Zelphyr

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by Zelphyr 7y ago
I think our industry has become rife with people who don't know its history. So we get people "discovering" new ways of doing things that were known decades ago. Take for example "JAM stack", also known as basical
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by Zelphyr 7y ago
This is 100% accurate given that it's exactly what they have done time and again since almost their founding.
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
> It's like we're heading back to the days when people didn't know the difference between AOL and "the internet." I hate to say it, I really do, because I used to respect Google and liked their products, but if y
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
I think his point is that we've been trying _really_ hard over the past decade to make these web apps behave as much as possible like desktop apps. So if we're going to continue to do so then we need to break with the things like
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
> He suggested that the service works best as an “interest-based network,” where you log in and see content relevant to your interests, no matter who posted it Sounds like Twitter is taking a page from Google and not knowing when to leav
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
What has Zuckerberg done since it was a tiny website to demonstrate his views have changed? I have yet to see anything. In fact, to my mind he has billions of dollars of revenue that reinforce that view.
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
I once worked with a guy who, after looking at a solution provided by our team that not only worked but was fast and efficient, said, “This can’t be any good. You don’t have enough code.” He was in a leadership position. This way of thinkin
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
Apple should have bought Spotify. They could've renamed it "Apple Music" if they wanted but they should have otherwise left it alone. They could've even gotten rid of the ad-supported stuff and made it subscription onl
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
I think it can be done in a much simpler way: "What do you need?" If he says, "nothing" then you reply "Ok. Let me know if that changes. I'll help in whatever way you want." and then move on. He's n
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
I feel like this also speaks to having to know your audience. Some people you have to tread lightly with. You might think you're being patronizing but to go any harder would cause them put up a major wall. Others just want you to la
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
Don't give up on your brother-in-law. He's making seemingly irrational decisions but look at it from is point of view. His father may be dying. Regardless of his relationship with his father, this is a very difficult thing to g
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
Can someone explain the trend of mixing HTML and JS code that has been increasing lately? We fought for years to get away from that so I'm curious to know what happened to make people think it was suddenly a good idea. I'm not s
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
I think yours is an important question that few people realize which is; these companies are legally required to tell you when they are listening to you, or even potentially listening to you. Google "accidentally" forgot to tell p
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
I feel like he's touching on a fact that we in software development and UI/UX design need to take heed; know when to stop. Case in point: Google Maps. The old version used to not be as pretty but it worked really well. The new o
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
I suspect some of it is nostalgia. For me, when I lived near so many of them I took them for granted. Now that I have to drive a decent distance to get to one means they're more special to me. It brings back memories when I go to on
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
And Krystal's. I don't care what anyone says. That's foods good! I have fond memories of my grandfather randomly saying, "Let's go get some Krystal's!" 15 minutes and probably $5 later we'd have di
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
The problem is, in Atlanta anyway, there will literally be two Waffle House's on the corners of an interstate exit. I'm thinking in particular a Jonesboro exit I used to live near, but it wasn't necessarily unique. It always
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
I think the idea is that these scientists are publishing their findings which are getting translated (poorly, more often than not) by the media outlets and thus its trivial for the activists to locate where the scientists live and work.
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
Seems like scientists at that point have little choice but to bring legal action against those activists for slander. Unfortunately, and apropos of your point, most scientists likely won't be that aggressive in their action and I thin
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
Very much this. The reason why we're all so overwhelmed by the online and media vitriol is those platforms have the ability to push the negative content straight to us. And they do so because they know it'll get our attention. S
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
As an aside, if you’re using company-provided computers and phones your default behavior should be to assume they are spying on you to the degree that they are recording every action you take in those devices. It’s a spectrum—many companies
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
I was on Paxil for almost ten years. God, the zaps, the nausea, and the memory loss when coming off of it! I just read a book the other day that I’ve had for awhile but hadn’t read—or so I thought. While reading it, some of it seemed famili
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
They'll never do so but I would love it if Apple would add a physical sliding keyboard like the Pro 1. I really really dislike the virtual keyboard, always have. It's so inaccurate. Granted that's because I'm a touch-
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
I didn’t once mention Google so I’m not sure what about my comment makes you think I have different principles for Google when it comes to privacy.
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
You're probably right but this is indicative of our increasing distrust of Facebook. They lie all the time about what they're doing with our data. So can we as developers trust them any more than the average user given their dem
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
"Offense is taken, not given. No need to disarm the world. Just make yourself bullet proof. Sticks & stones people. Block. Unfollow. Laugh." -- Ricky Gervais
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
I think the news is perpetuating it. They're not stupid. They know they can tap into all this outrage for their own benefit. Once people are riled up they are sadistically attracted to things that will fuel that rage and the news me
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
You touch on a very important part of this equation: there are good interviewers and bad interviewers. A good interviewer, in my opinion and experience, will try to get to know the person first. They'll put the candidate at ease. The
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
I see one aspect of this trend of asking programming questions that require a lot of memorization: We have had for the past ~10-15 years people in the workforce (and thus acting as interviewers) who went through a public education system w
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
Not all lodges are the same. Check out other lodges in your area to get a feel for them and their membership.

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