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Comment Re:All these recent endorsements (Score 2) 310

by IDspuds on Friday September 18, 2020 @02:47PM (#60519656) Attached to: Computing Pioneers Endorse Biden, Citing Trump Immigration Crackdown

Saw a meme saying Trump supporters don't care if he lies, deceives, uses power for personal gain, etc. They only care that Trump hates the same people they do, and that's all that matters to them. Seems to be the only thing that makes sense to me. Well, if they were Satan worshipers, that would make sense also.

A Critical Look At Open Licensing For Hardware 123

Posted by timothy on Wednesday December 09, 2009 @05:51PM from the repeat-with-caution dept.

Glyn Moody writes "At a recent Open Hardware Camp in London, it became clear that one of the main obstacles to applying open source principles to hardware was licensing. For example, should competing big companies be allowed to use their economies of scale to make and sell cheaper products based on open hardware designs developed by small start-ups without payment? There's also the problem that hacking designs for physical objects like open source cars may have safety implications, which raises questions about liability. So what's the best way to address these issues?"

Defining Useful Coding Practices? 477

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday December 06, 2009 @11:54AM from the randomized-variable-names dept.

markmcb writes "A NASA engineer recently wrote about his disappointment that despite having well-documented coding practices, 'clever' solutions still made the code he has to maintain hard to follow. This got me thinking about the overhead spent at my own company regarding our code. We too have best practices that are documented, but most seem to focus on the basics, e.g., comments, modularity, etc. While those things are good, they don't directly ensure that quality, maintainable code is written. As the author points out, an elegant one-liner coupled with a comment from a few revisions ago makes for a good headache. I'm curious what experience others have had with this, and if you've seen manageable practices that ultimately offer a lot of value to the next programmer down the line who will have to maintain the code."

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