FrancoDiaz

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   by FrancoDiaz 10y ago

   So what other things is the media duping us on right now, that in 10 years will be shown to be B.S?
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   by FrancoDiaz 10y ago

   This went on for 5 years? I would have hired a lawyer after the first incident and been interrogating the cops on why this is going on.
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   by FrancoDiaz 10y ago

   What language, platform is it written in?
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   by FrancoDiaz 10y ago

   There's a couple different things we're talking about here. The ability to install typings via npm, which is good because it gets rid of another tool (typings) and everything is in package.json. But the other thing is the abilit
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   by FrancoDiaz 10y ago

   Yes, given enough time for enough manual work, and enough tests, and enough code review.... The whole point is not to have to do this stuff manually, which is very error prone. Ad-hoc REPL work, and tests are very likely to have missed so
6. 156.▲
   by FrancoDiaz 10y ago

   The Typescript compiler (written in Typescript) uses no classes.
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   by FrancoDiaz 10y ago

   If the code is well written ... In a good environment like you have in many Smalltalks ... No one who really knows how to write in a dynamic language puts stuff like that in typical code That's the problem. You're talking abo
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   by FrancoDiaz 10y ago

   I've always been fascinated by these decades-long coal mine fires. Too bad they can't harness that energy somehow.
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   by FrancoDiaz 10y ago

   I guess that page just hasn't been updated yet. npm i -g typescript@2.0 will give you 2.0.3
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    by FrancoDiaz 10y ago

    I'll add the ability to use globs in tsconfig is a big win too. http://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/tsconfig-json.ht...
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    by FrancoDiaz 10y ago

    Simplified Declaration File (.d.ts) Acquisition (via npm) This is huge from a usability perspective.
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    by FrancoDiaz 10y ago

    This was discussed a couple days ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12538106
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    by FrancoDiaz 10y ago

    The "kill switch" is more likely a way to control the movement of the population. With the flip of a switch, whatever areas can effectively become "no-go" zones. Surveillance will probably be a big factor too. The gove
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    by FrancoDiaz 10y ago

    Uhmm...yeah, I thought I pretty much said that. My point was from the application developer's perspective, what's the difference? Even now, C++ can be compiled to JS via EMScripten to asm.js. I don't write "JavaScript&
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    by FrancoDiaz 10y ago

    I don't see what the difference is between WebAssembly and what we have now. Now we have transpiling to ES5. Eventually, we'll be "compiling" to WebAssembly. The only difference is that one target is a bytecode and t
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    by FrancoDiaz 10y ago

    It's that same condescending attitude that you see westerners when they're talking about "tribes" people, and how they're untouched from the "evil, capitalist" world. Of course, it's also a political