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  1. assembly on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Read Code? · · Score: 1

    i usually read it out directly in compiled MMIXAL.

  2. Re:Wrong! on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Read Code? · · Score: 1

    you may not sound them out, and you may not feel your tongue move, but under a functional MRI the areas of your brain responsible for moving your tongue _will_ light up when you're reading. it doesn't matter how afst you can read.

  3. Re:I don't read the code on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Read Code? · · Score: 1

    > I execute it in a mental virtual machine.
    how do you handle the halting problem?

  4. Re:FFS on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Read Code? · · Score: 1

    Could you be any more self-absorbed?

    ha! found the non-coder!

  5. sounds about right on Bruce Perens Warns Grsecurity Breaches the Linux Kernel's GPL License (perens.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    i usually fall into the "GPL is less free than BSD" camp, but in this case I agree fully with Perens. the Linux kernel is GPL, everyone who works on it agrees accepts that. if you don't like the GPL or the conditions it places on you, or how you (and others) can distribute your code - then go the fuck somewhere else.

  6. I disabled smbv1 back when wannacry broke and while my winows boxes could still talk to each other fine, my macs and Linux boxes all started failing.

  7. Re: The maturing of the profess on What Happens When Software Companies Are Liable For Security Vulnerabilities? (techbeacon.com) · · Score: 1

    Ok, just as long as you stop every Tom, Dick & Harry EE who knows a little C from ruining every fucking device by doing their own firmware. Get some real software engineers who know how to code.

  8. Solved the halting problem, there, did ya' pal?

  9. Re: What a fucking waste of time! on Community Ports 'Visual Studio Code' To Chromebooks, Raspberry Pi (infoworld.com) · · Score: 2

    Lame AC has never fixed a single bug in anything.

  10. ...as soon as they finish rolling out Python3.

  11. I love the fact that IBM is currently running ads on YouTube showing off Watson in situations where THE... WHOLE... PREMISE.... of the ad is that it's taking jobs away from skilled workers.

  12. Re:C and C++ aren't going away on The Working Dead: Which IT Jobs Are Bound For Extinction? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    > Java is not an automobile with C, C++ and Fortran being horses

    i would argue that, in terms of real developer productivity, there _are_ languages and frameworks (maybe not java today) that make C & Fortran fit this analogy. C++ is trying to stay relevant, but it's a really tough sell for new projects unless you specifically need the performance.

  13. Re:C and C++ aren't going away on The Working Dead: Which IT Jobs Are Bound For Extinction? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    i'll just put this here...

  14. Re:C and C++ aren't going away on The Working Dead: Which IT Jobs Are Bound For Extinction? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    sorry, but that's like saying, shortly after the invention of the automobile, that blacksmith's jobs are safe because race-horses will always need shoes. sure, they still make shoes for race-horses to this day. but how many blacksmiths do _you_ know that make horseshoes?

  15. Re:Not dead just clueless writer on The Working Dead: Which IT Jobs Are Bound For Extinction? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    ilmerge is your friend

  16. doh!

  17. posting monetized flight videos on youtube is /still/ commercial use.

  18. notepad.exe doesn't even run on win10s. what the fuck do you expect?

  19. humans need not apply on Robots Could Wipe Out Another 6 Million Retail Jobs (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    it's like it's a 2014 CGP Grey video all over again. again.

  20. > about really liking that version of AutoCAD
    the cracked version he had wouldn't install on windows 7, i bet.

  21. which medical facility uses devices based on (software) components that are unsupported? do they also let the calibration on their dosimeters expire?

    no, if your embedded device contains software that EOLs, then THE WHOLE FUCKING DEVICE should EOL on that date. you know that date at the time of purchase - it's no secret.

  22. yeah! dual-boot!

    for the convenience.

  23. Re:Welcome to our new corporate overlords on Ubuntu Arrives in the Windows Store, Suse and Fedora Are Coming To the Windows Subsystem For Linux (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    and the correct response to this? not sure, but i'm pretty sure getting your tin-foil hat out is step one.

  24. Re:Does anyone even use this? on Azure Goes Database Crazy With One New NoSQL, Two New SQL Services (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    > How does anyone know what it's doing with their data

    that seems like just the kind of question that these people would ask.

  25. Re:Cosmos DB new database Azure only? on Azure Goes Database Crazy With One New NoSQL, Two New SQL Services (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    apparently MS's CosmoDB allows you to talk to it using the MongoDB APi (among others). so, in theory at least, you can transition to/from it easier than if it were using a custom API like DynamoDB. i haven't played with it myself yet, though. this is just based on watching the keynote and a brief perusal of the high-level marketing docs.