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  1. Re:No. on Is It Worth Learning a Little-Known Programming Language? · · Score: 0, Troll

    Haskell is a fairly conventional language, depending on what conventions you're used to. If you've ever only known imperative languages, then Haskell will be new and scary to you. OP was talking about people with a broad enough background where Haskell isn't inimidating. Just neat.

  2. what languages? on Is It Worth Learning a Little-Known Programming Language? · · Score: 1

    Most of those were platforms, frameworks, tookits etc. for domain-specific applications. Those almost always pay more. The only language in there was Object-Pascal. Unless that is used to solve a very pressing problem in a very competitive industry, it probably doesn't pay all that much.

  3. Re:systemd vs initd on Debian 8 Jessie Released · · Score: 1

    well last time i was on /. it was emacs vs. vim, so I'm very glad we moved on.

  4. Re:Apple may outlive Acer - But will they make PCs on We'll Be the Last PC Company Standing, Acer CEO Says · · Score: 1

    Yes there is. Apple doesn't want you to. They want to control how you use their platforms from planning to release. OS X and their lineup of personal computers are meant for that.

  5. Re:Mandatory xkcd on GNU Hurd 0.6 Released · · Score: 1

    [something].js would be nodejs os

  6. Re:for a moment there... on Michael Stonebraker Wins Turing Award · · Score: 1

    I had a similar thought, post-consumption of a lot of coffee. There's no hope for today.

  7. String concat in java on No, It's Not Always Quicker To Do Things In Memory · · Score: 1

    is an expensive in-memory operation, as it is in many other high-level languages. Unsurprising that writing a 1MB string to disk is faster.

  8. Re:Depends on use on Modular Smartphones Could Be Reused As Computer Clusters · · Score: 1

    unless you're talking about a shop in middle Africa or even Outback, China that proposes to utilise such a system in a mesh network to bring remote communities one step closer to being Facebook zombies.

    Hell, for that matter - how much processing power do you need to run a DHCP router? Or a DVR? Or a home automation system? Something as simple as an automatic garage door opener? An RFID reader?

    There's a BUNCH of uses for low power/small iron that Big Iron would be utterly WASTED on. The aforementioned is not, by any means, exhaustive.

    Keep in mind that modern Android phones have quad-core processors and will continue to grow in performance.

  9. Re:Hardly new on Fake Engine Noise Is the Auto Industry's Dirty Little Secret · · Score: 1

    Motorcycle riders seem more conductive to new technologies such as eletric vehicles. So unless the electric HD handles like the current motorcycles they make, then it'll probably do fairly well.