Pacabel

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by Pacabel 13y ago
What you're saying about icons is true, but only if we're talking about desktop software that has major releases only every few years, or software that otherwise uses a very standardized and common set of icons. That isn't wh
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by Pacabel 13y ago
I think he's talking within the context of software, you know. Even within this context, icons have been used for a long time in things like toolbars. But historically they've been quite descriptive of what they do, and often time
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Yes, I have heard that saying. It's a rather stupid one, because sometimes the tools are to blame, even when in the hands of the best expert there is.
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by Pacabel 13y ago
Sometimes it is the tool that's to blame, you know. Even the best master carpenter wouldn't be able to build something as simple as an end table if he were given a pickle to use as a hammer, and an onion to use as a saw.
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If Persona was really of use to the Internet community at large, I think we would've seen it be rapidly adopted, regardless of how much "marketing" Mozilla engaged in. While it might be nice to have from an ideological standp
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by Pacabel 13y ago
I think that the "very successful launches of Firefox OS" claim is odd. While justifying it with the "15 countries with 4 operators and 4 device manufacturers"-style claims may sound good, in practice we don't reall
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by Pacabel 13y ago
It isn't about Firefox needing to have its own distinct appearance, and it isn't about "ugliness". It's about usability, plain and simple. Chrome-style UIs are quite dumbed down and non-standard. Now, this might act
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by Pacabel 13y ago
What prevents a particular mark from being interpreted as some measure of validity, though? If such marking can represent ownership of another asset, could it not represent some other concept, too?
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I've ordered pizza from several chains that use exactly the same process for their online orders, and have done so this way for years now. No account is mandatory, although such functionality is offered if you want to save your preferr
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by Pacabel 13y ago
Pointing out that pizza (or other food) delivery is a very well-established practice that's been carried out successfully all across the globe for a very long time isn't being "snarky". He's merely stating the obvio
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He clearly understands the concept. What isn't understandable is why it's here at HN, why it's within the top 10 front page submissions, and why some people claim to think this idea is innovative or special. It's really
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Any moderately busy pizzeria will queue up a few delivery orders that end up being ready at around the same time, and will have one driver deliver them all within a single trip. The trip may take marginally longer than if just one order wer
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by Pacabel 13y ago
I'm not sure where you got the "I don't understand this" and the "This is dumb" interpretations from. It's pretty clear that neither of those are expressed in that comment. There's one coherent idea t
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I'm sorry, this is absurd. You truly think that so many experienced database professionals and software developers speak out about the dangers of using it solely to be "cool"? You really don't think it has anything to do
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How do you propose that new algorithms become "widely used" if nobody should use them until they are "widely used"?
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How is that an alternative that addresses the issues wildpeaks has raised, though? If anything, the invitation scheme over there just amplifies the sort of problems wildpeaks mentions.
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I think what he's saying, though, is that to many people here the expression of "unpopular views" or any sort of criticism is always and directly synonymous with "trolling". This holds true for them even when what&#
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by Pacabel 13y ago
People do "get loud" about stuff that's inherently an improvement. C++11 is a good example of this. It generally does improve C++ in significant ways, and there are a lot of people who are willing to express this. The fact th
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by Pacabel 13y ago
I think that hardware factors like those are generally irrelevant when it comes to purely software issues, like we're discussing here. In this case, we're talking about an energy consumption penalty imposed solely at the software
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I'm not convinced that it's purely an implementation issue. While maybe that's true in a theoretical sense, I don't think it holds true in practice. There are various characteristics of programming languages that can mak
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by Pacabel 13y ago
Why is it surprising or notable that there are people who have different needs? Sure, there are some people who make very minimal usage of a web browser. They can get by just fine with a dumbed down Chrome-style UI. They might even like tha
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by Pacabel 13y ago
They can, and many do or have done so in the past. Let's not pretend that security incident post-mortems are anything new; they aren't. There's not really even anything special about this one. I don't really see much poi
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by Pacabel 13y ago
The arguments in favor of considering an interpreted language as a suitable alternative are not very convincing. Slower execution is indicative of waste. When it comes to interpreted languages, even those that are very well implemented, any
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by Pacabel 13y ago
If anyone needs placating, it's those developers, managers and executives who pushed hard for the use of Node.js in business settings, not expecting a serious security incident like this one to happen. For those who are especially seri
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I think he just wants them to not screw up the UI so badly in the first place that numerous addons and customization is needed to bring it back to a minimal level of usability.
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Lots of people tell Mozilla that their recent UI changes are bad. Just read the comments of any blog post Mozilla makes about such changes. Mozilla never listens. Their current approach is always deemed the "correct" one, even if
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by Pacabel 13y ago
We have indeed seen a severe dumbing-down of all of the major desktop browsers over the past few years, as mobile devices have become more widely used. So I think that what you're saying is happening, and will continue to happen. Deskt
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by Pacabel 13y ago
Today's mobile devices, especially the higher-end ones, are quite powerful. They offer more processing power, memory and storage than laptops did just a few years ago, and desktops just a few years before that. So I don't think th
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by Pacabel 13y ago
To be fair, sometimes it is hard to tell when those in the Ruby/JavaScript/Web 2.0/NoSQL/"opinionated" crowd are being serious and when they're joking. Some of the claims or statements they make in a serio
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by Pacabel 13y ago
I really don't know what exactly it is, but there's something about the Ruby community that seems to draw in immaturity, and them amplify it. This pervasive immaturity does tend to result in things going sour, and for some reason

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