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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
Yep - it should be enough to force a coherent view for all as part of the initialization.
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
If the pointer is 0 through a normal test, you would allocate the resource and do a compare-and-swap to record the allocation if the pointer is still 0. As noted beside this comment, you might wind up allocating several times in parallel (w
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
Yes, there would be an allocation race, so if you cannot accept allocating unnecessarily in a discardable/recoverable way (but also one that preserves the semantics of the singleton: one and only one instance returned over its life), you wo
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
If you have atomic swaps (hardware "lock-free"), the global shared instance pointer should be enough - since it either holds a valid pointer or it doesn't.
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
I don't think thread-local variables are necessary. Consider a global flag that gets instantiated and synchronized across threads/cores to a state of 0 such that if it ever gets set to 1, it was after publishing and synchronizing the shared
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
> "A big part of megaupload's business was infringing property rights" Objection. Hearsay, your Honor.
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At Least 8% of All Pirate Bay Traffic Now Provided By Proxy Services(torrentfreak.com)
1 points by vy8vWJlco 13y ago|0 comments
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
Sure - while it is an opinion about me (and others), it is also (simultaneously, though not exclusively) a recommendation (perhaps only an implied one) about what is in my best interests, when I alone can decide if I am safe, for exam
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
What characterization? I am simply asking to not be spoken for, not saying the commentor isn't entitled to have an opinion. I say clearly above that I am OK with the comment as a mere opinion (" No, that part was OK " ...). I'm curious if
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
No, that part was OK. I just don't want to be included, by assumption, in the set of people needing protection or those who should be afraid. Even if the comment merely describes an opinion about me (and others) without directly putting wor
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
I think there were a number of factors also, including economic and others, but I don't know that hair and eyes were ultimately very big ones - since those didn't seem to help surrounding areas like Austria and the Netherlands. The map of t
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
Actually, I don't see that as a necessary goal either since what is considered reasonable or rational in a society/system boils down to numbers - including what I tend to call useful or objective truths (even science is iterative). Since I
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
Are you saying Switzerland is not part of the "first world"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Switzerland#Gu... Germany invaded surrounding territories in WWII, but left Switzerland alone.
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
IMHO, disarmament creates that opportunity for abuse. I've never seen someone take advantage of the strong.
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
> " I don't like guns and I think the fewer people have them, the safer we are " The best case scenario, IMHO, is that everyone has the means to defend themselves against abuse. I value equality. The worst case scenario, IMHO, is a sing
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Netflix Loses 1,800 Titles(dslreports.com)
1 points by vy8vWJlco 13y ago|0 comments
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
Having spent money in the past, I have voted for Sony and regretted it. I am still washing the taste out of my mouth. Trust is earned, and we are not square. My threshold has not yet been reached (maybe others are more ready to forgive). If
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
Respectfully, it doesn't make me feel any better to lose a major feature because it was a reaction to Geohot (who can be obnoxious). It's probably also too long a conversation to get into in-depth however, but I don't actually think what Ge
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
http://source.android.com/source/building-devices.html "All configurations of Nexus S and Nexus S 4G can be used with Android 4.1.2. On those devices all the hardware is functional." That's the only compatibility I've seen offered by on
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
Please don't think I'm not taking your question seriously, but I do think the future model is a donate button (I also say above, I think it boils down to begging). I do also consider this model sustainable since, even ignoring all the other
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
Actually, resetting a device solves most problems, as was repeatedly made fun of by the appropriately-named (for your comment) "IT Crowd": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Ph8zwpNyI If I may only have one button in life, please, please,
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
" The fallacy with this argument is that if everyone behaved if you did there would be no games. " > In the past artists (and scientists) had patrons but today we have kickstarter. It is possible to fund the creation of large projects (
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
" Such a situation doesn't make sense in a rational market. " Tell that to philosophy majors. :) I can also turn on the radio and receive music for free, with ads. TPB has plenty of those (but isn't distributing anything themselves, so argu
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
A college degree is also not guaranteed to lead to a job immediately either, particularly if there are alternative sources of the expertise. (There is no equivalent to copyright, in that sense, guaranteeing a student the right to be the so
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
I see it as a cart-before-the-horse problem. Before the printing press things were more horse-before-cart (no copyright). After the press and the statute of Anne, to today, we have been very cart-first. We paid for physical CDs without know
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
" A 30-day money back, no questions asked, guarantee would offer this. " That sounds a lot like the "copy-first, pay later - or receive a public shaming" de facto standard used by cautious patrons today (only ATM people receive their shame
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
At the same time, popular copies - paid or otherwise - become more well known and potentially much more profitable. One may not be voting with money, but one is voting with time (and "time is money") by accepting it, using it, and sharing/p
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
(Sidestepping "has cost" vs "is worth.") It sounds like you are saying "do as I say, not as I did." You choose to pay now, but not paying made sense for you in the past. I'd like to see everyone have the same opportunity. I think that's the
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
That's only a problem if you consider a copy as damage. (I haven't seen a convincing argument.) There are also lots of factors in a financial proposition. Some people give away free samples, others invest in an education. It's interesting t
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by vy8vWJlco 13y ago
Some people would say freedom of speech, including digital communication, is a right. Copyright infringement does not constitute slander, lying, fraud, or anything of that sort. It's exactly and only copyright infringment. Also: http://www

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