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  1. Re: I'm seeing a resurgence in C on Is The C Programming Language Declining In Popularity? (dice.com) · · Score: 1

    Ah, Lisp—the recumbent bicycle of programming languages.

  2. First they came... on Donald Trump Signs Pledge To Crack Down On Internet Porn (pcworld.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    First they came for the Immigrants, and I did not speak out—
    Because I was not an Immigrant.

    Then they came for the Muslims, and I did not speak out—
    Because I was not a Muslim.

    Then they came for the Porn, and you can bet your ass I spoke out then!

  3. I use a light box in the morning under orders from a sleep specialist and I have a long history of major depression. One of the warnings on SAD lamps has *always* been that they may activate mania in people who are susceptible to it. That's not new and it's most definitely not contradictory. When it comes to using lamps for treating sleeping disorders, you've always had to get the timing just right or you throw your whole clock off. Again, not new, not contradictory of any prior findings.

  4. Re:As a C programmer on C Top Programming Language For 2016, Finds IEEE's Study (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    I think the point of the question is that it's actually spelled "memmove".

  5. Re:As a C programmer on C Top Programming Language For 2016, Finds IEEE's Study (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    memcpy doesn't handle overlapping regions.

  6. Re:real reasion on Netflix Stock Price Tanks As Customers Quit Over Higher Prices (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    You're dead wrong. It's right there in the summary: "Gross additions were on target, but churn ticked up slightly and unexpectedly."

  7. No, but they can put 'em down your pants.

  8. Re:And where is Snowden hanging out these days? on Snowden Ridicules David Cameron For Defending 'Private' Matter of Panama Papers Leak · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm willing to permit Snowden a little self-preservation on this one. It's not as though he's going around *defending* Putin. Nor does he have any information about Putin that no one else is privy to.

    Snowden did a great service and continues to be of service. Let's at least grant him the privilege of a place to live.

  9. Surely you mean "uisge". Slàinte mhath ;)

  10. Re:This crap again? on The Sexual Misconduct Case That Has Rocked Anthropology (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    I hate it when I drop my vagina on the sidewalk!

  11. Re:9kA Wireless Transmission? on CERN Engineers Have To Identify and Disconnect 9,000 Obsolete Cables (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Even with a six-digit UID you ought to know this joke.

  12. Re:What about supremacy on California Legislation Would Require License Plates, Insurance For Drones (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1
    Yes. See http://www.americanbar.org/con..., excerpted below.

    The U.S. Constitution provides that federal laws are the "supreme law of the land." In the context of aviation, the doctrine of field preemption—that state action is preempted because Congress intended to occupy the entire regulatory field—has been held by many courts to generally prohibit state regulation of aircraft safety and operations. Underlying this position is that the U.S. government by statute "has exclusive sovereignty of airspace of the United States." As the Supreme Court explained more than 40 years ago in an opinion invalidating a locally imposed curfew on aircraft noise, "a uniform and exclusive system of federal regulation" is required "if the congressional objectives underlying the Federal Aviation Act are to be fulfilled." Thus, in the context of aviation, federal preemption long has been understood to sweep with a wide broom.

  13. Re:Moving to Marshall, Arkansas? on Arkansas Has a Growing Population of "Climate Change Refugees" · · Score: 2

    So you're saying God is destroying island nations, threatening food, water, and energy supplies, and potentially causing the extinction of huge numbers of species so your parents can be comfortable? I have a robust spirituality so I'm not about to challenge a belief in God, but that is bananas.

  14. Re:Uber actually comes on Getting Over Getting Over Uber: Tim O'Reilly Does the Math · · Score: 1

    You're not supposed to tip them at all.

  15. Window seats first surprisingly not optimal on Simple Geometry = More Seats In an Airline · · Score: 1

    Whatever downsides it has, if such a design is adopted, I hope it leads to a stronger adoption of a convention that those with window seats board first.

    Someone did studies on this and found that window seats first isn't significantly better than the current system. The most efficient method they found was to board odd rows first, then evens (or vice versa), the theory being that it gave people enough elbow room to get their luggage into the overheads without interfering with each other.

  16. Re:Kudos To The Winner on 2014 Underhanded C Contest Winners Announced · · Score: 1

    Real world code doesn't do auditing.

    This hasn't been my experience at all. Especially when the government is involved.

  17. Evolutionary pressure? on Eye Problems From Space Affect At Least 21 NASA Astronauts · · Score: 1

    Imagine a world where we've got people living their whole lives, or something close to it, in space. Over time the people who are least affected by these kinds of problems would presumably have an evolutionary advantage. Long term, a whole new race of humans adapted to life in space develops.

  18. Re: Are you kidding me? on California Man Sues Sony Because Killzone: Shadowfall Isn't Really 1080 · · Score: 1

    Pretty sure she was disappointed before the magnifying glass came out. ;)

  19. Re:Stability on Nightfall: Can Kalgash Exist? · · Score: 1

    Space is vast and full of possibility.

  20. Re:5% 0%. on MIT's Ted Postol Presents More Evidence On Iron Dome Failures · · Score: 1

    Each intercept missile cost $60,000

    How much does it cost Israel each time they don't intercept a rocket and it lands in a populated area?

  21. Re:The death of College Hiring on If Immigration Reform Is Dead, So Is Raising the H-1B Cap · · Score: 1

    Here's the thing I don't understand whenever the H-1B thing comes up. In 2012 the US issued about 134,000 H-1B visas, which are good for three to six years. Meanwhile the total US labor force is about 150 million. So that's about 0.3% to 0.5% of US jobs filled by people here on H-1B visas. Unemployment is what, 7% right now? Take away the H-1Bs and that drops to... still 7% if we're being honest about sig figs?

    It just seems like the rhetoric around H-1B visas is totally out of proportion to its actual impact. Am I missing something?

  22. Re:Prediction: de-anonymization considered "hackin on Improperly Anonymized Logs Reveal Details of NYC Cab Trips · · Score: 1

    data breeches

    bring me my computing pants!

  23. Re:So there's 100 or so unimmunized? on California Whooping Cough Cases "an Epidemic" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I know it's very fashionable to have allergies these days but a tummy ache is not anaphylaxis. Try taking it with food next time.

  24. Re:That's the Hollywood argument on Microsoft Plans $1 Billion Server Farm In Iowa · · Score: 2

    That's the Hollywood argument. So how's the Californian government getting on after all that tax evasion?

    Pretty well.

  25. Re:Oh my god on Homeless, Unemployed, and Surviving On Bitcoins · · Score: 1

    single young men are last on the list for just about everything

    I'm sorry, what? Is this a joke?