ZeSmith

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by ZeSmith 15y ago
What's that even doing here?
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by ZeSmith 15y ago
For ASP.NET, indeed, WebForms can be a bit violent since it's essentially an abstraction that tries, with mixed sucess, to make you forget you're writing for the Web. ASP.NET MVC, which came out 2 years ago, is much closer to RoR and other
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by ZeSmith 15y ago
Ironically, "never or rarely" seems to be the most popular choice.
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by ZeSmith 15y ago
They're using their patents to crush their competitors. It's not patent trolling, it's anti-competitive behavior.
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by ZeSmith 15y ago
I wonder if it would be possible to claim that patents used in this way actually violate antitrust laws.
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by ZeSmith 15y ago
Yeah, "defender's advantage" does not apply in the wacky world of computer security.
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by ZeSmith 15y ago
I'm surprised that there's no large "Fork me on Github!" link at the top right corner of the screen. Still, looks very interesting.
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by ZeSmith 15y ago
Still does not make it okay.
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by ZeSmith 15y ago
It actually makes sense for them to defend the developers: after all, would you work in an ecosystem where you can get sued at any time without being protected by said ecosystem's owner?
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by ZeSmith 15y ago
It's in fact entertaining enough to appeal to non-StarCraft 2 players.
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by ZeSmith 15y ago
Which domain? Reals? That's a lot of numbers. Infinity, in fact.
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by ZeSmith 15y ago
Considering how violent is the repression there, going on the streets would just make the protesters even easier targets. Things are not looking good...
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by ZeSmith 15y ago
I see plenty of people who claim they write "C++" but end up writing some mutant "C with classes" C++ is not just "C with addons", it's a different language that happen to share its syntax and part of its standard library. Lumping them toge
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by ZeSmith 15y ago
The thing that strikes me the most is how the author seems to consider C and C++ to be a single language called "C/C++".
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by ZeSmith 15y ago
Your definition of "fun" does not match mine.
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by ZeSmith 15y ago
Patent trolling is a highly effective business model, but it has to make no sense in order to work.
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by ZeSmith 15y ago
A PR boost for them, at least. Can't tell if it would be a good thing in the end, though.
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by ZeSmith 15y ago
That's what you call a "meta sic".
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by ZeSmith 15y ago
Considering the business they're in, I'm not sure lying about that would be a good idea.
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by ZeSmith 15y ago
Qt has been a huge platform for some time now. It's what I call the Boost syndrome: if you want to use a small part of Qt, you have to shove your whole arm in the machine.
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by ZeSmith 15y ago
Reminds me of this: http://teddziuba.com/2009/09/twisted-vs-tornado-youre-both.h...
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by ZeSmith 15y ago
I'd say people vote more for the party's leader. But yeah, they don't care about the MP.
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by ZeSmith 15y ago
Lots of typos in there.
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by ZeSmith 16y ago
Fun thing is that "object oriented programming", in French, is "programmation orientée par objets", which is usually shortened to "POO" (pronounced Pay-Oh-Oh).