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   A small British firm shows that software bugs aren't inevitable (2005)(spectrum.ieee.org)

   55 points by cjg 11y ago|60 comments
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   A small British firm shows that software bugs aren't inevitable (2005)(spectrum.ieee.org)

   2 points by cjg 11y ago|0 comments
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   Reading all the small print on the Internet for a week(theguardian.com)

   48 points by cjg 11y ago|12 comments
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   by cjg 11y ago

   TL;DW: A report about testing eight different databases on a range of OSes and filesystems (including journaling filesystems) under a power failure condition and examined whether they were capable of recovering correctly. All eight had prob
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   How to grow up(psychologytoday.com)

   2 points by cjg 11y ago|0 comments
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   Subtyping in Rust(doc.rust-lang.org)

   3 points by cjg 11y ago|0 comments
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   by cjg 11y ago

   I've generally found UML to be a complete waste of time. I'd rather outline the major components of a system by drawing (on real paper) simple boxes and lines, or write the code that implements the system. Not sure what code-as-pi
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   New origami technique makes paper much stronger(rt.com)

   1 points by cjg 11y ago|0 comments
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   The anaemic domain model is a SOLID design(blog.inf.ed.ac.uk)

   2 points by cjg 11y ago|0 comments
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    Topographic prominence(en.wikipedia.org)

    1 points by cjg 11y ago|0 comments
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    by cjg 11y ago

    This is why I tend to buy 14" laptops. 15" is too big to fit in train and airplane seats comfortably, but 13" is too small to get lots of work done. However, I guess that rules out a MacBook Pro - oh well.
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    by cjg 11y ago

    Not according to wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_castle "A motte-and-bailey castle was made up of two structures, a motte, a type of mound–often artificial–topped with a wooden or stone s
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    by cjg 11y ago

    It may well do. HMRC has guidelines about how long you have to work at a customer site before it is considered to be a fixed site like this. They have to do this because it informs tax decisions about travel expense claims. I think the guid
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    by cjg 11y ago

    Anti-money laundering regulation was my first guess as to why, but it doesn't really fit because companies are not allowed to do anything to warn customers that they are under investigation. Cancelling their account could certainly tip
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    by cjg 11y ago

    No, because if you have the ability to create the hash on the machine then you have the ability to create a hash for a manipulated version. The blockchain gets round this with consensus.
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    General Motors says it owns your car's software(autoblog.com)

    1 points by cjg 11y ago|1 comments
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    Refactoring with Loops and Collection Pipelines(martinfowler.com)

    1 points by cjg 11y ago|0 comments
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    Zip bomb(en.wikipedia.org)

    2 points by cjg 11y ago|0 comments
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    by cjg 11y ago

    Much spam filtering uses Bayes' theorem and it has been this way for a very long time. Your lack of SPF records must massively increase the chance that your emails are spam. If you are still getting some emails through, they must have
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    Finish your stuff(250bpm.com)

    406 points by cjg 11y ago|173 comments
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    Braid is undecidable (2014) [pdf](arxiv.org)

    136 points by cjg 11y ago|30 comments
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    Help Humanitarian Efforts in Nepal: Start Mapping(citylab.com)

    13 points by cjg 11y ago|0 comments
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    Send Bitmessages from a browser(bitmsg.me)

    1 points by cjg 11y ago|0 comments
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    by cjg 12y ago

    I want to know why the viruses haven't evolved to include Chi sites in their DNA. My initial thought is perhaps a downwards pressure on the maximum length of the viral DNA, or perhaps Chi sites stop the DNA packaging properly.
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    TDD – takes more time, results in fewer bugs [pdf](research.microsoft.com)

    3 points by cjg 12y ago|0 comments
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    by cjg 12y ago

    When do we upgrade from IPv6?
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    Women’s curves shape-shifting(economist.com)

    1 points by cjg 12y ago|0 comments
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    by cjg 12y ago

    The pursuit of the "best" is the problem. How about "adequate"?
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    by cjg 12y ago

    "Oh, no, I must have put Denmark by mistake."
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    Spelling metre or meter [pdf](metricationmatters.com)

    1 points by cjg 12y ago|0 comments