WayneDB

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by WayneDB 13y ago
Is Apple the first company to have done that? I highly doubt it.
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Did Nokia build their Xbox, keyboards, mice, Surface, Surface Pro, Kinect or any of the other devices that Microsoft offers?
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by WayneDB 13y ago
Looks to me like an attempt at organizing the markup to make it easier to read and edit the source text.
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by WayneDB 13y ago
"Well, what happens if someone comes along with a 6 minute abs workout?"
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by WayneDB 13y ago
I wouldn't let it break your heart though. You can't expect every single young person to live up to your own unrealized ideals. In any case, this really has nothing to do with Microsoft developers. Using open source tech doesn&#x2
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by WayneDB 13y ago
I just plug a cheap Windows laptop directly into my LCD TV. That way I get more than just video. I can use the full operating system to do anything at all.
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by WayneDB 13y ago
Then your opinion is severely outdated and coupled with your obvious bias, I would trust it even less.
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by WayneDB 13y ago
Which part did you disagree with and what evidence do you have that it's not true? Have ya not heard of any of the hundreds of open source projects that Microsoft has released? Typescript? ASP.NET MVC? Entity Framework? Reactive Extens
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by WayneDB 13y ago
Oh come on now. Microsoft didn't take away one single kit that they ever released. Stuff from 15 years ago is still usable on Windows 8! Visual Basic 4, 5, 6, COM/DCOM, etc. You can still use and get documentation for all of those
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by WayneDB 13y ago
The particular person that you're responding to has a well known anti-Microsoft bias. It even says so in his profile. So, I wouldn't believe a word of it.
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by WayneDB 13y ago
So, people can't work for a bank or insurance company and still make a difference? Why subscribe to such black and white thinking? I'd argue that by doing so, you have an even better chance at affecting change than you would tryin
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by WayneDB 13y ago
> My point is that there's no influx of young aspiring programmers entering that world anymore. Do you have an evidence to back that up? The reason I ask is because whenever my company is hiring, we get plenty of fresh young faces w
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by WayneDB 13y ago
Off Topic: The word is "grateful" (although greatful is a common misspelling). I was just thinking about this because I've been listening to a lot of Grateful Dead and I was wondering which was the correct spelling. Turns out
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by WayneDB 13y ago
So, nobody server-client architectures on Windows? Have you been inside of one of the many .NET shops around the globe?
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by WayneDB 13y ago
A blind person might. A government agency would rather not post a video to it's own site without a transcript (Section 508). Many people would. For me it depends on the video. I often would rather read the transcript than watch. So yea
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by WayneDB 13y ago
Dribble does work with images disabled though, as well it should.
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by WayneDB 13y ago
The person you're responding to didn't say that a woman designer was the point. They said you can feel free to ask her your question. I wish you would too, because I can't stand coming into a thread about some cool new techno
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by WayneDB 13y ago
No they don't. At least not anywhere that I've lived for an extended period of time (NJ, NY, NC, PA).
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by WayneDB 13y ago
Are you a command-line only/mostly person? For instance, if you're going to delete a file - you always do it in a terminal, never a file browser?
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by WayneDB 13y ago
Thank you for taking the time to explain that and also for remaining on point in the face of my aggressive interrogation. I think I understand your frustration, but I'm not clear on the solution. > ...take the old Windows taskbar...
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by WayneDB 13y ago
I close what I'm working on when I'm done working on it. I don't like clutter. Simple as that. Of course, I also work in an operating environment that generally doesn't leave desktop programs running after I close the la
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by WayneDB 13y ago
> You are misunderstanding my argument Not at all. I quoted each point that I responded to. Which one do you think was misunderstood? > I'm not getting into a Mac vs Windows debate in 2013 Hopefully next time you'll realize
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by WayneDB 13y ago
Alright, I think I can see where you're coming from. To answer your original question with just one of the possible reasons that people might run Windows - developers specifically in this example - it's because they are developing
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by WayneDB 13y ago
...in your opinion. What would your dream window manager do with all the windows that are currently accessible via tabs? Would I always see a list of these windows somewhere so I can quickly and easily access them? If so, you're reinve
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by WayneDB 13y ago
You should answer the question: Why would you not run Windows? Then, depending on how well I think you've answered that question - perhaps I'll answer yours.
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by WayneDB 13y ago
Seriously? The one thing that all the "tin foil" people were talking about for decades is finally proven beyond a shadow of a doubt - and you're still going to refer to them in a derisive tone?
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by WayneDB 13y ago
I've been using StartPage.com which another HNer had recommended. I like it better than DDG because it seems faster and it also uses Google's search results instead of Bing's.
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by WayneDB 13y ago
Thanks for mentioning this. I may switch to it.
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by WayneDB 13y ago
See also (kind of): YTMND.com
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by WayneDB 13y ago
I can't stand the way Google just gloms their brand onto things.

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