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by arkh 7y ago
The problem with JS datatables is, as a user, I'm expecting something like Excel tables. Being able to easily pin column or row as headers and having access to a filter / order by options in each of those header cell. This little
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by arkh 7y ago
The solution from the book mentioned in the article (one of the must-read books for devs IMO) is to have tests for your functionalities. Those kind of tests will help a lot when refactoring.
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by arkh 7y ago
https://weboob.org/ will become mainstream.
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by arkh 7y ago
> payment transfer application Here is where things break long term. When Visa and Mastercard decide to not do business with you it is time to start your own payment system.
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by arkh 7y ago
> Porn is not advertiser friendly. Is it really? We see this often said but usually no one links to any data.
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by arkh 7y ago
> it supports markdown, except when it doesn't! So, markdown? Every website has its own flavor of it. Just reading some of the answers around here you can read "to do markdown better we made our own markdown". Maybe becaus
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by arkh 7y ago
2 months to introduce those kind of changes usually mean it will still be in the "people don't want to change their way of doing things" phase. With most of the infrastructure half deployed, the process ready to be cargo-cult
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by arkh 7y ago
> It does not matter that they will all leave in couple months, the know-how will stay. How about no. I think there is a big divide between people who do project maintenance and those tornadoes. Most new hotness people want to put on the
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by arkh 7y ago
> Why can't I just fake all those things during my development? Wiremock but it takes some work. I wish public API providers also provided Mock servers for developers.
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by arkh 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odeillo_solar_furnace People have been getting to 3500°C with the same kind of system for decades.
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by arkh 7y ago
If you have not read it and don't mind reading, I'd like to direct you to Worm: https://parahumans.wordpress.com/ People with powers have their behavior explained, the good guys are far from perfect. The world is
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by arkh 7y ago
Not a source but a huge multiplier of the effects of stress is a lack of sleep.
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by arkh 7y ago
Another victim from the English language. Yes lot of corporations get free software for free. And that should be celebrated: free (as in freedom to tinker) software is getting everywhere. People can read it, adapt it to their needs and rele
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by arkh 7y ago
> the real purpose of code coverage testing: to tell you what you haven't tested yet. I can get 100% code coverage with tests passing on: // Returns the result of A*B int mult(int A, int B) { return 4;
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by arkh 7y ago
> Well, what's the culprit? A? B? C? D? E? F? I honestly don't care. I know this merge is not touching production. I could have all of A, B, C, D, E and F test suites working individually if they break when put together they ar
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by arkh 7y ago
VR, 4k, interactive use of connected devices. We're getting to Demolition Man levels fast.
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by arkh 7y ago
You don't want to test code. Coverage is mostly useless. You want to test functionalities: setup end-to-end tests. It will be hard, it will take time and it often is a solo endeavor for the first months. But when tested functionalities
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by arkh 7y ago
> discover content Discover heavily sponsored content from content farms. As an experiment, even with an old account, start just browsing the content Youtube highlights. You will soon end with a recommendation page full of shit with 500K
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by arkh 7y ago
Some commenters on reddit are not so hyped by this PR piece. https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/dssixi/inspired_by...
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by arkh 7y ago
> It's shocking but imagine you are a PhD student, you need 4 papers out in 4 years but you are operating in a field where our results are only accepted when they are positive and new. Get the fuck out of this field. Those stupid th
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by arkh 7y ago
To play with data: check Excel filters. It is really hard to beat.
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by arkh 7y ago
> there’s not a lot that I can personally do to reduce the price of college Thinking you need to get a college education is the real big Scam you can thank previous generations for. It will be fun to watch more and more of them wake up a
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by arkh 7y ago
> Ms. O’Connor is far from the only one cashing in. Hundreds of “ok boomer” products are for sale through on-demand shopping sites like Redbubble and Spreadshirt, where many young people are selling “ok boomer” phone cases, bedsheets, st
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by arkh 7y ago
> Women were heavily involved in the early days of computing and built some of the early foundations of the field, like the first compiler. Maybe because it was considered mostly a secretarial job and they did not have a lot of other opp
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by arkh 7y ago
> They either have moderation, or they get overrun. But those boards are moderated by people who are part of the community. Not by the software nor the software host. Twitter, FB, Google are not part of those communities. If they want to
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by arkh 7y ago
> when you go to the DMV to get your license/ID you're automatically registered to vote? No. First thing to understand is you are required to have a valid ID (ID card, passport or driver's license) so almost everyone has a
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by arkh 7y ago
Maybe people could how it's done in other countries. Here in France: when I move to a new city I go register with an ID. Then before elections I receive a voting card. Also: elections are on Sunday so most working people can go vote if
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by arkh 7y ago
I'd like people to remember that some people's terrorists are other people's freedom fighters. Same thing with hate speech. And the age of consent is not the same everywhere: maybe (I hope not) people against child porn will
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by arkh 7y ago
Move the daily to just before noon: it does not stop you during work and people tend to keep it short because they're hungry. And you can have people coming in late in the morning and not be a problem. They're a good way to handle
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by arkh 7y ago
What is the problem with having extreme or dumb ideologies? Without extreme views you can't have progress: in a lot of countries, being for homosexual rights or abortion is extreme.

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