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by 16bytes 9y ago
I'm not saying there aren't applications where it is useful. If you can't tolerate errors, then you typically don't use floats in the first place. We've been running banking/accounting software for a long tim
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by 16bytes 9y ago
Yes, I understand the example. It's a classic floating point numbers demonstration. What I am saying is that I have not encountered a real-life case where this would have made my life easier. Again, it's neat, but not a real reas
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by 16bytes 9y ago
I've never faced a problem in another modern language where math became a big problem. Even using something like numpy made never made me frustrated with, say, python's numerical types. From what I've seen perl6 makes some o
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by 16bytes 9y ago
Even though this could more properly be called, "Why having language support for M:N thread multiplexing is important", I thought it was a refreshing article on why I might actually use a bit of perl6. Last year I attended a confe
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CNN reserves right to dox GIF creator should he resume “ugly behavior”(reddit.com)
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Petya.2017 is a wiper not a ransomware(blog.comae.io)
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Bitcoin surges to all-time high above $1,700(reuters.com)
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by 16bytes 9y ago
The way I remember it is if you were single-stack from client to server, yeah, EJBs and others in the J2EE worked pretty well. On the other hand, if you wanted to get of the rails and have clients in multiple stacks and clients who talked t
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by 16bytes 10y ago
There is wide disagreement about drivers employment status. There are several localities that have had legal status ruled one way or the other [1][2], but it's not settled enough to be able to claim that uber drivers aren't employ
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by 16bytes 10y ago
The demoscene relies heavily on procedural generation to cram a lot into a little tiny executable. GUI toolkits aren't comparable in this regard.
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by 16bytes 10y ago
That's a completely unsupported assertion. Why would the CPython devs punish one of the largest and well known python projects by moving to a non-python DVCS? That would create an absolutely toxic effect in the python community. They
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by 16bytes 10y ago
Why would it matter if mercurial has python 3.x support? For writing hooks and extensions? The mercurial team prioritized end-user features, like evolve, over moving to Python 3, which would only affect a very small number of mercurial use
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by 16bytes 10y ago
If you had an intern that was responsible for turning GZIP on in IIS for a website that had 1B users it starts to become much more of an accomplishment. Even small changes at that scale require careful analysis and coordination.
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by 16bytes 10y ago
What about breaking this table into to parts, 00000-01111, and 10000-11111? https://jsfiddle.net/y0pyaax9/ It's a bit easier (for me) to read, if it's on one page. Also, it makes a bit more explicit that dig
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by 16bytes 10y ago
I don't understand the claim that Akka actors are both impure and non-deterministic. If your actor is communicating only through its inbox, then it is both pure and deterministic. Given the same set of messages in the same order, you
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by 16bytes 10y ago
Neat game! It would be interesting to hear about your ad revenue numbers, especially before and after pointing to HN. Also, it sounds like you're thinking about a paid, ad-free version. It would be another interesting analysis to com
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by 16bytes 10y ago
I think the argument for UBI would say that OP is better served not working in that position, because it's not what he wants to do. The employer, would then hire somebody else who actually wanted to do that work (I actually don't
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by 16bytes 10y ago
There's a lot of if's here. My only point is that it didn't sound like an obvious overreach by prosecution. Would I risk gun ownership if I thought my family was in imminent danger? Without question. I would have even done
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by 16bytes 10y ago
Manslaughter may not have even been the harshest puninshment, since depending on the circumstances, you could argue the act was a death during the commission of a felony. IANAL, but jail time is not only protective, but punitive and a deter
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by 16bytes 10y ago
So there was an ex-felon with an illegally obtained firearm, who used it--albeit defensively--in a homicide, and that's prosecutorial aggression? We'll never know for sure if the gun helped or hurt this man's family safety, a
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by 16bytes 10y ago
> Because correct me if I'm wrong, but the majority of interview questions are based on CS 101 AFAIK, they actually send out a prep-sheet which recommends experience with not only big-O and simple algorithms, but knowing how search
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by 16bytes 10y ago
> No wonder R and Python are the only languages popular in ML R is a curious counter-example, given that the '%>%'[1] operator in dplyr is nearly identical to the '|>' operator in F#. Given dplyr's ubiquit
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by 16bytes 10y ago
Thanks for the additional links. My first thought was, "is today April 1st?", but this appears to be real. This is good work. I like this new Microsoft.
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by 16bytes 10y ago
If you used Bower and Angular in 2011 and disappeared for 5 years, then nearly all of the stuff that the "js guy" talks about would be new to you.
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by 16bytes 10y ago
Thanks for continuing to indulge me in this conversation. So, if I understand you correctly, your data looks something like this: StudentId| Name |CourseId ============================ 1| Bob| 1
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by 16bytes 10y ago
Thank you, in turn, for replying. I'm of the opinion that out variables have little value if you have tuples and deconstruction, but I wanted to understand your point. I'm not sure I do, unfortunately. I'm little out of pr
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by 16bytes 10y ago
So I'm taking a look at this line: if(!memo.TryGetValue(rdr.GetInt32("student_id"), var out complete) memo.Add(new Student(rdr out complete).ID, complete); I think I understand your point, but I found this code rea
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by 16bytes 10y ago
> Out variables are really great when working with existing code that predates Tuples (for example, the entire BCL). We don't just introduce language features that will only work well for new code. We also want to make the experienc
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by 16bytes 10y ago
A questionnaire with results would not be a bad way to describe an initial interaction with a lawyer. "Did you say yes to these 10 questions? If so, you have a case and we'll proceed. I'll file some paperwork for you." I
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by 16bytes 10y ago
Driving is only faster in high density areas due to misappropriation of infrastructure. The subway, light rail, and dedicated bus lane can be faster than cars, especially when you factor in parking. This is the case in many areas of many c

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