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Re:Building a Search Engine from Scratch on Friday December 06, 2019 @11:09PM (#21728406)
Is the Human Web dataset available for download?
Let's paraphrase: 1. Don't talk to customers. 2. Write down the design and never change it. Make a lot of meetings. 3. Maximize bureaucracy. 4. Maximally slow down the project. 5. Don't finish anything earlier than planned.
Re:Malloc Never Fails (2012) on Monday June 10, 2019 @04:39AM (#20144911)
malloc fails with a negative argument