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by ak39 11y ago
Hehe. I swear I had plans for Mad Max on IMAX this weekend way before hearing about this story. Good publicity? So, I will resist buying the super-sized popcorn as my attempt to protest. I still love IMAX.
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by ak39 11y ago
What a great piece of writing. This could do so well as a preface to my all time favourite "programming" book: "The Pragmatic Programmer" written by Hunt & Thomas. Also, IMO, the worst of such "considered harmf
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by ak39 11y ago
Thanks for the Kernighan reference. It is probably the single most important reason behind the ignorant meme in tech/programming circles that Object Pascal / Delphi (not Pascal!) is an obsolete language. :-(
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by ak39 11y ago
I can only imagine the precious 5 seconds of thought given to the decision to respond to Ars by the IMAX Chief Admin Officer: "Hmm, we know we have nothing to stand on here, but if we politely ask Ars to remove references to IMAX and t
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by ak39 11y ago
Here's a confession: I'm afraid to ship. I'm afraid of being rejected and of being dismissed, and of being seen as a failure. So I bullshit myself that "doing the thing" in the latest and greatest new framework,
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by ak39 11y ago
Why not? If you were to develop Windows desktop applications today, what choices do you have that compete with Delphi? (Serious question)
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by ak39 11y ago
Ok fair enough. But, if I were you, just to be 100% excited about this strategy, I'd ask myself these questions: 1. Am I measuring the quality of the email addresses before an after the introduction of the popup? 2. Am I measuring t
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by ak39 11y ago
The reality is that folks like "the_falcon" are the main reason why the sales cycles are longer. If they wield any amount of technical sway, it becomes orders of magnitude tougher to close a sale when they lay down deliberate &am
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by ak39 11y ago
Good points. Talk about anxiety to use HTML tables! :-(
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by ak39 11y ago
I see (religious) prayer as simply a form of deliberate enunciation or vocalisation of hope. One would likely only pray if there was even the smallest glimmer of hope to begin with! Doesn't matter if it's a call for a miracle, t
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by ak39 12y ago
It takes guts to write like this. And I fully agree with Derek. The sheer momentum created by the pontiffs, academics and pundits on this subject who exhorted the virtues of layering architectures moved us into a blind alley. The OO crowd
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by ak39 12y ago
Is the field of EP completely pseudoscience?
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by ak39 12y ago
thanks, that's good stuff.
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by ak39 12y ago
What client-side JS charting library is being used?
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by ak39 12y ago
I don't know if this list is useful for "learning to code", but I have been at this for the past 20 years and I'm still learning to code! These are my own silent confessions. YMMV. 1. Condition yourself to be sharply aw
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by ak39 12y ago
Hi, thanks for the great work on Backbone! Appreciate it. How does Backbone relate to the points the original article makes? What are your comments?
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by ak39 12y ago
I like that ... "winging it" after 50. :-) Made me chuckle. I agree with it. I have a (an emotional) problem with that number though, being acutely aware and sensitive to ageism or age-related relegation of human functions and r
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by ak39 12y ago
There's some selection bias here. Github will promote languages that are classically open source friendly - or have a heritage in open source. Languages like Ruby, Javascript and Java will naturally feature higher in such popularity
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by ak39 12y ago
Thank you very much for such a clear explanation! The example about engaging in vs observing an argument works great. I've had very little success keeping up with a meditation schedule and have "seen" some positive result in
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by ak39 12y ago
"Prasher’s trip would have been impossible without the sponsorship of biologist Martin Chalfie and chemist and biologist Roger Tsien, who not only invited the Prashers but paid for their airfare and hotel. Chalfie and Tsien, along with
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by ak39 12y ago
Thanks for this! Nowhere, so far that I have read, have the scientists used the word "stupidity" as has the originally linked Newsweek article. It was completely unnecessary for Newsweek to dumb down the research this way. Firstl
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by ak39 12y ago
Except for the very same Israeli Mosad spies who knew much more about 9/11 before it happened. That could have saved many many lives indeed.
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by ak39 12y ago
Of course it doesn't. But exposing and criticising France will scarcely receive the retaliation reserved for revealing Israeli spooks in the US. Much less (or zero) accusations of antisemitism.
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by ak39 12y ago
Thanks. Interesting to see Huawei on the list.
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by ak39 12y ago
Your rant doesn't need a point-by-point response. Problems always exist when you attempt to force-fit two idiomatically divergent languages. SQL was designed for reading and updating relational data. Data in tables that can be joined
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by ak39 12y ago
I haven't been in many relationships, admittedly. Just one. This Dec it will be 19 years. Those years have produced three healthy and inquisitive boys. The four in total, in my life, are the most important and precious human beings
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by ak39 12y ago
Showing evidence (or hard facts) is the best way to counter the "always" and "never" accusations. One may never "win" these types of emotional battles, but throwing in a Black Swan by means of evidence to an e
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by ak39 12y ago
I don't understand your anger. The OP was asking what to do when these are a given: 1. You work hard and long hours and you enjoy it. 2. You also NEED to spend time with family who already perceive that you are not spending enough ti
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by ak39 12y ago
Scheduling time with spouse (and for kids) is the only honest and practical way of dealing with the question/challenge of "balancing" work life and family life. It's about setting boundaries. And respectful boundaries a
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by ak39 12y ago
SCHEDULE. 1. Schedule most times spent with spouse. For everything . I really mean everything. Dinner date? Schedule it in advance. Going house-hunting? Schedule the visits. Movies? Schedule the evening way in advance. Visiting fo

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