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by tspiteri 18y ago
One of the professors during my degree used a different method. It was difficult to fail his subjects; he could not fail a student because of a poor showing in a three-hour test. But to get an A, you had to show him that you knew exactly wh
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by tspiteri 18y ago
No, that is manufacturing. New technologies are developed by engineers. But then, there is manufacturing engineering, so you may be correct for a subset of "engineering".
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by tspiteri 18y ago
Many jobs can be summed up as exchanging time for money. Also, to make back the money you lose, you have to use time.
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by tspiteri 18y ago
This article is 10 weeks early.
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by tspiteri 18y ago
I think the article is about ignorance, not stupidity. Ignorance is a lack of knowldedge, so it is important for research; research leads to new knowledge. Stupidity is a lack of mental ability, which will not help in research.
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by tspiteri 18y ago
If I met someone who told me "I have two children, and one of them is a girl," I would be pretty sure they have one girl and one boy. If they had two girls, they would have said "I have two children, and both of them are girls." So the Engl
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by tspiteri 18y ago
Try http://gizmodo.com/5100217/the-simpsons-gets-20-years-of-app...
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It's not criticism, it's entertainment. It does not need to provide any criticism, as long as it's fun to watch.
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A similar question: What happens to the water level if a floating iceberg melts?
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by tspiteri 18y ago
do { ... } while(0) is Ansi C and has type void. ({ ... }) is a GCC extension and its value is the value of the last expression inside the block. So they have different uses.
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Also, he's counting the on-screen time, not the real time Seinfeld had to give for travel/acting/whatever.
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Rearranging the letters shows that he wrote the code when Hacker News was still Startup News.
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by tspiteri 18y ago
Adults lie constantly to other adults too. And I'm not saying we should stop either.