sgift

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2011.
At the mercy of suppliers(nighthacks.com)
3 points by sgift 16y ago|0 comments
2012.
by sgift 16y ago
If you can believe Peter Norvig maybe they do ok despite their interviews, not because of them: "One of the interesting things we've found, when trying to predict how well somebody we've hired is going to perform when we evaluate them a yea
2013.
by sgift 16y ago
Even if it is fair I only get two points from this article (and their product page): * A system which holds all data in memory is faster than a system which uses memory and disks. True, but not really news. * If you leave out features your
2014.
by sgift 16y ago
WWW (1989): Developed at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, a multinational, government-funded research organization. edit: I've found your post http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1466419 in which you exclude CERN. Cou
2015.
by sgift 16y ago
The engine of civilization IV uses Python for most of its game engine - you can manipulate virtually every aspect of the game through changing/adding python scripts. More info: http://modiki.civfanatics.com/index.php/Main_Page
2016.
by sgift 16y ago
According to this http://labs.opera.com/news/2009/12/22/ Opera already moved to the new codebase, but still no hardware acceleration at the moment.
2017.
by sgift 16y ago
In theory you are correct, in practice it is more complicated. There is no such thing as a good pseudo-random number (good meaning good for all use cases), only good enough. For random() to be useful it has to be generate "good" number for
2018.
by sgift 16y ago
Principle of least surprise. If programmers want a "good enough" random value they will try random() first. If you really have a need for a better random value (e.g. usable for strong cryptography) you can be assumed to already know that ra
2019.
by sgift 16y ago
I'm a bit surprised that this seems to be a new development in the United States. In Germany this is the prevailing mechanism to make money from filesharing. They use cease and desist letters instead of subpoenas, but the principle is the s
2020.
by sgift 17y ago
I'm pretty sure the direction at Oracle is far better. That must be the reason Gosling et al are leaving Oracle as fast as they can.
2021.
by sgift 17y ago
That was the "business model" used for Blender: The company developing it was bankrupt but the creditors allowed open-sourcing the software for a one-time fee of 100k.
2022.
by sgift 17y ago
I have no iPad, but Opera 10.52 (Windows) has a similar behaviour: The first three frames are there (with images), the rest of the sheets are blank.
2023.
by sgift 17y ago
The (sometimes unspoken) assumption in such articles is that you are paid fairly. So, basically, each of them needs a disclaimer in the first line "This is not a guide to cheat people. If you don't pay them fairly the following advices won'
2024.
by sgift 17y ago
Nothing hinders the executive from saying "Sorry Bob, I have decided this and now we'll do it." - Instead he is basically lying Bob straight in the face. This has nothing to do with picking your fights, but all to do with being unable to st
2025.
by sgift 17y ago
"Nor can we accept government or corporate funding and maintain our absolute integrity." from their fundrising drive section. The last time I've looked Google was a company.
2026.
by sgift 17y ago
Because most users don't care whether software is open or closed source. They just want software that works.
2027.
by sgift 17y ago
I think you miss a point in your thoughts: People will hate it because they've payed for the game. First they invest money and then they find out that due to an draconian protection scheme they are unable to play the game at their discret
2028.
by sgift 17y ago
They only counted security problems, not bugs in the implementation of html, css and so on. Otherwise IE would be the worst offender by a wide margin. p.s.: I use Opera too and the browser market is an amusing market. It is a market where y
2029.
by sgift 17y ago
Hard to find, but the news for the beta on their main page mentions it: http://www.fogcreek.com/ (first news entry)
2030.
by sgift 17y ago
I think you miss the point of the article. The article doesn't say that this won't work. It says that obese people have genes which tell them to eat more than they should. For example: You need 2200 kcal a day. Your genes tell you to be hun
2031.
by sgift 17y ago
From the article: "Although our high-calorie, sedentary lifestyle contributes to the approximately 10-pound average weight gain of Americans compared to the recent past, some people are more severely affected by this lifestyle than others.
2032.
by sgift 17y ago
I fail to see the problem: A NPE is thrown if the code tries to access an object, but there's no object.Using a standard behavior here would conceal that there's a flaw in the program logic.
2033.
by sgift 17y ago
Munich, Germany