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Apr 23 |
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Diving into microcontroller programming You'll likely get better answers on electronics.stackexchange.com |
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Apr 19 |
answered | Pub/Sub subscription forwarding |
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Apr 9 |
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Low coupling processing big quantities of data @vitalik of course there is that possibility (to sleep a producer) you just have to do it. Some queues can be configured to be blocking, so that if a producer tries to insert into a full queue, you just block, and effectively sleep/spin (watch out for which one) on the queue to have space. |
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Apr 3 |
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How to represent a Rubik's Cube in a data structure Homework? Or real-world problem... |
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Mar 30 |
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How does one become a big contributor to an opensource project? @monksy it seems like you are starting from a different premise than perhaps your question indicated. If you believe you have a much better way than a current project does, perhaps engage in a low-key open conversation to better understand why things are they way they are, and then go from there... |
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Mar 30 |
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How does one become a big contributor to an opensource project? @monksy - it is neither, as you would not normally make it public, but contribute it via whatever mechanism is appropriate to the code-base. You're trying to gain trust via shared experience. You don't get commit privs by annoying people! |
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Mar 28 |
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C++ Multithreading on Unix What is "the Unix Thread class" ? |
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Mar 13 |
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Please explain the benefit(s) of using an XML-based syntax (e.g. XAML) instead of normal source code (e.g. WinForms)? There is indeed a long history of UI meta-languages. n.b. the Motif UIL and also David Flannigan's pre-Java work on his Xmt Library. |
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Mar 8 |
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Writing better timesheet Offtopic for Programmers, no? |
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Feb 22 |
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Determining if language/framework/technology is 'Future-proof' So how do you explain VB6? ;-) |
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Feb 17 |
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Why is it evil to run selects from a prod server? FYI you might get more/better answers from dba.stackexchange.com |
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Feb 13 |
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Is an 8 second (incremental) build time common? @DocBrown FYI Programmers does not count accept rate like StackOverflow and some other sites. |
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Feb 7 |
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Regulation of the software industry @user1936 I was not trying to be that harsh, but was indeed quibbling with perhaps idea that testing for basics is useless. There are studies done that show experts tend to underestimate their skills, while neophytes tend to overestimate theirs; probably because the newbies don't know what they don't know. Give them enough basics to know that they don't know everything. That would help. (but not completely solve any one particular problem) |
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Feb 7 |
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Regulation of the software industry Disagree with "A lack of basic knowledge is never the problem." In fact it often is the problem. How often do new programmers (or older ones) neglect input sanitization? Corner-case verification? For physical systems, I might read a sensor. It can be on or off. What about broken? How can my software tell? Then what do I do about it? Presume it is on or off? These types of "basic" things are indeed commonly at issue. |
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Jan 30 |
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How to emphasize the differences between Software Engineering, Computer Engineering and Computer Science to high schoolers? Agree these are the theoretical differences, but not by-and-large the practical differences in much schooling and industry. e.g. most CompSci people end up as programmers (at least in Canada) |
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Jan 26 |
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What is the value in hiding the details through abstractions? Isn't there value in transparency? @user606723 While laws do change, they tend to change in expected ways (at least in the short run). e.g. tax rates change, tax brackets change, but the core computation does not If you bake in the wrong thing, then you will indeed be up and down the hierarchy. |
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Jan 26 |
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What is the value in hiding the details through abstractions? Isn't there value in transparency? @user606723 if you API is not stable, then it is likely either immature, or more likely the wrong abstraction |
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Jan 23 |
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Is the financial sector any different from other sectors in terms of language fragmentation? Interesting note about "avoidable fragmentation" - the language may not have been appropriate in the past due to the problem you had to solve, vs. the one you have now. And/or the language itself may have matured/changed in the intervening time. |
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Jan 16 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Jan 13 |
answered | Do multiple computer screens reduce productivity? |
