mjcohen

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by mjcohen 11y ago
And then writes the code, including tests to show that all the requirements are met.
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by mjcohen 11y ago
In these cases, as in many others, religion is the arsenic of the people.
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by mjcohen 11y ago
Because the tool may include more information than is needed or wanted. The tool may also not be able to detect (without being told) that some information should be included.
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by mjcohen 11y ago
Only if it gets paid like an employee.
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by mjcohen 11y ago
The rows after 1 3 3 1 are 1 4 6 4 1 and 1 5 10 10 5 1. Where does 1 5 8 5 1 come from?
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by mjcohen 11y ago
They ARE out to get you.
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by mjcohen 11y ago
So many programming languages are like magic: you have to know the name of something before you can control it.
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by mjcohen 11y ago
This was discussed in "Godel, Escher, Bach" in the form of trying to make a record player that can play any record.
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by mjcohen 11y ago
As always, why aren't these crooks in jail?
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by mjcohen 11y ago
I agree. I enjoyed using it when I worked at Northrop (formally TRW).
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by mjcohen 11y ago
That's one of the reasons Pascal failed.
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by mjcohen 11y ago
Clip zip only accepts up to 32GB.
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by mjcohen 11y ago
I have tried two different 128GB cards on my Note 3. The first one died after a few months, the second one is currently having problems. My next phone will have at least 128GB internal storage (iPhone or 6P).
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by mjcohen 11y ago
My iPod Classic has 160MB, but it seems to be getting worse. I'm torn between either getting a phone (iPhone or 6P) with 128GB or getting the new iPod Touch with 128GB and keeping my Note 3 (I have had consistent trouble with 128GB car
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by mjcohen 11y ago
The answer is "What does '(a, b)' mean?"
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by mjcohen 11y ago
Two relevant blasts from my past: "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs" by Wirth The Jackson Design Methodology, which essentially said that the structure of the data will produce the structure of the program.
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by mjcohen 11y ago
Can it emulate Amiga floppies?
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by mjcohen 11y ago
I think you meant "use", not "sue".
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by mjcohen 11y ago
By 3000, I doubt that anything resembling modern society will exist. Look at life in the 1800s or 1700s to see what things will be like, if we are lucky.
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by mjcohen 11y ago
I remember back when I was in high school (or maybe junior high), I went to print shop where we actually set type this way, proofed it, and printed it. I chose to set a poem called "The Modern Hiawatha". At the time, this amused
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by mjcohen 11y ago
Where is that book? I would like to read it.
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by mjcohen 11y ago
I think you mean Bettersnaptool.
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by mjcohen 11y ago
Boston is strangled in many ways. Miraculously, they evaded the Olympics.
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by mjcohen 11y ago
I got a refurbished HP Stream 11 for $120 (Groupon) and spent 3 hours upgrading to Windows 10. I then installed Chrome and LibreOffice. It works fine, but, with all these privacy invasions, I see no reason to use it. My Acer C720 Chromebook
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by mjcohen 11y ago
Maybe, from the stuff in the back that is way past its use-by date.
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by mjcohen 11y ago
That's a picture. Where's the paper?
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by mjcohen 11y ago
This course will be yesterday.
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by mjcohen 11y ago
Until our civilization collapses. Then it will get better for all except humanity.
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by mjcohen 11y ago
This is extremely common in mathematics: To do something in domain A, convert to domain B, do it there, and convert back to domain A. Example: a*b = exp(log(a)+log(b)). There are many diagrams in math fields that show exactly this.
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by mjcohen 11y ago
I want to play "Marble Madness" and "Hole-in-one Miniature Golf".

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