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by apalmer 11y ago
Yes thats the point really... Observable are scheduled for ES2016, which satisfies a clear unamibigous and relatively not controversial 'need' is coming out in 2016. Meanwhile arrow functions, let vs var, generators, etc etc etc a
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by apalmer 11y ago
where in the article?
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by apalmer 11y ago
I get where your coming from, and agree with a lot of what you say. BUT, Fundamentally... >The web as an application delivery medium is a failed experiment, patched up on all sides and held together with 40MB of polyfills on every page.
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by apalmer 11y ago
Agreed. However I think to build on his argument, we should push JavaScript forward in a targeted fashion, based on its intended purpose. Level 1: There are known huge missing chunks of JavaScript that should be resolved as they severely li
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by apalmer 11y ago
which is exactly the problem.
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by apalmer 11y ago
Unicorns, do not exist. by the time they get to this size, scale, they are 'just' corporations, or a vaporcorp. The free market operates on the principal of a products value is whatever the market is willing to pay for it. Going p
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by apalmer 11y ago
Well, one point is purely as a marketing tool. I doubt very few of these lamps will ever last 30+ years, due to moving, accidents etc, and probably dyson doesnt either. however its effective to say that in marketing. Outside of that, people
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by apalmer 11y ago
Not sure I understand the benefit, it's denser, on the other hand from what I understand DNA generally does have much in the way of size constraints. If I remember large swathes of DNA is inactive and there isn't selective pressur
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by apalmer 11y ago
i am somewhat conflicted on the article. on the one hand his arguments are almost all logically weak, they just aren't compelling in most cases. They are mostly emotional appeals more than logic. on the other hand i actually agree with
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by apalmer 11y ago
Most of the 'problems' with microservices are in the operations phase, not typically in the development phase.
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by apalmer 11y ago
Not sure why these recommendations are start up specific. Nothing here seems particularly 'startup'. These are just good simple general purpose web related python libraries.
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by apalmer 11y ago
Ummm... this is kind of thing is well in line with the history of science. Clearly dark matter is a fudge factor to make the current model of physics work. Obviously there is a flaw here somewhere, so there are multiple competing theories o
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by apalmer 11y ago
It all depends. From what the parent posted, the issue was the software and hardware combination didn't work. If this was a 'known' issue and it was sold anyways then this is definitely something within the sales organization
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by apalmer 11y ago
I dont really understand the downvotes... I agree with you would go nuts. My two cents, if your macro is expanding to thousands of lines of code, your doing something wrong I think. I would expect Macros to expand out to a few lines of code
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by apalmer 11y ago
Yes... until you take into account that this is only really useful for swim races, and is not really practical for 'survival' swimming. Its a very difficult to learn swim technique that is really only useful when you are trying to
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by apalmer 11y ago
Arrow functions are worse, as far as I can tell the only benefit is to save a few characters of text. To get this win, now I have to always be conscious of how a function was created which syntax was used and as a result how 'this&#x27
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by apalmer 11y ago
basically i feel like it greatly complicates the scoping rules in order to make javascript scoping similar to other languages scoping rules. If there was no 'var' I would be fine with 'let' and in theory perhaps 'le
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by apalmer 11y ago
No Offense, but arrow functions and the 'let' keyword in particular just seem like really bad ideas for javascript.
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by apalmer 11y ago
This is just a minor skirmish really, honestly this is just Zenefits being welcomed into the big leagues. Zenefits should be ware of biting the hand that feeds them at this point, they shouldnt be 'cowed' but you dont start a war
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by apalmer 11y ago
The ADP front-end isn't the product. front-end is basically an admin screen, the product is the payroll actually hitting your employees bank, and its all the customer service involved if things go wrong before hitting your employees ba
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by apalmer 11y ago
I just went digging around the zenefits.com and pulled this verbiage out, which i think outlines the fundamental business problem: 'Zenefits works with all top payroll providers, so there's no need to switch from your favorite sys
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by apalmer 11y ago
No offense, but this is standard business practice. Integration hooks are added to an application PURELY as a feature to make the application more compelling. Uses of the integration hooks which are not making the application more compellin
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by apalmer 11y ago
No offense, but the whole essay hinges on some core concepts that are NOT logically robust, hence the ultimate 'paradox' is really simply an application of reductio ad absurdum Basically the premise of what it means to be 'po
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by apalmer 11y ago
Oh, I get you. Just adding my two cents, basically if the only thing VSO really does well is use git as a source code system... I would suggest most people just use git, github, bitbucket, etc...
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by apalmer 11y ago
It is different this time, but it is only different so long as microsoft doesnt have leverage.
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by apalmer 11y ago
frame of reference: .Net Developer for the last 12 years, been a lead developer for 3 years, have been the build guy at a couple different places, and set up TFS for a couple different companies... The thing about Visual Studio Online is fr
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by apalmer 11y ago
The point is there are people all over the world who are willing to work for less money than Americans doing the same job. If the goal of the H1B visa program was 'import enough migrants to bring down the standard US salary' it pr
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by apalmer 11y ago
This article kind of misses the forest for the trees. The reason why spreadsheets took over for databases is because the spread sheet was easy and put less restrictions in the way. So creating a spreadsheet that is not as easy in order to s
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by apalmer 11y ago
> .NET is excellent, but the lower level APIs look horrible. It is, more or less, what it is. lower level APIs cannot change without breaking backwards compatiblity. Microsoft as an organization is all about backwards compatibility. So t
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by apalmer 11y ago
This 'problem' with FizzBuzz is really a 'benefit'. I have seen it time and time again, incredible complex code by intelligent people attempting to chase an 'elegant' design. Literally its my number one problem

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