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by betterunix 14y ago
We have always had a solution to this problem: patents on math are not allowed. Now we just need the patent office to stop giving credence to the "well it's not a patent on math because it also says 'on a computer!'" lie, and this problem
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by betterunix 14y ago
Minors are more easily indoctrinated into accepting that sort of thing. Employers who do this are being just as antisocial and psychopathic as this school district; the difference is that adults are mature enough to say, "This is not right
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by betterunix 14y ago
I would compare a website to an answering machine; it is a lot closer to what is happening. I dial your number, I get your answering machine, and now I can interact with that answering machine. Same with a website -- I direct my browser t
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by betterunix 14y ago
Actually, most people will never see the judge or be at his mercy. Most people accept the plea bargain they are offered. We literally do not have enough judges for every arrested person to exercise their right to a trial.
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by betterunix 14y ago
Sure, it is hard to write a C++ compiler. Yet neither the C++98 standard nor TR1 fixed the template/right problem, despite it being a major source of headaches among C++ programmers, because compiler writers complained about the complexity
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by betterunix 14y ago
C++11 introduces new problems. Programmers are expected to know how a lexical closure should capture variables from the enclosing scope -- should it be by reference, or by value? Programmers are also expected to know that when they captur
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by betterunix 14y ago
C++ "smart" pointers do not free you from thinking about memory management; the fact that you are expected to choose between shared_ptr and weak_ptr should be enough to tell you that. Unlike languages with a garbage collector, C++ requires
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by betterunix 14y ago
How about Lisp? I know, I know, it's a religion and all that, but let's put it this way: you can get high-performance Lisp code, there are Lisp compilers that allow you to do things at the machine level (SBCL, for example, has support for
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by betterunix 14y ago
Actually, C++ is bad by definition. The C++ standard has some serious deficiencies that make it harder to write reliable code (and forget maintenance). Part of the problem is that the C++ standard is written with compiler writers in mind,
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by betterunix 14y ago
Well, let's put it this way: former senator Chris Dodd, speaking as the chief of the MPAA, basically said that Hollywood expects to see certain policies enacted in exchange for all the money they donate to politicians (he was referring to
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by betterunix 14y ago
That is because prior to the widespread availability of the Internet and of PCs, only a tiny minority of people were ever expected to think about copyrights. Nobody was being sued for copying pages from a book using their pen. Supposedly,
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by betterunix 14y ago
The only thing that matters when it comes to copyrights is what benefits society. It is not a matter of being rude or not being rude, it is not a matter of morality, it is not a matter of the creator's wishes, it is a matter of ensuring th
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by betterunix 14y ago
Looks like memorization to me. Looks like the questions are formulaic, and that students are expected to memorize both the formulas needed to answer the questions and the formula that the question itself follows. Sure, a student who actua