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by Suncho 14y ago
Hmm. Why is he calling them false cognates? False cognates don't share a common origin whereas these words clearly do. Anyway, for me, a good example of this phenomenon is when people come to C++ from a language like Java. In Java, you h
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by Suncho 14y ago
In any language, you have to know the rules in order to be able to evaluate a statement. If the rule says that the result is undefined, is that more complicated than if the rule says it's defined in some arbitrary way? I suppose you could
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by Suncho 14y ago
In C++, if you run into an error and you know how to handle it, you handle it. This is exactly the same as C. Exceptions are only there for when you don't know how to handle an error. Instead of calling exit(), you throw an exception and
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by Suncho 14y ago
If your goal is to understand the universe around you, wanting to believe something can be a mistake. Similarly, trying to explain the cause of existence can also be a mistake. Use the simplest explanation that fits your observations. I
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by Suncho 14y ago
Yes. One definition of "everything that exists" is "everything that exists and is connected." We can think of the universe as a directed graph and "everything that exists" as nodes that are reachable from where we're standing. From withi
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by Suncho 14y ago
Wait. Is the algae bioluminescent or does it create create energy that's stored in a battery that then powers a normal lamp?
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by Suncho 14y ago
Who here believes that computer simulations are universes?
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by Suncho 14y ago
I have been wanting something like this for a while. It's even on my todo list. Thanks for saving me the work. I'll be using it all the time!
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by Suncho 14y ago
The term "Zerg Rush" is based on the term "Grunt Rush" from Warcraft II. A Grunt Rush is when you build your Barracks first before your Town Hall to start churning out Grunts as fast as possible. It's a degenerate strategy that's pretty m
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by Suncho 14y ago
Dear 42 Floors: People are probably more likely to take your job offers seriously once you figure out that "awhile" is an adverb, "a while" is a noun and there's no context in which "for awhile" is grammatically correct.
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by Suncho 15y ago
There's a huge difference between using exceptions and littering your code with a bunch of try/catch blocks. When exceptions are used properly, you see very little error handling code.
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by Suncho 15y ago
I think it's ironic that if I disagree with your post, I'll just be proving your point. Usually, I don't read the discussions as much as I click on the links to the articles. There are around two or four per day that look interesting to m
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by Suncho 15y ago
At least in the case of dereferencing, I think it's more likely that C++ generalized something that C took for granted as having one specific meaning. C was created with the idea that the only thing that could ever be dereferenced was a me
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by Suncho 15y ago
Yes. This is how I first learned pointers when I was learning C. It makes perfect sense in C so long as you don't get crazy with typedefs or function pointers. It really breaks down in C++ where you have operator overloading that results
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by Suncho 15y ago
That's a very good question, but my answer is no for a few reasons. 1. Change is gradual. Copyright exclusivity can slowly be ramped down at the same time the government gradually provides more and more services for its citizens. One does
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by Suncho 15y ago
Yes. Cars do have fixed one-time R&D costs. If you can freely copy all cars, the incentive to design/produce a better car would then have to be something other than money. As an example, Greenpeace might want to cut vehicle emissions
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by Suncho 15y ago
You bring up an interesting point. I think it is indeed a great thing that people can be paid even when they are just producing digital, intangible goods. What I don't think is great is when they are paid for having produced intangibl
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by Suncho 15y ago
I don't think you're a hopeless idealist. In fact, I'm with you. I fully believe that we're headed toward a world in which most people are sitting around all day doing the equivalent of playing World of Warcraft. But that's not a bad th
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by Suncho 15y ago
There's a difference between pro and pro quality. Even then, pro quality is hard to define. I would like a world where higher quality TV shows are more common.
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by Suncho 15y ago
No. Why would you say that? Most of the things I own already existed before I acquired them.
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by Suncho 15y ago
Wow. If everyone could copy whatever car they wanted for free, that would be a good thing. Since everyone would already have a car, car salesmen would go out of business. That's exactly what should happen.
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by Suncho 15y ago
Sure. Why would I pay you to build a car or a house that already exists?
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by Suncho 15y ago
I live in a world where, due to the continuous advancement of technological efficiency and the resulting elimintation of jobs, it's becoming increasingly ridiculous to expect people to work for a living. Society no longer needs contributio
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by Suncho 15y ago
Of course it's not consistent. The only way it makes sense is if it's not consistent. Why should I have to pay for the creation of something that already exists?
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by Suncho 15y ago
No. I want a world where people write books because they have something to say and they want as many people as possible to read what they have to say.
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by Suncho 15y ago
No. I did not. Just because something can't be bought or sold does not mean it lacks worth. Please explain why you think "technological progress would basically grind to a halt" in a world where people are allowed to collaborate freely.
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by Suncho 15y ago
The very existence of an intellectual property market is absurd. In my opinion, the scenarios in which person should expect to make a profit doing something creative are: A. The person is hired to create something. B. The person creates so
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by Suncho 15y ago
Here's an interesting rebuttal. http://www.heracliteanriver.com/?p=324 I think two spaces are okay. I use two spaces in source code comments. Source code is monospaced after all, so the "kerning excuse" doesn't apply.
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by Suncho 15y ago
Teachers should only marry people who understand what a "teacher" is.
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by Suncho 15y ago
I didn't even think of TV. I don't have a TV. Comcast provides my Internet and there isn't an alternative in my area (besides dialup). My parents have FiOS. I wish it were available to me. How do you get your Internet?

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