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by revscat 13y ago
My apologies: I just wrote a basic HelloWorld.java and a build.xml to go with it, and it looks like it doesn't recompile the class unless there is a change to the source .java file. So I was mistaken about that. Wonder what Gradle&#x27
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by revscat 13y ago
Ant is a Turing-complete language in XML. That is horrifying. It is bloated, difficult to read, tends towards duplication. It also doesn't do dependency management all that well, doesn't cache build results (so it does a complete
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by revscat 13y ago
I have Aereo because I cannot get a clear broadcast signal.
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by revscat 13y ago
Full transcript available here: http://billmoyers.com/wp-content/themes/billmoyers/transcrip...
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by revscat 13y ago
It says that it takes Java byte code and translates it to native ARM or x86 code. Since Closure is a JVM language, then yes, it would be possible to do so. I'm worried Scala would get implemented first, though. :)
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by revscat 13y ago
My grandfather once told me "only idiots and insurance agents make predictions." That said, this is exactly why I believe the Comcast-Time Warner merger is going to go through. The money in online spending is too great for it not
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by revscat 13y ago
Usually, yes. What is the wrong reason you are speaking of? None was given in the article itself.
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by revscat 13y ago
I believe that monitoring internal components is exactly why temperature sensors are useful: the device can shut itself off it it becomes too hot. This can happen if the it has been left on the dashboard of a car during the summer, for exam
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by revscat 13y ago
It's not "tin foil hat", it is circumspection based on public reports about what the NSA, etc., does. But I am with you. There is shit we used to do in the 80's that I would never even dream about doing today.
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by revscat 13y ago
> However, an even cooler move would be to make LLVM IR the official binary representation of OS X, and compile it as part of the install step of a new program. I've wondered the same thing. In this respect the IR is analogous to Ja
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by revscat 13y ago
http://www.righto.com/2013/11/how-hacker-news-ranking-really...
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by revscat 13y ago
Kim Dotcom would like a word.
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by revscat 13y ago
cmd + space defaults to Spotlight.
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by revscat 13y ago
Or powerless. There seems to exist a large, perhaps even predominant, section of the government that exists outside of the control of the democratic process. The de jure objection to this is that the Administration can fire and hire at will
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by revscat 13y ago
Because lies are detrimental. Ideally, we would be able to outlaw lies in public discourse, and humanity would be better off for it. Practically, of course, it is nigh impossible. The Bush administration told lies to go to war. If they knew
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by revscat 13y ago
The same argument could be made if you replaced the call to verify(...) with a when(...). The point is that mocking frameworks tightly couple the test code to the current implementation. That has downsides.
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by revscat 13y ago
> It does introduce a dependency that has to be changed along with the code, but is often helpful. And that's the rub. Mocks are useful. They help you write tests that are more robust, without having to resort to massive and compl
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by revscat 13y ago
> From a recent tweet by Bill Wake: ”It’s ironic – the more powerful the mocking framework, the less pressure you feel to improve your design.” This is exactly my sentiment. I would go even further, though, and say that "the more po
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by revscat 13y ago
I'm back in Java-land these days, which is culturally very pro-unit testing. After getting exposed to it again for a few months again I've come to side with the author here. I've never really been comfortable with the amount
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by revscat 13y ago
But does nothing to address the original dishonesty on the part of the moderators. Your line of reasoning is similar to the jingoistic "USA! Love it or leave it!" style reasoning. Rather than abandonment, another remedy is to actu
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by revscat 13y ago
Because it makes customers happy, and thus more likely to purchase from you again in future. Long term vs. short term.
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How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate Opinion(firstlook.org)
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by revscat 13y ago
Regulations which, I believe, have largely been repealed.
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by revscat 13y ago
> People pay for things because they want them, because it makes their lives better. More often than not, people pay for things because they must. Food is not optional, nor is clothing, shelter, or health care. For the majority of Americ
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Millennials’ bold new business plan: Corporations with a conscience(salon.com)
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by revscat 13y ago
It would be a dumb idea to take your device to a revolution in the first place.
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by revscat 13y ago
And, in turn, the executive branch's job is to enforce the law. Could the current administration do more to scale back the War on Drugs? Possibly. Probably, even. But they are taking some measures, however small. E.g.: [1] [1] http:&#
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by revscat 13y ago
I, too, see stories on HN that are passing on information that I was already aware of. Instead of commenting on their obviousness, though, I just move on to the next story and let those who did not previously know enjoy their new found know
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by revscat 13y ago
And that is the cost to living in a free society: occasionally you have to deal with violent assholes. Again, I'd rather live in a society where the innocent are free and unmonitored than one which the NSA, etc., reign supreme. Counter
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by revscat 13y ago
Then so be it. Plenty of criminals have been caught using traditional detective work. No issues, here. Many FEWER criminals have been caught using blanket surveillance, and the cost to democracy is high. I'd rather have the occasional

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