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by prawks 14y ago
It just seems like in a statically typed language, users should be more aware of nulls and handling them. Maybe I'm being naive, but it seems inherent in the paradigm that you shouldn't be playing as loosely with null and not null pointers.
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by prawks 14y ago
Right, but in the provided example what was null doesn't seem to matter. Only that there was a null reference.
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by prawks 14y ago
And even in this case, a method full of != null checks seems silly when you can just catch NullPointerExceptions and return the default, no? Also, Java is statically typed. If you need such dynamic capabilities, look elsewhere?
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by prawks 14y ago
I essentially did this for my senior capstone at university, and it worked pretty well for my purposes. Granted, I was working mainly in data visualizations. I'd propose that doing so is actually not too bad of a thing if you're a) not rapi
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by prawks 14y ago
As a CS major, I agree with your first statement, but wholly disagree with the latter. I thoroughly enjoyed my studies, even though they were rigorous. I majored in CS because I enjoyed it. It was plenty worth it at graduation when I could
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by prawks 14y ago
Ditto. My favorite class during my CS undergraduate aside from databases or probably autonoma was Sustainable Agriculture. I've purchased Michael Pollan's books for multiple people as a result, it's a very interesting field if you cut throu
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by prawks 14y ago
Agreed. College afforded me time to find out who I really was, what I enjoyed doing, and who I enjoyed doing it with. I envision myself making many, many mistakes in those departments had I not gone. The debt was completely worth it in my m
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by prawks 14y ago
Completely disagree with the OP's idea of putting this in a rear-view mirror. One benefit of a rear-view mirror is that things that are on the right side of the mirror are to the right of you, and vice versa. This mirror would break that, u
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by prawks 14y ago
Looks like it's been edited with your suggestion.
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by prawks 14y ago
PC gamers view settings this way (and so I'd agree with you, I'd love it), but I don't see the rest of the console players agreeing. The idea behind a console is that it should be plug-and-play because all of the hardware is uniform. Though
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by prawks 14y ago
Sorry but where are the chubby models? Maybe I misread, but it seems like this is an argument over many small models vs. using aspects. A chubby model would be one that implemented its own versions of multiple cross-cutting concerns, no?
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by prawks 14y ago
Programmer analyst at a Fortune 250, mainly prototyping and iterating on re-writes from legacy platforms to .NET. Sounds a little boring, but it's fun to consider design decisions that were made in the past and how to improve upon them. My
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by prawks 14y ago
Ah okay, thanks. I figured I was missing something obvious.
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by prawks 14y ago
Why is it that I always see this posted when talking about fixed banners? I've never had one break my page-down key? I know there's something I'm missing, what is it?
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by prawks 14y ago
I can't believe more people don't do this. It seems like such a no-brainer when I'm writing. Not only for others, but for myself as well.
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by prawks 14y ago
Agreed. I'm no rubyist, but it's not only much more readable, but functionally easier to manage in code. I can easily comment out one or more blocks or methods in the chain in this case if need be, for example. I'm surprised they advocate i
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by prawks 14y ago
You never know what it’ll look like until it’s on a phone Add to that "You'll never know how it performs until it's on a phone". Not sure if it's exactly a surprise, but if this is your first app it may not be glaringly obvious.
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by prawks 14y ago
> have them read every piece of official documentation they can find Ditto. Apple's documentation really is top-notch. Having a doc-guru handy is always a boon to productivity, at least in my experience.
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by prawks 14y ago
Nice interface, and I enjoy the tabs. My YMail account is still just crud for fantasy sports and spam, but it's a nice interface nonetheless. Much more responsive than I remember it being as well.
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by prawks 14y ago
This is how I interpreted it as well, but I'm not a lawyer, either.
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by prawks 14y ago
I think cross-device syncing is valuable functionality that I enjoy. Obviously this comes with a risk that if bad data is sent that is unhandle-able by my browser, it may cause a crash. The fact that syncing is elective and toggle-able is a
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by prawks 14y ago
Could you recommend any resources for educating yourself on how to '[look] left and right before crossing, and checking the economic fundamentals of your leveraged investments'? I'm not a home owner, but eventually I may be, and this topic
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by prawks 14y ago
Error 502 (Server Error)!!1 Is the 1 intentional?
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by prawks 14y ago
MIT is trying to crack the wicked problem of teaching literacy and other skills to 100 million or so first-grade-age kids in the developing world with no teachers or infrastructure. I guess it's relevant.
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by prawks 14y ago
The harsh reality is that such an attack does not require extensive computer skills. Earlier this year, The Washington Post reported on an overseas hacker who gained control of a small Texas water utility using Internet tools available to
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by prawks 14y ago
This has puzzled me as well, surely there must be a better reason than convenience to the operators? Though I guess more severe security naivetes have happened.
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by prawks 14y ago
I like to imagine that career development is sitting back and watching it grow. Maybe adding a shrub here or there. (I'm not an entrepreneur, just a software engineer.)
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by prawks 14y ago
I really like that Zune's 3% is bigger than eMusic's 3%. Great find, I honestly skipped it when I was reading through. Maybe the editor did the same.
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by prawks 14y ago
Thanks, couldn't figure out how to work their site to get that. You really have to go to a printer-friendly version, rather than there being a "View all" link?
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by prawks 14y ago
I definitely agree. As a recent graduate, I was constantly plagued with thoughts like that. "Did I choose the right company? Area?" etc. It all comes down to, as you've alluded to, having perspective. I set a goal early in my undergraduate

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