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Comment Re:Gadget guys vs photographers (Score 1) 192

. I shoot high school gymnastics. During the season, which started a couple weeks ago, I regularly shoot 4000 to 5000 images at each meet,

Not really on topic, but I have a backlog of about 100k first person sports pictures that I never ever look at, because they all look similar (5s or 10s auto shoot) and I have never found software that allow to quickly and effectively select which to keep and which to toss. What software do you use for that purpose ?

Comment Reverse engineering (Score 1) 320

Sometimes, the assignment is only semi clear to begin with. Also, one can try and try and not find a solution. At that stage it's very tempting to just look up how other people did it. Without looking at the code, this allows to see what the expected results are for a number of inputs. This is not even copying yet, at least from a coding point of view. Even with looking at the code, if that's what's needed to find what's wrong with your code, what's the deal? Where is the line? Copy paste ? Copy paste with variable renaming ? Ask a buddy to analyze, then design based on his analysis? Assume both roles on your own? Kill self after seeing someone's code ?

Comment Re:Good! (Score 1) 1037

point 4. "of" is not a verb. Additionally, science never claimed consanguineous children are necessarily unhealthy, it only tells they will be if a defect is not counterbalanced with a healthy gene. This is why hemophiliacs are mostly always males, as females rarely have BOTH X chromosomes fucked up, while the Y chromosome doesn't carry that gene to begin with.

Comment RIP argument of authority (Score 1) 1037

The Internet simply destroyed the argument of authority. Whoever has access to the Internet has to possibility to check facts, and will be exposed to debunk of the BS, affirmation of the BS, BS ate my balls, BS's tweets. "Authority says so, it must be true" is doomed with the ease of checking, although this is somewhat balanced by the ease to forward BS you hear on your Facebook account, itself balanced by obsessive compulsive nerds like myself who take a pride in debunking it in less than 12 seconds.
Then seven years ago smartphones came along, and even at the bar BS is easily debunked. Some story some dude tells at the bar can't leave a mark in people's subconscious anymore.

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