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by Crito 12y ago
Definitely. Pointing to C++ as a mainstream language that is uglier than Java seems a bit like missing the point since it is basically the exception that proves the rule, but he did say " in any other mainstream language. Period.&q
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by Crito 12y ago
Not that I typically defend Java, but I think that (going by your Rosetta Code algorithm comparison test) Java fairs well against a few mainstream languages: Rosetta Code's Java Quicksort: http://rosettacode.org/wiki&#x
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by Crito 12y ago
> "Yes, it's possible to clean the environment between the fork and the exec/execve. Do all / most frameworks do so or make it easy to do so? I'm not sure, but would check before making any assumptions about it.
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by Crito 12y ago
Honest question: How do you ground something that is already buried in the ground? Is there some sort of anti-corrosion covering that could act as a dielectric?
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by Crito 12y ago
If Microsoft AV looks the other way for one set and Kaspersky looks the other way for another set, is it possible that there is a value of using a union of the two? I assume Microsoft AV isn't going to look the other way for Russian ex
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by Crito 12y ago
Do you know if gendl includes geometric constraint solving? I've been playing around with using geometric constraint solving with FreeCAD's "sketcher" mode, but the GUI interface on that is awful, I'd love to experi
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by Crito 12y ago
I've never heard of the Barbie franchise not fucking it up. "Math is tough" Barbie was more than two decades ago; the adults designing current Barbie products were likely playing with the Barbie products of that era, yet
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by Crito 12y ago
Previous HN discussion about the library: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5560750
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Rename SexMachine to GenderDetector(github.com)
4 points by Crito 12y ago|3 comments
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by Crito 12y ago
Family members are a part of the support network that people have. This includes emotional support, as well as more tangible support such as financial or residential, as well as informational support (family members teaching each other abo
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by Crito 12y ago
The government is supposed to be of the people, and for the people. The government should be subservient to the people, not the other way around (at one point in history, a novel concept). The concept of the "American people" pre
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by Crito 12y ago
Is "Nine people injured and they ask for millions" problematic because of " families in Afghanistan are compensated with $5000 per collateral fatality" ? Or is "families in Afghanistan are compensated with $500
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by Crito 12y ago
I just realized that the guy the article is about does not seem to actually be affiliated with Defense Distributed. What I said applies to Cody Wilson/Defense Distrubuted, not necessarily the guy the article is actually about. Anyway,
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by Crito 12y ago
His "thing" is using emerging technology (3d printing) to get people to realize the current state of things (it being trivial to manufacture your own firearm). Many people believe that it is currently difficult to make a gun, and
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by Crito 12y ago
Anybody that is concerned by printed or "untraceable" firearms should go on YouTube and look up the videos of shotguns that teenagers in the Appalachians have been making out of plumbing parts from hardware stores for decades. Giv
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by Crito 12y ago
> "I find it's _not_ simple enough to describe and understand" I mean, you've got tree, commit, and blob objects, and they only compose in very limited ways. trees can have blobs or trees. Commits can have commits
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by Crito 12y ago
Prison being shitty covers retribution and deterrence. Prevention is provided merely by having strong walls and razor wire. If somebody is locked in a cell, then they will be physically unable to rob the local liquor store. How well or po
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by Crito 12y ago
It is not an accurate characterization. There are several people in this thread advocating for gun rights, and none of them even begin to resemble your absurd characterization.
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by Crito 12y ago
That isolated false positives created a lot of dead people, but even when you look at the statistics of how many dead people were killed by rich or poor people, the statistics are still overwhelmingly against poor people. Breivik and Lan
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by Crito 12y ago
I rarely see well considered dissenting opinions down-voted into the gray. That is something that I typically only see when somebody is being uncivil, committing logical fallacies, mis-characterizing the arguments of others, or is factual
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by Crito 12y ago
Downvoting because you disagree provides the exact same benefit to the reader that upvoting because you agree provides. "Downvotes aren't for disagreeing" is an absurd redditism. > "Community groupthink is not str
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by Crito 12y ago
> "That's the old Charlton Heston argument. There are "good" people and "bad" people." It's true though. Even better, we can in practice select "good people" (defined as "won&#
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by Crito 12y ago
This comment, particularly how you have characterized pro-gun advocates, is a perfect example of juvenile behaviour.
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by Crito 12y ago
> "Like even most gun fans agree fully automatic weapons and RPGs shouldn't be privately owned." I think you have not talked to many gun fans. Exceptionally few crimes have been committed with legally and privately owne
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by Crito 12y ago
> "By this time I know better than to waste my effort trying to make Americans see why guns really are a problem," > "assault rifles" Maybe part of your problem is that you are not particularly informed when it
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by Crito 12y ago
Even HBO pads out their scheduling with content produced by other companies. I do not see a future where the bulk of Netflix's streamed content is produced by Netflix.
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by Crito 12y ago
Why do you think they want it to be inconvenient to save messages? Privacy. They want those messages to be private .
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by Crito 12y ago
An open API would be great. I'd love to implement "Alexa, my floor is dirty" -roomba purrs and does its thing-
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by Crito 12y ago
That in no way changes the fact that it is popular because consumers believe that it is. Consumers might not always be very bright when it comes to privacy and security, but the popularity of snapchat demonstrates that they do care.
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by Crito 12y ago
In practice, "No." to both. Which suggests that you are far more confident than you should be. Amazon publishes the leadership principles that they demand their employees aspire to: http://www.amazon.com/Values

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