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1831.
by statictype 18y ago
I know its somewhat trendy to pick on Jeff Atwood, but I don't really know what you're getting angry about. He never said that malloc and free are irrelevant. And manual memory management is dangerous and painful. Anyone who's written a mo
1832.
by statictype 18y ago
What do you call a hack that's simultaneously extremely clever and extremely useless? I'm sure there's some phrase for this that I'm missing.
1833.
by statictype 18y ago
Heh, actually, I'm partial to Python and Javascript, myself. My id is a bit misleading in that sense.
1834.
by statictype 18y ago
I'm pretty sure they stopped qualifying as a startup at least 5 years ago.
1835.
by statictype 18y ago
Man, I miss Stephenson's old writing style. His newer work is good, but nothing compared to his first few.
1836.
by statictype 18y ago
But don't bother checking for the spring mechanism that retracts the measure tape in case it breaks or the power supply connection point on the saw if it stops working. Those bits just magically work! :)
1837.
by statictype 18y ago
In the author's case, its Objective-C. May not have the elegance of a dynamic language but it won't have the sluggishness either.
1838.
by statictype 18y ago
I play the Veena on and off. I find it's a good release valve from spending too much time in front of the screen.
1839.
by statictype 18y ago
You can write XULRunner apps in python by adding this extension: http://pyxpcomext.mozdev.org/
1840.
by statictype 18y ago
If you're really picky about the look-and-feel on each platform, just bite the bullet and write 3 front-ends. If you want something that looks reasonably good on major platforms, go with Qt or wx. There are a couple more options you have: X
1841.
by statictype 18y ago
Its easy to understand the algorithm. But that initial guess there is where the magic is. Thats what makes the algorithm work so efficiently.
1842.
by statictype 18y ago
so if he had said 'whiny emo boys' that would have also been sexist right? I guess he should have stuck with 'whiny emo carbon-based lifeforms'
1843.
by statictype 18y ago
True, but I don't believe this has anything to do with the company being from any particular region. There are very competent development shops in India and very poor ones as well.
1844.
by statictype 18y ago
And is it similarly irrational to mourn your Father's death more than the death of some random guy in a hospital you never knew?
1845.
by statictype 18y ago
" The source code is just the manifestation of those decisions. In other words, the product is valuable because of its design, not because of the source code that describes that design. " In many cases, this is true. However, there are many
1846.
by statictype 18y ago
So whats the product? Some kind of music software?
1847.
by statictype 18y ago
Maybe thats not such a bad idea. Clearly the person I want in office is the candidate who is the brightest. Who therefore attracts the brightest people to volunteer for his campaign. And results in a sensible web site. hm... I think Campaig
1848.
by statictype 18y ago
Misconfigured mime-types is not something kids will understand.
1849.
by statictype 18y ago
Yes - COM Automation stuff is generally not recommended for non-interactive usage. Although I think many people do get away with it.
1850.
by statictype 18y ago
Dude, second law of thermodynamics at work. Its not your fault that the disorderliness of the closed system tends to a maximum.
1851.
by statictype 18y ago
I'm curious as to why you (and other people) hate ads so much. Is it just the obnoxious flashing popup 'you won a contest' ads or even text ads in general? I use an adblocker because I find the flashing images annoying. But text ads don't
1852.
by statictype 18y ago
Why is anyone surprised by this? It was remarkably clear from the beginning that Apple wants full control over what gets sold in the App Store. I'm surprised that they've even allowed as many apps as they have.
1853.
by statictype 18y ago
Its not that big a deal. The cookie just gives you access to the private beta (which you could have gotten by just sending them a mail). Once you have access to the beta, you can always create a new account whenever you want.
1854.
by statictype 18y ago
In Visual Studio parlance, a 'solution' is a set of projects that logically belong together. For example, in a web site, your actual web app may be one project. A back-end scheduling task may be another, etc.. All of these together form a '