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by hcho 16y ago
Are you sure that the state of the code base is due to programmers ability? In most cases it is a result of starting out with incomplete or unknown set of requirements. Edit after edit, bug fix after bug fix the codebase becomes a mess.Most
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by hcho 16y ago
I doubt a single email would work. The content farm would actaully hold on the said article, hoping that the issue escalates to a public flame war and they get links from the blogosphere. Bad publicity is still publicity for those operation
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by hcho 16y ago
What's the damage in monetary terms? Is it worth spending your time and money to get the spun article taken down?
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by hcho 16y ago
Well you'll learn if typedef is supported pretty quickly, when you hit enter after your compile command. As for the malloc's and various memory allocators, learn malloc and free, the rest are convenience methods, which you can live without.
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by hcho 16y ago
If you know C++ in depth, you aleady know C at a professionally usable level, or at least get there with a couple of projects. C is a subset of C++ anyway. True, there are minor differences hera and there, but shouldn't really be deadly. I
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by hcho 16y ago
DDG has a widget for that: http://duckduckgo.com/karma.html
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by hcho 16y ago
You are right, but they are still useful if comparing two sites targeting the same demographic. Reddit vs Techcrunch is OK, so is Facebook vs Twitter. Reddit vs Twitter probably not so much.
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by hcho 16y ago
If the margin of error is somewhat consistent, the numbers are still good for comparison between two sites.
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by hcho 16y ago
Check skimlinks, they can pay you via PayPal, too.
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by hcho 16y ago
How about recommendations like "people who write like Bukowski enjoys Burgess"? Of course the author names are links to your affiliate program. BTW, the banner at the bottom of your site is taking ages to load.
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by hcho 16y ago
I am sure you have checked which processes consume the most CPU from taskbar. Is there anything suspicious going there?
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by hcho 16y ago
It is an algorithm, you could have patented it if it wasn't prior art. The more trivial your algorithm, the more the chances it's prior art.
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by hcho 16y ago
Programs may or may not be implemenations of algorithms. Not every program is an algorithm. I suspect in this day and age of frameworks, libraries and all, a big majority of code is void of any algorithmic work.
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by hcho 16y ago
The idea of using a computer program to sort integers is not patentable. A way to sort integers quicker is patentable. For a real lif example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T_258/03
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by hcho 16y ago
Let me replace the quatation marks for you: "schemes, rules and methods for performing mental acts, playing games or doing business," and programs for computers; This how the patent lawyers interpret this clause. Companies I worked for pays
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by hcho 16y ago
Algorithm: I found a quicker way of sorting integers.Patentable. Software: I wrote a program that sorts integers. Unpatentable.
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by hcho 16y ago
http://www.epo.org/topics/issues/computer-implemented-invent... What patentese means by inventive technical step is changes to or creation of algorithms.
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by hcho 16y ago
Algorithms can be(and is being)patented in the EU. It is the software you cannot patent.
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by hcho 16y ago
Do you have to have a logo? If you provide widgets and such, yes you do. Otherwise logos for websites are overrated. They are remnants of print publishing, where logo mattered to catch the eye of the consumer when he is picking magazines of
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by hcho 16y ago
Or develop a piece of software(a Firefox extension?) which will fix bad grammar and raise to fame among grammar nazis. Scratching your own itch versus learning to live with it.
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by hcho 16y ago
So that means we'll never get to know well educated upper classes accents as they'll have far fewer errors in their pronunciation. No?
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by hcho 16y ago
How is it more impractical than changing the tires?
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by hcho 16y ago
An alternative approach might be to give out a raffle ticket instead of .20c and put an iPad or something as a price. This might also make it a bit fun.
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by hcho 16y ago
The real fragmentation was in the UI level for a long while. Remember UIQ and S60? This led to half assed ownership of documentation and developer relations. Funny how business models have impacts on products.
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by hcho 16y ago
No. There are other pieces of software which you cannot humanely imagine how the users will interact with.But why the question?
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by hcho 16y ago
Bill of Materials is not equal to cost but it wouldn't be a Techcrunch headline otherwise.
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by hcho 16y ago
Only that batteries don't tend to obey Moore's law. All other being equal, a smaller battery means not only lower BOM but also more freedom in physical desings of the devices.Not everyone likes to have a device size of a brick. The UI offer
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by hcho 16y ago
The reason FIFA does not want video reffing is not keeping the spirit of the footbal or what so ever. FIFA (and UEFA for that matter) for that matter is a highly political organization which handles a lot of money with a somewhat obscure ag
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Bothsidesofthetable.com hacked? Or is my DNS playing up?
5 points by hcho 16y ago|4 comments
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by hcho 16y ago
Just another way keeping students entertained while teaching them something.

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