bmm6o

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811.
by bmm6o 16y ago
Totally agree. It's much harder to pick out the best subthreads of a large discussion. As topics are getting large numbers of comments more quickly now, this is exactly the wrong direction to move in.
812.
by bmm6o 16y ago
"But I need those emails to the other person to stop" The dot is a distraction in this case. He is passing out your email address, thinking it is his. When he does this, you get emails intended for him. This is not a technical problem, a
813.
by bmm6o 16y ago
Isn't this exactly what the article suggests doing? Time stamp + user id + comment count.
814.
by bmm6o 16y ago
The equality relation on the reals obeys reflexivity (as well as transitivity, etc). You're barking up the wrong tree. For a mathematical example, you'll need something much more exotic than R.
815.
by bmm6o 16y ago
In theory, it should be possible to enumerate your SQL queries ahead of time rather than ever generating one on the fly. In practice, that could be a huge pain of the O(2^n) variety, depending on the application type.
816.
by bmm6o 16y ago
Ok, so your example consists of switching between semantically equivalent queries in the application layer to compensate for weaknesses in the DBMS execution planner. I get that CPU time is a valuable resource and you don't want to open yo
817.
by bmm6o 16y ago
Unless I'm misunderstanding you, changing the table doesn't affect the shape of the parse tree. (and I'm not trying to be pedantic - I'm genuinely curious about this).
818.
by bmm6o 16y ago
I haven't heard of this before. Can you link to an example?
819.
by bmm6o 16y ago
A light bulb went off for me when I saw SQL injection attacks described as "subverting the structure of the query". The problem isn't sneaking bad data into your query, the problem is that the data injected into the string alters the parse
820.
by bmm6o 16y ago
The thread from last month is probably still relevant: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2171315
821.
by bmm6o 16y ago
It's possible, but you need your application to stand out in another way. Do well on the GRE's and get a strong recommendation from a prof. Then apply to multiple programs - all you need is for one of them to admit you.
822.
by bmm6o 16y ago
We're looking for interns. In addition to what's listed on our site, we're putting together an intern team to build an android app (starting from scratch, though it will be similar to an existing iPhone app). We can provide housing if you
823.
by bmm6o 16y ago
This is pretty vague. Can you point to specific instances where you have observed a problem?
824.
by bmm6o 16y ago
It appears to be gone. Anyone have a copy?
825.
by bmm6o 16y ago
Right. The size of the difference will depend on the implementation details (e.g. if it uses backtracking or not), but the form the GP proposes will never be slower. And arguably it better captures the intent of the RE.
826.
by bmm6o 16y ago
I immediately thought of "Microserfs", but you might be right about it being dated. Coupland also wrote "JPod", which was also about programmers. I would not recommend it (or any of his books since "Microserfs") at all.
827.
by bmm6o 16y ago
This isn't Yahoo answers. Please don't do this.
828.
by bmm6o 16y ago
It used to be 200, and was increased a few weeks ago (to 500, I think). I'm at 338 and can no longer downvote.
829.
by bmm6o 16y ago
There wasn't user revolt, but is Instant widely regarded as a success? I find it mildly annoying myself, but maybe I'm in the minority.
830.
by bmm6o 16y ago
Me too. Gmail is for people I trust, yahoo is for when I want the email but don't want the sender to have my "real" address (e.g. hotel/travel confirmations), and hotmail is for when I don't even want the email.
831.
by bmm6o 16y ago
Are you asking him to change the account name, or stop detecting dupes?
832.
by bmm6o 16y ago
It seems like you've started with an unusual premise (if a foreigner is otherwise indistinguishable from a citizen, he should be granted citizenship) and designed a test to implement it. Instead of focusing on the implementation, I think i
833.
by bmm6o 16y ago
> Both teaching my daughter and the volume license coincided I think this is the first time in the thread that it came out that you actually have a daughter and were actually considering teaching her with the software. In your first te
834.
by bmm6o 16y ago
It's the same phenomenon that you see in threads about hiring practices. People see what they think is an injustice ("This guy wouldn't hire me, but I'm good!" / "This guy wouldn't buy from me, but my product is good!") and react emotional
835.
by bmm6o 16y ago
Google says it's on this page: http://opencrack.hashkiller.com/20101120-19.html (which is blocked at work)
836.
by bmm6o 16y ago
> You must be a real hardcore hacker to enjoy it, though Why do you say this? I thought it was very accessible.
837.
by bmm6o 16y ago
This was posted yesterday: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1942400
838.
by bmm6o 16y ago
I wrote up something similar a while back: http://bmm6o.blogspot.com/2008/03/divisibility-testing-and-p... .
839.
by bmm6o 16y ago
In addition to what you say, it's also a matter of community. If the article is on some stranger's blog, I'm more likely to post here. If the article is on a site where I feel like I'm already part of the community (say, Metafilter, or JO
840.
by bmm6o 16y ago
First, you have to take any article that calls out a trend without providing any numbers with a grain of salt. Second, he seems to believe that this trend is global and not local. That is, that internet comments as a group are all becom

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