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by azov 11y ago
>It puts error handling code far from where errors occur, and where you often have the best chance to deal with it So, you pass file name to your data access library and the file is not there. How are you going to deal with it? Write a
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by azov 11y ago
You're right about changing expectations, but it is better. Really. Too many people view boost as a giant cumbersome blob of libraries interconnected in unintuitive ways and refuse to use it, especially if they only need something that
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by azov 11y ago
Yes, I know. We had this "C runs on systems that don't even have disk" excuse for so long it's became a cultural thing. I'm not sure where to draw the distinction between a language and a platform and I don't
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by azov 11y ago
ifstream is very, very limited. Shocking as it is, there's still no standard and portable way in C++ to do very basic filesystem operations, like list files in a directory - you have to use platform APIs or third-party portability li
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by azov 11y ago
Gives the opposite impression to me. If I see a component using semver at version 15.x I'd assume it's very unstable (unless it's very old). So, contrary to what spicyj is saying, to me it seems to create the most confusion i
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Yahoo is officially for sale(mashable.com)
192 points by azov 11y ago|126 comments
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US Government Web Design Standards(playbook.cio.gov)
3 points by azov 11y ago|0 comments
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The exceptional myth of non-local flow(mortoray.com)
1 points by azov 11y ago|0 comments
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by azov 11y ago
Because version numbers can be handled automatically, descriptions can't. Say, you have app v.20150701 running in production. Today you deployed new version and it ran migration script against production DB. Two days later you discover
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by azov 11y ago
> Don’t use complex notations like “x.y.z” for the version number, just use a single integer. I prefer to use two integers: major & minor version, semver style. Minor version gets incremented if old code can still use new DB (e.g.
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$150K personal jetpack one can pre-order now, delivered by 2017(martinjetpack.com)
2 points by azov 11y ago|0 comments
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SpaceX successfully landed a rocket in the ocean(businessinsider.com)
6 points by azov 12y ago|1 comments
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Tweets predict heart disease(gigaom.com)
1 points by azov 12y ago|0 comments
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Google to close engineering office in Russia(reuters.com)
283 points by azov 12y ago|290 comments
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Sound of Philae touchdown(blogs.esa.int)
2 points by azov 12y ago|0 comments
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by azov 12y ago
If you want to create your own map tiles in advance and show them using JavaScript library - use TileMill [1] and Leaflet [2]. Both are excellent and very well documented. To create the whole map on the fly using JavaScript - try mapbox-gl.
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First-past-the-post voting(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by azov 12y ago|0 comments
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by azov 12y ago
> Someone with power, like an employer, could pressure people into handing over their votes. This is absolutely what's going to happen if such system is implemented. Appearing to delegate one way, but having their votes counted an
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MPAA and National Association of Theatre Owners Ban Google Glass(hollywoodreporter.com)
2 points by azov 12y ago|0 comments
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Amazon Fire TV Stick(amazon.com)
1 points by azov 12y ago|0 comments
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by azov 12y ago
I'm no fan of this particular interview question, but the article takes it too far. You can figure out tortoise-and-hare algorithm by reasoning (I'm pretty sure I did the first time I've seen the problem - although not in an
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Easybreath snorkeling mask(tribord.com)
1 points by azov 12y ago|0 comments
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Send Letters, Not Emails(slate.com)
3 points by azov 12y ago|0 comments
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AMZN is down 9%(google.com)
12 points by azov 12y ago|8 comments
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Vkontakte Founder Flees Russia(themoscowtimes.com)
218 points by azov 12y ago|102 comments
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by azov 13y ago
As an end-user I couldn't care less about CAs, their business models, and the way they handle revocations. All I care about is that if I see a lock icon in my address bar I can be sure that the page I'm looking at comes from whom
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Windows XP support ends on April 8, 2014 (microsoft.com)
3 points by azov 13y ago|0 comments
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Top human ping-pong player playing against industrial robot [video](youtube.com)
2 points by azov 13y ago|0 comments
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Domino's Uses Pizza-Smelling Thermal Ink on Rented DVDs [video](thedenveregotist.com)
101 points by azov 13y ago|32 comments
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Plotclock – a DIY clock that plots time(thingiverse.com)
2 points by azov 13y ago|0 comments

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