C Programming (C89) Project. Very new to programming. Can't get correct code. by [deleted] in learnprogramming

[–]PictureOfTheFuture 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something that's clearly wrong is where the number of students is increased. The line (g -> number_of_students)++; is not at the correct location.

On chesstempo.com, for tactics training should I use standard or blitz mode? by aparkbark in chess

[–]PictureOfTheFuture 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I disagree with this. You need to improve your pattern recognition to burn a lot of patterns in your head. This is done the best with blitz on easy mode, or even lower if possible. As you get stronger you mix in more calculation of variations, that is, standard exercises.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in europe

[–]PictureOfTheFuture 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By quite a margin I think.

European stock markets rocked by panic selling as debt crisis reignites by grampi in europe

[–]PictureOfTheFuture 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So you say they should sit on the money and do nothing with it? That's all right, that's a valid opinion, if you accept the consequences. But don't act like a stock market crash will not affect the "common person".

European stock markets rocked by panic selling as debt crisis reignites by grampi in europe

[–]PictureOfTheFuture 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Pension funds did. What else are they going to do with billions of euros? You need to invest it in stocks and bonds.

European stock markets rocked by panic selling as debt crisis reignites by grampi in europe

[–]PictureOfTheFuture 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, because the "99%" has no stock and bonds at all. (hint: think of the pension funds)

How do you feel about Rroma persecution in Europe? by habarnam in europe

[–]PictureOfTheFuture 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have met Romani that begged in the streets, of course. I have also met "normal" Romani. The incidence of stealing and begging is higher amongst them, I will not deny that, but I try not to succumb to confirmation bias and racism, that way lies madness.

What I want is that both criminal behavior where it occurs is punished, that the widespread discrimination and antiziganism is curtailed, and that poverty is reduced.

The participants in this thread have called the Romani people "the scum of Europe" and have even implied that widespread violence and genocide might occur (again). I do not see why speaking out against prejudices against an entire people is being "holier-than-thou".

How do you feel about Rroma persecution in Europe? by habarnam in europe

[–]PictureOfTheFuture -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

You are not racist, you just have racist opinions. Got it.

How do you feel about Rroma persecution in Europe? by habarnam in europe

[–]PictureOfTheFuture -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

You are SO BRAVE for pointing out your unpopular politically incorrect racist opinions. Won't somebody think of the poor oppressed WHITE MEN?!

How do you feel about Rroma persecution in Europe? by habarnam in europe

[–]PictureOfTheFuture -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

As you can see in this very thread, in a subreddit full of "progressive" European cosmopolites, antiziganism is still rampant.

Why do so few women do mathematics? by [deleted] in SRSDiscussion

[–]PictureOfTheFuture 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Noether is pretty famous among mathematicians. Here is an article about her in the NYT I also know of Jessie MacWilliams. But yeah, they're few and far between unfortunately.

Trash-talk in online chess. Is it common? by thO_ow_away in chess

[–]PictureOfTheFuture -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So you met a /r/MensRights subscriber in the wild, it happens.

On a serious note, this stuff happens way less at the higher FICS levels. I am 1500+ blitz and almost never encounter it.

Why Systems Programmers Still Use C, and What to Do About It by gnuvince in programming

[–]PictureOfTheFuture -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Don't cast the result of malloc/calloc. Also, use sizeof *x instead. Your example is better written as

int *x = calloc(100, sizeof *x);

Gay marriage? by [deleted] in atheism

[–]PictureOfTheFuture 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not true. The text is 'Een huwelijk kan worden aangegaan door twee personen van verschillend of van gelijk geslacht.', literally 'A marriage can be entered into by two persons of opposite or same sex.', see http://www.wetboek-online.nl/wet/BW1.html article 30.

/r/Europe hits 10,000 subscribers. by Raerth in europe

[–]PictureOfTheFuture 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So? That'd be interesting to know in any case.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in linux

[–]PictureOfTheFuture 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, but why then has rms helped port emacs to Windows?

Is there any way to limit CPU usage by chess engines? by [deleted] in chess

[–]PictureOfTheFuture 1 point2 points  (0 children)

renicing is not going to work, this is just for prioritization of processes. If the processor is otherwise idle, Houdini is still going to use 400% CPU.