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  1. Re:Kids these days... on Someone on Medium Just Said C++ Was Better Than C (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    I couldn't get classes in the beginning because they were too many students. I couldn't get classes towards the end because they weren't enough students.

    Did you do any classes on algorithms? If so, was binary search covered?

  2. Re: Indeed on Someone on Medium Just Said C++ Was Better Than C (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    Evaluation? They look like literals to me.

  3. Re:Actually what the guy wrote was on Someone on Medium Just Said C++ Was Better Than C (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    I agree. Windows 7 is vastly superior.

    It's a throwback to the early 2000s without support for modern hardware support.

  4. courted cord cutters on ESPN Has Seen the Future of TV and They're Not Really Into It (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    How many cord cutters could a cable co court if a cable co could court cord cutters?

  5. Re:Hell, it's about time. on Bay Area Tech Executives Indicted For H-1B Visa Fraud (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't recall Italy invading a declared neutral country or France sinking a passenger liner.

  6. Popcorn futures on Oracle Hires Global Specialists To Explore Feasibility of Buying Accenture · · Score: 1

    Popcorn futures up 5% on the news.

  7. Re:Most coders on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Lies Programmers Tell Themselves? · · Score: 1

    if the worst leave the industry

    You owe me a new keyboard.

  8. Re:Most coders on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Lies Programmers Tell Themselves? · · Score: 1

    I would argue you should take a stats course. If you mean mode, say mode. If you mean mean, say mean. And say whether it's arithmetic, geometric, harmonic...

  9. Re:"Rust will replace C++" on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Lies Programmers Tell Themselves? · · Score: 1

    ... with XML. Lots of it.

  10. Re: Biggest programmer lie: "I'm an engineer" (nt) on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Lies Programmers Tell Themselves? · · Score: 1

    That's unfair. Some of them are good at one of those things and almost competent at one of the others.

  11. Re: "Good programming discussion is found at /." on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Lies Programmers Tell Themselves? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The main one: 'I'll fix that later'

    Often found in close proximity: "Hmm, it's not *that* bad".

  12. Re: I hope the Feds destroy their lives. on Bay Area Tech Executives Indicted For H-1B Visa Fraud (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    William,Shatner,is,that,you,?,

  13. Re:Hell, it's about time. on Bay Area Tech Executives Indicted For H-1B Visa Fraud (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    It wasn't globalisation that screwed the Weimar economy. It was the fine slapped on them for being very naughty in 1914.

  14. Re:It's just smart business. on Evidence That Robots Are Winning the Race for American Jobs (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    we can get to a rational single payer system like they have in first world countries these days.

    That'll never happen. As long as someone is profiting from the current system they'll be able to 1) buy off enough congresscritters and 2) decry any alternative as cormanizzum.

    What kind of plan do congresscritters get, by the way?

  15. Re:Change the name to "Crash Supersonic"? on Aerospace Startup Will Build A Supersonic Mach 2.2 Aircraft (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    But this will be a harmonious & patriotic AMERICAN boom, not some raucous noise those Limeys and their Cheese-eating pals make.

  16. Re:that machine rules on Terrifying Anti-Riot Vehicle Created To Quash Any Urban Disturbance (boingboing.net) · · Score: 1

    "How will Charles be convicted of Treason? You do understand that the charge of treason is constitutionally defined and Charles himself has the ability to designate who the enemy is and isn't- right?"
    --
    Someone in England, January 1649.

  17. Re:Lock her up already on Theranos To Investors: Please Don't Sue! Here, Have Some More Shares (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 2

    Qui Bono?

    Qua Sinead O'Connor?

  18. Re:Remarkable How Our Assumptions Are Often Wrong on 1.6 Billion-Year-Old Plant Fossil Found In India (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Binary search only works for ordered data. If you don't find them on the porch, which direction do you move?

  19. Illiterate cackwads on Apache Hadoop Has Failed Us, Tech Experts Say (datanami.com) · · Score: 1

    That feels like a better unifying principal

    They're choosing someone to lead the merger of some high schools?

    Fucking hell, unless you chew your tongue when you talk they don't even sound the same.

  20. Re: Why not? on Indiana's Inmates Could Soon Have Access To Tablets (abc57.com) · · Score: 1

    He doesn't have a choice - he's in prison, you insensitive clod!

  21. Swift, last year's second most popular language, ranked as fourth.

    What about Forth? I hope it was fifty-fifth.

  22. Re:Why you shouldn't care... on Why You Should Care About the Supreme Court Case On Toner Cartridges (consumerist.com) · · Score: 1

    You can be sure they'll throw plenty of resources at trying to intercept it.

    I mean this is muuuuuuuch more important than drugs and explosives, right?

  23. The story lost me after "developers", but I'm getting a distinct whiff of hype with undertones of scam.

  24. some Micks

    FTFY,SID,SAB.

  25. Taste is affected by whether the person smokes or not.

    Which person?

    No, cancel that. Too much information.