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May
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May
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comment What to do if you find a vulnerability in a competitor's site?
I've upvoted this answer a while ago, but I think now it might not give the best advice. Remember, your employer's legal department is not your lawyer. They might just report you personally to the other company or make some sort of settlement that screws you up. They do not defend your interests.
May
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comment Python reading from stdin while doing other tasks
@user2246190 Threads are not the only way to do this, but IMO here it will be easier with multiple threads.
May
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answered Python reading from stdin while doing other tasks
May
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comment Are Intel compilers really better than the Microsoft ones?
@rerun No, my comparison was Intel without profiling vs Ms without profiling. The Intel Compiler won that comparison with a wide margin, so I didn't bother producing profile-guided optimized binaries with the Ms compiler. Might have been an oversight on my part...
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Mar
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comment Object-Oriented Programming: Why “Oriented”?
I think you really hit the nail on that one: We do Object-oriented design, and that is why the languages are object-oriented - to allow us to express this design.
Mar
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answered Can I use MIT license to give some of my previous written code to employer so that I protect myself and don't lose my copyright?
Feb
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Feb
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comment Checking “instanceof” rather than value using a switch statement
@StephenC Sorry, my bad. This makes it one more argument against this practice.
Feb
21
comment Checking “instanceof” rather than value using a switch statement
I would just like to point out that it might be a better solution to compare not against a concrete string, but against SampleType.class.getName(), as the second would survive an automatic refactoring. Not that I approve this practice...
Feb
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Feb
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revised In-house SMS (using a SIM card) receiving and sending?
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Feb
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answered In-house SMS (using a SIM card) receiving and sending?
Feb
11
comment JVM vs operating systems
I like your answer, but I feel obligated to point out Jazelle. There were CPUs that execute JVM bytecode, although not completely.
Feb
3
comment Should I learn in c++ or c# (for computer science degree)?
It seems to me that you are mistaking C++/CLI for C++. Also note that Visual Studio has IntelliSense for C++, but not for C++/CLI. Visual Assist adds IntelliSense for C++/CLI too.
Feb
3
comment Is it possible to use GNU GPL for application that has no source?
Then we mostly agree, however my issue was with "It violates freedoms ...". In this case, there is no right taken away. This is all IMO.
Feb
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comment Is it possible to use GNU GPL for application that has no source?
I strongly disagree with this answer. For me, any language that is human-writable is human-readable. If I can (successfully) write directly x86 opcodes into the binary, that IS human-readable. Otherwise, extending your logic, I may request that C code be presented to me in C#, because "I can't read C".