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  1. And the notion that C++ is some kind of magic language that is always, without exception, faster, better, more "real", and robust than all other languages is nothing but parroted bullshit

    I personal worked on a rewrite of a hard real time implementation that was rewritten from C++ to java using a real time JVM, and the java version performed better in every way imaginable..

    this isn't 1996..

  2. can somebody explain on Internet Archive Posted 10,000 Browser-Playable Amiga Titles (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    How playing these games in browsers work:

    Level set: I work as a developer, mostly on the backend with Java and Java-like languages (groovy, scala, etc..), occasionally .NET, but I actually do some front end work using Angular and EXT-JS... so I'm not a complete buffoon went it comes to front end development..

    Still I wouldn't even know how to start emulating games in the browser.

  3. Re:So,do we know the physical limits on the Q mile on The Flux Capacitor Becomes World's Fastest Street-Legal Electric Car (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, but that is a nitromethane burning monstrosity, tuned up to the point to where the where its engine is virtually at the point of being a highly engineered bomb...
    it has about as much in common with a street vehicle as a cessna 172 has with an F16

  4. Re:Fastest in what way? on The Flux Capacitor Becomes World's Fastest Street-Legal Electric Car (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a race car, a drag car specifically so range is a nigh useless measurement... ..
    Yes bestill your pretentious, and I assume European, heart, drag racing is a thing, and cornering isn't that important...

    In perspective, At full throttle, the fuel pumps in a top fuel dragster are pumping out over 380 litres per minute, and they don't have anywhere near that onboard, so the range isn't so hot, but it can do one thing, namely propel one human being from point A to point B, .2 miles down a flat, straight racetrack faster than anything else short of being shot out of a cannon...

  5. Re:Stolen Power Radio - 1960s in Popular Electroni on CleanSpace CO Sensor Runs On Freevolt RF Harvesting · · Score: 1

    I've heard this story many times. Sometimes the station is AM sometimes FM

    I actually want to believe at least one version of it is true.
    Does anybody have a reasonably legitimate link to background on this story?

  6. Re:new MS? nothings changed. on .NET Core 1.0 Released, Now Officially Supported By Red Hat (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Then you haven't looked too hard, because their are .net opportunities in every city with significant tech employment (and even in some that don't), small, medium, and large companies .
    I haven't been in the .net world in almost a decade, been working in java with the occasional foray into scala and groovy but I'm thinking about trying to bone up outside of work, just to keep my options open..

  7. Re:Great technology, but what about the energy? on Nikola Motor Receives Over 7,000 Preorders Worth Over $2.3 Billion For Its Electric Truck (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    The economies of scale that might apply to power plant level CO2 sequestration do not apply here

    from a sequestration standpoint, yes. Although using methane as the energy source instead of diesel cuts down on C02, and virtually eliminates the other nastiness that comes from burning diesel.

  8. I've always thought the solution to the heat problem could be solved with the addition of a propane catalytic heater, or even ofvery small, like 350cc or so, water cooled ICE. The engine would throw out more than enough waste heat to keep the cabin warm, and it could even be used to light charge the battery.

  9. Yeah, I'm mildly surprised. Tesla doesn't MAKE ball joints.

    You shouldn't be. Car manufactures are in large part system integrators. It's been this way since the 80's, and the trend has only increased recently. Especially ancillary things like brakes, ball joints, alternators, whathaveyou; they are generally bought, not made..

    That is why when you have something like a defective Takata airbag, you see it showing up in Japanese makes, domestics, etc...

  10. Its actually considered a good anti-fraud practice to have anyone who handles accounting or inventory to take a least one mandatory five consecutive business day vacation each year!

    Accountants who never take a vacation is a classic red flag for auditors, both private and government.

  11. Re: Your passwords are too simple! on Hackers Stole 65 Million Passwords From Tumblr (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    How do you even know what their passwords are? Social engineering? Or are you storing them in something other than salted hashes?

  12. Re:Numerous bits of ignorance. on Why Are We Spending Billions and Tons of Fossil Fuel On Search of Lost Planes? · · Score: 1

    Commercial airlines are much more comfortable flying over the north pole than the south, lots of airports to divert to...
    Flights that by great-circle route should fly over the heart of the Antarctic usually divert somewhat.

  13. Re:Yeah, sure you do... on Spotify Denies User Details Hacked After Passwords Show Up Online (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    That actually makes sense, I would guess/hope that a major tier Web destination like spotify would be hashing and salting..
    I hearby rescind my outrage

  14. Re:Yeah, sure you do... on Spotify Denies User Details Hacked After Passwords Show Up Online (mashable.com) · · Score: 2

    Of course being that this is 2016 and not 1986, even better would be to only store password hashes, not actual passwords (be they encrypted or not) in any file or database...

  15. does not work

  16. If you aren't doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about...

  17. I was told on RBS Cuts Hundreds of Jobs As FCA Approves 'Robo-Advisers' (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    6 months of liquid assets for the short term. Retirement savings as follows: 110 - your age% in a S and P 500 index fund, the rest in a bond-index fund high rated corporate bonds and/or treasuries.

    It's what I've stuck with, don't feel like paying for managed funds, or high cost "advisors".

  18. Re:Duh. Because God made it on Swedish Scientist Suggests That There Is Only One Earth (blastingnews.com) · · Score: 2

    Love of God is accepting his Son christ Jesus as your savior. Love from God, is the forgiveness of your sins.

  19. Re:Duh. Because God made it on Swedish Scientist Suggests That There Is Only One Earth (blastingnews.com) · · Score: 0

    You can choose an eternity with God, or an eternity apart from Him, which is the lake of fire. It is your choice, not something He did to you.

  20. Re:Duh. Because God made it on Swedish Scientist Suggests That There Is Only One Earth (blastingnews.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's good to see science start reconciling itself to the real Truth

    There will be enough learned men writhing eternally in the lake of fire as it is..

  21. Re:Climate denying views on Scientists Urge American Geophysical Union To Cut Ties With Exxon (insideclimatenews.org) · · Score: 5, Funny

    well that sonofabitch should stick to making overpriced vacuum cleaners

  22. Re:static linking on windows on Researcher Finds Tens of Software Products Vulnerable To Simple Bug (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    absolutely it can, it's usually just a question of setting the right flags in your IDE.. In these days of laptops with 16 gigs of RAM, it's the way to go for most things.

  23. Re:IF is an ugly word. on 7 Swift 2 Enhancements iOS Devs Will Love · · Score: 1

    Guard has warmth and complexity, IF is digital and antiseptic

  24. Re:You want to cheat on your wife? on Ashley Madison Blackmail Letter Revealed (grahamcluley.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually adultery is still on the books as a criminal offense in many states, particularly in the south
    But realistically, it's never (well hardly ever) prosecuted..

    It will, however, still get you tossed from the military

  25. Re:As a security professional... on Linus's Thoughts on Linux Security (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I've always said this as, turn off the server, put it in a safe, fill the safe with cement, and then drop the safe in the Marianas trench...
    I am not responsible for any priapisms this post causes "secpro"s