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by epo 14y ago
Long variable names are a crutch espoused by those of mediocre ability. Variable names should be explanatory to those who could be expected to comprehend the code, length has nothing to do with it. The domain of this code is physics, if you
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by epo 14y ago
Regrettably the only "safe" place is the location where any mine actually exploded, couple of feet away, not so much. The haphazard nature of the exploration is the big issue and using this would most likely give people a false sense of sec
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by epo 14y ago
It is not clear whether she is genuinely techno-challenged or was playing devil's advocate to see if these 'experts' could explain things in ordinary language. I hope the latter, I suspect the former.
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by epo 14y ago
You are correct, it just the whiny entitletard fandroids who have imagined an apology was forthcoming. They are as wrong about this as they are in their fantasy that Samsung does not steal product designs wholesale from Apple.
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by epo 14y ago
But this is a very classy piece of copywriting.
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by epo 14y ago
I read this imagining Woody Allen reading it out, excellent.
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by epo 14y ago
Oh do pay attention, Apple were not asked to apologise.
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by epo 14y ago
If you are going to get snotty about spelling (you are wrong by the way, "judgement" is acceptable in the UK, a less common spelling than "judgment" certainly but not incorrect), then it is best not to end with a spelling mistake of your ow
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by epo 14y ago
"But I didn't make a massive blog post that implied I could beat craps ..." He implied nothing of the sort, the headline is a good summary of the post. You are annoyed that the post is not what YOU thought it should have been, learn to read
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by epo 14y ago
In the UK, lottery winnings are tax-free and paid in a lump sum. It may be the same in Australia.
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by epo 14y ago
Do you have any grounds for this disbelief or do you just a go around changing the subject to make unsubstantiated assertions? FD's customer service (the subject of the parent comment) is beyond excellent, they set the standard to which all
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by epo 14y ago
They seem to be laying off staff as a cost cutting exercise, the ones that are left mean well but are swamped.
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by epo 14y ago
Absolutely, a non-story. But will no doubt be leapt upon by fandroids and Apple haters as an example of Apple's corporate fascism. Apple's store, Apple's rules.
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by epo 14y ago
Not nonsense at all. Anti-English racism is rife in Scotland, all too vocal, all too public, except of course when they're asking for English handouts.
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by epo 14y ago
20:24 UK time, Firefox updated to 16.0.1
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by epo 14y ago
People are being very selective in what they are responding to. The final words are "But large scale, high stress coding? I may have to admit that's a young man's game." High stress coding is what companies can get away with when they hire
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by epo 14y ago
Empty cliches from a vacuous internet windbag, it's easy to spout lots of superficial statements without providing any supporting evidence that you have any clue what you are talking about (which you don't seem to). Clearly you are fooled i
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by epo 14y ago
Growing body of research? Most, if not all, of this stuff was determined decades ago, circadian rhythms are far from a new idea. This is a lazy rehash of some of the more respectable findings from the scientific end of 60s/70s new-ageism.
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by epo 14y ago
So you started out wanting to hate Apple, looked for evidence to back up your prejudice and were successful.
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by epo 14y ago
An Apple decision? Where is your evidence? I have eaxctly as much evidence that it was a Google decision.
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by epo 14y ago
Well, it's a pretty high profile problem, which it is.
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by epo 14y ago
It takes 2 to tango, Apple would not have done this without a gun at their heads. iOS maps were clearly behind the state of the art and it was, for some reason, impossible to modernise them. The gossip is that Google requested unacceptable
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by epo 14y ago
See my link for DbVisualizer.
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by epo 14y ago
DbVisualizer ( http://www.dbvis.com/ ) is an excellent cross-platform, multi-product GUI tool. Doesn't have many design tools (well not any really, but neither does PgAdmin). Java-based and not free, which gives freeloaders and snobs someth
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by epo 14y ago
Nonsense. For one, that word "gentleman" doesn't mean what you seem to think it means. His PR people have briefed Schmidt on making Delphic pronouncements which mean all things to all people. Who knows what "keeping ours" involved, perhaps
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by epo 14y ago
Really? I'd have thought Google wants iOS users to use Android.
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by epo 14y ago
I'd guess embarrassing Apple counts for more than advertising revenue at the moment. Also a Google maps app with adverts is going to make the (inevitable) improved ad-free Apple maps app look better and better.
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by epo 14y ago
Why would Google help Apple out? Lack of decent iOS maps doesn't disadvantage Google or Android in any way.
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by epo 14y ago
Youthful enthusiasms subside, tastes evolve, you mature. Programming is cool as an unpressured activity, less so with bosses and customers demanding results. Do something else, you may not come back to it.
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by epo 14y ago
What's your point? You can save time by simply not reading, and by so doing you remain uninformed. However a poor or slanted 'synopsis' usually serves to misinform which, to my mind, is a disservice.

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