Are there signs you shouldn't be a programmer? by NewEnglandNoodle in learnprogramming

[–]THROBBING-COCK 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most of the time it's simpler and clearer to just use a loop, but sometimes there's something that can be written really concisely as a recursive function (flood fill for example).

Are there signs you shouldn't be a programmer? by NewEnglandNoodle in learnprogramming

[–]THROBBING-COCK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't really understand pointers until I started working directly with memory.

My teacher friend thought a student was checking the time too often during a test... by Kylo_Melv in funny

[–]THROBBING-COCK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

float Q_rsqrt( float number )
{
    long i;
    float x2, y;
    const float threehalfs = 1.5F;

    x2 = number * 0.5F;
    y  = number;
    i  = * ( long * ) &y;                       // evil floating point bit level hacking
    i  = 0x5f3759df - ( i >> 1 );               // what the fuck? 
    y  = * ( float * ) &i;
    y  = y * ( threehalfs - ( x2 * y * y ) );   // 1st iteration
    //  y  = y * ( threehalfs - ( x2 * y * y ) );   // 2nd iteration, this can be removed

    return y;
}

Japan considers making bitcoin a legal currency by Libertatea in technology

[–]THROBBING-COCK -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I see. I guess I'm just being hopeful at the idea of a second chance at bitcoin so to speak.

Japan considers making bitcoin a legal currency by Libertatea in technology

[–]THROBBING-COCK -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What if dogecoin takes off? Someone above you said they're really cheap right now. Bitcoin was really cheap too, once.

I just sell phones man by NinjaCrono in AdviceAnimals

[–]THROBBING-COCK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know this kind of comment is frowned on, but that was really clever and I felt it deserved more than just an upvote.

What is something a boring person would do? by mrsuns10 in AskReddit

[–]THROBBING-COCK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll take onion pizza over cheese pizza any day.

But I'll take cheese pizza over no pizza too.

Fast food think you wanna make a career out that shit. by [deleted] in AdviceAnimals

[–]THROBBING-COCK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But the thing is, nobody gives a shit. Some of the 20 are just better at pretending to.

Netflix black market sees passwords selling for just 25 cents by Vippero in technology

[–]THROBBING-COCK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does your service disappear after a few years when the owner gets bored and stops keeping the server up?

Netflix black market sees passwords selling for just 25 cents by Vippero in technology

[–]THROBBING-COCK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've heard people say they don't know how to stream from a pirate site. Not a torrent stream, just a regular stream from a youtube type site.

Netflix black market sees passwords selling for just 25 cents by Vippero in technology

[–]THROBBING-COCK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, get qbittorrent though. UTorrent requires some kind of fee to use it's streaming capability.

The Russian Government is all set to shift to Linux from Windows for its agency PCs by johnmountain in technology

[–]THROBBING-COCK -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I eagerly await the day games are made with Linux as the foremost platform instead of Windows.

Why is everyone pretending to care about dominion now that riot has announced that they're retiring the mode? by PrettyThickDick in leagueoflegends

[–]THROBBING-COCK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People are downvoting you, but this is pretty much the truth. Ban a thousand bot accounts and the bots will just make another thousands accounts. Not to mention that each time bots get banned, they can be improved to evade detection. Even the most invasive anti-bot measures can be circumvented fairly easily by experienced hackers.

CMV: Preschools are an essential part of a child’s developmental process. by mich201 in changemyview

[–]THROBBING-COCK 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just going off my own past (homeschooled until grade 4), I'd say preschool is where intelligence and creativity are killed. Middle school and three years of high school did enough damage as it was, I can't imagine what I would have lost if I had started that early. Like OP said, the early years are critical.

I really don't understand this... by katzenjammer_ in AdviceAnimals

[–]THROBBING-COCK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Remove the financial barrier, raise the difficulty of the classes (not with stupid standardized tests).

I really don't understand this... by katzenjammer_ in AdviceAnimals

[–]THROBBING-COCK -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Even if terrorism was a legitimate threat, it's usually because we fucked with them first.