Some of the most painful moments of my life were working on a professional C++ compiler. Almost everyone uses the EDG front end to minimize the pain of parsing C++ into an AST.
When is C++ going to natively support multiple return types? i.e.
float sin, cos, angle;
sin, cos:= SinCos( angle );
Right now we can use a struct hack, but native support would be appreciated.
_When_ are pragmas going to be standardized instead of relying on brain-dead proprietary extensions where MSVC does things one way and GCC another way? i.e. I'm specifically talking about the idiotic verbose
__attribute__((always_inline))
__inline
__forceinline
intead of having a native way to hint the compiler about how hot or cold a function is.
inline = 100 void Foo();// function is 100% hot, always inline
inline = 0 void Foo();// function is 0% cold, never inline
inline = 75 void Foo();// function is 75% hot, inline most of the time
Lastly, C++ has been extremely complex. When is C++ going to simplify the total over-engineering of the language?
Banning images isn't the problem. Why do you think/. has a lame-ass "lameness" filter? Because people were posting ASCII porn.
i.e. 8====> or whatever the penis bird crap was back then.
As another user pointed out, the ability to FILTER and MODERATE allows the community to self-police itself. You can post offensive stuff _solely_ with text using words. The "classics" are the N, C, or F words. i.e. http://southpark.cc.com/clips/...
Sites that only allow upvotes are retarded as they don't give people the option to filter out the "noise".
A _good_ site allows people to upvote the signal and downvote the noise
One thing that might help your buddy is to give him incentive. Is he still renting his DOCSIS 2 modem? Comcast and other ISPs charge ~$7/month for a cable modem rental! If he paid ~$70 and bought a DOCSIS 3 modem outright after ~7 months he would be saving money since he would no longer be being nickeled and dimed for the router rental.
You can find a list of DOCSIS 3 supported modems here... make sure to check "[x] Latest (DOCSIS 3.0) Devices" http://mydeviceinfo.comcast.ne...
Under-confidence (shy/pathetic) or Over-confidence (arrogant) is the problem.
A balanced amount of confidence is perfectly fine.
There is nothing wrong with past experience that proves to yourself that you know how to apply your knowledge and wisdom to build self-confidence & healthy self-esteem.
I picked up 2 Asus RT-N66U thinking that I could have a high speed Wifi Bridge. Since this house is old it creates a lot of interference. WiFi at the router was 30+ Mbps... in one of the rooms, down to less then 5 Mbps.
The stock firmware is crap. You can't port-trigger multiple ports, only port forward ONE port.
I highly recommend Shibby's Tomato firmware which is up-to-date to see which routers it supports. http://tomato.groov.pl/
Real should be replaced with "Good". Are there "good" Javascript, Java, Visual Basic, etc., programmers? Yes there are always exceptionally gifted people -- however that is not the norm as those language encourages sloppy design principles. If programmers come from a C background they tend to be "better" programmers:
ALL good programmers understand TINSTAAFL. Namely,
* Floating Point * Memory * Pointers * Budgets: CPU budgets, Memory budgets, Disk budgets, Network budgets, People budgets (such as programmer time vs machine time) * Macro-optimization = Algorithm * Micro-optimization = Assembly language * GOOD programmers understand both the strengths and weakness of high level programming languages and low level programming languages. They are not married to the dogma of "one size fits all" -- they are aware that each language was designed to solve certain types of problems. They use the right tool for the right job.
I would also add unless you can read assembly language you're probably not as good as a programmer as you think you are.
I still maintain the "last good programmers" were those that could read 6502 assembly. Later generations are mostly clueless about the implementation costs.
Sony gotten bitten with Apple Envy. They pretty much invented portable music with the Walkman, re-invented it with the Discman but completely failed to capitalize it with digital music the way the iPod & iTunes did.
Their downfall was trying to sucker the rest of the world with proprietary formats.
Because at the end of the day it is "business as usual" -- no one really gives a fuck about Microsoft's new CEO.
Microsoft still doesn't a fucking clue about UI, it still shits on PC gamers with its crappy GWFL (Games For Windows Live), the Xbone has the stupidest marketing name ever, XP is still holding on because business can't be bought off with the latest untested shiny, DX12 will be only available on Windows 9 as MS tries to force gamers to upgrade, etc.
What I have a problem with is allowing the IRS to over-step their idiotic jurisdiction.
If you can show the Blizzard server where I can pay the IRS my WoW gold then I'll pay the "income" I've "earned." Oh wait, they don't have one.. because Blizzard owns ALL their "virtual currency", aka WoW gold.
Likewise for other digital currency -- the IRS can make all the claims they want, but that doesn't make it true. They don't "own" BitCoin, NOR the bits used to represent the currency.
17 trillions in debt and the IRS has done fuck all to help the country get out of debt. If the IRS wasn't so greedy then maybe I'd actually respect them in spite of paying my taxes. But most Americans are too stupid and a bunch of pussies to do anything. They would rather watch their unreality shows such as "Big Brother" then give a dam.
So yea, I have a problem with illegal government over-stepping their pseudo jurisdiction such as the Federal Reserve, which is neither Federal, nor a Reserve.
And just in case there was any confusion, Clause 8 specifically also spells it out in plain English:
Ownership/Selling of the Account or Virtual Items.
Blizzard does not recognize the transfer of World of Warcraft Accounts or BNET Accounts (each an "Account"). You may not purchase, sell, gift or trade any Account, or offer to purchase, sell, gift or trade any Account, and any such attempt shall be null and void. Blizzard owns, has licensed, or otherwise has rights to all of the content that appears in the Game. You agree that you have no right or title in or to any such content, including without limitation the virtual goods or currency appearing or originating in the Game, or any other attributes associated with any Account. Blizzard does not recognize any purported transfers of virtual property executed outside of the Game, or the purported sale, gift or trade in the âoereal worldâ of anything that appears or originates in the Game. Accordingly, you may not sell in-game items or currency for âoerealâ money, or exchange those items or currency for value outside of the Game.
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This needs to be modded +10.
C++ has become a clusterfuck of engineering.
Some of the most painful moments of my life were working on a professional C++ compiler. Almost everyone uses the EDG front end to minimize the pain of parsing C++ into an AST.
When is C++ going to natively support multiple return types?
i.e.
Right now we can use a struct hack, but native support would be appreciated.
_When_ are pragmas going to be standardized instead of relying on brain-dead proprietary extensions where MSVC does things one way and GCC another way? i.e. I'm specifically talking about the idiotic verbose
intead of having a native way to hint the compiler about how hot or cold a function is.
Lastly, C++ has been extremely complex. When is C++ going to simplify the total over-engineering of the language?
Banning images isn't the problem. Why do you think /. has a lame-ass "lameness" filter? Because people were posting ASCII porn.
i.e.
8====> or whatever the penis bird crap was back then.
As another user pointed out, the ability to FILTER and MODERATE allows the community to self-police itself. You can post offensive stuff _solely_ with text using words. The "classics" are the N, C, or F words. i.e. http://southpark.cc.com/clips/...
Sites that only allow upvotes are retarded as they don't give people the option to filter out the "noise".
A _good_ site allows people to upvote the signal and downvote the noise
Mod parent up.
Plus the ability to borrow books and loan them to family members.
Indeed. $100 seems to be a common barrier.
With the 256 GB Samsung 840 EVO less then $100 ($0.78125/GB) and the 256 GB for only $130 ($0.5078125/GB) people really don't have an excuse anymore.
* http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-...
* http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-...
The enemy of better is "good enough". :-/
One thing that might help your buddy is to give him incentive. Is he still renting his DOCSIS 2 modem? Comcast and other ISPs charge ~$7/month for a cable modem rental! If he paid ~$70 and bought a DOCSIS 3 modem outright after ~7 months he would be saving money since he would no longer be being nickeled and dimed for the router rental.
You can find a list of DOCSIS 3 supported modems here ... make sure to check "[x] Latest (DOCSIS 3.0) Devices"
http://mydeviceinfo.comcast.ne...
I picked up the MOTOROLA SB6121 SURFboard Cable Modem RJ-45 from NewEgg for ~$69.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...
R&D _can_ be fun. But Theory without Application is (mostly) useless.
That's OK, I wouldn't want to work for someone who makes assumptions about someone they have never met, anyways.
Under-confidence (shy/pathetic) or Over-confidence (arrogant) is the problem.
A balanced amount of confidence is perfectly fine.
There is nothing wrong with past experience that proves to yourself that you know how to apply your knowledge and wisdom to build self-confidence & healthy self-esteem.
I'll probably get downmodded but you spelt ePenis wrong ... :-)
I picked up 2 Asus RT-N66U thinking that I could have a high speed Wifi Bridge. Since this house is old it creates a lot of interference. WiFi at the router was 30+ Mbps ... in one of the rooms, down to less then 5 Mbps.
The stock firmware is crap. You can't port-trigger multiple ports, only port forward ONE port.
I highly recommend Shibby's Tomato firmware which is up-to-date to see which routers it supports.
http://tomato.groov.pl/
The demo 1x1 pixel has the color 0xF0B8A0 and contains child pr0n down-sampled.
What, you thought numbers being illegal was nonsense too?
That's a bogus argument.
Real should be replaced with "Good". Are there "good" Javascript, Java, Visual Basic, etc., programmers? Yes there are always exceptionally gifted people -- however that is not the norm as those language encourages sloppy design principles. If programmers come from a C background they tend to be "better" programmers:
ALL good programmers understand TINSTAAFL. Namely,
* Floating Point
* Memory
* Pointers
* Budgets: CPU budgets, Memory budgets, Disk budgets, Network budgets, People budgets (such as programmer time vs machine time)
* Macro-optimization = Algorithm
* Micro-optimization = Assembly language
* GOOD programmers understand both the strengths and weakness of high level programming languages and low level programming languages. They are not married to the dogma of "one size fits all" -- they are aware that each language was designed to solve certain types of problems. They use the right tool for the right job.
I would also add unless you can read assembly language you're probably not as good as a programmer as you think you are.
I still maintain the "last good programmers" were those that could read 6502 assembly. Later generations are mostly clueless about the implementation costs.
Programming = Application = FUN.
Computer Scientist = Research = Theory = mostly boring.
Lowly programmer? Now piss off, I have my degree.
Sony gotten bitten with Apple Envy. They pretty much invented portable music with the Walkman, re-invented it with the Discman but completely failed to capitalize it with digital music the way the iPod & iTunes did.
Their downfall was trying to sucker the rest of the world with proprietary formats.
http://games.slashdot.org/comm...
Because at the end of the day it is "business as usual" -- no one really gives a fuck about Microsoft's new CEO.
Microsoft still doesn't a fucking clue about UI, it still shits on PC gamers with its crappy GWFL (Games For Windows Live), the Xbone has the stupidest marketing name ever, XP is still holding on because business can't be bought off with the latest untested shiny, DX12 will be only available on Windows 9 as MS tries to force gamers to upgrade, etc.
Exactly.
ALL text editors SUCK. Some just suck less. I find Vim to suck the least -- its bugs notwithstanding.
As I pointed out I already pay my fair share.
What I have a problem with is allowing the IRS to over-step their idiotic jurisdiction.
If you can show the Blizzard server where I can pay the IRS my WoW gold then I'll pay the "income" I've "earned." Oh wait, they don't have one .. because Blizzard owns ALL their "virtual currency", aka WoW gold.
Likewise for other digital currency -- the IRS can make all the claims they want, but that doesn't make it true. They don't "own" BitCoin, NOR the bits used to represent the currency.
17 trillions in debt and the IRS has done fuck all to help the country get out of debt. If the IRS wasn't so greedy then maybe I'd actually respect them in spite of paying my taxes. But most Americans are too stupid and a bunch of pussies to do anything. They would rather watch their unreality shows such as "Big Brother" then give a dam.
So yea, I have a problem with illegal government over-stepping their pseudo jurisdiction such as the Federal Reserve, which is neither Federal, nor a Reserve.
What part of FIFO do you not understand??
Exactly.
The nice thing with hosts blocking is that it works across desktops and mobile. You can even do it with custom firmware.
http://superuser.com/questions...
I find everything "Alien", "Aliens", and all the sequels, to be *yawn*.
Prometheus was a piece of shit.
Everything Wrong With Prometheus In 4 Minutes Or Less
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Aliens was boring as fuck.
I've lost my faith in Riddle to make anything good.
Actually I'm not familiar with that one. Link please?
So you solution is to stick your head in the sand and ignore the problem? /sarcasm Great Advice. NOT.
/*WHOOSH* programmer joke. Queue was intentional
And just in case there was any confusion, Clause 8 specifically also spells it out in plain English: