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by peeters 12y ago
UWaterloo is generally pretty receptive to 8 month coop terms. It's not too difficult to arrange. In programs with one stream however (SoftEng was one stream while I was there), it's more difficult because you essentially end up
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by peeters 12y ago
> Their support for the Nexus line of phones has been outstanding That hasn't been my experience, particularly with this issue: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=82949 Basically you h
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by peeters 12y ago
Ah, I'm with you. Thanks.
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by peeters 12y ago
Wait, I love learning new things about Java, but I feel in the dark here. What is your example demonstrating?
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by peeters 12y ago
True. One of them is a bridge method. Here's an example: class CovariantReturn extends CovariantReturnBase { public Integer produce() { return 5; } } class CovariantReturnBase { pu
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by peeters 12y ago
As far as not catching checked exceptions goes, this is actually possible in the Java language as well since the language allows throwing a generic type parameter. It's pretty difficult to do by accident though, and does at least give
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by peeters 12y ago
I'm both sorry and baffled you found my response rude. As for your question, I'm afraid I don't understand it whatsoever. What am I supposed to be choosing? What does your case have to do with the comment I was replying to
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by peeters 12y ago
First, I wasn't speaking about a general case, I was speaking about the case presented. Second, as of Java 8, the compiler knows whether a local variable is "effectively final". In the example given, f qualifies as effective
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by peeters 12y ago
Your example presents zero unsafety for the usage presented by eridal. The only reason it's considered unsafe is because the compiler isn't sophisticated enough to compare captures of wildcards, and in this case, might not be sop
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by peeters 12y ago
There isn't really a good reason. The compiler just isn't sophisticated enough to support it. You could always write a generic method to do it for you: static <T> void testFoo(Foo<T> f) { f.test(f); }
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by peeters 12y ago
Anyone know how fast the engine's gimbal is? The video makes it look like the gimbal lags significantly behind the angle of the rocket, so even when you're rotating one way, you end up burning more toward that angle as the engine
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by peeters 12y ago
I still don't understand the point of your comment then. Yes, the rocket's (potential) TWR will be above 1 at all points of the flight. What does that have to do with the comment you're replying to? The Falcon 9 has 9 engin
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by peeters 12y ago
The main point of an enumerated type is that it should be closed. You control all instances of the type, so that you and the compiler can benefit from the fact that it's closed. If the fact that enums are closed ever presents a pr
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by peeters 12y ago
Wouldn't the logical conclusion from that premise be that everyone who owns a BMW is in danger ? How do you go from BMW being compromised to everyone?
885.
by peeters 12y ago
It's a deterministic process, but it still has inputs. You'd have to know those inputs or test for every possible set of inputs to whatever blurring method was used.
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by peeters 12y ago
If that's the definition you're working off of, so be it. I mostly agree with you. I wasn't qualifying the fear as being "irrational".
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by peeters 12y ago
No. It depends on what the means are. In this case, "the means" are raising awareness to documented fact (that the NSA spies on its own citizens). If that causes fear, then so be it. It should cause fear, because it's scar
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by peeters 12y ago
I'm OK with a bit of fear mongering if it means that warrantless spying actually becomes an election issue. These tactics have been used to go to war and substantially reduce individual rights; at least this is a cause I can somewhat
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by peeters 12y ago
This makes me wonder about how legislators deal with merge conflicts. Since new laws are often written as "Act X of 1972 is amended as follows: ...", I wonder if there are ever cases where two laws are in the House at the same ti
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by peeters 12y ago
Everything you listed are good points using theoretical, book knowledge, but isn't the only "objective" way to evaluate the two posters to put them in front of a sample of the target audience and measure their reaction? What
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by peeters 12y ago
Cool tool! One thing I really hate about it (in an entirely exaggerated way) is how the stupid filters reset themselves every few seconds if you're in live mode.
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by peeters 12y ago
According to [1], it (cement) has been around ~70 megatonnes in each of those years, while the same site agrees with the article and puts China at around ~2 gigatonnes for each of those years. Usage in the U.S. took a nosedive in 2008, I as
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by peeters 12y ago
OP mentioned one of the other approaches..."Optional". An `Optional<String>` will be a non-null reference to either a present value, or an absent value. It's really just modelling null at a non-syntax level, and encou
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by peeters 12y ago
I think Canada is just a few years behind the States. Three years ago, Google Fiber didn't exist, and the same comparisons were being made between the U.S. and South Korea as are being made made between Canada and the U.S. today. I th
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by peeters 12y ago
As far as the noise factor goes, the type of Cherry MX switches you get makes a big difference. Blues have the most tactile feedback but are loud. But I use Browns at work and they have good feedback while not being much louder than a &quo
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by peeters 12y ago
I totally believe that the choice of layout can cause those symptoms. But for me, I get them in a CCW layout, despite being right-footed. I think it has more to do with disorientation because I'm simply used to a CW layout. That&#x2
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by peeters 12y ago
I'm skeptical of the grocery store claim. Do you have anything to support the claim that one layout is more common than the other (and that would further suggest it's for this reason)? If I think of all the grocery stores I'
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by peeters 12y ago
> That FAQ is meant to avoid getting answers that I don't need. 1) Answers on questions aren't just meant to serve you, they're meant to serve people that find the question later. It's incredibly important to note wh
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by peeters 12y ago
I'm sensing a bit of ignorance or at least unrelated aggression toward .NET and Java developers. I'd actually say that ignorance of SSH is more related to application vs server developers, and since Java is one of the most popula
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by peeters 12y ago
Probably because the analogy breaks down so fast. "And to prove he sent the package, he locks it with his key and then you use your copy of his lock to open it so that you know it's from him!" It's a useful analogy for o

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