wheaties

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721.
by wheaties 16y ago
Thanks. I don't speak the same English that is found within those legal documents.
722.
by wheaties 16y ago
Sweet. If the 50ms rule goes into effect HFT traders could conceivably be set up anywhere in the US, no?
723.
by wheaties 16y ago
Everyone keeps saying that Google will become the "evil next Microsoft." I'd argue that Facebook is racing to that department a whole lot faster.
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Why This Latest Wave Of New York Startups Is Just The Beginning(businessinsider.com)
4 points by wheaties 16y ago|0 comments
725.
by wheaties 16y ago
And? Quicksort in general runs faster than Heapsort, yet the worst case performance of the first is O(n^2) while the later only O(n log n). If they implemented it, I'm sure they've found that there's a performance boost for large datasets
726.
by wheaties 16y ago
Inventing good languages within other languages is a good thing. Just look a Rails. Inventing bad languages, well, bad code is always going to be bad. I disagree that Scala is not better than Java. Any language which adds additional mec
727.
by wheaties 16y ago
What a waste. I want one. I'm so conflicted. Does wanting to buy consumer oriented yet entirely unnecessary products make me more American, dumb or both?
728.
by wheaties 16y ago
Fairly surprised to see an STM article linked. I wonder how soon the days will be where people learn STM and Actors in their concurrency classes first and these become the norm in the real world. You know, sort of like a parallel to how m
729.
by wheaties 16y ago
You know, it makes MUCH better news if the software is a whizz-bang than if it lost you a crap-ton instead.
730.
by wheaties 16y ago
Buy a starter pistol, you know the kind that they use at tracks. This is still considered a valid weapon for airport screeners so this "tip" applies only to non-carry on luggage. Put the pistol into your luggage and declare it before depo
731.
by wheaties 16y ago
I can't figure out which bothers me more: Microsoft being so underhanded with these updates to software it doesn't produce or that they allow pretty much any company to install an add-on within Firefox without user consent. This has happen
732.
by wheaties 16y ago
They're not only raising prices because they can, they're raising prices because they should. Higher prices will allow them to invest more in upcoming technologies like 4G networks. - I don't mind paying more if I use more. - I do mind,
733.
by wheaties 16y ago
It isn't that pitiful, per se, but there are a lot of people who want to be programmers trying to pass themselves off as actual programmers. Then again, there are a small handful of people who can't code that apply all over the place becau
734.
by wheaties 16y ago
Insightful but I totally disagree with the government providing yet another tax-payer sponsored program to ensure that people who were earning an income at one bracket will earn that same amount while working another job, regardless of choi
735.
Patent Troll: Bloomberg calls it what it is(preview.bloomberg.com)
108 points by wheaties 16y ago|49 comments
736.
by wheaties 16y ago
Wow, yahoo is up there. It's a shame they can't monetize their websites more.
737.
by wheaties 16y ago
I felt like I had a flash back to 1983, staring at a black screen with green letters. It took a second to realize I would not going to be reading BASIC.
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Computer solves 400 piece jigsaw puzzle visually(newscientist.com)
2 points by wheaties 16y ago|0 comments
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Facebook to Simplify Privacy Options(mashable.com)
1 points by wheaties 16y ago|0 comments
740.
by wheaties 16y ago
I think Google with YouTube has already attempted to monetize the "pay attention to me" phenomenon. Then there's Wordpress and a host of other blogging services. However, I have to agree, pay-attention-to-me-as-a-service is a good busines
741.
by wheaties 16y ago
All is fair in love and war. Where one can not win with a better product, marketing, or price, one can legislate the outcome thereby removing the outcome of failure. Doesn't it make you all warm and fuzzy inside?
742.
by wheaties 16y ago
This was great, however, it also rests on the premise that management and those above them has the knowledge and ability to recognize what constitutes a bad employee. Sometimes, through their own ignorance, what is "bad" really is good. I
743.
by wheaties 16y ago
Evidently he's given a lot of thought to the flow and control of personal information posted by users on the internet. It would be nice if websites followed the "opt in" rather than the "opt out" route when it comes to these things. It wo
744.
by wheaties 16y ago
Laughable. This would never stand the test of prior-art. I think I'll go patent merge sort...
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Prof. Steve Kaplan on Angle Funding and Financial Reform(morningstar.com)
1 points by wheaties 16y ago|0 comments
746.
by wheaties 16y ago
My company thanked me for working overtime on a project. Mind you, we worked 6-7 days a week for several months and got a 3 hour canoe trip. Hey, whatever, at least someone, somewhere recognized it.
747.
by wheaties 17y ago
The sad part of it all is that much of what should be going to the children of today was already spent on the children of yesterday. My own school district spent $1 million on a new sports complex then cut back on the library. People don'
748.
by wheaties 17y ago
Yeah but back then it took one guy 6 months of bit fiddling in assembly/C to develop that kind of game. Now we have art departments, story board artists, script editors, a legion of QA, and of course, the developers. Any time you take som
749.
by wheaties 17y ago
I love reading about all the template meta-programming people like to do. Then again, I'm sure compile times are a bitch.
750.
by wheaties 17y ago
Hysterical. I've been telling people about the cost-benefit of rent/own around our neighborhood for years. I can buy a 1000sq. ft. home with an arm's length of property around it for $419,000 or I can rent a 1000sq. ft. home for $1400. W

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