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Also, Xcode 4.5.2 has been released to go along with it: https://developer.apple.com/downloads/

SEEKING WORK - Montreal. Remote / local / relocation ok. Contract / fulltime ok. I'm a programmer with over 10 years of experience, mostly in the game industry, mostly in C++. Resu…

Can you tell us which groups are considered less desirable?

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Please elaborate. I'm interested to hear if your experience is more than survivor bias.

(1) Don't take jobs where the company isn't willing to tell you what you'll be working on. That usually means you're going to be allocated to the least desirable projects. I passed…

I wonder how the GapList performance compares to unrolled linked lists. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrolled_linked_list

I would add this to the suggested reading list: https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAppSec/Secure_Coding_Guidelines

It's like a horse-and-buggy company pivoting into the auto industry. It wouldn't be easy, but it could be done.

F-35 lacks the F-16's agility in the air-to-air mode and the F-15E's range and payload in the bombing mode, and it can't even begin to compare to the A-10 at low-altitude close air…

That's a good point. I wonder what future law enforcement potential this will have. "House too warm? Must be a grow operation."

Why not buy Nokia for its patents and dump the rest of the business then?

I've worked for a large publisher. Ports are low hanging fruits that keeps revenues coming in while we're working on bigger things. The two aren't mutually exclusive. Just give it …

I wonder how it handles a bogus printf format string.

I sometimes wonder if the high cost of healthcare is not, in part, a conspiracy from larger companies to keep people from taking jobs at startups. Edit: (To my many silent downvote…

Maybe the solution is to use IP law the same way that brand name companies use IP law to fight Chinese knockoffs.

But..but..Everyone's told me that A players only hire A players, and hiring anyone else would sink my company. I'm an A player and only Linus himself will be good enough to write m…

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Not a tool, but a good read on this subject nonetheless: https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAppSec/Secure_Coding_Guidelines

You can't mention Pirates of Silicon Valley without mentioning Triumph of the Nerds. :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_of_the_Nerds

But a steelworker in Buffalo, or an underemployed construction worker in Las Vegas, can't easily take his skills to where they are needed in North Dakota or Wyoming if he's underwa…

My favorite: Remove the syntactic mess that is attributes. One of the many reasons I love json.

I'm not surprised to see banks having sunk so much with the current financial crisis. I really recommend watching this recent Frontline documentary on the subject: http://www.pbs.o…

Why is this boat considered a catamaran and not a trimaran?

tl;dr Just like car dealerships, the world's dominant aircraft manufacturers sometimes offer to take back their old models when trying to persuade airlines to upgrade to the latest…