jsharpe

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by jsharpe 17y ago
Intent matters. You won't get in trouble for exploiting buffer overflows while taking a computer security class, but you sure would if you used it against someone maliciously. (And, like it or not, intentionally crashing someone's browser i
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by jsharpe 17y ago
That doesn't work when the 'right' choice depends on user preference. The designer can't make a single right choice, because there isn't one in the vast majority of cases. I am reminded of Malcolm Gladwell's talk about tomato sauce. Some pe
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by jsharpe 17y ago
The message is not that you must finish all of your projects, but that you must decide whether you will finish them or not. If you decide to finish them, then just do it! If not, then store it away somewhere out of sight. If you want to go
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by jsharpe 17y ago
Only problem - that ain't C. ;)
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by jsharpe 17y ago
What about the tens of thousands of people at the game?
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by jsharpe 17y ago
needs to be smart enough so you can write: print "hello world" or whatever or n = 3 'n shit
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by jsharpe 17y ago
false & true as the results are how floating point is supposed to work. It's exact for small enough integers and inexact for decimals that are not powers of 2. I don't see the problem here.
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by jsharpe 17y ago
1 Gb/s, like 125 MB per second? Whoa.
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by jsharpe 17y ago
If he's added 200 friends in the last month and has a bunch of friends that he doesn't actually know (since by his own admission, he doesn't turn down any friend requests), then he's using Facebook incorrectly and it's no wonder he doesn't
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by jsharpe 17y ago
While copyright does last for 70 years, it doesn't seem all that useful to software developers. After all, if the idea behind a piece of software is not protected, it is a relatively simple matter to rewrite it (if given the idea). That sai
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by jsharpe 17y ago
I'd say less a "disorder" and more a point of view. The spread of false information hurts everybody.
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by jsharpe 17y ago
I think the propensity for geeks to prefer IM, Email and Texting has more to do with a lot of them being introverts and preferring to have time to consider their responses, than with a lack of social graces.