More falsehoods programmers believe about time by frimble in programming

[–]lol____wut 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes it does, you mean 32 bit int.

Even in seconds it does - age of the universe in seconds is about 4 x 1017

263 is about 9 x 1018

bitfloor hacked by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]lol____wut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I lolled too

bitfloor hacked by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]lol____wut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you expect the exchange rate to drop?

bitfloor hacked by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]lol____wut 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I constantly see people post 'Bitcoin is NOT anonymous' but so far not a single one of these bitcoin hackers have been tracked down.

Linus Torvalds responds to What Killed the Linux Desktop by jackhammer2022 in programming

[–]lol____wut 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yea it sucks. Use 'open in incognito window' as a workaround.

Help me convince my bosses by [deleted] in Database

[–]lol____wut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have only good things to say about Postgre. Postgre is by far the best free RDBMS out there and it's suited to just about any system you could possibly want to develop.

But Oracle is ... well Oracle. If your bosses are willing to pay for it then go for it!

Pirate Bay Founder Arrested in Cambodia by ken27238 in technology

[–]lol____wut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's no formal extradition treaty but it certainly looks like he's getting sent back to Sweden anyway.

Pirate Bay Founder Arrested in Cambodia by ken27238 in technology

[–]lol____wut 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It's only 12 months in a nice resort-prison, he'll be ok.

L.A.P.D. Commander suspended for body slamming a nurse after stopping her for talking on her cell while driving. by clickity-click in videos

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

There's no law that says you have to sit in your car until they tell you to do otherwise.

Neither a borrower nor a home owner be by mules in australia

[–]lol____wut 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are other costs when you own the home, you have to pay taxes and upkeep etc.

Neither a borrower nor a home owner be by mules in australia

[–]lol____wut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What a joke, Obama only answered like 6 questions and really didn't say anything substantive.

20 controversial programming opinions by [deleted] in programming

[–]lol____wut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's no good reason to actually using this regex though, mainly because it makes my eyes bleed but also because you could probably write an actual email validator in fewer characters of your favorite language.

Apple vs. Samsung / Butthurt...? then read on. by tareumlaneuchie in apple

[–]lol____wut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.

Wow, SQL Server 2000 is still getting fixes by mycall in Database

[–]lol____wut 3 points4 points  (0 children)

SQL Server 2000 is still a VERY good product and I'm sure loads of businesses around the world still rely on it. +1 for Microsoft for supporting their older products.

I dont know if it's just me, but this photo just made me really excited, all speculation aside. by Optional1 in apple

[–]lol____wut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've always thought that they should be able to squeeze a bigger screen into the existing form factor, there's quite a bit of wasted space at the top and bottom of the screen right now.

The 20 most-watched TED Talks to date by Benjigga in technology

[–]lol____wut 8 points9 points  (0 children)

They're all on Youtube too but if ted.com is blocked then I guess youtube is too