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  1. Re:Language vs Library on Stack Overflow and the Zeitgeist of Computer Programming (priceonomics.com) · · Score: 1

    +1 I usually use it looking for explanation of bugs, or if I'm being stupid, not for whole solutions.

  2. Re:Sounds stupid on Hire a Developer, Watch Them Work In Real-Time · · Score: 1

    If 10% of your time is actually spent interacting with the computer, then just charge 900% of your normal hourly fee. "Thinking" is now just an expense covered by your rates :)

  3. Re:Uber = Public subsidized on Uber Lowers Drunk Driving Arrests In San Francisco Dramatically · · Score: 1

    It doesn't raise the rates for EVERYONE. I find using taxis (and trains) far far cheaper than having a car (motorbike in my case). The cost of taxis in London may be high, but not as much as insurance (due to post-code orientated crime rates), huge parking costs, tax, petrol, maintenance...

    Uber rates are cheaper due to lower overhead from their employer/agent, every single driver has told me they get far more work and make more money, and that is mostly due to the lack of heavy up-front cost.

  4. Re:You think Greeks want MORE electronic money? on Greek Financial Crisis Is an Opportunity For Bitcoin · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I think his point was that you'd have physical access to it, yknow, to buy physical bread and milk.

  5. Re: I would suggest the stl on Knowing C++ Beyond a Beginner Level · · Score: 1

    If you want real high performance c++, don't use hacks to turn your single threaded code to MT. Use cuda and opencl2. (Both of which support a lot of c++ functionality)
    If you don't want to cross over to using external drivers, use std::futures.
    For real efficiency control other threads yourself!

  6. Re:Yes to Brexit on Bank of England Accidentally E-mails Top-Secret "Brexit" Plan To the Guardian · · Score: 1

    Isn't Germany the only other country along with the UK that can hold up the economy of the EU? Will that burden be left fully on their(your?) shoulders be wise?

    If another country needs a bailout, will that responsibility fall completely on germany?

  7. Re:Free advertising on Legislation Would Force Radio Stations To Pay Royalties · · Score: 2

    If I haven't heard it, it's new to me

  8. Re:It's the cloud on The New Struggles Facing Open Source · · Score: 1

    Is there currently an open source alternative[to the closed alternative]?

  9. Re:Yup, added an easter egg in an old PS1 game. on Is This the Death of the Easter Egg? · · Score: 1

    This! We were making 3D games in early 2000's and whenever the engine had some new features we played with it. (we ALWAYS added a goldeneye-style big head mode to all our games :)
    We also added plenty of "cheats" which were runtime dev-tools, publishers usually demanded we removed them, but often we just made obscure cheat codes to enable them... though we made the fun harmless ones a bit more easy to stumble upon...

  10. Re:Mamangement on Is This the Death of the Easter Egg? · · Score: 1

    This is usually the same management who feel it's okay to do 2x hours for same pay. (ie. gamedev crunch). When we worked late, management knew they couldn't complain about anything.

    Blowing off steam with a few hours on an easter egg over 6 months was the least of their worries

  11. Re:It's been going on for years on UK Computing Teachers Concerned That Pupils Know More Than Them · · Score: 1

    Sounds like your program just put stuff on screen in response to a key press. Did the other kids programs that do that also get an F?

  12. Re: Infomercial for a code coverage tool? on Tetris Is Hard To Test · · Score: 1

    Find better programmers, pay them better, manage the project better to allow time to fix bugs after they've run through QA.

  13. How does one measure safety? on Speed Cameras In Chicago Earn $50M Less Than Expected · · Score: 1

    I know TFS says they haven't presented data... I wonder if they were collecting data at all.

  14. Re:Agreed. on New Research Casts Doubt On the "10,000 Hour Rule" of Expertise · · Score: 3, Insightful

    -1, InFulSight

  15. Re: Worthless on Mozilla Doubles Down on JPEG Encoding with mozjpeg 2.0 · · Score: 1

    Next week

  16. Re:Unity3D on Ask Slashdot: Tech Customers Forced Into Supporting Each Other? · · Score: 1

    turns out us developers (the support team has quite a few seasoned coders) are geeks too :)

  17. Re:Unity3D on Ask Slashdot: Tech Customers Forced Into Supporting Each Other? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Help menu -> report a bug... Do you think it needs to be easier?
    There's the issue tracker( http://issuetracker.unity3d.co... ) for submitting other bugs... and this gives a very loose guide to what issues bug people the most...

    *Every* bug gets checked and seen!

    The problem a lot of the time is working out which bug needs to be fixed first by the limited resources we have...

  18. Drink more. on Ask Slashdot: Re-Learning How To Interview As a Developer? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't know how friendly and open you are, anonymous person, but I've done pretty well in my last couple of interviews; Accepted immediately, first (face-to-face) interview.
    Prior to those last two jobs, I hadn't had an interview for 8 years. It took me 12 interviews before I managed to get a job.

    Basically, be more friendly, relaxed and relatable. Complain a bit about previous employers and how this new job will fix those problems (you may have to use your imagination), everyone has problems. A lot of the time, what puts perfect candidate A before candidate B is that "they could have a beer with them". Nobody wants to hire someone they're not gonna enjoy having around the office.

    Since drinking heavily, I'm a lot more approachable, and apparently, a lot more employable.

    Hope this *hic* helps.

  19. Re:Depends on your definition of legacy on Ask Slashdot: What's New In Legacy Languages? · · Score: 1

    I personally would say legacy code is code that is planned to be refactored/replaced.

    I write plenty of code, first time, which is designed to last... until it NEEDS replacing.

  20. It's the little details... on South Carolina Woman Jailed After Failing To Return Movie Rented Nine Years Ago · · Score: 1

    Isn't this how they caught Al Capone?

  21. Re:They should call it an anti-retention device on Virtual Boss Keeps Workers On a Short Leash · · Score: 4, Funny

    But unfortunately, the budget has been spent on some new management tools.

  22. Under our noses? on The Human Body May Not Be Cut Out For Space · · Score: 1

    That's pretty damned squashed, our eyeballs are normally above the nose.

  23. Let's keep it that way on Kentucky: Programming Language = Foreign Language · · Score: 1

    "despite a high demand in the market and jobs that start with $60,000 salaries"

    These things go hand in hand, let's keep it that way.

  24. Re:I could be wrong... on New Object Recognition Algorithm Learns On the Fly · · Score: 2

    This can't be far off, I read a paper a while ago (still trying to find it, this post is a bit redundant without it) which would "detect" the capital of a country from how often they were found in text together. (Probably pre-loaded with country names, this would just have the image as the needle)

    I'm sure "Object 1387" and "Nyan cat" will soon be matched :)

  25. On the fly, but.... on New Object Recognition Algorithm Learns On the Fly · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Does it work in real time? I can't find any more information than marketing buzz in the article (and the BYU article)...

    Is there a paper or anything with a bit more [technical] detail?