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In the preface it does state:

  To run the examples, you will need at least version 1.5 of Go.

  $ go version
  go version go1.5 linux/amd64

  Follow the instructions at https://golang.org/doc/install if the go tool on your computer is older or missing.
Re:Why Go and Rust are not competitors on Thursday July 02, 2015 @09:11AM (#9818571)
Apple have posts for go jobs: http://www.golangprojects.com/golang-go-job-in-Senior-CDN-De...

There is also some conjecture that someone at Apple is writing a web scraper in Go: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8567205

Mozilla have a product called Heka written in Go: https://blog.mozilla.org/services/2013/04/30/introducing-hek...

Facebook have a load of open source libraries written in Go: https://github.com/facebookgo

Re:Bitcrypt broken on Thursday February 20, 2014 @08:45PM (#7274935)
Bitcoin mixers can make it almost impossible for people to follow bitcoin transactions, providing that the number of coins in the mixer far exceeds the amount you are trying to mix.
Re:Introducing Bing Code Search for C# on Tuesday February 18, 2014 @08:34AM (#7258003)
There are known issues with using "using". If the Dispose() call throws an exception in the finally block, then any exception that occurred in the within the using block is masked.

The easy solution is to make sure that your Dispose() calls don't throw exceptions, unfortunately some of Microsoft's classes don't conform to this (e.g. WCF clients).

The following MSDN article shows a case where they do not recommend using "using", and instead suggest explicitly using try-catch-finally: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa355056.aspx

Re:The Full-Fat Paradox: Whole Milk May Keep Us Lean on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @08:40AM (#7224150)
I think the point was is that when the fat is removed from milk, it is not only fat that is removed, but also compounds that readily dissolve in fat.

This means that any effects seen could be due to the additional compounds as well as the fats that have been removed. I am not sure it is possible to distinguish what is the major cause for the effects seen.

Re:Cameron's porn ban coming into effect? on Thursday December 12, 2013 @07:41PM (#6898367)
This is what PG blocks: Social networking Online gaming Cyber bullying Pornography and adult Suicide and self harm Weapons, violence, gore & hate Anonymizers, filesharing & hacking Drugs and criminal skills Dating Phishing, malware & spyware

If you choose "I don't want any protection" then it gives you the choice of what filters you want

Cameron's porn ban coming into effect?

http://imgur.com/wnKGH9u

David Cameron was pushing to block porn by default in the UK. I live in London and my internet has been down for the last 48 hours (I am with Sky Broadband).This is the first screen that I have been presented with after being reconnected. After all the recent news (NSA saying they will discredit people with their porn habits) is it too far-fetched to think this is part of a government scheme?

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