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by a-guest 9y ago
And then today in YC a blog about "Startup Ideas", there is a suggestion for a "Social Network for Children". https://blog.ycombinator.com/13-startup-ideas/ Please, no.
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by a-guest 9y ago
Doubtless the app will take off big-time once a Jar-Jar Binks version or mode is available. "Binky eviscerates meaning by design." The effect would be even stronger with Jar-Jar: to paraphrase Admiral Ackbar, "You can't
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by a-guest 9y ago
So true! And now you need to do a re-write with each of the top 250 frameworks of 2017. https://twitter.com/HackerNewsOnion/status/86819780153190809...
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by a-guest 9y ago
I suspect it is possible you would be able to monetize your SVG experience in a more profitable way than an O'Reilly book by authoring an online course(s) for vendors like Pluralsight, Frontend Masters, or similar companies?
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by a-guest 9y ago
Javascript hipster echo chamber: you're not using react [or insert other trendy framework pushed by code schools and tutorial makers]? Product user: does not give a rip about your precious tech stack.
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by a-guest 10y ago
> "looks" easier I should have been clearer and said: it actually is easier to reason about the html and the dynamic rendering with the approach Glimmer takes.
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by a-guest 10y ago
> JSX is HTML and JS (?) "JSX is a preprocessor step that adds XML syntax to JavaScript." http://buildwithreact.com/tutorial/jsx Whereas the templates in Glimmer are built on HTML. At the 10,000 ft view,
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by a-guest 10y ago
Supposing an incredible anti-aging pill is invented, what do you suppose the chances are the pill-taker begins to feel like one Bilbo Baggins? "I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread."
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by a-guest 10y ago
Escape from reality is not limited to culture, race, economic background, or a society's technological advancement; it has always been a part of the human condition. In modern times, a unique form of escape presents itself with great f
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by a-guest 10y ago
"Islamophobia" - what are the origins of that word? http://www.signandsight.com/features/2123.html
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by a-guest 10y ago
observations: 1. The article seemed fuzzy on data supporting the claim that people who have dropped out of the gig economy have changed to non-gig employment. 2. What are the types of jobs the former gig-sters moved to? 3. Are more employer
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by a-guest 10y ago
The murder of innocent children in or out of the womb is neither civil nor American; nor is it an expression of liberty in terms of doing what is right. But if the ACLU calls this "liberty", that is terrifying. "There is a he
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by a-guest 10y ago
RE: "What is needed is a lot of very fine-grained data. Not visit data or event summaries, diagnoses, procedures, providers, but actual specific image files, etc. and so forth." Interesting; can you offer other examples of "v
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by a-guest 10y ago
It does seem the business requirement for real-time is often ignored in "offline first" write-ups. If the current, up-to-the-second status of a server is being monitored, if vital signs for a patient are being monitored, etc., an
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by a-guest 10y ago
Angular 1 is NOT Angular 2 or higher. Angular 1 and Angular 2+ are in essence completely different frameworks. The "Angular" team should have picked a different name for their post-Angular 1 project. The vibrant ecosystem of custo
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by a-guest 10y ago
The "Eat. Sleep. Code. Repeat." mentality, if understood in the context of workplace environments where for all practical purposes this is the expected modus operandi, should give any person who thinks the unexamined life is not w
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by a-guest 10y ago
If your manager and/or corporate environment (whether big co. or startup) encourages you subtly or not so subtly to eat, sleep, code, repeat, there is no irony. The shirt reflects an unhealthy reality.
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by a-guest 11y ago
I would argue many of the mental health issues you describe in your post can be found in more traditional corporate environments as well when the mindset you bring as an employee to your job is one of extreme ownership and personal investme
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by a-guest 11y ago
Absolutely agree. And here's the newsletter you need to keep up. http://tenpeaksjournal.com/2015/12/12/javascript-millisecond...
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by a-guest 11y ago
And this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamidian_massacres
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by a-guest 11y ago
Progressive? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide
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by a-guest 11y ago
Angular may not be perfect, and there are lots of other tools out there, but Angular definitely remains an option to get the job done. And when articles like this pop up, I wonder if we all unconsciously fall into the trap of the "Fall
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by a-guest 11y ago
I believe the IKEA desk you are referring to is the IKEA BEKANT. In the standing desk world, this is one of the cheapest ones out there. I was able to test one out at a local IKEA store and my initial reaction was: this could be pretty cool
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by a-guest 11y ago
From the summary: "...We find that job insecurity increases the odds of reporting poor health by about 50%, high job demands raise the odds of having a physician-diagnosed illness by 35%, and long work hours increase mortality by almos
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Workplace stressors and health outcomes: health policy for the workplace(behavioralpolicy.org)
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by a-guest 11y ago
John Medina's Brain Rules: Rule #1: Exercise boosts brain power. http://www.brainrules.net/exercise And he also notes that two of the worst environments for the brain are: (1) the office (2) the classroom
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by a-guest 11y ago
The top voted answer on this old programmer's stackexhange question gives some insight: http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/45776/why-do-...