khyryk

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by khyryk 13y ago
How am I being fatuous? It is obviously false that there is any sort of guarantee that errors have to be dealt with if the compiler allows some indeterminate number of functions (unless there's a list somewhere) to be exceptions to the
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by khyryk 13y ago
The point is that I can't immediately tell which errors will be mysteriously ignored. This, together with the existence of panics, undermines the stance that one can tell exactly what a certain piece of Go code will do just by looking
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by khyryk 13y ago
a isn't necessarily the case. Consider fmt.Println: func Println(a ...interface{}) (n int, err error) I've never seen any code that handled err -- I don't mean ignoring it with _, I mean not even acknowledging its existence -
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by khyryk 13y ago
I suspect it's Ruby (dynamic typing, syntactic flexibility, etc.) rather than OOP itself that's the root of the issue when it comes to tracing logic backwards.
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by khyryk 13y ago
Computer science seems like the dominant choice for me when faced with a decision mostly based on ignorance, in the terminology of decision theory. (It's at least as good as any other option and is better in at least some areas.) I enj
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by khyryk 13y ago
I know "meaning" and I know "life," but I don't know what "meaning of life" is.
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by khyryk 13y ago
How much do you currently work?
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by khyryk 13y ago
If it's stated that the position is a Java position, then you would reasonably expect the people applying to know how to throw an exception. Computer science has nothing to do with it.
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by khyryk 13y ago
I don't believe in such a thing as purpose unless one uses it as a substitute for some state of mind.
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by khyryk 13y ago
Go is interesting and I use it from time to time, but I'd hesitate to call it excellent without runtime constants and generics. Also, the "and not used" errors can get annoying.
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by khyryk 13y ago
Something like this? http://play.golang.org/p/6nvdLWOi5D
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by khyryk 13y ago
You can middle-click to open additional instances of applications. I think it takes longer to find something when one has completely forgotten its name and description, but this isn't a problem 99% of the time, at least for me. Ubuntu
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by khyryk 13y ago
Sorry, I don't think I'm going to be afforded the same courtesy if I start ranting about how all Valley girls are sluts because of my few experiences, for instance, even if it happens to be my genuine expression of emotion. Hoping that ever
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by khyryk 13y ago
> And then suppose you encounter a woman who tells you that because of the insults she has received from guys in the skeptic community, she has decided that the skeptic movement is fundamentally sexist . (Emphasis mine.) And later: &#6
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by khyryk 13y ago
Favoring privacy at the expense of hypothetical benefit is a conscious decision and is a matter of principle. For instance, the freedom to kick down doors in the middle of the night without warrants and drag people out of the building would
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by khyryk 14y ago
One could first try installing Advanced Settings from the Ubuntu Software Center and playing around with the GTK+ theme and the icon theme.
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by khyryk 14y ago
http://i.imgur.com/0PPF7Ws.png
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by khyryk 14y ago
Python has a decimal module, so this is not exclusive to statically typed languages. http://docs.python.org/2/library/decimal.html
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by khyryk 14y ago
> And in the meantime, try a bit harder to enjoy your time at university. Forty-year-old you will probably look back at it as one of the best parts of your life. That's a very depressing thought for a large number of people.
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by khyryk 14y ago
How good of a display are you expecting? With the exception of some IPS options and the 15" TN panels, ThinkPad displays are often average to below-average. If you have an external monitor you'll be using for your graphic design, then this
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by khyryk 14y ago
I recommend this book: http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Elementary-Approach-Ideas-... > Covering everything from natural numbers and the number system to geometrical constructions and projective geometry, from topology and calculus t
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by khyryk 14y ago
I don't think it's just you. Hopefully enough people get sick of the "Required: 5 years of experience in every programming language created in the last 20 years" bullshit sooner rather than later.
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by khyryk 14y ago
What's missing is the admission that many people find out which job(s) they love once they've lived most of their lives and have attained a different perspective of what's important.
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by khyryk 14y ago
Eclipse worked just fine in Ubuntu for me, although it's by no means my primary IDE.
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by khyryk 14y ago
Which sort of graphical notifications are you looking for with IRC? XChat, for instance, has default options for system tray notifications when your name is mentioned, when you get a private message, when there's a new message in the channe
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by khyryk 14y ago
I think there are various ways to approach this. One could argue that, for instance, watching TV for 6 hours per day does not enrich a particular person's life, no matter how convinced they may be that it does. Your second sentence is a typ
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by khyryk 14y ago
>As a result, cash back tends to be slightly less lucrative than points, just because they're able to charge an implicit 'premium' for this kind of security. What's the premium? The annual fee? I've read through the comment several time
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by khyryk 14y ago
I'm still curious as to how points are superior to cash back provided by, say the Blue Cash Preferred.
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by khyryk 14y ago
What do you mean by "the correct Amex cards to have"?
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by khyryk 14y ago
Also optimized for self-promotion, which is targeted at a certain minority that I am and probably will never be a part of, such as employers.

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