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Don't know if it is still true. DNS lookup didn't work correctly when ipv6 was enabled.

Code for older Java versions still compiles in Java 8. Code written for python 2.x will not run on python 3.x.

Maybe you just don't like traveling. There are lots of stories about traveling digital nomads on HN. That type of life never sounded interesting to me. Maybe you just don't like it…

I've thought about starting my own company, but I don't want to start a startup. I want to start a company without investors that actually makes money from the beginning. Although …

> Also, your first class isn't fully immutable—getTags should be implemented as follows: True. It would be nice if Java had some immutable collection classes that don't have mutabl…

> If you ever want to change the implementation of Article, you'd break anyone that was using that part of your API. If you use getters, you can change your implementation without …

why not use: public final class Article{ public final String title; public final String author; public final List tags; public Article(String title, String author, List tags) { thi…

Punishment also works on cats. You just have to be very consistent when applying it (this is exactly the same for dogs). If you punish your cat(or dog) you have to do it immediatel…

You should also learn a server side programming language with good performance(Java, C#, Go). I think Java is the best because it is mature, multi platform and you can also use it …

Most open source/free software(free as in liberty) is free as in beer. It gets payed for by donations and/or big sponsors. It has no hidden costs. Not everything is available as op…

Because it doesn't exist yet.

That such a thing is possible. If I try to get below my limit in the Netherlands I am simply not able to. The only services who can go below my limit are my rent and gas/water/elec…

Nineteen per cent of teens have posted updates, photos, or other content that they later regret sharing, and seventy-four per cent have deleted people from their network. I don't r…

In the Netherlands we have enough unemployment money that one isn't forced to take some ridiculous "just be employed" job. But the longer you are unemployed, the harder it will be …

Java applets where released in 1995, flash was released in 1996.

> Is there something better? Not using the internet is better :P

> I don't know WHY they do this, but last time it happened we got an abuse report saying that we were reported for port scanning from our main firewall / proxy box. Somehow they ha…

Why would someone DDoS GitHub? Is there some movement against GitHub? Or is it just for fun?

We are not the only ones being watched, politicians are being watched as well. This means the NSA can probably blackmail a large portion of the politicians.

There would be a list of people who want to be able to watch porn (which could be used for black mail). It would also require a lot of infrastructure to be set up for this kind of …

Windows is full of exploits that are enabled by default. Plugging a usb stick into your computer could automatically install a virus. Or a bug in flash or java could expose your co…

It's not you. I've always been an Eclipse guy. Netbeans was to heavy on my machine back in the day. I've only stuck with it because I am very familiar with it. I'm going to switch …

I think it does matter. In the Netherlands you are able to vote right wing without the religion, or even vote on a religious left wing party. There are party differences between ho…

I always find this a bit weird, you only get to choose between two parties. The difference with China doesn't seem that big, they only get to vote on one party less.