atomicdog

5 ms·

1.
by atomicdog 13y ago
>“I see JavaScript as the modern equivalent of BASIC. ...because of its simplicity, it is a great language for learning fundamental programming concepts.” So what's wrong with BASIC? It still exists...
2.
Facebook given 72 hours to remove a page that 'names and shames' pedophiles(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by atomicdog 14y ago|0 comments
3.
Pictures of WITCH, the world's oldest functional electronic computer(lightrefrain.net)
1 points by atomicdog 14y ago|0 comments
4.
by atomicdog 14y ago
They used Archimedes at CERN? Truly one of the greatest computers of all time.
5.
by atomicdog 14y ago
That's why Danny Boyle did such a good job. If the British media had been in charge of the ceremony in could have very easily been a cringeworthy ordeal featuring a cast of z-list celebrities dancing about. The inclusion of Tim Berners-Lee
6.
by atomicdog 14y ago
A picture here: http://i.imgur.com/bthc3.jpg
7.
by atomicdog 14y ago
Excellent attention to detail by Danny Boyle. They could have had him on any old PC and 90% of the audience wouldn't have noticed. http://i.imgur.com/bthc3.jpg
8.
by atomicdog 15y ago
a) Is "respect" really so important to you that you are willing to sacrifice a 25 year career? Surely if the pay is good and you enjoy that's all that matters. b) By switching professions to a more "respected/cool" one do you not think you'
9.
by atomicdog 15y ago
Don't look to Minecraft for an example of well written code, there are open source alternatives (Minetest in C++ springs to mind) that run rings around it. And Notch himself is well known for his inefficient magic-number and circular-refere
10.
by atomicdog 15y ago
CS courses tend to explain what bit shifting is but not when you would use it . For example you'll often see a lecturer drawing lots of 1s and 0s on a whiteboard to illustrate it but you're less likely to see a simple example Java progra
11.
by atomicdog 15y ago
Is the diagram to scale? That apparatus is huge!
12.
by atomicdog 15y ago
The demo doesnt seem to work in Firefox
13.
by atomicdog 15y ago
http://llvm.org/docs/LangRef.html#objc_gc_flags
14.
by atomicdog 15y ago
Then what happens when you inevitably need to work on a project that doesn't use ARC?
15.
by atomicdog 15y ago
Meetings bloody meetings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWYnVt-umSA
16.
by atomicdog 15y ago
They're not doing that, making a genuine clone and undercutting the competition is 100% okay (unless you're one of those pesky PIPA-supporting types) What these guys are doing is generally making a 20minute game such as pong and including a
17.
by atomicdog 15y ago
It's free, though... what's the problem?
18.
by atomicdog 15y ago
They pulled "Temple Jump" because it received too much negative press coverage. However, "Eclipsecraft" and all the other scam games by "Top Best Adult Entertainment" are still available...
19.
Anti-Pirate Prejudice Taught to Beginning Programmers(blog.greenpirate.org)
2 points by atomicdog 15y ago|0 comments
20.
by atomicdog 15y ago
I think he may have coined a new term >Brogrammers
21.
Should Apple take more action against march of the iOS clones?(guardian.co.uk)
1 points by atomicdog 15y ago|0 comments
22.
by atomicdog 15y ago
>Similar to Angry Birds, this is a great world to explore physics. Comparing Angry Birds (a physics-based game) to Minecraft (a game with... gravity) is a bit of a stretch.
23.
by atomicdog 15y ago
As crap as Hotmail is, I found this pretty funny.
24.
BBC News covers the "Dark web" - Tor and Silkroad(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by atomicdog 15y ago|1 comments
25.
by atomicdog 15y ago
More due to their attitudes towards source code and supporting a new generation of developers (Notch pays lipservice to open source and claims to be an avid supporter of the Pirate Party and an opponent of IP law yet aggressively pursues a
26.
by atomicdog 15y ago
I wish more people would look to John Carmack as their "developer hero" rather the likes of, say, Notch.
27.
by atomicdog 15y ago
But without a "Like" button, how else will you communicate to the world that you cry every time you read the story?
28.
by atomicdog 15y ago
Doesn't work with UK postcodes
29.
by atomicdog 15y ago
>The latter would not put up with the work conditions CERN has poor working conditions?
30.
by atomicdog 15y ago
Go to Glasgow and see how "passive" your choice of sports team is :P

More ›