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| bio | website | not-implemented.com |
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| visits | member for | 2 years, 9 months |
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May 25 |
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In languages that don't allow underscores in integer constants, is it a good practice to create a constant for 1 billion? I think the NANOSECONDS_IN_ONE_SECOND solution is much clearer and neater |
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May 20 |
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Why is it a good idea for “lower” application layers not to be aware of “higher” ones? What do you mean by "making the system understandable by normal people" ? I think phrased like that it encourages new programmers to reject your good points because, like most people, they think they are smarter than most people and this won't be a problem for them. I would say "making the system understandable by humans" |
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Mar 5 |
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Are exceptions as control flow considered a serious antipattern? If so, Why? This doesn't answer the question though. What they were designed for is irrelevant; the only thing that is relevant is why using them for control flow is bad which is a topic you didn't touch. As an example, C++ templates were designed for one thing but are perfectly fine to be used for metaprogramming, an use the designers never anticipated of. |
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Feb 19 |
awarded | Caucus |
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Dec 13 |
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As a software architect, am I supposed to focus that much on analysing the logs and fixing other's bugs? what is a "level 2 support".. sounds like a game ahah |
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Sep 2 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Aug 23 |
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Can my company give IP rights away for an application I wrote off hours to another startup? I never thought you were a lawyer (why would I?). I also don't know why you feel the need to state it. |
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Jun 26 |
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Should you keep a copy of all the code you write? @Camilo: not even that unlikely. Usually they get your hard drive and do nothing with it for a couple of years and then they ask for the password.. Forgetting it after not having used it for years is very possible |
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Jun 25 |
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Should you keep a copy of all the code you write? @Malfist: your link is from 2009, I have here a federal ruling ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/201112268.pdf dated February 23, 2012. This ruling stated that the defendant isn't required to provide the encryption key. |
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Jun 25 |
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Should you keep a copy of all the code you write? @Malfist: not if doing so will incriminate yourself (due to the fifth amendment). There is a legal precedent for this. blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/02/23/… . So all you have to do is keep something illegal in your hard drive, and automatically you cannot be subpoena'd for the key. |
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Jun 25 |
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Should you keep a copy of all the code you write? Use truecrypt and have some illegal material in your hard drive, so that you are automatically protected by the Constitution against being forced to produce the password since that would make you incriminate yourself :) |
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Jun 8 |
awarded | Caucus |
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May 27 |
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Why most job offerings are for a <language here> developer, rather than a developer in general? Someone who has experience in a language is going to do the job much more quickly and much more cleanly, thinking otherwise is just delusional. |
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May 26 |
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Why C++ to write a compiler? I think that has much more to do with the people writing the compiler knowing well and liking a lot the language they are writing a compiler for than for objective technical reasons. |
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May 25 |
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Fear of releasing a hobby project - how to overcome? @Caleb: that's always true. The goal is always to ship a product and it's never to write code! |
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May 25 |
answered | Fear of releasing a hobby project - how to overcome? |
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Apr 16 |
awarded | Enlightened |
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Apr 16 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Apr 11 |
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Is the phrase “never reinvent the wheel” suitable for students? I think learning not to reinvent the wheel is more important. There are many things you can do that don't involve creating something that was already created. |
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Mar 30 |
answered | Why could citing bug IDs in patch notes be considered a bad practice? |
