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Re:Windows 8 Spells Trouble for Linux, Hackintosh Users and Malware Vi...
on Thursday September 22, 2011 @09:44AM (#3026030)
I'm only running Windows on my VMware machine.
Re:Auto-Refreshing lists is a basic expectation in 2011
on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @03:13AM (#2995219)
Along with browser page history. I really get annoyed if I reload while site/network has a problem and can't go back to previous version.
Re:Scala use is less good than Java use for at least half of all Java ...
on Wednesday September 07, 2011 @04:27AM (#2968792)
Note also that code of average architectural quality will require about 1 maintenance day per year per 80 LoC just by virtue (vice?) of existing. (Paul Graham: a full-time maintenance engineer can own 20,000 lines of code.)
This is true in my personal observation. I mostly wrote two pieces of software rougly 50,000 lines each, and it's my limit of manageability. Will need splitting up and modularizing if it needs to get larger.
Re:The “designers should code” bullshit and a not so new idea
on Thursday September 01, 2011 @09:31AM (#2949938)
They must understand that user can (and should be able to) change (just the) font size, if not their designs are often useless.
Re:Impressive JPEG Recompression
on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @06:32AM (#2940832)
Ratio display needs to be fixed:
99k -> 71k is not usefully presented as 1.4x, but better as ~30%
Re:Scalability
on Wednesday August 03, 2011 @06:57AM (#2840590)
>But you can forbid it to access other memory areas for security
Not in C/++ in any standard definition of "thread".
Re:Firebug lead developer now working on Web dev tools at Google
on Monday July 18, 2011 @02:22AM (#2775298)
Zoom text only (showstopper, IMO).
Re:Git Reset Demystified
on Friday July 15, 2011 @01:33AM (#2766394)
For me, I could learn git no problem, write wrapper scripts for some things, etc... But I'm not explaining it's idiosyncrasies to other people on my team.
Re:Git Reset Demystified
on Thursday July 14, 2011 @11:00AM (#2763309)
Git is not wrong by itself, there's just an impedance mismatch between it's model and a usable interface model. For most purposes, the index should completely hidden.
Re:This is why memory fragmentation is bad
on Tuesday July 05, 2011 @07:04AM (#2729390)
LOL. Yesterday, I restarted firefox because it ate 13GB of virtual memory and started to get really unusable.
Re:The Go Programming Language, or: Why all C-like languages except on...
on Wednesday June 08, 2011 @03:56AM (#2632365)
Ceylon looks to be much better C-like language than Go. Go simply has too divergent syntax.
Re:Mozilla's Webian Shell interface will cloak your OS in a browser (v...
on Tuesday June 07, 2011 @04:58AM (#2628390)
This needs a framework to write distributed / sync based offline applications.
Re:HTC sides with consumers: No more locked bootloaders in Android phones
on Friday May 27, 2011 @05:58AM (#2590962)
Perhaps it's time to upgrade my HTC Hero (rooted, of course)
Re:Mozilla Labs: The Location Bar Has To Go
on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @03:17PM (#2581170)
Must download location bar add-on.
Re:On HTTP Load Testing
on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @07:07AM (#2559723)
I found that Apache jmeter works well for me. Easier to use than Grinder, but much more useful than the MS tool.
Re:Choosing NoSQL For The Right Reason
on Saturday May 14, 2011 @07:35AM (#2547526)
Slower query using indexes is better than randomly using table scans depending on statistics, ...
At least for interactive apps, NoSQL wins.
Re:Choosing NoSQL For The Right Reason
on Friday May 13, 2011 @08:35AM (#2544384)
I wish there was an SQL option to cause a fatal error if it needs to do a table scan. This would be very useful on test systems, at least.
NoSQL forces discipline which is a good thing, preventing "late" performance optimization when in production.
Re:C to Go: Could Go replace C?
on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @06:34AM (#2535879)
I mostly stopped too. I still read the mailing list occasionally, but haven't bothered to download any snapshots.
Re:C to Go: Could Go replace C?
on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @03:14AM (#2535490)
-1 to Automatic semicolon insertion (seriously).
Re:JavaScript PDP11 emulator running Unix V6
on Wednesday April 20, 2011 @02:05AM (#2465451)
Complete with non working backspace, just like in Linux early days.
Re:The Subversion Mistake
on Tuesday April 19, 2011 @08:57AM (#2462458)
In subversion, it's best to rebase the branch after you have merged it back.
Just like git rebase, you lost history.