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  1. Re:As a C programmer on C Top Programming Language For 2016, Finds IEEE's Study (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    I think that code might cause problems on an intel pc too, not sure

  2. Re:As a C programmer on C Top Programming Language For 2016, Finds IEEE's Study (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, there are definitely things that you have to be aware of when doing cross-platform C.

    I'm sure you already know it, but some compilers (like GCC) have __attribute__(packed) that can sometimes help in some situations like you were in.......

  3. Re:As a C programmer on C Top Programming Language For 2016, Finds IEEE's Study (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    That's annoying. Were you doing some kind of pointer arithmetic or something?

  4. Re:As a C programmer on C Top Programming Language For 2016, Finds IEEE's Study (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    - dereferencing pointers to multi-byte values can cause errors on some processors when the pointer address isn't word-aligned, but will work just fine on others

    When was the last time you saw someone do that?

  5. Re:That's Right on China Bans Internet News Reporting As Media Crackdown Widens (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Not to a democracy.

    Dang it dude, how can you possibly have read my previous posts and think that I was talking about a transition to democracy? Screw your head on straight.

  6. Re:As a C programmer on C Top Programming Language For 2016, Finds IEEE's Study (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    The same logic works for many other languages

    Which languages?

  7. Re:As a C programmer on C Top Programming Language For 2016, Finds IEEE's Study (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Looks like I have to have a go at R some time these days though.

    What about R is attracting you?

  8. Re:As a C programmer on C Top Programming Language For 2016, Finds IEEE's Study (ieee.org) · · Score: 3, Informative

    software engineering/programming people is that they don't care about reusability, and it shows; once the project is done they move on to the next one. The people producing C libraries (like myself) are happily reusing the libraries we wrote two decades ago without having to rewrite them to use in another language.

    That's quite a statement! And maybe true....

  9. Re:Object-oriented is a fad on C Top Programming Language For 2016, Finds IEEE's Study (ieee.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Object-oriented is a fad!

    I wouldn't have believed you 10 years ago, but now OOP is out and uncool. The new hip people all program in functional style (and OOP is messing everything up). I'm waiting for someone to discover the new imperative programming paradigm.

  10. Re:No jobs for C on C Top Programming Language For 2016, Finds IEEE's Study (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Look for embedded programmers, or systems programmers. Sometimes those are something besides C, but a lot of times they are.
    In other jobs I've done C programming, but only part of the time.

  11. Re:As a C programmer on C Top Programming Language For 2016, Finds IEEE's Study (ieee.org) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Also worth mentioning that not only does C run on the most different processors, C is the most portable between languages.....that is, if you write a library in C, it can be used in basically every other language.

  12. fwiw US copyright law was largely imported from Europe (the Berne Convention, which the US joined in the 70s or so)

  13. The Russians largely created the corruption scandal

    Do we know that they were actually released by the Russians?

  14. Re:Does this surprise anyone? on Trump Calls For Russia To Cyber-Invade the United States To Find Clinton's 'Missing' Emails (gawker.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Drumpf has run most of his campaign by going from one conspiracy to another.

    You're late to this party, but the Clinton campaign started the 'Russia leaked the emails' meme. Trump is responding to that meme here (I haven't verified that - the news conference was too long and I don't care enough to watch the whole thing). Adding his own whatever to it.

    Do not be deceived: at the national level, it's cut-throat, and both campaigns are willing to lie and cheat if it helps them win. We see that in the emails where the Clinton campaign tried to use Sander's race against him.

  15. Re:You can't blame them. on Millennials Are Obsessed With Side Hustles Because 'They're All' They've Got (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I haven't seen good evidence that Clinton is an undue supporter of Wall Street

    Clinton has gotten a lot of support (ie: money) from the banks. Whether or not you think she is an undue supporter or not, you can see thereby that she is favored by the banks.

    AC is clearly against shipping jobs overseas, and that conflicts with some of Clinton's stances.

    Now you're getting it.

  16. John Tyler was worse, he eventually got ejected from his own party. If you only want to look at recent history, Newt Gingrich divorced his wife while she was in the hospital suffering from cancer. Aaron Burr sucked, and then there was McClellan who had this to say:

    now I could become Dictator or anything else that might please me—but nothing of that kind would please me—therefore I won't be Dictator. Admirable self-denial!

    If you're going to say that he is the "vilest person ever" at least look back at the history, otherwise you're just a reactionary, bloviating fool.

  17. Re:Autos cause 1.2 million deaths worldwide each y on Tesla Model S In Fatal Autopilot Crash Was Going 74 MPH In a 65 Zone, NTSB Says (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Because we want self-driving cars, and this could be an impediment.

  18. Re:It only takes 10 hours to make this trip curren on Norway Is Building The World's First 'Floating' Underwater Tunnels (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course, they want to connect closer towns, but this conversation is reminding me of Norway. Norway is such a great place.

  19. Re:Sanders voters will be good little Democrats on Facebook Admits Blocking WikiLeaks' DNC Email Links, But Won't Say Why (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    He should be the nominee

    How, exactly? He didn't get enough delegates, even unpledged delegates.

  20. Re:What a coincidence! on Harrison Ford Could Have Died In Star Wars Set Incident, Court Hears (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    That's true.

  21. Re:What a coincidence! on Harrison Ford Could Have Died In Star Wars Set Incident, Court Hears (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't know, worshiping the washed up old helmet of your grandfather is kind of dumb with any accent, but be honest: Grand Moff Tarkin rocked the 'thin English accent' villain in the first movie. Killing your parents (parents who have fond hopes for your happiness) is kind of braindead, too. Maybe stupidity runs in the family, but least Anakin got that right.

  22. Re:peg that bugger at black.... on Obama Creates a Color-Coded Cyber Threat 'Schema' After the DNC Hack (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I understood that. I worded my comment that way anyway because I figured the event has already happened: our critical systems have currently already been hacked.

  23. Re:What a coincidence! on Harrison Ford Could Have Died In Star Wars Set Incident, Court Hears (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    The villains in Force Awakens are depressingly dumb, though.

  24. Re:Lockouts have you heard of them? on Harrison Ford Could Have Died In Star Wars Set Incident, Court Hears (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    That's not something they teach in high school. At least, not in the US.

  25. Re:You can't blame them. on Millennials Are Obsessed With Side Hustles Because 'They're All' They've Got (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    It could also match the profile of a typical Sanders voter, but not many Clinton supporters align with Clinton's support of Wall Street, and Clinton is a free-trade advocate so "pushing jobs overseas" doesn't match her either. "Manufacturing jobs" are something Trump has especially hammered on, although Sanders is right behind.