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> I do not see anyone ... I don't see it to the scale What scale do you see it? And what's the acceptable/unacceptable threshold? Right now you are jumping squarely into "this isn'…

> I'm so tired of hearing about sexism in tech > that's the way it goes. > I haven't seen any of this. Maybe I've missed it, or I'm not looking, who knows. Or possibly you're predi…

> In the rest of my program, those functions would be the only way to talk to the database. There's your guarantee. Honest question. Take these pseudo sql calls: //Bad Person usern…

> But if you write a secure version, you only have to write it once. > You only have to maintain it in one place. > You only need to test it in one place. Again, so this cannot be …

> What possible purpose does your example serve then if it doesn't impart any sort of meaning at all? The example shows that static typing doesn't do anything more than what it say…

> Now you are suggesting that you wouldn't write such code in a dynamically typed language anyways? I never suggested that...? > With a statically typed language, when you make the…

So when the Query is sent to the database MySQL actually receives a Query object and then parses that Query object? ...oh wait, right before it is sent to mysql it is turned back i…

> but static typing enforces that you always use that function, and can't forget and accidently submit an unescaped string to the database. So you're saying it is impossible to do …

Are we really talking about type checking or the larger circle of validation (of which type checking is just a small part)? ( Bugs found by unit tests ( ) Bugs found by input valid…

2004: http://www.processor.com/articles//P2651/07p51/07p51chart.pd... 2005: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2005/08/68403?... 2007: http://www.cogniview.com/convert-p…

That's easily solved Have a slider. When you move it have a window that lists what applications can be served with the selected allotment. Hell... that'd be pretty damn cool lookin…

Isn't this the same drum that has been beating since the days of desktop applications... for those old enough to remember when applications where actually run on a desktop OUTSIDE …

More pictures & Info: http://www.chipchick.com/2012/06/vizio-dives-laptop-all-in-o...

I'm not sure where to file this: Viral add campaign for Saygent or bored lawyers writing a TOS. In either case, Saygent just won... oh I'll show YOU Saygent, I hope you like being …

http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets >The MIBenum value is a unique value for use in MIBs to identify coded character sets. >The value space for MIBenum values has been d…

On a side note, now I understand why HN doesn't allow comments on job postings. This is a tough crowd.

> people who wouldn't dream of letting someone else take half their work As someone who is routinely doing full stack development this phrase worries me. To be honest I'm more than…

What if amazon bought book.com and then sold subdomains? So harrypotter.book.com?

I don't really feel this... I guess this might be a horrible thing to say but "I don't really care". It costs 100k to get a tld. So if Amazon takes .author then what about .writer?…

>computationally prohibitive yup it'd be a nightmare :) I'm not sure if you could even sell users with large clusters... as the only way to generate a large cluster would be to gen…

This is the fundamental problem with a static point system. Up/Down votes should be personal and entirely void from the process of agree/disagree. It should be about pushing indivi…

The test will persist and always be there to test again where as a gauge will be a one time thing. What happens next week when someone does an x += hugeBlockOfText in a loop? I'd r…