | USB-to-serial adapters are not terribly hard to come by, and they worked well with any piece of RS232 equipment I've ever tried to connect to them.
I think you know what has to be done.
Fun fact: A Pizza Hut near where I work still has point-of-sale terminals that are at least 20 years old, and probably close to 30. ... | null | 0 | 1317316871 | False | 0 | c2njl0z | t3_kuti3 | null | t1_c2njl0z | t1_c2njg7j | null | 1427663693 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | codewarrior0 | null | This reminds me of the blog post not too long ago about how to parse if-statements where the syntax makes the opening and closing braces optional - and the discussion was about which 'if' to associate an 'else' with. As a Python programmer, I just chuckled. | null | 0 | 1317317060 | False | 0 | c2njm52 | t3_kvg67 | null | t1_c2njm52 | t1_c2njk81 | null | 1427663711 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Jengu | null | Ah. Python is great for whipping up command line utilities. There was even code for a decorator posted awhile back that would automagically turn any function into a command line utility (inferring command line arguments from parameter names). | null | 0 | 1317317226 | False | 0 | c2njn3h | t3_ku73e | null | t1_c2njn3h | t1_c2ncb9b | null | 1427663719 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cdsmith | null | I certainly agree that having undefined behavior makes programming harder than it needs to be. Most modern languages recognize this as well, and work hard to reduce the number of places where undefined behavior happens. Normally it can be reduced to uses of concurrency, foreign functions, or specific escape hatches d... | null | 0 | 1317317308 | False | 0 | c2njnjt | t3_kvfej | null | t1_c2njnjt | t1_c2njiah | null | 1427663724 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Jengu | null | > I mean, Facebook is written in PHP, but do you think anybody cares? If anyone gave Zuckerberg shit for doing it in PHP, well we sure don't know their name.
That is ironically the worst example you could pick ;) Facebook being written in PHP caused them considerable pain -- they had to write a PHP to C++ compiler ... | null | 0 | 1317317375 | False | 0 | c2njnx6 | t3_ku73e | null | t1_c2njnx6 | t1_c2nbx1m | null | 1427663729 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Dr_Deadmeat | null | I thought just using 'a' instead of "a" would make sure it was compared as a char. | null | 0 | 1317317403 | False | 0 | c2njo2z | t3_kvg67 | null | t1_c2njo2z | t3_kvg67 | null | 1427663731 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | the_456 | null | Great idea and I wish my professors were more willing to encourage the discussions of our own failures as a teaching tool rather than simply a cause for embarrassment or a bad grade. | null | 0 | 1317317445 | False | 0 | c2njobk | t3_kvarj | null | t1_c2njobk | t3_kvarj | null | 1427663734 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | NoMoreNicksLeft | null | Yeh. Now if I just had even the slightest clue how to use PostGIS in general (I want to). | null | 0 | 1317317462 | False | 0 | c2njoen | t3_kuxxa | null | t1_c2njoen | t3_kuxxa | null | 1427663736 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | > The standard implementation of MapReduce is the JAVA-based HADOOP framework, which is very complex and somewhat temperamental. Moreover, it is necessary to write HADOOP-specific code into mappers and reducers. My prototype library takes about 100 lines of code and can wrap generic mapper / reducer functions.
Hmm.... | null | 0 | 1317317607 | False | 0 | c2njp97 | t3_kv4xx | null | t1_c2njp97 | t3_kv4xx | null | 1427663747 | 18 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | day_cq | null | yah, when you learn Haskell, Haskell programs will make sense to you. | null | 0 | 1317317724 | False | 0 | c2njpwt | t3_kv3ww | null | t1_c2njpwt | t1_c2nixdz | null | 1427663755 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | day_cq | null | I don't think I follow your reasoning. I don't understand Mandarin Chinese. That's why so few people are Mandarin speakers. | null | 0 | 1317317816 | False | 0 | c2njqfc | t3_kv3ww | null | t1_c2njqfc | t1_c2njh9w | null | 1427663763 | 16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | riotnerd | null | Those begin with "prancing baby," so I'm probably just risking an Ally McBeal reference, rather than a view into orifice of darkness. | null | 0 | 1317317818 | False | 0 | c2njqgs | t3_kv3ww | null | t1_c2njqgs | t1_c2nj0zs | null | 1427663763 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gc3 | null | Sorry, I wrote this over 15 years ago... it actually wrote the text characters to the text mode part of the graphics card for the display... and was not good about archiving my home projects. I gave it up once I realized that you could make an evolutionary algorithm to make a realistic AI, but the fitness algorithm was... | null | 0 | 1317317978 | False | 0 | c2njreh | t3_ktg7o | null | t1_c2njreh | t1_c2ngdsc | null | 1427663774 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | samandiriel | null | I bet using a real programming language would bring about an even larger increase in efficiency... | null | 0 | 1317318001 | False | 0 | c2njrj6 | t3_kvg67 | null | t1_c2njrj6 | t3_kvg67 | null | 1427663776 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317318075 | False | 0 | c2njrxs | t3_kuye2 | null | t1_c2njrxs | t1_c2nh5bw | null | 1427663781 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | harlows_monkeys | null | That's why I said "next generation" instead of "latest" and said it should be "seriously considered". | null | 0 | 1317318166 | False | 0 | c2njsf5 | t3_kuit6 | null | t1_c2njsf5 | t1_c2nhmfy | null | 1427663789 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kodefuguru | null | Works in C-based languages, but not VB. | null | 0 | 1317318392 | False | 0 | c2njtpr | t3_kvg67 | null | t1_c2njtpr | t1_c2njo2z | null | 1427663805 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Wavicle | null | All you Haskell guys who claim that the Haskell community is warm and friendly:
> Now the obvious, **stupid**, way of finding the largest rectangle is to enumerate all rectangles in the image, and pick the largest from that list:
Just remember that bolded bit. The *naive* approach may not be optimal, but calling i... | null | 0 | 1317318584 | False | 0 | c2njus4 | t3_kv3ww | null | t1_c2njus4 | t3_kv3ww | null | 1427663822 | -10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | maxinvictus | null | I'm going to go with the second one. Not me, however. | null | 0 | 1317318789 | False | 0 | c2njvzj | t3_kuye2 | null | t1_c2njvzj | t1_c2nhdp9 | null | 1427663835 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | byron | null | >"Disciplined" is meaningless.
In my world it isn't, but to each their own.
>As for "useful", well, that can be judged by what they're used for.
I mean, yes, tautologically so. Sorry, judging by your response, I guess I came off as dismissive or something; I didn't mean to. | null | 0 | 1317318902 | False | 0 | c2njwna | t3_ktg7o | null | t1_c2njwna | t1_c2njhub | null | 1427663843 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | exitjudas | null | Well, you come off as a troll. | null | 0 | 1317318929 | False | 0 | c2njws5 | t3_ktxk5 | null | t1_c2njws5 | t1_c2ngvs8 | null | 1427663845 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jmmcd | null | Intentional tautology. They're used so widely and successfully that "useful" follows. | null | 0 | 1317319010 | False | 0 | c2njx8z | t3_ktg7o | null | t1_c2njx8z | t1_c2njwna | null | 1427663851 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | byron | null | haha. Hi Nolan! | null | 0 | 1317319062 | False | 0 | c2njxk2 | t3_kuxxa | null | t1_c2njxk2 | t1_c2nj57p | null | 1427663856 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mypublicredditface | null | As someone who has multiple unsuccessful attempts to theme Notepad++ under his belt, let me say this: Have my babies. | null | 0 | 1317319286 | False | 0 | c2njyt6 | t3_kuti3 | null | t1_c2njyt6 | t1_c2ngj3g | null | 1427663872 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | PLanPLan | null | Yep, seems like a good combination though my personal preference is for PyQt. | null | 0 | 1317319298 | False | 0 | c2njyxz | t3_ku81g | null | t1_c2njyxz | t1_c2niwja | null | 1427663874 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Weezeb | null | What they have works fine. What should it be checked for? Reddit trolls? | null | 0 | 1317319321 | False | 0 | c2njz32 | t3_krakt | null | t1_c2njz32 | t1_c2mjzy7 | null | 1427663876 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ropers | null | http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=javascript+detect+screen+resolution
Incidentally, do a Google search and look at the (unedited) URL that Google creates -- it has biw and bih parameters...
**tl;dr**: Every website you visit can get a pretty good idea what your screen resolution is -- especially if you run your... | null | 0 | 1317319385 | False | 0 | c2njzgb | t3_ktenx | null | t1_c2njzgb | t1_c2n8guh | null | 1427663882 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Dr_Deadmeat | null | Ok. Thanks for clearing that up =) | null | 0 | 1317319516 | False | 0 | c2nk08e | t3_kvg67 | null | t1_c2nk08e | t1_c2njtpr | null | 1427663891 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | NueDumaz | null | I have a rectangle.....IN MY PANTS!!! | null | 0 | 1317319647 | False | 0 | c2nk0xw | t3_kv3ww | null | t1_c2nk0xw | t3_kv3ww | null | 1427663900 | -6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | drspod | null | Can you find the link? | null | 0 | 1317319697 | False | 0 | c2nk18y | t3_kvg67 | null | t1_c2nk18y | t1_c2njm52 | null | 1427663905 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | name_was_taken | null | Sounds like the BattleChess duck. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2349378/new-programming-jargon-you-coined/2444361#2444361
I've used this to my advantage without really thinking about it. If I make something sound difficult and provide a solution I claim will work, people who can't program will just agree with m... | null | 0 | 1317319746 | False | 0 | c2nk1jy | t3_kva8g | null | t1_c2nk1jy | t3_kva8g | null | 1427663908 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | iredwards | null | I use Inconsolata for publishing docs when the Consolas terms of use don't apply. It's nice having the option. I use Consolas myself and it maps to Inconsolata nicely. | null | 0 | 1317319776 | False | 0 | c2nk1pu | t3_kuti3 | null | t1_c2nk1pu | t1_c2nhgug | null | 1427663910 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317319811 | False | 0 | c2nk1xg | t3_kuti3 | null | t1_c2nk1xg | t3_kuti3 | null | 1427663913 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jones77 | null | Yup, me too.
I think I gave the guy money twice.
The second time, after the fact, I was like, this feels awfully familiar. Oh, well. It was worth it. Such a nice, clean, simple, non-space consuming font.
I suspect from a classical typography perspective it's probably a shambles. But from a getting out of your wa... | null | 0 | 1317319995 | False | 0 | c2nk2yv | t3_kuti3 | null | t1_c2nk2yv | t1_c2nfwva | null | 1427663927 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | joegrat | null | This is totally awesome. The perfect integration of computing and biology. I am hooked! Great job... | null | 0 | 1317320005 | False | 0 | c2nk30v | t3_kucjn | null | t1_c2nk30v | t3_kucjn | null | 1427663934 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SickZX6R | null | You're basically arguing against specialization. Sure, a C# developer should be able to deal with modifying Telerik controls given the source, but I bet a Telerik consultant or control developer would be able to do the job better and faster. | null | 0 | 1317320008 | False | 0 | c2nk31q | t3_kuye2 | null | t1_c2nk31q | t1_c2ni2ig | null | 1427663934 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | iconoklast | null | Anything to make coding in PHP more awful. | null | 0 | 1317320069 | False | 0 | c2nk3eo | t3_kuti3 | null | t1_c2nk3eo | t1_c2ni6vu | null | 1427663933 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | VB.NET is a compiled .NET language just like C#. C# is comparable to Java. VB.NET isn't slow and it isn't your father's VB. | null | 0 | 1317320126 | False | 0 | c2nk3qn | t3_kvg67 | null | t1_c2nk3qn | t1_c2njrj6 | null | 1427663937 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | julesjacobs | null | That is awesome! The rest of your blog too :) | null | 0 | 1317320149 | False | 0 | c2nk3vo | t3_kuhn3 | null | t1_c2nk3vo | t1_c2nhzqn | null | 1427663940 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ThunderMuff | null | >>I'm really curious about
>Sorry, but that's only because of a lack of knowledge regarding the system tools on your part.
What? (Edit: when I said "the usefulness of this system" I was referring to the usefulness of Boo)
>Before he implements an (again already existing) online key value store, he should... | null | 0 | 1317320219 | True | 0 | c2nk4ab | t3_ku73e | null | t1_c2nk4ab | t1_c2ngqmx | null | 1427663944 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | myliverhatesme | null | He wants to be able to delete or edit an email after it is sent. So he wants to be able to modify emails in other people's inboxes. Once you sent it and it is in their inbox, it's theirs. End of story.
What if they have a filter that copies all their emails to another folder upon receiving? Then you're really screwed.... | null | 0 | 1317320257 | False | 0 | c2nk4j3 | t3_kuz9x | null | t1_c2nk4j3 | t3_kuz9x | null | 1427663948 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ropers | null | It is better. :)
It might also be possible to optionally slightly reduce the font size and whitspace throughout -- though at some point then, you'd probably just find yourself reimplementing a browser zoom feature in your website.
OTOH, even that might not even be as daft as it sounds -- not every browser's zoom fe... | null | 0 | 1317320306 | False | 0 | c2nk4sv | t3_ktenx | null | t1_c2nk4sv | t1_c2njjuk | null | 1427663951 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | This is why I wish Visual Studio had an extensible code analysis toolkit. | null | 0 | 1317320324 | False | 0 | c2nk4x1 | t3_kvg67 | null | t1_c2nk4x1 | t1_c2njk81 | null | 1427663952 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | 00kyle00 | null | >the Adapter Pattern
what the fuck?
~~Also, i wonder if behavior is defined if i pass it (void*)1~~
~~We could be even more explicit and say its undefined for (void*)2 too.~~ | null | 0 | 1317320361 | True | 0 | c2nk543 | t3_kvfej | null | t1_c2nk543 | t3_kvfej | null | 1427663955 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nascent | null | > It's a custom dialog. Dialogs in MFC have value type controls embedded in them.
You must mean, "can have" cause otherwise this goes against everything you've been saying.
> Yes, but that does not limit you from using MyButton as a value type if you wish.
This is true, but you are still dictating how MyDialog... | null | 0 | 1317320377 | False | 0 | c2nk57p | t3_kljc0 | null | t1_c2nk57p | t1_c2nitjw | null | 1427663955 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | Monads don't necessarily mean mutable state. | null | 0 | 1317320403 | False | 0 | c2nk5de | t3_kv4xx | null | t1_c2nk5de | t1_c2njfoj | null | 1427663957 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317320427 | False | 0 | c2nk5iy | t3_kvj6y | null | t1_c2nk5iy | t3_kvj6y | null | 1427663959 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pnpbios | null | I agree, i guess, GTK locks it in to the gnome/unity desktop, and KDE is once again a 2nd class citizen. | null | 0 | 1317320436 | False | 0 | c2nk5l4 | t3_ku81g | null | t1_c2nk5l4 | t1_c2njyxz | null | 1427663960 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | A single quote starts a comment in VB. | null | 0 | 1317320439 | False | 0 | c2nk5lt | t3_kvg67 | null | t1_c2nk5lt | t1_c2nk08e | null | 1427663960 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | catcradle5 | null | Anyone else notice the guy is probably missing an equals sign in that if statement? | null | 0 | 1317320478 | False | 0 | c2nk5tj | t3_kuti3 | null | t1_c2nk5tj | t3_kuti3 | null | 1427663964 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | redweasel | null | Oddly enough, I use USB-to-serial adapters on an almost-daily basis in my job as software engineer for a company making scientific instruments; it's amazing how RS232 lingers in certain industries.
In my case, however, it's all about communicating "outward" from the PC to a device that requires serial comm; if I wer... | null | 0 | 1317320662 | False | 0 | c2nk6xi | t3_kuti3 | null | t1_c2nk6xi | t1_c2njl0z | null | 1427663979 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | grauenwolf | null | Those cycles are probably wasted anyways. Clearly it checks for a null, otherwise it would have seg faulted. | null | 0 | 1317320680 | False | 0 | c2nk71d | t3_kvfej | null | t1_c2nk71d | t1_c2njiah | null | 1427663980 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | satayboy | null | I agree with the author, but the first paragraph seems to assert that this problem arose recently. It did not. When I interviewed for my first programming job, the manager asked, "What do you think is our biggest problem?" I gave a typical, naive, straight-out-of-college answer: "Keeping up with your competition!" ... | null | 0 | 1317320803 | False | 0 | c2nk7pl | t3_kursf | null | t1_c2nk7pl | t3_kursf | null | 1427663990 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | benstiglitz | null | Many functions which are passed an NSError** don’t set the pointer-to NSError* unless they fail. If you don’t init those NSErrors to nil they could have any random stack junk in them.
The error-check code is right because it checks plistData, but the comments are wrong since they mention what the error will equal on s... | null | 0 | 1317320934 | False | 0 | c2nk8ft | t3_krakt | null | t1_c2nk8ft | t1_c2njz32 | null | 1427663999 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | drysart | null | > Also, i wonder if behavior is defined if i pass it (void*)1
Looking at [the MSDN documentation](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/aa366701.aspx): Nope, the behavior is not defined if you pass it (void*)1. It's only defined if you pass it a pointer that was returned by HeapAlloc or HeapReAlloc. Any other value ... | null | 0 | 1317321012 | False | 0 | c2nk8vt | t3_kvfej | null | t1_c2nk8vt | t1_c2nk543 | null | 1427664007 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | 00kyle00 | null | ~~Yes. I was trying to point out that NULL is the same case as 1, 2, etc. these are not returned by HeapAlloc nor HeapReAlloc.~~
~~As you said, NULL is only special here because they included it there. 1, 2, etc would be the same.~~
Actually, i take it all back. HeapAlloc / HeapReAlloc return NULL upon failure, so it... | null | 0 | 1317321262 | True | 0 | c2nkac8 | t3_kvfej | null | t1_c2nkac8 | t1_c2nk8vt | null | 1427664024 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kamatsu | null | Am I missing something? Of course mapReduce is a monad - parallel list comprehensions, essentially? | null | 0 | 1317321355 | False | 0 | c2nkaw4 | t3_kv4xx | null | t1_c2nkaw4 | t3_kv4xx | null | 1427664030 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | LudoA | null | Isn't what you're proposing contrary to the idea the US was built on? | null | 0 | 1317321399 | False | 0 | c2nkb4l | t3_kuye2 | null | t1_c2nkb4l | t1_c2nhlsw | null | 1427664033 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Gotta give it to the Haskell community, they're crafty and full of imagination when it comes to pushing the Haskell agenda without being too obvious. | null | 0 | 1317321447 | False | 0 | c2nkbec | t3_kv3ww | null | t1_c2nkbec | t3_kv3ww | null | 1427664036 | -10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | drysart | null | I imagine the reason NULL is called out in particular is because HeapAlloc and HeapReAlloc return NULL on failure; so it's actually a legitimate reduction of the allowable argument value space, rather than just random commentary duplicating the implicit "garbage in, garbage out" property of the Win32 API. | null | 0 | 1317321547 | False | 0 | c2nkby7 | t3_kvfej | null | t1_c2nkby7 | t1_c2nkac8 | null | 1427664045 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | You shut your filthy goddamn mouth about Vim. | null | 0 | 1317321665 | False | 0 | c2nkcml | t3_kuti3 | null | t1_c2nkcml | t1_c2ngpxd | null | 1427664053 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | It's great for Roguelikes! | null | 0 | 1317321688 | False | 0 | c2nkcqy | t3_kuti3 | null | t1_c2nkcqy | t1_c2nepjy | null | 1427664065 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dmwit | null | Opening and closing braces are not optional in Python, it's just that you spell your opening brace with a spacebar.
But as a Haskell programmer, I chuckled.
(edit: the joke here, for you non-Haskell-programmers, is that our `if` construct doesn't require braces around the `then` or `else` clauses, *and* the grammar i... | null | 0 | 1317321747 | True | 0 | c2nkd32 | t3_kvg67 | null | t1_c2nkd32 | t1_c2njm52 | null | 1427664059 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mappum | null | Lulz for returning 1.
karma++; | null | 0 | 1317321806 | False | 0 | c2nkdf7 | t3_ku203 | null | t1_c2nkdf7 | t1_c2ngll7 | null | 1427664065 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | drysart | null | > Well so was AJAX :)
I remember using XMLHttpRequest and Javascript to live update sections of a webpage in IE5.0 back in 1999. If only I'd thought to steal Microsoft's concept, give it a name of my own invention, and the pretend I invented the paradigm myself; I could have been famous! | null | 0 | 1317321812 | False | 0 | c2nkdgl | t3_kv57g | null | t1_c2nkdgl | t1_c2njcs0 | null | 1427664065 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | SweetIrony | null | Rest is just a way of structuring an API that any application could use. there is no conflict. I think you may be trying to think that you should bind objects directly with a REST interface, but thats not a great way to build API. An API is an actual application, just like the front end is its own application. You... | null | 0 | 1317321855 | False | 0 | c2nkdq3 | t3_kv57g | null | t1_c2nkdq3 | t1_c2nhkiy | null | 1427664069 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | wadcann | null | >>the Adapter Pattern
>
>what the fuck?
Design patterns are the Esperanto of the programming world. | null | 0 | 1317322048 | False | 0 | c2nkerh | t3_kvfej | null | t1_c2nkerh | t1_c2nk543 | null | 1427664081 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | myliverhatesme | null | Go fuck yourself. | null | 0 | 1317322097 | False | 0 | c2nkf3j | t3_ku203 | null | t1_c2nkf3j | t1_c2nb3t6 | null | 1427664085 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | codewarrior0 | null | I don't want the braces to be optional! There's too much room for ambiguity. I'd rather use a restricted subset of whatever-language-I'm-using where the compiler screams whenever I omit the "optional" braces. | null | 0 | 1317322175 | False | 0 | c2nkfkf | t3_kvg67 | null | t1_c2nkfkf | t1_c2nkd32 | null | 1427664092 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | zip117 | null | Why would you not be able to use a certain font for publishing documentation, especially one that comes free with Windows? This sounds silly to me. | null | 0 | 1317322225 | False | 0 | c2nkfte | t3_kuti3 | null | t1_c2nkfte | t1_c2nk1pu | null | 1427664095 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dmwit | null | > You may wonder whether this method also works in higher dimensions. And the answer to that question is no. The reason is that there can be more than O( n^3 ) maximal cubes in a three dimensional image. In fact, there can be at least O( n^d^2 ) maximal hypercubes in d dimensions.
I don't understand this argument. ... | null | 0 | 1317322270 | False | 0 | c2nkg3t | t3_kv3ww | null | t1_c2nkg3t | t3_kv3ww | null | 1427664098 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ash_gti | null | Making it a monad is a useful language construct in Haskell that will let you abstract away a number of details to let you get the job done.
If your working in a language you might as well use all of that languages constructs to accomplish the task. | null | 0 | 1317322282 | False | 0 | c2nkg5y | t3_kv4xx | null | t1_c2nkg5y | t1_c2njcd7 | null | 1427664099 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mushishi | null | Good! I'll leave it at that for the moment, and maybe rethink about this if I make a mobile version. | null | 0 | 1317322316 | False | 0 | c2nkgdg | t3_ktenx | null | t1_c2nkgdg | t1_c2nk4sv | null | 1427664103 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | captainAwesomePants | null | He is speaking in terms of time complexity, a well-defined concept in computer science. He's not saying there are no possible improvements or speedups, but he is saying that the absolute worst case time of an algorithm that solves this problem on an NxN square must be at least O(N^2), since there are N^2 pixels, and y... | null | 0 | 1317322320 | False | 0 | c2nkgef | t3_kv3ww | null | t1_c2nkgef | t1_c2ni3b6 | null | 1427664103 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | wadcann | null | >If someone thinks win32 programming is harder than it needs to be because they aren't shouted at when they break the rules set by the API
I think that the point is that they want the rules to include a rule saying "If I don't like these arguments, I'll tell you instead of reformatting your hard drive".
>In gen... | null | 0 | 1317322475 | False | 0 | c2nkh9q | t3_kvfej | null | t1_c2nkh9q | t1_c2njiah | null | 1428192700 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tairygreene | null | umm this is common knowledge to anyone working on secure systems. | null | 0 | 1317322614 | False | 0 | c2nki1m | t3_kuicc | null | t1_c2nki1m | t3_kuicc | null | 1427664125 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | byronsucks | null | Sup dawg let me know if you want to hangout at the David Foster Wallace subreddit sometime. | null | 0 | 1317322634 | False | 0 | c2nki65 | t3_kuxxa | null | t1_c2nki65 | t1_c2njxk2 | null | 1427664127 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ultimatt42 | null | I hear whitespace is pretty easy to learn, too. | null | 0 | 1317322731 | False | 0 | c2nkip9 | t3_kv3ww | null | t1_c2nkip9 | t1_c2njqfc | null | 1427664133 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | khoury | null | What's the justification for having them? | null | 0 | 1317322943 | False | 0 | c2nkjvw | t3_kuye2 | null | t1_c2nkjvw | t1_c2ngoer | null | 1427664147 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317322991 | False | 0 | c2nkk7b | t3_kvj6y | null | t1_c2nkk7b | t3_kvj6y | null | 1427664152 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | funkah | null | Booooo. | null | 0 | 1317323052 | False | 0 | c2nkkke | t3_kvg67 | null | t1_c2nkkke | t1_c2njtpr | null | 1427664156 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | untogethered | null | Care to back that up? It's pretty much accepted fact that there's a real shortage of decent software engineers, particularly in the New York area. Just one article:
http://www.businessinsider.com/engineer-shortage-2010-9 | null | 0 | 1317323099 | False | 0 | c2nkktg | t3_kuye2 | null | t1_c2nkktg | t1_c2njrxs | null | 1427664160 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | eras | null | The advantage is that a tuple's elements don't need to be of the same type. In fact, I dare to claim that most often they aren't, so perhaps my reasons for using tuples is different from yours.
| null | 0 | 1317323143 | False | 0 | c2nkl2k | t3_ktxzn | null | t1_c2nkl2k | t1_c2nil32 | null | 1427664163 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Sycosys | null | there is no right answer in evolution, just want works for now.. regardless of how well it works by your subjective perspective
| null | 0 | 1317323238 | False | 0 | c2nkllo | t3_kucjn | null | t1_c2nkllo | t1_c2nhhjy | null | 1427664171 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | mcandre | null | ML wouldn't have let the old code compile. | null | 0 | 1317323240 | False | 0 | c2nklm7 | t3_kvg67 | null | t1_c2nklm7 | t3_kvg67 | null | 1427664171 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dmwit | null | In fact, I think you can write a dimension-polymorphic implementation that runs in O( (2d)! n^d ) time, where `n` is the length of one side of the hypercube. The observation made in the post is that each maximal rectangle contains (at least) one point for which the process "expand up, then left, then right" reconstruct... | null | 0 | 1317323270 | True | 0 | c2nkls0 | t3_kv3ww | null | t1_c2nkls0 | t1_c2nkg3t | null | 1427664173 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317323660 | False | 0 | c2nknz5 | t3_kvj6y | null | t1_c2nknz5 | t1_c2nk5iy | null | 1427664201 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cowgod42 | null | I love this one. I use it for everything. | null | 0 | 1317323749 | False | 0 | c2nkohr | t3_kuti3 | null | t1_c2nkohr | t1_c2nel70 | null | 1427664209 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | one-half | null | You don't need a font that lets you see more code horizontally, you need to use shorter lines.
If that makes you need too much vertical space, then you need to write less code. | null | 0 | 1317324068 | False | 0 | c2nkqbv | t3_kuti3 | null | t1_c2nkqbv | t3_kuti3 | null | 1427664233 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pgngugmgg | null | First off, let me make a statement: I probably understand evolution much more than you would like to admit.
Now RE your belief: *Whether or not there's a creator behind the universe is 99.99999999999999% irrelevant to the concept of evolution*.
Let's consider an argument: creationism is 99.99999999999999% relevant to... | null | 0 | 1317324075 | False | 0 | c2nkqd4 | t3_kucjn | null | t1_c2nkqd4 | t1_c2nh2ey | null | 1427664233 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I'm not sure what you mean. In any other statically typed language (I don't know Scala actually, but I do know Haskell) you can't "combine" a float and int in any reasonable way, on accident. `(+)` in Haskell can work over either Ints, or Floats, as they are both instances of `Num`, but you can never confuse them.
The... | null | 0 | 1317324274 | True | 0 | c2nkric | t3_kuhn3 | null | t1_c2nkric | t1_c2niev9 | null | 1427664249 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1317324479 | False | 0 | c2nkspv | t3_kuti3 | null | t1_c2nkspv | t1_c2ngj3g | null | 1427664263 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pgngugmgg | null | I don't think you have to talk about it in terms of the physical laws. Just some abstract thinking will suffice. You cannot ignore the environment when you try to establish the point: *there no requirement for creation*. By doing so, your reasoning is seriously flawed, and your conclusion has little chance to be right.... | null | 0 | 1317324693 | False | 0 | c2nktx1 | t3_kucjn | null | t1_c2nktx1 | t1_c2nejwc | null | 1427664279 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | samandiriel | null | Perhaps not, but it sure is fun to poke VB devs with stick :)
| null | 0 | 1317324787 | False | 0 | c2nkufw | t3_kvg67 | null | t1_c2nkufw | t1_c2nk3qn | null | 1427664286 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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