Comment Re:Google becoming too powerful? (Score 1) 126
Someone has started already, and with the bigger picture in mind: www.fermat.org.
Comment Just bought a Samsung TV & disabled voice cont (Score 1) 402
During the initial setup I didn't agree with some T&C, including the one for voice control.
As a result those features are turned off.
Easy peasy.
Comment Re:Which Windows is "Windows"? (Score 1) 111
Most likely it is XP.
Bah, I'll stick to Linux.
Comment Which Windows is "Windows"? (Score 1) 111
I would be interested to know what version of Windows is the one at position 39, as it looks safer to use than the other ones.
I might even consider switching from Linux...
Comment Why are you so surprised? (Score 1) 323
This is what happens when those who made the law receive hard money from the industry.
It's called lobbying, some countries accept it as normal, other countries consider it as a form of corruption.
Either way, it's the majority of citizens who lose.
Comment Re:As always with C++, the truth is more nuanced (Score 1) 262
However, it also means that if you have any weak_ptrs pointing at the end of that shared_ptr, the object itself won't go away until all the weak_ptrs do too (because the control structure won't go away until they do, and they're contiguously allocated).
Shouldn't you lock the weak_ptr before using it?
Comment Obvious consequence (Score 5, Insightful) 79
Q: Hey, did you spy on me?
A: Nope. But thank you for asking, we'll start right away.
Comment Same as journalism (Score 1) 616
A bunch of copy/paste/edit iterations.
And good luck finding a job in software, by the way!
Submission + - UK government releases rules to get self-driving cars onto public roads (arstechnica.co.uk)
rippeltippel writes: Ars Technica UK reports that the UK government has released the rules to get self-driving cars onto public roads. As the article reports, drivers will be required to have "a high level of knowledge about the technology used" (i.e. they'll be techies) and — most notably — will have to mimic the act of driving, to avoid confusing other drivers. The original PDF can be viewed here.
Comment Re:Reliable? (Score 2) 37
I wonder how difficult it would be to validate the reviews by asking users to submit their hotel receipt (maybe without publishing them).
You can still fake them, but maybe it wouldn't be worth the pain.
Same for all other review-based websites (amazon, etc)
Comment Palo Alto?! (Score 1) 65
Since when Palo Alto is a tech skill?
Need to update my CV...
Comment Yawnnn! (Score 1) 191
ronf... ronf... zzzzz... zzzzzzz
Comment Re:North & South game (Score 1) 818
Please mod parent up!!
Aaah... nostalgia!!!
Comment Re:C++ is never the right tool (Score 0) 296
Fine. I know the difference between C and C++ and, as I wrote, that's not the point.
Can I see your list now, please?
Comment Re:What else do you need? (Score 1) 296
You said that it should be cross-platform, which rules out C#, IMHO
Also consider that, if you go for C++, you'll have to compile it for each platform.
Maybe you can have a C++ library that deals with memory and do the rest in a language you're more familiar with? e.g. using Boost.Python to interface with... well, Python.
There are similar solutions for Java and other high-level languages (in general I tend to avoid mixing languages but sometimes it's a necessary evil).
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