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  1. I'm still on Java 6 you insensitive clod on Slashdot Asks: What Are Your Favorite Java 8 Features? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    EOM...

  2. Re:Decimal Numbers? on Slashdot Asks: What Are Your Favorite Java 8 Features? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Looks like you're looking for "JSR 354: Money and Currency API" Its an API, not language primitive. Its not surprising given that decimal numbers are essentially strings for all tense and purposes with some convenience math features wrapped around them. Outside of said library there are probably dozens of math libs that you could work with for your fixed size precision needs.

  3. Re:QoS != Net Neutrality Violation on Europe's Net Neutrality Doesn't Ban BitTorrent Throttling (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    We aren't neutering Netflix IP's! We're just neutering the packets that look just like Netflix ones, but that's just a coincidence!

    Sadly, from a legal perspective, it'd be hard to determine the legal grounds for neutrality without specifically declaring what are legal grounds for QoS control and which ones aren't. Since accountFeatures & (source/destination) are probably the most relevant QoS controls, I'd like to see how this plays out.

  4. Re:Whatever else needs to be said, on Facebook Removes Fake Article About Megyn Kelly From Trending Topics (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean factless out-group bashing without concrete proof or sources of authenticity? Sure it is. That's why you and everyone like you are the problem. If we don't have to deal with facts anymore, you're voting for the most entertaining monkey. Dance, monkey dance! ...

  5. Re:Luddites, beware! on Singapore Launches World's First 'Self-driving' Taxi Service (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    "They don't need down time, they don't get tired, they don't get distracted, they can work 24/7. They can learn from each others' mistakes. They don't need salary or benefits."

    Wow, its almost like a train, but significantly less energy efficient.. Too bad. There's always going to be the need for last-mile-type trucks, but I feel like a big economic or resource shock will push people to nail the logistics necessary for fast-load/unload train based options to happen. And then maybe the US will follow around 10 years later with half the efficiency... oh welp.

  6. Re:But self driving car are never going to happen. on Singapore Launches World's First 'Self-driving' Taxi Service (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    But... reasons!

  7. Re:What exactly does that mean? on Millions Of Steam Game Keys Stolen After Hacker Breaches Gaming Site (zdnet.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Oauth tokens. Potentially giving access to all shared data given to the site from fb (emails, maybe given name, contacts?). Of course this is a non-issue if FB invalidates the application token granted to the specified web site.

  8. Re:Queue the fracture on Transfer of Internet Governance Will Go Ahead On Oct. 1 (computerworld.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Its always been the case that anyone with enough determination could make a new internet that does the exact same thing as the current one but maintained by themselves. If someone wants to jump the shark and break compatibility, companies and countries will decide on whom to follow.

    If you think the internet has lasted decades purely because of US based custodianship, then strap on your tin foil hat because every story about interruptions/censorship/shaping/etc.. will now be coloured by this rather non-story forever afterwards.

  9. Re:Views are extremely helpful in such cases on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Bad Programming Ideas That Work? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Or, you know, any sort of system with even moderate complexity. You can ad hominem till the cows come home, but it won't make your argument right.

    The last time I worked on such a system like described, we had around 200 tables with something like ~10000 columns. I'd say half were modified with CRUD front-ends (or at least master-detail derived editors), and the rest were driven by business processes related to workflow management, automated batch processing, and externally triggered events. You don't tell data entry staff to figure out a vastly complicated business application that even with years of training, they won't necessarily master. You walk them through the process by wizards, lots of validation, a view of the data which is relevant to their present requirements ....

  10. Re:only works if everyone play by the same rule on Tesla Removes 'Self-driving' From China Website After Beijing Crash (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I was in a Chinese district where they honk continuously when they pass other vehicles and when they passed through tunnels. Interesting system... very noisy though.

  11. Re:Shying away from OOP(s) on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Bad Programming Ideas That Work? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    "The goal should always be to produce less code"
    By your bar, Perl is probably the best language. It isn't (inherently). The best code is something that can meet present and future requirements allowing for the least amount of work to produce / maintain. For a one man shop working in their basement, that could be one huge file with literally every piece of code/data in it, but its unlikely to scale well with a big team of people all constantly making updates. That's where pattens, abstractions, API's, etc.. start to become not just mandatory but essential for optimal productivity.

  12. If you truly don't care about native file handles not being closed properly, then use one of the million utilities like apache commons I/O:
    IOUils.closeQuietly(ios);

  13. Meh, for actual errors, I'd prefer Exceptions since you have the 'guarantee' that the proper behaviour is enforced. For all other cases that I'd ever consider using a goto in Java, there's always "continue 'label';" or "break 'label';" (Continue or break out of nested loops).

  14. Re:Views are extremely helpful in such cases on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Bad Programming Ideas That Work? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    "The input screens and/or update ordering may not match the table divisions"
    That's where controller layers comes in. Having a naked CRUD UI to direct DB modification may be stupid simple, but it usually means there's no business logic to the application. Sometimes you need direct write access to some tables, but only really naive systems need direct access write to all tables. Use the controller backends / ORM in most languages these days to do the heavy lifting bridging the two.

    Eg. ISP
    I issue two IP's to the customer and I could code my table:
    Customer Name, UID, IP1, IP2
    Super simple and will meet my business needs until.. I decide that I need to add a third IP, but only for business customers that pay be more. Now I need a few tables to model the problem. On the UI when I'm editing, I could still model 4 fields when I choose to edit the regular old consumer class customer, but in the middleware, you're adapting the customer records from a few tables to throw on the screen properly.

    If you're simply representing data for data entry / raw query speed / egress performance, etc.. you're probably not caring much about the greater system, or you're making it very brittle for any new enhancements.

  15. Re:I work in Dallas, Airline software is cancer. on More Airline Outages Seen As Carriers Grapple With Aging Technology (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    I don't know about Southwest itself, but fare forecasting is basically a white rhino, it doesn't exist. 8 years ago I worked at a fare management company who's job was basically a simpler view of what the fuck the company (and competitors) were doing with the industry, because some airlines didn't even do that much (fire anf forget fare management.

    Some business leaders and I (programming) demo'd predictive/trending fares into the product, but it went nowhere because nobody was asking for it, and nobody wanted to pay. The fare analysts are terrified of computers replacing them, and their managers don't have a fucking clue how much money they're throwing on the ground due to poorly prices fares.. good times. Of course you could also blame our sales/marketing for not seeing the advantage such a tool could bring to table in the market.

  16. The worst thing a res system can do is stop you from boarding a plane, any maybe to allow bad actors to avoid mandatory pre-screenings.

  17. Its monstrously expensive to manage and maintain for one. Its essentially impossible to change, so adding new features also becomes monstrously expensive. I know some companies cut checks for millions per month. Consider that. Any industry run through oligopoly is charging huge premiums for the right. Making a new res system would probably cost upwards of 100mil, and you're not even guaranteed of a successful project in the end.

  18. Blame Craigslist on Nicholas Carr Says Tech 'Utopia Is Creepy' (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    It single handedly killed newspaper journalism with their free unlimited esposure classifieds. That was a revenue cow that tilted papers into the red. Well, that and dead trees are uncool for the new hip environmentally sensitive masses.

    Facebook and Google are aren't even veiling their services as journalism. They're simply "small things to read'. There are daily rags here that are given free (with ads of course) which are 4 page 'the world is full of puppies' crap which is just a rebranded slosh of garbage you see shoved down social media.

  19. Just write a thesis on voting measures and counter-measures. Last time I looked, academics don't get locked up for attacking hypothetical voting regeimes even if they happened to be based on real world scenarios.

  20. Re:The small amount of fraud on 32 States Offer Online Voting, But Experts Warn It Isn't Secure (bostonglobe.com) · · Score: 1

    Democracies by definitinon allow anyone to vote. If anything, taking voting rights away from children and washington DC, and most US protectorates are bad enough.

    The informed voter ideal is certainly something worth really looking into, but it is NOT democracy. Read Star-ship troopers and you'll see at least one image of tiered democracy. In at least a few EU countries, you can't vote without spending time in the armed services, even if it's treated more or less a 2 week summer camp.

  21. So does mail-in voting. That doesn't stop basically every state from allowing it. Some people just can't physically reach a polling station.

  22. I'm so happy on US Copyright Office Sides With Cable Companies Against FCC's Set Top Rules (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    that I don't have cable TV anymore. Screw them all and drive their 20th century panacea into the sea faster.

  23. Re:Legal requirements for businesses on Frequent Password Changes Are the Enemy Of Security, FTC Technologist Says (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    All sarbox cares about is that you have a process, even if its to do nothing. I'm not sure if PCI is strictly required to have a password rotation policy, but there shouldn't need to be too many people in an organization required to take steps to be covered (depending on the company). Only a very limited subset of a given company should have direct access to user data in the first place. If they're put on a special policy list due to regulation, then so be it.

  24. Re:Rotting Meat on Dental Floss May Have No Medical Benefits, Says AP Report (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    Yes, there's a good distinction between social etiquetteand a medical association telling us that its good to do so. The government also doesn't say to stand more than a foot or two from someone when you're talking to them, but that's also good etiquette.

  25. Re:Get a credit card which notifies on each charge on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Keep Your Credit Card Secure? · · Score: 1

    This won't happen. Cards get stolen all the time. The only time I see problems with a CC vendor is when
    1. They have the card
    2. They used a PIN (we have pins here)

    Since these two pieces are essentially never together illegitimately, there's never problem. A hacked pin pad can get you #2, but you still have your physical card. Stealing can get you #1, but the pin isn't on the card (challenged against online). Pretty much the only way it happens without specific permission is if your card is stolen after using a skimmed pad while working in collusion. Certainly a police report and a swift cancellation will leave no personal liability for you.

    Its a little worse in the US, because you stupidly chose chip-and-sign, which essentially buys you that the card wasn't skimmed but is just as exposed to theft and abuse, and online abuse since they have the CVC (still not solved in Canada / others either unless you issue an online-only card and have online purchases diabled, etc..).