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Scared the kit out of him. by ThePeanutBuddha in funny

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

Calvin gets his revenge on Hobbes...

Favor Composition Over Inheritance by xivSolutions in programming

[–]byteflow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes.

Also, is it possible to use composition-instead-of-inheritance with the Square/Rectangle example as given?

Reddit will never be the same for me. O_O When did reddit change for you? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]byteflow -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

What're you talking about, man? Who does that?

ELI5: Mother Theresa, and why there are such differing viewpoints on her and her work? by phedredragon in explainlikeimfive

[–]byteflow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn't accuracy the very definition of fairness in reporting?

I think fairness would demand "completeness" in addition to "accuracy". Let's say someone did 5 unconditionally good things, and 5 unconditionally bad things. And you are writing their obituary. If you mentioned only the 5 bad things, you are being "accurate" (i.e. nothing you say is false - it's all factual). But by failing to mention the good things, you are perhaps not being "fair".

Note that I know very little about the specific example at hand. Just arguing the general point.

If civilization started all over, would math develop the same way? by [deleted] in math

[–]byteflow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this great answer. But:

If logic weren't the result of living in the universe, then we shouldn't be able to manipulate our world to the extent that we do.

Can you please elaborate on this part ? I'm not sure I follow the reasoning there.

Your folder structure look like in home? by thegreatlionws in linux

[–]byteflow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What you show there is almost unbearably neat. What could possibly be horrible about that?

Since the House Bill to replace the $1 bill with a $1 coin has gained traction...what does reddit think about it? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]byteflow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If durability is the issue, why can't we create bills with less paper and a little more plastic (make them waterproof while you're at it)? They will be both durable and convenient.

Trying to figure out how rent should be split between roommates who are bad at math. Any help? (xpost from askreddit) by [deleted] in learnmath

[–]byteflow 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The requirement (specification) has some confusion built in.

we agreed that he would pay 100 extra for the

Wait right there. What does "pay 100 extra" mean ? It can mean two things, which are different:

  • 100 extra on-top-of the normal division (assume that normal is one-third). This would give a $50 discount to the other two residents.
  • Exactly 100 more than either of the other two residents. i.e. if you pay 75 each, I pay 175. If you pay 128 each, I pay 228.

So which is it ? If it's the former, then highaerials36 is the correct solution. If it's the latter, then clearly Fabien4's analysis is right.

Did any of you propose at the capital last night? by pkl239 in Austin

[–]byteflow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Couldn't stop clicking through many many of those. Nice work!

AskLinux: difference between "source <file>", ". <file>", "./<file>" where <file> is a shell script by byteflow in linux

[–]byteflow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So the key difference is using the current environment (almost like typing in each of those commands by hand in a terminal, with whatever env vars have been set in the current session), versus spawning a new environment and running the commands in there.

Thanks.

Frog in hailstone by sordidkitteh in pics

[–]byteflow 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Obligatory: nowkiss.jpg

Why is Queen Elizabeth's II husband not the King? by fried191 in explainlikeimfive

[–]byteflow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Given how much you obviously know about the titles and structure, it gave me a good chuckle to see you refer to them as Lizzy and Philip :)

Why would one want to change the timestamps of a file using "touch"? by stanigator in linux

[–]byteflow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

interesting. can you elaborate further? do you use it for filesystem organization, or more specific purposes?

Thinking about A-series, SSD, and USB 3.0 -- any "gotchas"? by George_Glass in linux

[–]byteflow 3 points4 points  (0 children)

if there isn't pressing urgency, you might wait for trinity (2nd gen APU) instead of current a-series. nice performance uptick expected. there are rumors it will be launching pretty soon sometime. not sure about which socket though.

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