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FactChecker reacted to difalcojr's post in the thread RIP Jane Goodall (91), primatologist and conservationist with
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.................................................... [Mentor Note: Dr. Goodall has commented that she liked the cartoon above, which... -
FactChecker replied to the thread Project Documentation.This might be fine for a program under 100 lines, or an overview diagram. Keep in mind that successful, useful programs grow. What will... -
FactChecker replied to the thread Project Documentation.I think you are going in a wrong direction. Good documentation requires more than a diagram. Trying to mix code, descriptive text... -
FactChecker replied to the thread Greatest possible value of a constant in polynomial.You are right. Given the problem as stated, there is no maximum value for ##b##. -
FactChecker replied to the thread Project Documentation.My first question is: Do you have programming/documentation standards for that project? If so, you need to satisfy those. If not, you... -
FactChecker replied to the thread A Crisis for Newly Minted CompSci Majors -- entry level jobs gone.1) If you want to get a job done efficiently with computers, the first question is: "What is the job?". It is not which computer... -
FactChecker reacted to Rive's post in the thread Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming? with
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No need for AI: you only need to read the EULA to know that (for common cases) nobody, ever was actually responsible. -
FactChecker reacted to PAllen's post in the thread I How Is Intrinsic Curvature Measured in Higher Dimensions Like 4D Spacetime? with
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Note, there are other ways to define intrinsic curvature constants. For example, consider the area of a small circle on the surface of a... -
FactChecker replied to the thread I How Is Intrinsic Curvature Measured in Higher Dimensions Like 4D Spacetime?.For one thing, if the sum of the angles of a triangle are not 180 deg., then there is curvature. -
FactChecker replied to the thread Is this public key encryption?.Yes, in this case. This case has a very short message where it is hard to know when a decrypted result is a valid phone number. (But... -
FactChecker reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming? with
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Yes but not all aspects of ownership, marketing, sales, distribution, revenue and legality. Software is a product of a company... -
FactChecker replied to the thread Is this public key encryption?.The main difference is that your example uses a symmetric key, "your birthday MM/DD/YYY", known by both parties, to both encrypt and...