BasDirks

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by BasDirks 12y ago
The ones you mentioned are 100x programmers, both in prowess and impact. People need to stop obsessing over the term. It's awesome that great programmers exist. Stop being so insecure.
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by BasDirks 12y ago
No this is not much nicer.
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by BasDirks 12y ago
Look at how deeply nested the code is. Hint: it isn't. Super clean code.
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by BasDirks 12y ago
Please read carefully, as I stated "mixed group". How about "jongens, kom", to a group of boys and girls? It's common.
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by BasDirks 12y ago
Why not formulate this positively, ie. "Be a Champ"? It would get rid of the passive aggressive stink. Or was that the point?
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by BasDirks 12y ago
In Dutch, "jongens" (boys) is very common, even for mixed age and gender. However, jongens taken literally means "young ones", so it's actually very general. Use of "mannen" (men) among a group of adult ma
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by BasDirks 12y ago
"When we monger hate, we inspire these guys. These guys are all kinds of trouble, even if they aren't outright malicious. We can spread spread harm through them." You are doing the we vs. them thing, not just in this sentence
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by BasDirks 12y ago
This article conflates passion for programming with working insane hours for an employer. This is pretty dumb. "It’s one thing to suffer when you’re an obscure artist, or a spurned lover, or a soldier facing his death, or even Jesus H.
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by BasDirks 12y ago
The distinction between introvert and extrovert is shallow psychology. They are sometimes used condescendingly by angsty individuals at either side of the imaginary spectrum. The truth isn't even that most people fall somewhere in betw
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by BasDirks 12y ago
"a social faux-pas" .. "Have any white men on this site ever been on the receiving end of a campaign of intimidation and fear?" Did you hear what happened to this "Hank" guy when he made a joke once, a "so
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by BasDirks 12y ago
accel != sens
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by BasDirks 12y ago
"ie. my Mom and a dozen bots" in the graph is priceless.
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by BasDirks 12y ago
You'll see it like this: { "name": "Bender" , "hind": "Bitable" , "shiny": true }
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by BasDirks 12y ago
This requires a leap of faith, usually not an indicator of good science, but it's not unimaginable. One could argue that his terms are ambiguous or otherwise ill-defined, but what if this kind of research could be the starting point fo
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by BasDirks 12y ago
The pictures promoting the product only feature very healthy, attractive 30-somethings. Is this intentional or simply and oversight?
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by BasDirks 12y ago
This is quite accurate, except for my worst comment: "No way you're a failure, that's all I'll add." -BasDirks It's pretty obvious how it was misinterpreted.
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by BasDirks 12y ago
"Over the last 12 months I’ve learned to enjoy (or at least, be OK with) moments of boredom. I reach for my phone a lot less often. It’s probably just my imagination, but it feels like it’s easier to concentrate when I need to get thin
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Aphex Twin announces new album SYRO via the deep web(theguardian.com)
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by BasDirks 12y ago
"What we have to tell a young language enthusiast is that there is much insight in ideas different than our own, and that there is much to learn in looking outside of what you consider the best. Maybe there are tools that are better su
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by BasDirks 12y ago
This guy's other articles are gold too.
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by BasDirks 12y ago
When I code outside it's on my Air, on my local copy of some project/repo. Get a good bag so you can take your kit anywhere. I love my Freitag for this purpose.
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by BasDirks 12y ago
"We love a clear time indication, and Helvetica seemed to be the clearest typeface for our display." No, I highly doubt you did any research. Helvetica numerals don't work well here, especially with sloppy kerning. "We t
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by BasDirks 12y ago
They should add "We're on HN" to their list.
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by BasDirks 12y ago
Is it that simple?
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by BasDirks 12y ago
That bar up top that appears when you scroll up; I want to squash it like a fly, and I don't even squash flies. /meta
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by BasDirks 12y ago
"My relationship to haskell.org over the years has been one of stonewalling when requesting access, of slow replies, and of bike-shedding and nitpicking when proposing designs." Sad and true.
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by BasDirks 12y ago
f*ck. This makes me very sad. My hero in black. RIP Massimo.
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by BasDirks 12y ago
Holy earf*ck. Beware of high volume sounds.
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by BasDirks 12y ago
It's the key sentence from a US-centric point of view.
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by BasDirks 12y ago
So many words, so little sense.

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