artsr

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by artsr 6y ago
I still miss Reveal Codes. It was such a fast route to fixing layout problems..
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by artsr 6y ago
To me it sounds demeaning to speak of people like 'bodies'. For example in my native language (Dutch), it would create associations with dead people. Wouldn't it be the same in American English?
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by artsr 6y ago
Sidenote: for those who think it's strange to use the word 'bodies' instead of 'people' (includes me): apparently this originates out of something called Critical Race Theory. An explanation of the term can be found
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by artsr 6y ago
What exactly about the tone is "horrible"? That's a strong word and I did not perceive it that way.
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by artsr 6y ago
I don't know a lot about the Julian Assange case, but it's obvious that very powerful interests are at play here. This single point ought to be reason enough for journalists to put the issue front and center.
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by artsr 7y ago
> Writing is an art, not a science. I agree with this, but avoiding writing nonsense is science, and not art. So there definitely is a scientific aspect to writing.
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by artsr 7y ago
Don't know why you're being downvoted. These all are perfectly reasonable concerns. I've seen many GUI frameworks fail because of a mix of these reasons.
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by artsr 7y ago
I was writing POS applications in the 90s. And ringing up customers needs speed and responsiveness. Windows was way too slow at the time, that's why POS applications even to this day often still work in character mode, or DOS-graphics.
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by artsr 7y ago
I like to think that most innovation in IT is driven by people being woken up at 3am..
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by artsr 7y ago
> There are thousands of desktop app developers that never got out of the hobby stage There's so much money out there searching for an investment. It's a shame really.
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by artsr 7y ago
When I started learning C++, there was't a C++ compiler available for my Atari ST (late 80s), there was only Borland C. So instead I used the C preprocessor to emulate classes, virtual functions etcetera. Not everything could be implem