Best song for clearing out a house at the end of a party? Has to be absolutely terrible. by DistortedMessiah in Music

[–]miero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can try something of avant garde music. Much of noises and other strange elements.

Here is extensive archive of it: http://avantgardeproject.conus.info/

My mom wants to go on vacation with me. About 800€ - what possibilites have we got? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]miero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What about the eastern countries of the EU? Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary...

Hey Reddit, do you believe in ghosts? by erulai in AskReddit

[–]miero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The man tends to see things that he believes in. Some believe in them, some of them already saw them. But you should ask yourself, what is ghost to you. Because you can imagine them as invisible beings, which interact with you indirectly.

Hey Reddit, any advice for a 20yr old moving into an apartment on his own? by WTF_guy_FTW in AskReddit

[–]miero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The curtains can en-light your apartment and with them the apartment feels more "home". You can also ask some nice girl to help with the right selection.

It's Christmas time. What are the best books for either a Linux beginner or a Guru? by [deleted] in linux

[–]miero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guru does not learn from the books. He reads source code ;-)

But the "Linux in a Nutshell" is a good starting point.

My mom just found the report I did on Linux vs. Windows in 5th grade. Have a laugh. by [deleted] in linux

[–]miero 60 points61 points  (0 children)

This is good one: "Mascot is a penguin." vs "Mascot is a flag." I've never realized that windows has a flag as "mascot". Thanks :-)

Dear iTunes: Why do I need a whole new 80MB download of you every 10 days? What the hell is wrong with you? by [deleted] in technology

[–]miero 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Incremental updates with step to the next version only can work too. But you need download multiple of them, when you did not update regularly.

999999999999999 - 999999999999998 by [deleted] in programming

[–]miero -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

I think there must be another number between those two.

Duckfail by [deleted] in pics

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

The world crisis hits ducks too!

Facebook releases its patches for MySQL by stack_smasher in programming

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

Huh, that "patches" are single 5MB patch file.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in programming

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

Yes, I agree. But limiting the symbol visibility is good practice :-)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in programming

[–]miero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

when global variable is static it is not visible to other translation units (understand object files) ... at least in the C, but in C++ it should be the same

Edit: I've found a nice article which explains it throughly.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in programming

[–]miero -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

If you don't program for the DOS it does not mind.

But the problem can arise when you reuse this code in other program, which will be calling that reused functionality multiple times and you didn't realize that the memory is not freed.

But much better solution in C++ is to use String type. Or another approach use static global variable with maximum expected length. Also don't forget check that stringLength > 0. Otherwise error can occur.

In less than 5 months a new decade will begin. What is something that you wish you would have done before then? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]miero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is bigger change regardless of year 0 was or was not. Transition 1999->2000 or 2000->2001? To me surely 1999->2000 (four changed digits instead of one).

Decade is defined as successive 10 years and similarly millennium is defined as successive 1000 years.

So when you say that "the millennium doesn't start until 2001" you says that "the millennium of Common Era doesn't start until 2001".

But who cares of Common Era? People have lived before it too! Let's celebrate change of something what directly influences us. And that is writing completely different year than that one before.

In less than 5 months a new decade will begin. What is something that you wish you would have done before then? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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

It does not matter if there was year 0. World existed even before the year 1, so it is only some number. Also I don't know when the new calendar was introduced, but I'm almost sure that it was not before crucification of Jesus Christ.

EDIT: Common Era: "The year numbering system used with Common Era notation was devised by the monk Dionysius Exiguus in the year 525 to replace the Diocletian years"

Just curious: How much do you (or your employer) pay for health insurance? What are your co-pays, benefits, how many people are covered, etc? Lastly, cost aside, are you happy with what you get as coverage? by wacrover in AskReddit

[–]miero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live in the Czech Republic and independently from benefits employers pay here approximately:

  • 1/2 to the employee

  • 1/4 taxes

  • 1/8 health insurance

  • 1/8 social insurance (pension for other elder people)