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  1. Re:Shash-job-vertisement on The One App You Need On Your Resume If You Want a Job At Google · · Score: 1

    And Google is one of the biggest proponents to Python, so there's that to consider.

  2. Reliability vs Choice on Does Relying On an IDE Make You a Bad Programmer? · · Score: 1

    You can know how to use a terminal on a headless server, write your C code in VIM or EMACS, and compile your code with GCC, and be totally content and remove any overhead, but as long as you understand these tools I don't see any harm in using a program that links your libraries and throws you right onto the starting line with the click of a button. You can only write the same 20 lines of code and manually set paths so often before you're writing your own templates and doing the same thing the IDE would do for you anyway. It's typically natural to start programming in an IDE, but those who rely on it, rather than choose to use it, and never eventually venture down to the command line to build their program from scratch are only seeing half of the picture and will never fully grasp the basic concepts of what they're doing.

  3. Is this a joke? on A New Car UI · · Score: 1

    Seriously this is the most unintuitive design I've come across for a UI; honestly Windows 8 looks better. This is never going anywhere. The iPad has room for reasonably sized buttons, there is no reason for this garbage.

  4. Re:We are not equal... on E-Sports Gender Gap: 90+% Male · · Score: 1

    It also goes without saying that women who want to compete in E-Sports are free to do so. I distinctly remember multiple occasions where there were female team members competing along-side male-only teams.

  5. Re: [Ignorance] on CERN Antimatter Experiment Produces First Beam of Antihydrogen · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    You may like cowering behind your monitor, sitting in your own filth of chip crumbs, and typing with your sticky fingers; but you're the argument against anonymity on the internet.

  6. Oh well on Behind the Scenes of Wii U Software Development · · Score: 2

    I still like my Wii U

  7. Re:Great.... on Google Begins To Merge Google+, Gmail Contacts · · Score: 1

    Default is king.

  8. Fuck this post on Isaac Asimov's 50-Year-Old Prediction For 2014 Is Viral and Wrong · · Score: 1

    Seriously, it's misleading and wrong. Get this shit out of here.

  9. Re:Its on Developing Games On and For Linux/SteamOS · · Score: 1

    But you have a syntax error. 'it's'=>'it\'s' FTFY

  10. Re:Bad news for string theory on "Perfect" Electron Roundness Bruises Supersymmetry · · Score: 1

    Well that's the sad truth when basing hypothesis on unproven theories. If Supersymmetry flops, as a whole, it doesn't necessarily mean that we start over from scratch. There could be some truth to each theory even though certain aspects fall through. Physics is about knowing physical law, not wishing it into existance. Wishful thinking only takes us so far and eventually conclusions need to be determined. Well it seems we're getting near the point of drawing conclusions. Picking up the working pieces of busted theories and setting them into improved hypothesis is the best we can do with our current technology. Rather than designing new theories we should focus on developing new technologies to enable the next rounds of experimentation.

  11. But why should this matter? on Theo De Raadt Says FreeBSD Is Just Catching Up On Security · · Score: 1

    I don't think this guy knows what he's talking about, but that's beside the point. There is absolutely no reason to argue against an operating system you DON'T use. That is the reason you use OpenBSD instead of FreeBSD right? Shit if you're that worried about security go play with Windows for an hour, and come back to see how secure FreeBSD actually is. /dev/random is supposed to become incrementally better with time, but FreeBSD is about tested stability. You're criticizing the project for not implementing a new technology and that is arrogant. Keep testing your chip-based crypto and when it's ready it will get used right away. For now software cryptography is perfectly fine.

  12. Okay... on Is the Porsche Carrera GT Too Dangerous? · · Score: 1

    Because it's the car that's unsafe. If they were driving any other vehicle, the headline would use it's name instead. Those two died, it's terribly sad, but it could have happened to anyone in any car.

  13. Re:The only fix for vampire draw on Tesla Model S Has Bizarre 'Vampire-Like' Thirst For Electricity At Night · · Score: 1

    The problem is that Tesla said they could fix the issue with software. They would be in a pretty bad situation if all of the current cars needed extra hardware.

  14. but on Cupertino Approves New Apple Spaceship HQ · · Score: 1

    Is it really worth it?

  15. Why though... on A Makerbot In Every Classroom · · Score: 1

    It's way too soon for these to matter. Maker Bots are still in a very early stage. Using them for this application now will do no good. Waste of money, time, and effort.

  16. What's the big deal? on How Blockbuster Could Have Owned Netflix · · Score: 1

    It's better this way. Blockbuster is an old-fashioned corporation that doesn't give a fuck, and their demise proves that. Netflix is down to earth and knows its customer base. Blockbuster's failure was because they're business model was outdated.

  17. Why bother? on Researchers Dare AI Experts To Crack New GOTCHA Password Scheme · · Score: 1

    This is security by obscurity taken to the extreme. We may be good at recognizing patterns, but if fed enough information a computer can be much better.

  18. Isn't it just a little ironic? on Canonical Targets Ubuntu Privacy Critic · · Score: 1

    This post is talking about Canonical forcing the removal of the Ubuntu icon from a site, but then right next to this article the Ubuntu icon sits at the top of the page. I had a good laugh about this, and was surprised no one else had pointed it out.

  19. It's obvious right? on Edward Snowden Leaks Could Help Paedophiles Escape Police, Says UK Government · · Score: 1

    Our governments are ran by some of the stupidest fear-mongering bastards that walk the planet. The only people who are worse are those that blindly follow and listen because "they're the government and they must be right". I'm tired of this bullshit. Laws are invented by those who know nothing and have no other way to spend their time than limiting the freedoms of others. "I don't understand what they're doing, so they must be terrorists. We're the government so we have proprietary rights to anything we want- and that includes your attention". Fuck these idiots. Snowden has brought the truth of our world leaders' intentions to light, and for that he is a hero. The only ones in true danger now are those in charge of the countries we live in. The only thing saving them right now is their practiced and refined ability to promote a police state while distracting our thoughts toward the innocent children. The headline "Snowden fucks little boys" gets more attention than "US Gov is listening to your conversations", and only the latter is true. Does no one know libel when it's smacking them in the face? Are WE that fucking stupid?

  20. When I see something like this I have to wonder... on Stolen Adobe Passwords Were Encrypted, Not Hashed · · Score: 1

    Have we just witnessed the fall of Adobe? If not how can they hope to regain users' trust?

  21. Wait, Jellyfish? on Unmanned 'Terminator' Robots Kill Jellyfish · · Score: 1

    Jellyfish attacks? They don't seem like they'd be the best at "attacking" people, but rather just floating close to shore and people swimming into them. It seems like people are provoking the jellies on accident and they're passively fighting back. Now we're setting killer robits out into the wild depths. What's next? Sharks? That would be horrible, but it makes sense according to the logic that if it attacks - kill it!

  22. Around and around we go on Ex-Red Hat Employee Matthew Garrett Comments On the State of XMir · · Score: 1

    We are cycling around a wheel of and racing to reinvention. All of Canonical's efforts could have been paired up with Wayland to make a one-size-fits-all display server and it probably would have been finished and ready to deploy by this point. It's opposition like Mir that is stagnating much needed innovation. I imagine Canonical's thoughts going something like "Oh, since Wayland isn't moving fast enough - even though it's been in development for years - we'll just make our own, from scratch." If they didn't think it'd cost them this much effort, then they're more arrogant than I thought. The one thing about them I've learned over the years is they love biting off more than they can chew - only to spit it right back out onto the plate. If there is one positive thing to come out of this is that it lit a fire under Wayland's butt.

  23. NOPE on Asian Giant Hornets Kill 42 People In China, Injure Over 1,500 · · Score: 1

    I'm leaving Illinois - fuck that. I've seen too many horrendous insects on the internet today. Check out this Tarantula Hawk Wasp: http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i343/OldSchoolTHF/TarantulaHawk_zps57e48052.gif

  24. Age is relative on How Early Should Kids Learn To Code? · · Score: 1

    ...but I'd say 10 sounds like a good age. Children are logical enough by this point usually - and can ask the right kinds of questions and follow the programming structure, especially in more simple languages like Python. At very least they're comprehensive of if statements and would probably have a fun time with loops!

  25. All the Buzz on Fracked Shale Could Sequester Carbon Dioxide · · Score: 1

    Those buzz words trying to grab all the people's attention...