Zelphyr

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by Zelphyr 12y ago
> a few more articles like this and I will be Can you elaborate on why? "If it bleeds it leads" and the potential of another bursting bubble is making the media wet themselves. And when the media starts getting orgasmic about
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
Maybe its Dunbar's number. These executives know and interact with so many people that perhaps its quite difficult for their minds to see their employees as people. But then, I've seen that attitude in startups. The passion for
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
Zappos is one that comes to mind.
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
I don't think you've met the average of-voting-age American. :) They're more interested in how they look than in how their country is run.
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
If you're a new or relatively new developer I highly recommend reading through things like this. All too often developers get in the habit of writing a lot of code without also reading what other more experienced developers have writt
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
CV Dazzle looks interesting. I suspect what we're looking at in those pictures is common everyday fashion of the future. As our governments start implementing automatic face/license plate/whatever detection people are going
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
> ads, admittedly, which is arguably what I'm reading I got this feeling too. Strongly. Its an interesting article but it clearly isn't all that objective. That aside; there is something to be said for displaying the content
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
Fighting it, complaining, being miserable. None of which will get you anywhere really. If you hate JS that much it probably makes sense to focus your efforts towards a different kind of development than web.
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
Thus it being "accessible".
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
Every language has its idiosyncrasies, annoyances, and wtf's. Because they're written by humans who have idiosyncrasies, annoyances, and wtf's. JS is moving into everything because it's easy to learn, reasonably expressi
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
I wholeheartedly agree with the part about the frameworks. I've been writing JavaScript since it was in beta and I can assure you that you're doing yourself a disservice if that's all you know. Don't start with a framewo
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
I was thinking the same thing as I read it but I can conceded that its easy to overlook how much influence Lisp had on JS. I also find it mildly amusing to see all the Lisps written in JS that keep popping up lately.
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
Isn't this the usual way technology proceeds? Betamax vs VHS, etc...
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
If I recall, much of it was written by Jobs himself.
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
I second this. Its something we can all take a lesson from. Unfortunately I see too FAR many programmers who model their persona's after Kanye West. I had the great fortune of meeting Steve Bourne, inventor of /bin/sh. If
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
One of the reasons I'm falling in love with Rebol and Red. Very Lispy but with out the hassle of the parens . Brackets, yes, but not nearly as bad.
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
So we shouldn't try? Just give up? Sorry. I'm not defeatist enough to do that.
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
Its our fault because we put those politicians in power. Its our fault because we on the whole would rather watch sports, reality tv, play games, etc... than get involved in the running of our country. And it doesn't even take much.
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
Why do you think they're spending all their time raising money? So they can campaign to YOU! Obviously it can make a difference if people get involved. Look; Its going to be hard. Its going to take a long time. So? Isn't it w
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
Because email is almost too easy. When you take the time to call or write them a letter you're letting them know that you're serious.
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
Well, look at it this way; the politicians raise money so they can campaign to us, the citizens. So obviously our voice still matters. We're just not using it. Thankfully, for the most part, its not dangerous (yet) to exercise our ri
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
As many have noted, this does need to stop but it won't. And the problem lies squarely with you and me. Try this experiment: Ask a group of 5-10 people around you to raise their hands if they've been pissed off at any branch or
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
I had the misfortune to have used Arch around 2005-2007. That was an excruciating experience. Updates that would take over an hour.
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
I suspect you're right but damn; didn't SOMEONE on his board pull him aside and say, "uh, yeah... you don't want to do that."??
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
This is such a bad idea that it strikes me as a PR stunt.
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
A friend of mine has a fairly effective response to this phenomenon. He turns around and asks, "Hey, did you get in to this movie for free?" When they say, "no" he replies, "Neither did I. Shutthefuckup." an
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
When I saw Event Horizon I thought, "that... SUCKED!" But then, I was an adult at the time. I wonder if it was like seeing Salem's Lot as a kid vs as an adult? As a kid it terrified me (well, the floating kid in the win
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
In many respects I think what you want is Rebol.
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
> Why do our brains like to torture us like this? It sucks but its the same aspect of our mind that thinks up the amazing things like skyscrapers and cameras that we're then able to build. Imagination. :) For contrast look up stori
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by Zelphyr 12y ago
One of the most brilliant programmers I know is a regular smoker and he has an amazing short-term memory. Though now I have to wonder what his memory would be like if he didn't smoke?

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