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by eurleif 11y ago
>Other languages that have a GIL (and the same restriction) are Javascript (including Node.js) Not quite true; JS just doesn't support threads at all. It's asynchronous and single-threaded. In node.js's case, an event loop
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by eurleif 11y ago
>You can't have an "epidemic" from drinking raw milk, since it's not a contagious disease. Is that really a requirement? Wikipedia says "infectious disease", and, for example, here's a study that refers
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by eurleif 11y ago
I registered http://bad.shoes/ (warning: sound) a few months ago. :)
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by eurleif 11y ago
If "looking at the properties of the language they are written in" counts as "metaphysics", then sure, I guess we have to employ metaphysics. So what?
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by eurleif 11y ago
How about this for an intrinsic difference: one language is capable of performing arbitrary computations (it's Turing complete), and the other is not?
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by eurleif 11y ago
<canvas> doesn't do anything by itself; you draw on it using JavaScript. Someone could argue that because JS can be embedded in HTML, it's really a part of HTML, which makes HTML a programming language; but the HTML standard
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by eurleif 11y ago
This article does not mention the phrase "Turing completeness" once. The core of its argument is just a half-assed comparison between HTML and machine language, because neither has explicit control structures, and HTML links are k
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by eurleif 11y ago
I don't think it's really the same. The cookie stuffing case was about generating affiliate revenue from people who never actually clicked on a link to eBay. This is just about making non-affiliate Amazon links into affiliate link
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by eurleif 11y ago
That's not, necessarily, what egalitarianism means. But regardless of words, why do you think a world where equal rights actually exist (or have more actual existence) isn't better one where the idea of equal rights is merely kn
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by eurleif 11y ago
Your claim was that western civilization peaked in ~1776. Peaking implies it hasn't improved since then. But those egalitarian values are significantly more well-applied today than they were then. Isn't a world where egalitarian
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by eurleif 11y ago
You're in a thread about how PHP's type coercion can easily cause a serious vulnerability. So, the title of this thread is your second example. If you want a third example, find it yourself.
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by eurleif 11y ago
PHP: var_export(0 == "hello"); // true JavaScript: console.log(0 == "hello"); // false
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by eurleif 11y ago
Not only did it enable Boot Camp, it also enabled third party Windows VMs like Parallels and Virtual box, and third party Windows API reimplementations (namely Wine)
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by eurleif 11y ago
So, the music industry most likely now has all the information about everyone who used GrooveShark. What are the chances they start suing uploaders, or even just heavy users?
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by eurleif 12y ago
What about Redis Cluster?
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by eurleif 12y ago
>But typeless languages are just maintenance nightmares that just get worse as time moves on. They are also inherently incompatible with any system which does use types (which is most), like databases, XML, libraries, OS APIs, and so on.
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by eurleif 12y ago
I'm so at peace with being mortal, I've stopped eating food. Why would I want to put effort into staying alive longer when I'm mortal anyway?
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by eurleif 12y ago
>Do you think human milk is dangerous too? For adults? I'm not positive that it is, but I certainly wouldn't be surprised if it were. Adults aren't babies.
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by eurleif 12y ago
Uh, are you implying the C++ standards committee moves quickly?
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by eurleif 12y ago
Isn't Thunderbolt just externalized PCI Express?
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by eurleif 12y ago
>With UV, that mechanism is the production of vitamin D in the body, a lack of which causes a wide variety of health issues and may have a link to the development of cancer. I imagine that vitamin D production and DNA damage are separate
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by eurleif 12y ago
>As an independent contractor you are responsible for 100% of your FICA tax (social security and medicare tax). You can deduct half of the self-employment tax from the gross income on your income tax. So, for example, if your income tax
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by eurleif 12y ago
>If you wait until the end of the year and pay as one lump sum you'll likely be penalized. In general, you don't have to pay estimated quarterly taxes in your first year of earning self-employment income. And after you file tax
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by eurleif 12y ago
>You're confusing theoretical math vs. applied math. Google doesn't benefit from algebraic topology. Not yet, maybe. But it does benefit from number theory, which was considered to have no practical applications until people re
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by eurleif 12y ago
>Philip's claim was that men tend to make decisions based on testosterone-fueled machismo, and go into areas considered "hard-core" like theoretical math, which rationally, are a waste of time and make no sense to study. I
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by eurleif 12y ago
http://lesswrong.com/lw/ph/can_you_prove_two_particles_are_i...
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by eurleif 12y ago
Well, there are separate numbers for "perfect use" versus "typical use". Presumably, perfect use is independent of the person using it.
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by eurleif 12y ago
>she's legally required to both keep a low profile on the internet Just curious, but why is she legally required to do that? I understand why she would as a safety precaution, of course.
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by eurleif 12y ago
>I'm not sure about "likely" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exce...
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by eurleif 12y ago
And as far as I can tell, it wasn't that what he said was constitutionally protected. It's that the statute he was charged under was unconstitutionally broad, because it prohibited "abusive language" in general. A more s

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