prof_hobart

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by prof_hobart 15y ago
Ah. I'm British, so I'm not really aware of there being a difference (at least one of my "talking my way out of trouble" incidents happened when I was working in Texas though - but it wasn't a federal agent).
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by prof_hobart 15y ago
I wouldn't think so. How many people have ever died at airshows compared to how many go to them? It may look dangerous, but (except for very rare exceptions) it's just a fun day out.
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by prof_hobart 15y ago
>There are no downsides when you decline to talk, Whilst I understand the principle, I'm not sure I 100% agree with this statement. I've been in a few situations in the past - demos/football matches etc - where declining to talk would q
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by prof_hobart 15y ago
I don't think it's just a Java thing. It's entirely possible to do this in pretty much any language. For one thing, I saw this kind of approach quite regularly from some programmers many years before Java even existed. Also,I'm currently te
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by prof_hobart 15y ago
I would offer a suggestion, but I just had another go on the Wikipedia version and I honestly don't have a clue what it's telling me. I think I get what non-deterministic means, but then I'm totally flummoxed as to what that has to do with
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by prof_hobart 15y ago
"Another example is if you write a book for a nice market, totaling 20,000 potential readers. And you predict that for the price of $9.99 you will reach 35% of that audience." If you're able to reach 35% of your total possible audience at $
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by prof_hobart 15y ago
As someone who has an interest in this kind of thing, but very little in the way of formal education on it (my last formal maths education was my 'A' levels around 25 years ago), I'm possibly the exact target audience for this article. Give
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by prof_hobart 15y ago
Unlike commenting on this forum of course. And I notice that your lack of knowledge of the subject didn't stop you commenting on it.
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by prof_hobart 15y ago
And you still think that violent racist football fans all hide behind anonymous names on the internet? How sweet.
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by prof_hobart 15y ago
The racists don't post anonymously. Pretty much everyone knows exactly who they are, and the kinds of violence they have been happy to carry out in the past. As for reporting them to the police - several of them are well known to the police
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by prof_hobart 15y ago
I really don't get this "don't say it online unless you'd be prepared to say it to their face". Does this mean that I shouldn't be prepared to express opinions unless I'm prepared to defend myself physically for holding those opinions? As I
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by prof_hobart 15y ago
When I want to say something anonymously, it's usually because there are people who disagree with my opinion who I'd rather not reveal my identity to. For instance, I argue regularly against violent racists on certain football forums. I've