Hermel

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541.
by Hermel 13y ago
Bingo. If you want to test class Foo in isolation, it is essential to know that it depends on Bar. Furthermore, when taking testing seriously, you might want to test Foo's behaviour in combination with differently configured instances
542.
by Hermel 13y ago
A much simpler solution would be adjusting the expiration of IT-patents. The patents in this case are from 1996 and expiring in 2016. If the term for IT patents was reduced to 10 years, we would have many fewer problems.
543.
by Hermel 13y ago
Orcale does not care about the desktop - and Sun never managed to make it user-friendly (e.g. annoying Java Updater popups on every start, trying to install the ask toolbar, etc). However, Java will stay significant on servers and on Androi
544.
by Hermel 13y ago
Yes, but the main point he makes is an excellent one that is normally missed everywhere else: namely the cultural one-way street that exists between the US and Europe. Europeans watch American TV, listen to American music, read American b
545.
by Hermel 13y ago
Depends on the purpose you use them for.
546.
by Hermel 13y ago
The question really is: what aspect of you do you want to preserve? You will most certainly change over the years. You now will be very different from you in 100 years . Your immortal you in 500 years might be as different from your curr
547.
by Hermel 13y ago
> anywhere in the world Not to the same degree. A common belief is that the Americans are especially good at self-promoting in comparison to their European counterparts. Maybe this can be partially explained by the size and nature of the
548.
by Hermel 13y ago
Here's a better plan. If you believe that there is a reasonable chance (e.g. 10%) that Bitcoin will raise in value 100-fold again in the next few years, do the following: think about how much wealth you'd need to live your dream l
549.
by Hermel 13y ago
Digital currencies are a classical winner-takes-it-all market. There is not much room for alternatives besides Bitcoin. Also, Bitcoin has a huge lead - an altcoin would have to be fundamentally better than Bitcoin in order to take over. Si
550.
by Hermel 13y ago
> There is _no way out_. If you are writing concurrent apps, you have understand what's happening. Actually, there is a number of best practices that help you avoiding problems. For example, it helps to have a strict ordering of loc
551.
by Hermel 13y ago
In countries with VAT, considering Bitcoin a commodity would make it unusable as means of payment. When paying with a commodity (gold is explicitely excempt, but not silver), the transaction is legally considered as two purchases. The selle
552.
by Hermel 13y ago
I don't know about the Netherlands, but in most countries, capital gains of private citizens are taxed when realized. I.e. if you hold a stock worth 100€ in 2009, 150€ in 2010 and 110€ in 2011, and then in 2012 you sell it for 120€, th
553.
by Hermel 13y ago
Also, regardless of what it says on the package, the light won't be as warm as that of a classical light bulb. For a cosy light, you need to get a classical bulb or halogen.
554.
by Hermel 13y ago
Maybe the French are fed up with US judges doing this all the time and this is some kind of revenge?
555.
by Hermel 13y ago
Here is what drove the Internet bubble: during the whole nineties, the stock market went upwards. People thought we had entered a New Economy without recessions. There were plenty of good reasons to believe this. For example, due to the e
556.
by Hermel 13y ago
At some point in time it will reach an equilibrium price and it will only deflate as quickly as its economy is growing. Also note that gold-backed currencies have a much longer track record historically than fiat currencies. The US economy
557.
by Hermel 13y ago
This sounds nice in theory. In practice, the compiler cannot eliminate any log statements (writing to a log file is a side effect). Thus, the decision to not execute "FOO" as for example Java does when asserts are disabled, is the
558.
by Hermel 13y ago
You can send Bitcoins to this address if you want to support him: https://blockchain.info/address/1snowqQP5VmZgU47i5AWwz9fsgHQ... Source: https://wikileaks.org/freesnowden He already received 141 Bitco
559.
by Hermel 13y ago
Yes, sapphires are also often used in mechanical watches as bearing jewels.
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by Hermel 13y ago
Interestingly, the R5 intervals are quite close to the golden ratio (1 : 1.618). Also, I often wondered whether the US use different preferred numbers for buildings, because everything just feels a little different and out of proportion to
561.
by Hermel 13y ago
Google has a tradition of jumping up to 10% in either direction after quarterly releases. It might be worthwhile to buy both, put and call options before a release and then profit from the one that goes into the money.
562.
by Hermel 13y ago
I bought it. Quite fun to have it laying around on the coffee table when having guests. Some don't get it at all, some find it hilarious.
563.
by Hermel 13y ago
> I'm not sure what the solution to this and the main article's problem is, though, other than vigilance. Generally, it helps to not rely on a single point of information. The more sources and viewpoins you consider, the more a
564.
by Hermel 13y ago
Kara ( http://www.swisseduc.ch/compscience/karatojava/kara/ ) is an excellent and fun game to learn finite state machines. Also, there are variants to learn Java and concurrency.
565.
by Hermel 13y ago
BMW has already been researching electric vehicles for years - with the first one, the i3, coming soon. I personally don't like the i3's looks, but the i8 looks very promising. Anyhow, BWM has the relevant technology. VW's po
566.
by Hermel 13y ago
Icons sometimes need translation too. For example, the "filter" icon only works in English because most other languages don't call funnels "filter". It would be better to show a sieve than a funnel.
567.
by Hermel 13y ago
The problem is the externalities. It's the same as with spam. Emailing 1000 recipients is free, and there might be 1% that actually appreciates the email. However, there are 990 recipients to whom it is an annoyance. The net effect is
568.
by Hermel 13y ago
Perception of Mercedes is different in Europe than in the US. In Zurich, for example, Mercedes is probably the most common brand among normal taxis - some of them even S-classes with electronically adjustable black leather seats. I think Ub
569.
by Hermel 13y ago
McDonalds calls its locations "restaurants", so they should also be judged according to the standards of real restaurants.
570.
by Hermel 13y ago
They wrote "due to lack of existing applicable laws", indicating that there is indeed whitelisting at work. Normally, everything not expressely illegal should be allowed - and not the other way around.

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