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by slavak 15y ago
This. Unfortunately I don't entirely share your optimistic sentiment regarding Google's intentions and potential for misuse of trust. The big plus with Google is that, by and large, they make it pretty easy for your to take your ball and go
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by slavak 15y ago
The point of the article wasn't so much to bash the feature as it was to show off an impressively sophisticated hack.
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by slavak 15y ago
C99 can link to programs written in ANSI-C just fine. The issue is with trying to compile the latter on a compiler written for the former. This will always be an issue when dealing with a language as entrenched as C: Most of your user-base
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The ugliest C feature: <tgmath.h>(carolina.mff.cuni.cz)
71 points by slavak 15y ago|25 comments
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by slavak 15y ago
I was curious how type-generic macros can be implemented in C, so I looked up an explanation of how it's done in glibc. It's quite fascinating (despite being an unholy abomination): http://carolina.mff.cuni.cz/~trmac/blog/2005/the-ugliest-
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by slavak 15y ago
I'm going with the majority opinion on this. It's perfectly fine for you to look up my past work relationships for people you know and trust for an objective opinion of my skills - but you damn well better let me know and get my permissions
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by slavak 15y ago
You're not the only one[1]: <DmncAtrny> I will write on a huge cement block "BY ACCEPTING THIS BRICK THROUGH YOUR WINDOW, YOU ACCEPT IT AS IS AND AGREE TO MY DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS WELL AS DISCLAIMERS O
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by slavak 15y ago
"It's not in Halo or Bioshock" Not to take sides in this argument, but you might want to reconsider that specific statement: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3449/3698998163_fe844856da.jp... http://gamingsrapture.com/wordpress/wp-content/u
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by slavak 15y ago
This. Half my kingdom for this feature. One of the biggest problems I have with Google search at the moment is when I need to look up specific functions or symbol names. If I'm looking for documentation on g_find_str, the LAST thing I need
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by slavak 15y ago
Does this really browse the web? Has WebTV taught us nothing?
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by slavak 15y ago
Doesn't the usage of the Pirate Bay logo still constitute copyright infringement, though? This story just oozes irony.
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by slavak 15y ago
I was also wondering about this. A few people here commented that this is obviously a move by the execs to claw back as much stock as possible for themselves before the IPO in order to ditch it and run. On one level, this sounds realistic.
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by slavak 15y ago
A psychopath as defined by Hare will never kill for you. At least, not in the sense you mean by "kill", which is probably "go to extreme lengths". They quite likely would kill for you, under the right circumstance - but only if it served th
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by slavak 15y ago
This confuses (and infuriates) a lot of native Israelis too. This is more the result of pressure by orthodox interest groups and attempts to maintain status quo. Just another in a long and confusing list of factors shaping the Israeli and m
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by slavak 15y ago
The re-binding of the arrow keys in particular has been driving me insane. The different behavior for backspace I can live with, but I keep finding myself trying to scroll search results with the up/down keys and reverting to using the mous
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by slavak 15y ago
Don't make the mistake of assuming everyone on here is an American. I'm not from the US, and I'm reasonably aware of what my ISP is and isn't allowed to do. Regardless, if what you're saying is accurate then the legal system over there is s
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by slavak 15y ago
I've seen a lot of posts about US telecoms having "soft caps" for usage on what they call "unlimited data" plans, and I can't for the life of me figure out how in the hell something like that can possibly be legal. If you have a written ser
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by slavak 15y ago
All due respect, you could've chosen a better source for your bit of history than an article that uses a book by the name "The Homeopathic Revolution: Why Famous People and Cultural Heroes Choose Homeopathy" as its only source.
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by slavak 15y ago
In his postscript the author explains that he wasn't trying to criticize design patterns, but was rather trying to promote this other concept; which, supposedly, is little known in CS circles because of the similar names... His summary: "We
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by slavak 15y ago
If they saved the $logged_in_id in the session then they wouldn't need to pass it as a parameter in the url. No, this probably indicates their entire architecture is ass-backwards.
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by slavak 15y ago
Except the key is apparently worthless, and thus it makes sense nobody was very particular about securing it properly. More like "They only stole the old bicycle I left unlocked in my front yard." Making sure that the leaked private key mat
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by slavak 15y ago
If you find yourself in the neighborhood, the Golan Brewery ( http://www.beergolan.co.il/english_main.php ) in Katzrin brew its own, and they are pretty good. You can even buy some bottles to take with.
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by slavak 15y ago
I'd wager that pretty much EVERYONE applies to Apple, Amazon and Google, because they're known to have the best people/work/benefits. This would make it _harder_ to pick out the best and brightest, not easier.
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by slavak 15y ago
That's generally what's meant by "wake up." This would seem to indicate the phone's not really "off," though I couldn't say how possible it is to tap into the mic in this state.
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by slavak 15y ago
As far as I'm aware all modern phones will at least partially wake up to sound an alarm even when turned off/ Does the iPhone/Android phones do this?
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by slavak 15y ago
Not that that guarantees anything, of course... http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?TheKenThompsonHack If you need to _make sure_ nobody can eavesdrop on your communications, you better be ready to design and manufacture all hardware and software you'
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by slavak 16y ago
Isn't the whole point of damages to provide compensation for damage the plaintiff incurred as a result of the defendant's actions? You've got to have a pretty huge set of balls to demand damages in an amount exceeding what your whole indust
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by slavak 16y ago
This reminds me of a quote from Penny Arcade[1]: 'I mentioned to Gabe that the LendMe feature didn't extend to all books, and he was surprised to learn this, as "lending" a book digitally removes it from your device. It is, in many ways, li
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by slavak 16y ago
This seems to be a much better explanation than the article provides, which seems to be along the lines of "the smart people teaching in college must be paid a lot." The answer to the question posed by the headline is: It isn't. The correct
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by slavak 16y ago
That is the first ornithopter that I've seen that seems to demonstrate flying capabilities similar to those of birds - something which might be very -other than- only for the curiosity of a plane that flies by flapping its wings. Color me e

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