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smegel
12y ago
> Lets crank out a simple ToDo CRUD application. Any bet who will finish faster? Well I haven't done much web programming in Go, so I would not be very fast. I have done a lot in Python, and I usually finish prototype apps within da
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12y ago
> a small shop that runs on scanty resources and needs to build robust and reliable applications, a heavy weight like Java or .Net is still ruling the roost. That seems to be the opposite usual scenario for "heavyweight" enterp
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12y ago
This is awesome! Commander Keen was my very first PC game on my very first PC (a 386DX with 2MB ram and a 80MB hard drive). And it was a great game!
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12y ago
Interesting. Is it like Python's Gevent in that it patches otherwise blocking calls (say socket.recv) to return to the Quasar runtime so it can switch fibers?
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12y ago
> Does it have AC, airbags, comfortable seats, audio system, power windows, ABS, etc? How do any of those things affect aerodynamics? Maybe power windows require a slightly different window design...but even that seems unlikely.
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12y ago
> those patients who were hypertensive consumed significantly more salt than those without hypertension Doesn't that mean there is a causative effect, or are they saying it just a correlation? People with high blood pressure tend to
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12y ago
I really wonder what would have happened if Nokia had jumped onto Android early. Sad day.
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12y ago
Sounds like a fun project.
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12y ago
Naturally, however adding free made no difference in this case. I guess if your dealing with a raw pointer rather than an array type, gcc cant be sure what memory you intend to erase.
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12y ago
When I allocate the key on the heap, the memset is carried (heavily optimized and inlined). When I allocate key on the stack, it disappears. Using gcc -03: #include <string.h> void doSecure(void) { /*ch
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12y ago
Now if Hue would get off Django 1.2(?)...
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12y ago
> Yet because of the de facto segregation of America, whites are unlikely to have many black friends As a non-American I find this surprising. After absorbing American movies and TV shows I honestly picture average middle class America,
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12y ago
> try pitching such an amalgamation to management in an enterprise environment. I remember being is such a "pitch" meeting once with relatively senior managers. They were discussing the difficulty integrating some components of
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12y ago
Pretty sad we need to pay people to do the decent thing. I would be happy to reunite someone with their lost item. Why can't we all be like Japan...
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12y ago
The reality is prostition helps many young girls in their early 20s escape poverty and set themselves up for life. They can easily earn 100-200k a year, and after 2-3 years buy a house and move onto other occupations or start a family. Ones
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12y ago
> The code must compile If the code compiles, it must run without error?
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12y ago
I see it happen quite often on boxes with limited memory and hungry processes.
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12y ago
This looks interesting. I have been using App Engine for a while, but getting a little sick of the restrictive environment. I think I will give this a try.
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12y ago
In Australia (which surely can't be that different to the UK), porridge is oats cooked in boiling water for 10 minutes until it becomes a thick slurry. Then a small amount of cold milk is poured around the rim of the bowl and some suga
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12y ago
That's why I eat oats. Not porridge, just plain rolled oats with cold milk and bluberries.
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12y ago
Can a single tab still crash firefox?
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12y ago
> and signing up for newsletters and/or updates on various subjects I still think RSS trumps email for this...
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12y ago
Now please extend this to Play Store app reviews and YouTube comments...I won't be holding my breath.
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12y ago
As a side issue, are there any plans to switch to gcc as thr main compiler? It can do everything that 6c can do from what I understand, and produces much faster code due to gcc well tuned optimizer.
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12y ago
> The idea is to track everything you take in and track what you spend through exercise. Wouldn't it just be easier to weigh yourself once a week, and if your weight goes up, eat less calories the following week and/or do more
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12y ago
Long, long overdue. The absurdity of calling "its free to download bits to your computer but you have to pay us to use them" free was too much.
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12y ago
> It's amazing how much structure you can actually give yourself with modern tools. Like a compiler? >:)
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12y ago
so YouTube comments are back?
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smegel
12y ago
Why bother, it will be shut down by years end anyway.
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12y ago
Am I the only one who thought "who's this Lincoln Penny?" (not an American here)
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