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by sbov 16y ago
>If everyone adopted the free software maxim of not using proprietary software, it would be inevitable that society would become extremely computer literate, and/or we would develop a way of compensating people for working on free softw
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by sbov 16y ago
Just to add onto this: a company I worked for was a somewhat heavy user of a 3rd party api, and they integrated our key use cases into their test scenarios in order to avoid breakage. Depending upon what percentage of Java developers use ec
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by sbov 16y ago
This article seems to focus on fairly heavy weight threads, but what about green threads? It seems like green threads with proper nonblocking libraries could behave performance-wise just like evented servers.
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by sbov 16y ago
My title is technically "software developer", so I just use that. Most jobs nowadays seem to use "software engineer" instead. I generally am not a fan of software engineer, because most software seems to involve a much higher level of tria
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by sbov 16y ago
I don't agree with a wealth cap, but: How do you define productivity, the one who makes the most money? Theres also this mentality that pretty much anything goes in businesses, which I find a bit interesting. Hence the phrase: it's not per
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by sbov 16y ago
So building MRI machines, x-ray machines, defibrillators, seat belts, and airbags isn't factory work because they save lives?
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by sbov 16y ago
The more this happens the more the UN will argue that the role of ICANN should be in their hands. Meanwhile the US government will continue to shoot itself in the foot for stupid reasons.
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by sbov 16y ago
That would be NOSQL, not NoSQL
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by sbov 16y ago
Last I heard the model S was going to start at 49k. That definitely is in the luxury car price range, and not competition with toyota/nissan/etc.
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by sbov 16y ago
Your local cornershop does more business selling milk, cereal and cans than many non-internet non-startups. So I'm not sure how meaningful your point is.
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by sbov 16y ago
I find that I spend much less time programming than I did in my early 20's. For work I do 8-10 hours 5 days a week doing programming/server admin/researching. Depending on burnout, I work on personal projects 0-5 hours on Saturday and Sunda
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by sbov 16y ago
I'm willing to forgive the creators of Python if they didn't optimize their syntax for copying-and-pasting code. Hotfixing is a naturally perilous process regardless of language. I've spent hours tracking down untested hotfixes in Java. Yo
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by sbov 16y ago
Even though its called weight loss, most people I know want to lose fat, not lose weight. If you skip exercise altogether you'll go from being large fat, to average fat, and finally to skinny fat.
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by sbov 16y ago
Not exactly. By 1990 Y2K was an inevitability. However, the Maserati may never come.
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by sbov 16y ago
It will also have problems because the real problem with health care costs is what hospitals charge. Health care is expensive because hospitals rip you off. They can do this because most people don't even consider the costs and will pay w
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by sbov 16y ago
Some of these patents were assigned in the mid-90's. Where has Microsoft been all this time? Patents should have an "enforce it or lose it" clause. Some of these may have been novel at the time of filing. However, after some time of bein
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by sbov 17y ago
It probably depends on the revenue model. If you charge the same amount for your game on Linux as Windows, then the fact that Linux users donate more cash is meaningless to you. On top of this, I would bet that they have so many Linux cont
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by sbov 17y ago
The way facebook is going about this is absolutely the wrong angle. I understand its their platform, and they can do what they want, but they should live and die like any other payment system. Zynga should choose them because even with the
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by sbov 17y ago
I usually only write tests for more complex pieces of code. For simple code, tests look too much like a violation of DRY for my taste. I do realize that 'simple' can be subjective though.
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by sbov 17y ago
Not all online credit card processors require a CVS code. I don't know if you can try enough different expiration dates before it gets shutdown for fraud.
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by sbov 17y ago
I submitted no data and it still said I failed the test?
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by sbov 17y ago
I'd rather have my application fail clearly and obviously than have it start to mysteriously run 30 times slower. At least in Java on the server side, most checked exceptions I run across fall under this umbrella. If they happen, something