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For smaller memory allocations that don't go directly to the OS, I suppose it's theoretically possible (though I'm not sure any compilers do it). For the larger allocations that th…

This story appears to go beyond a simple HR dispute, but is endemic of a culture all too common in our industry that we should have zero tolerance of and should work to undermine. …

The issue is that the counter doesn't know the state of the first switch at the start. If it's on at the start, then sure your solution will work. But if it's off at the start and …

I think you misunderstood. powrtoch proposed having a set of questions in which each individual question is itself very complicated. For example, being a non-practicing Catholic wi…

I second the need for an RSS feed. I was actually a bit surprised when I couldn't find one.

I haven't used this app, but in every other app I use Cmd+W closes a tab, while Cmd+Shift+W closes a window.

This bothered me as well, particularly for the example that they provided. The convention may work for tracking conversations, but knowing the exact time that the helicopter was sp…

Original author of that quiz here. As dhconnelly pointed out, Java and C definitely do have their own isolated scope for 'if' blocks. More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…

I would agree, but the pricing page only claims compatibility with more modern browsers: "Cross-browser tested (IE 9+, Chrome, Safari, & Firefox)" When's the last time you saw a la…

I think you're absolutely correct regarding "homework." It can be a good indicator of a candidate's competency, but many people don't have the patience to do it. I spent much of th…

The theory behind it is that material about specific frameworks is easily learned. If a company is looking to hire you, what you currently know matters far less than what you can l…

That depends on the section of the test. Critical reading you can get several wrong, writing depends on your essay score, and math you typically can't get any wrong.

Github isn't solely a git server. They also have issues, wikis, etc, that are harder to keep in multiple locations.

This completely misses the point of Two-factor authentication, though. Two-factor authentication is all about increasing security by combining two separate factors: something you k…

I feel safer about it when looking at the scaled version: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/nyunderground/docs/scale.h...

It's also extremely buggy on the Mac, at least. I can't count the number of times dropdown menus have shown up behind everything else.

I suppose that makes some sense. However, it doesn't change the fact that by enabling it by default, most other sites will likely end up just ignoring it, even if that isn't Micros…

The DNT header was likely to be ignored to begin with, but this just seals it. The only way that the DNT header even stood a chance was if it was only enabled by a select few indiv…

Actually, when it was first released, it simply didn't work. Very few pages actually loaded, and there were errors all over the place.