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by ak39 10y ago
You've already taken the first and most important step: introspection. That makes you better than the vast majority of really toxic people out there. We have to celebrate these awakenings and also be kind to ourselves as we keep findin
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by ak39 10y ago
>You want a life-style business. Who doesn't? In the end, everyone is choosing a life-style. Life-style decisions should be the first and most important motivating factor for engaging in any business activity - not money, not grow
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by ak39 10y ago
I seldom downvote. But since crossing the 500 karma mark recently I seldom up vote too - when using my iPhone. The reason? I have inadvertently downvoted a few times. The buttons are too close for dexterity-challenged fingers. Voting is an
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by ak39 10y ago
Derpy enterprise folks have had too many traumatic turns with Microsoft tooling. There is a reason for this apparent or perceived "stupidity". It isn't stupidity. It is caution. The trauma really began with VB6, then ASP, the
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by ak39 10y ago
I keep a file/folder for each client in which I write notes (pen and paper) like a journal. I also make notes of things I think about immediately after meetings or later in the evening last thing before switching the lights off. These
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by ak39 10y ago
On Error Resume Next That feature alone was the reason for its strength. And its danger.
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by ak39 10y ago
HN Hall of Fame comment awards center stage.
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by ak39 10y ago
Lovely. It's a great example of obliquity in action. He's not interested in doing it for the sake of making money ... he's making globes because he has always wanted to make globes perfectly. The money is coming in because of
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by ak39 10y ago
Market data (closing prices good enough) including Indices data. Bloomberg and Reuters are a monopoly. Macro economic data (eg inflation, GDP) (the ones published by WB and sovereign states)
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by ak39 10y ago
Just wait a month or so when it'll sound like a rebound relationship that went horribly wrong.
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by ak39 10y ago
Look at this concept of dynamic forms in FoxPro with full databinding capabilities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_rCtxf1zBo Always felt FoxPro's concept was light years ahead of XAML's ito clarity of implement
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by ak39 10y ago
True for any software that allows you to focus on requirements as opposed to having to find innovative hacks to get ideas implemented.
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by ak39 10y ago
Microsoft: 1. PhotoDraw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PhotoDraw 2. FoxPro: http://www.foxprohistory.org/foxprotimeline.htm 3. Full Tilt! Space Cadet Pinball: https://en.wikiped
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by ak39 10y ago
Delphi still exists. Shouldn't be on the list anymore than any new JS framework flavour du jour.
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by ak39 10y ago
Pic of dead mayflies doesn't look right. They look more like African flying termites.
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by ak39 10y ago
What is the rationale of low contrast text?
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by ak39 10y ago
This is true for parenting too. You cannot take cookie cut wisdom and apply (CROSS APPLY t-sql style) to all. The wisdom has to be applied "Bayesian" style ... "Given subject with attributes x, y and z, apply optimisation fu
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by ak39 10y ago
You can extend this type of brinkmanship race to the bottom thinking to the practice of writing code. There was a time when LOC (volume) was deemed synonymous with quality and efficacy. That's clearly not the case for software. I loved
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by ak39 10y ago
"Wisdom is what's left after we've run out of personal opinions." ~Cullen Hightower
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by ak39 11y ago
Yip. EJB is Java's version of another total waste of developer time introduced by Microsoft (MTS/COM+). These are larger constructs than mere libraries or frameworks. I call them platforms. You have to obey their large gravitation
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by ak39 11y ago
Thanks. It's true that the word framework is buzzwordy. If you look at the general interpretation or the most common usage of that term, you'll see that it does refer to some type of "boundary setting" type of thinking.
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by ak39 11y ago
Aren't frameworks supposed to prevent this type of thing exactly? If there's no guarantee, how do we ensure that we don't create an even bigger nightmare code structure when using frameworks? This risk has to be understood
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by ak39 11y ago
What's the difference between platforms, frameworks and libraries? Here's my attempt ... jQuery: library. (Others: D3, knockout). Salient feature: does not impose code structure or organization of code modules. Angular and React:
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Yanis Varoufakis Talks with Chomsky about Greece's Hobson's Choice with IMF/EU(youtube.com)
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by ak39 11y ago
Like I said, full respect. Thanks for such a detailed response. Been hearing much about eXist but haven't had the courage to get my feet wet. Maybe some time this year. I don't use Oracle, have had all my clients on MS SQL Serv
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by ak39 11y ago
That's super! I'm 43, but when I grow up, I want to be just like you. What languages and technologies do you use?
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by ak39 11y ago
Putting food on the table is still insulting it. I love CRUD apps. I especially love CRUD apps that are so simple that end users love using the app. And the best part about such projects/apps? The data that you collect over the mont
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by ak39 11y ago
Agreed. Data before algos. Isn't that what Linus said too? Over my looong career doing CRUD applications (& proudly loving it), I've seen too many over-engineered programs and "business logic" introduce just to comp
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by ak39 11y ago
I'd only add one more point to this otherwise excellent list of advice for programmers doing it for the long haul: 13. Strive to become as proficient as you can in the business domain in which you ply your programming. Such proficiency
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by ak39 11y ago
But we can determine the maximum speed of causality, can't we? I was watching a (Bostrom, I think ?) presentation where the vocabulary used to explain Einstein's "c" (the speed of light) included words like "maximum

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