Comment Time to update that Oracle joke ... (Score 5, Funny) 142
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O/ne
Rich
Asshole
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Larry
Ellison
Elixir is a dynamic, functional language designed for building scalable and maintainable applications.
Where languages like Scala and Clojure implement concurrent, functional languages on a VM designed for imperative code, Elixir, instead, is a re-imagining Erlang on Erlang's own VM with a proven record running extremely high-availability, distributed systems. With a Ruby-inspired syntax, Lisp-inspired metaprogramming, and no-overhead compatibility with Erlang's libraries, Elixir makes a decades-honed toolset for concurrent programming more accessible than ever.
Fructose is a natural sugar, and HFCS in its pure laboratory form is only a highly concentrated fructose derived from corn.
It's only "highly concentrated" compared to plain corn syrup. Despite the name, HFCS isn't pure fructose; it's about 55% fructose and 45% glucose, whereas sucrose is closer to 50/50. And the fact that HFCS tastes sweeter means that you can use less of it for the same result.
It's not just me. One of my best friends really hates that the lines no longer show in "Notes" in iOS 7 on her iPad.
http://iosguides.net/wp-conten...
I can grudgly accept that Apple wants to move away from skeuomorphism, but when Functionality suffers because of some idiotic dogma about Form someone needs a clue stick:
Give people UI _options_.
Does anyone have the new nVidia Shield Tablet? How is for reading and developing games for?
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"Apple: Pretending they know what is best for you since 1984. The problem is their lost their class in style. Now they are not even tacky."
Methinks you're throwing the baby out with the bath water.
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler."
-- Albert Einstein
Sometimes complexity IS the right solution. Look at ZFS's beautiful design. Instead of having 3 separate API layers, by combining them you can do even more holistically that simply wasn't possible before.
The Unix philosophy is not a religion -- it is a guiding principle. Like all principles there are times to violate the heuristic. Sometimes complexity solves certain problems extremely well.
What we are against is:
* Over-Engineering
* Things are TOO simple which means you need needless complexity to get anything done
This isn't the first time the Unix Philosophy has been discussed:
* Arch Linux to migrate to Systemd
https://news.ycombinator.com/i...
* Linux Future
http://www.pappp.net/?p=969
* "Worse is Better"
http://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-i...
https://www.dreamsongs.com/Wor...
* Follow up -- Back to the Future: Is Worse (Still) Better?
http://www.dreamsongs.com/NewF...
This is a classic example of "Paralysis by Analysis"
Also, the programmer was an idiot. Either use a priority queue or at the very least a timer to force a decision.
while( 1 ) {
if( people_in_danger ) {
queryWhoToSave( people_in_danger );
if( time_to_make_choice++ > CANT_DECIDE_WHO_TO_SAVE )
savePerson( rand() );
}
else
people_in_danger = ScanEnvironment();
}
Does any of that exist? If I have to build that system myself (or parts of it), do you have other suggestions? For the inevitable and completely reasonable suggestion of getting someone competent for tech support: I've tried that too. The competent ones don't last beyond the third visit.
The thing is, the doctor did give you evidence. He's an expert in the field of medicine, you know of no reason why he would lie to you, and he said that you have cancer. There is also the fact that he is placing his reputation and livelihood at stake—a false cancer diagnosis would probably be ruinous. Even if he declines to explain his reasoning, you can infer that it is most likely based on his extensive medical training. Whether that's enough really depends on how you plan to use the information, and the risk you're taking if it happens to be wrong. If a hypothesis won't affect your actions either way then it doesn't really matter whether you believe it or not. On the other hand, if you're considering radiation or chemo for your hypothetical lung cancer, it might be a good idea to get a second opinion before undergoing treatment.
All seems condemned in the long run to approximate a state akin to Gaussian noise. -- James Martin