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by Latty 11y ago
People reading the answers are more important than those answering - there are a lot more of them. Sure, people answering provide the valuable content, but most are not put off by the editing as you seem to be - if an edit is made, it is cl
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by Latty 11y ago
The main issue is that a lot of the 'off-topic' rules are focused around content that doesn't work on SO. It doesn't work because it's time based - asking 'What is the best IDE for X?' is subjective and ch
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by Latty 11y ago
One of the main points of the editing system is to fix the biggest problem with Q&A sites before SO - outdated information. Editing other's posts means that content can get updated, even if the original poster isn't around to
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by Latty 11y ago
Python's is actually a little nicer too, in 3.x - it has two types of chains, the 'root cause' one like Java, and a 'this is what I was handling when this exception happened' - to stop an error in your exception han
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by Latty 11y ago
Good news - it's literally right there at the top of the question. "This question already has an answer here:" with a link. It is impossible to close a question on SE sites as a duplicate without providing the question being
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by Latty 11y ago
It's impossible to do that on SE sites - if you try to flag as a duplicate, the site requires you to chose the question you believe the one you are flagging to be a duplicate of. The ability to vote is disabled until you do, and the si
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by Latty 11y ago
If you just want to inject things into a copy-paste, you don't even need javascript: http://www.lattyware.co.uk/examples/injecting-text-into-clip...
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by Latty 12y ago
So you create software that takes the mouse movements generated in software and sends the correct data through a usb port to this thing (or directly to wherever the device sends it). It's not exactly that hard, and hardware was always
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by Latty 12y ago
Actually the 4.0 release has added support for no-reboot kernel patching, IIRC.
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by Latty 12y ago
Java is proof that worse is better. It's never completely unreadable, but it's never pleasantly readable either.
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by Latty 12y ago
What? And make another language breaking version down the line? Better to rip off the plaster in one fell swoop.
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by Latty 12y ago
There are some similar gems to be found in Python: >>> from __future__ import braces File "<stdin>", line 1 SyntaxError: not a chance
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by Latty 12y ago
Really? I see it as the exact opposite. Sure, Python added some pain from 2-3. They did so to fix the main flaws in the language and remove deprecated stuff. The language is now far better and the cost has mostly been paid. The alternative
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by Latty 12y ago
If that happens, you revert the changes. Editing to change the nature of the question is definitely not a valid edit. If people do it consistently, a mod should intervene.
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by Latty 12y ago
Yes, I have used SO, and those responses are rare. If they do happen, they'll get deleted or countered quickly. The 'FAQ' was unnecessary and condescending. You gave a shorthand description of what you did. You didn't po
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by Latty 12y ago
I looked back at version one to see what people would have downvoted/closed for: 'I have tried to do that (by overloading operator[], operator=) but it doesn't seem like I'm going somewhere. Can anyone suggest me a way t
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by Latty 12y ago
Whenever some new structure comes around, people complain and moan about noise, how they look, and generally take a 'not on my doorstep' attitude. Then, X years later, when they get taken away, people say they miss them.
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by Latty 12y ago
A (RAID6) fileserver running ZFS with filesystem-level snapshotting. It's really, really good.
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by Latty 12y ago
Vertical alignment of variables is one of those things that feels like it makes your code more readable when you look at your code in a page, as the original article did. The reality is, there is a big difference between pretty code and rea
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by Latty 12y ago
I'd note that `Vector.sort()` is an awkward choice of name for a function that returns a result, rather than mutating the object in-place, given the standard library tends to use infinitive verbs to mean in place functions, while past