. Now it may be that a very well hidden bug is lurking in the code and the latest GCC is exposing that in some way, but this code worked perfectly for years under older versions of the compiler so it's been a nasty surprise.
Could be this. At my last job we had some third-party code that worked fine with everything up to gcc 4.1.2. When some people in the group started using 4.4 the code in question went into an infinite loop, but only when compiled with optimization on. I eventually traced the problem to comparing two floats with the '==' operator (IIRC), which is a no-no, but worked anyway until the gcc people changed something in the optimizer.
Oh, wait, it basically is subject to the same laws as cash, except it's a whole lot easier to carry
You know what's even easier? The little plastic card I carry in my wallet that let's me access my US dollars just about anywhere and only takes a couple seconds per transaction.
which is a good thing, if you want your money to have the same or better purchasing power tomorrow as it did today
"Compare that to Google, which is showing you self-driving cars, Google Glass and a phone that you can talk to, the Moto X, and on and on â" automatic picture improvements on Google+
Except none of that is really interesting either, because I don't want any of it. And get off my lawn.
The first is that Microsoft still assumes that the world wants to do nothing better with their devices that make Word docs and spreadsheets and PPT presentations, and "consume media" (I hate that expression). Meanwhile, the world has found lots of other fun things to do with their devices, and tablets and smartphones are great at doing a lot of them
Like what? Consuming more media? What exactly are these amazing things that people are doing with their devices apart from a) playing games, b) posting on the Internet, or c) watching Youtube cat videos?
Sounds to me like you're just a crappy team player. How can you possibly not care about what the rest of your team is doing to the code that you're working on?!
Because I know for a fact that the code I'm working on and the code they're working on don't affect each other at all.
Personally, I was all for government subsidizing of the clean energy industry to get that ball rolling. That was until Solyndra. It wasn't that it failed mind you. It was the fact that $500,000,000 in loan guarantees from the government were coming back to the very same politicians who were providing those guarantees!
Protip: You shouldn't be singling out clean energy or Solyndra for this.
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. Now it may be that a very well hidden bug is lurking in the code and the latest GCC is exposing that in some way, but this code worked perfectly for years under older versions of the compiler so it's been a nasty surprise.
Could be this. At my last job we had some third-party code that worked fine with everything up to gcc 4.1.2. When some people in the group started using 4.4 the code in question went into an infinite loop, but only when compiled with optimization on. I eventually traced the problem to comparing two floats with the '==' operator (IIRC), which is a no-no, but worked anyway until the gcc people changed something in the optimizer.
Oh, wait, it basically is subject to the same laws as cash, except it's a whole lot easier to carry
You know what's even easier? The little plastic card I carry in my wallet that let's me access my US dollars just about anywhere and only takes a couple seconds per transaction.
which is a good thing, if you want your money to have the same or better purchasing power tomorrow as it did today
Which is why you don't want it.
Median household income in the US is somewhere around $52,000.
When you make a tinfoil hat, the shiny side goes on the outside.
You'll forgive me if I don't take the word of bitcoin.org when discussing problems with Bitcoin.
Why are you actively arguing against MS making a better product than the competition (which would be good for everyone in the long run)?
Did Bill Gates run over your dog in 1995 or something?
So you don't think Windows was/is really important?
"Compare that to Google, which is showing you self-driving cars, Google Glass and a phone that you can talk to, the Moto X, and on and on â" automatic picture improvements on Google+
Except none of that is really interesting either, because I don't want any of it. And get off my lawn.
The first is that Microsoft still assumes that the world wants to do nothing better with their devices that make Word docs and spreadsheets and PPT presentations, and "consume media" (I hate that expression). Meanwhile, the world has found lots of other fun things to do with their devices, and tablets and smartphones are great at doing a lot of them
Like what? Consuming more media? What exactly are these amazing things that people are doing with their devices apart from a) playing games, b) posting on the Internet, or c) watching Youtube cat videos?
I cannot imagine anything that is becoming more and more irrelevant than "MS Office".
So you've never been in an office then? Because it's Word and Excel and Powerpoint as far as the eye can see.
Which spec are you talking about? As far as I can tell, C++11 fixes some of the more glaring faults in the language.
Sounds to me like you're just a crappy team player. How can you possibly not care about what the rest of your team is doing to the code that you're working on?!
Because I know for a fact that the code I'm working on and the code they're working on don't affect each other at all.
Or, you know, you could work out those problems with a design before you start.
Eh, it wasn't that bad. I kind of liked it actually. It's certainly not as bad as its reputation. Pac Man was worse in every way.
I'd take SJVN's word with a grain of salt the size of Mars.
This kind of devaluation by printing money is mathematically impossible with bitcoins.
Yes. That's a problem, not a benefit.
Right because the sign of a good currency is 35% variability over the course of a couple days.
As opposed to accidentally deleting your wallet.dat?
There's also no reason for it to be as high as it is now.
Quote me: between now and next year it'll be back to 10-20 bucks or so (which is still too high by about 10-20 bucks, but whatever).
So in 5 months the price has varied by 700% and you think it "seems a bit volatile"?
The thought is that all the PCs are on 24x7 anyway and consuming resources so why not allow them to be useful 24x7 as well and generate bitcoins
Or, you know, you could do something actually useful and run folding at home.
They consciously made a profit-seeking management decision that shackled their ability to engineer radically.
Oh come on. Do you honestly think there have been no major innovations in Intel processors since the 8086?
they'd cut of all the old baggage that keeps them weighed down
Except all that stuff that keeps them "weighed down" is the same stuff than generates them millions in profits.
My life is boring and repetitive.
So at least it would compress well.
As for direct investment into "Green" companies the government shouldn't be trusted on that ever again.
Oh, and incidentally, there are other companies besides Solyndra that got government investment and are doing OK.
Personally, I was all for government subsidizing of the clean energy industry to get that ball rolling. That was until Solyndra. It wasn't that it failed mind you. It was the fact that $500,000,000 in loan guarantees from the government were coming back to the very same politicians who were providing those guarantees!
Protip: You shouldn't be singling out clean energy or Solyndra for this.