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Yeah re-reading the wording now I think you're right. It's this part that throws me off: > could determine that, in the absence of any undefined behavior "could determine that" bas…

> Consider the following example: if (cond) { A[1] = X; } else { A[0] = X; } > A total license implementation could determine that, in the absence of any undefined behavior, the co…

I found it odd that the author seems to think that empathy for the individual is somehow at odds with caring for the many, instead of being closely correlated. As if removing empat…

I would keep all the normal editing methods in place, but just add this as a friendly alternative for new users.

What I think wikipedia needs more than anything is a new way to propose an edit without actually committing it, and to be able to solicit feedback or have others fix it for you bef…

Making self-driving cars safer than people-driven cars is trivial. The hard thing will be handling the tidal wave of FUD when the inevitable happens and someone dies as a result of…

I think an interesting implication of this is that people may feel satisfied having purchased something useless that seems to have enough "stuff" in it.

I think the idea is that if the manufacturer was the only one selling, that they could inflate their prices higher than what the middleman overhead would be since they're the only …

He gave a sincere followup. It wasn't sarcasm.

I really think Android should add another layer of protection here, similar to the "This app wants to use your location" prompt in iOS. I'd like to be able to install an app that m…

If the author wants us to discuss the point he should get to it faster rather than droning on about apple stock and product pipelines. 300 words isn't so much that it's cumbersome …

I think Machinarium is a good example of how you can preserve the fun frustration of adventure games without pushing people to cheat. They would allow you to play a mini-game in or…

So clearly similar laws should exist to protect email, encrypted or not.

I'm curious what exactly it is about pointers that makes them so hard to understand. Many new programmers seem to warm up to Java "references" just fine, and they have mostly the s…

The causation could easily be backwards. Who wants to marry a depressed, unsatisfied drinker? > Isn't it generally sound to assume causation until the position can be falsified? No…

On the contrary, I think people who are already comfortable with vim have a harder time identifying the pains of learning it. There are many problems that started out as pains but …

You reminded me of a sort-of relevant part from Richard III that I enjoyed: BUCKINGHAM: And when mine oratory grew to an end I bid them that did love their country's good Cry 'God …

I thought that was meant to be a joke. At least I hope it was. It would get a good laugh from me in an interview.

I don't get it. Nearly that exact scenario played out with John Lasseter and Disney/Pixar. I don't see why it would be unreasonable here.

Why is it idiotic? I see more value in having Disney pay an appropriately large amount of money to keep their IP than I see in making sure that their specific content gets into the…

It sounds like it would allow a client to send data (HTTP request) before the server has acknowledged that the TCP connection is open.

"Just don't configure it that way" -Jen-Hsun

Google maps allows you to find things you didn't know existed in the first place. I've often found myself spinning the globe and zooming down onto a remote island's beaches just to…

> 2. People will write it the "bad" way anyway. People will write bad code in every programming language you give them. I don't see that as a justification for limiting the express…