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1. 211.▲
   by avg_dev 4y ago

   sometimes, not even the intentions are good
2. 212.▲
   by avg_dev 4y ago

   Thank you both for this note. It helps me remember to practice skepticism in all things. I believe I still identify strongly with the article and I believe that it is easy for consumers like me to forget that my purchasing actions have many
3. 213.▲
   by avg_dev 4y ago

   But, but, all three people who look at my favorites will misunderstand me!
4. 214.▲
   by avg_dev 4y ago

   Thanks - I do!
5. 215.▲
   by avg_dev 4y ago

   This is a total tangent but I wonder if there is something like a bookmark on HN. I would like to save this link so I can read it later. I could upvote it which seems wrong as it has a social component but then I could see it in my upvotes
6. 216.▲
   by avg_dev 4y ago

   thanks for saying this. i believe it to be an important comment and it has helped me.
7. 217.▲
   by avg_dev 4y ago

   I really liked his other book The Design of Design as well. They go well together.
8. 218.▲
   by avg_dev 4y ago

   https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33854332 applies here too
9. 219.▲
   by avg_dev 4y ago

   oh i completely agree. i dont take issue with the content but the wording. i believe the poster said explicitly the developer was likely quite young. it bugged me. im old now, if anything i probably face the reverse kind of ageism. but i th
10. 220.▲
    by avg_dev 4y ago

    what do you use now?
11. 221.▲
    by avg_dev 4y ago

    no need to apologize. evergreen in this case means "perpetually self-updating". i celebrate sharing this knowledge with you today :) https://xkcd.com/1053/
12. 222.▲
    by avg_dev 4y ago

    hmm... https://snapcraft.io/docs/keeping-snaps-up-to-date > Snaps update automatically, and by default, the snapd daemon checks for updates 4 times a day. Each update check is called a refresh. i don't know whe
13. 223.▲
    by avg_dev 4y ago

    thanks. i might try this
14. 224.▲
    by avg_dev 4y ago

    i believe that software design is really hard. it seems appropriate to mention "conceptual integrity" which is a term i believe was coined by the (recently) late great fred brooks. his book "the design of design" talks a
15. 225.▲
    by avg_dev 4y ago

    very cool. i recall in one of my classes at unversity (i did a compsci degree) we used nachos ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_Another_Completely_Heurist... ) and i have vague memories of implementing some kind of vir
16. 226.▲
    by avg_dev 4y ago

    i enjoyed the article. i believe the gist of it is true in my life. ive been partial to this poem since i discovered it: https://twitter.com/nktgill/status/1550429172786515968 i will reproduce it here. Do Not Ask
17. 227.▲
    by avg_dev 4y ago

    i enjoyed the article. i refuse to answer publicly whether i am working on a bullshit software project or not. i believe in addition to bullshit software projects, there exist projects where the business case is good, but the implementation
18. 228.▲
    by avg_dev 4y ago

    please go on... would enjoy hearing more.
19. 229.▲
    by avg_dev 4y ago

    i could not disagree more. simply put: code is language. language in textual form is writing. writing is art. code is art. that is all
20. 230.▲
    by avg_dev 4y ago

    I laughed.
21. 231.▲
    by avg_dev 4y ago

    By no means am I a religious person, but that certainly is a beautiful prayer.
22. 232.▲
    by avg_dev 4y ago

    That is impressive. A goal I will try to aspire to. I may not achieve it and I may not always ask questions - but remaining alert, active, aware, that is pretty badass, and I would like to be that way too.
23. 233.▲
    by avg_dev 4y ago

    You know, I was reading some of the comments here and I was thinking, “maybe it wouldn’t be so bad…” but your simple statement brought me back to self congruence. Thanks for that.
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    by avg_dev 4y ago

    I know a lot of people like MMM - I too enjoyed it. “The bearing of a child takes nine months, no matter how many women are assigned.” Still totally valid, IMO. But I really enjoyed The Design of Design as well. R.I.P. Mr. Brooks. I thank y
25. 235.▲
    by avg_dev 4y ago

    I don’t know you at all aside from this post, so I could be off the mark, but I suspect you need to find a better place of employment. Places where people exercise discretion and aim for quality and ship quality do exist. They are not the n
26. 236.▲
    by avg_dev 4y ago

    Wow. Really crazy. I know it was not right to revoke the key, he touched into their system. He probably broke someone’s production. But it was also absolutely the right thing to do. A god mode key floating around for over a year unrevoked,
27. 237.▲
    by avg_dev 4y ago

    More like one of my favorites of all time shilled himself for a quick buck… disappointing.
28. 238.▲
    by avg_dev 4y ago

    thanks, i needed this today. also enjoyed the muppets link, thanks dsr_. the world needs more people like prince, cynthia rose, and susannah melvoin. it would make life richer
29. 239.▲
    by avg_dev 4y ago

    i used my imagination and took that to be a very good outcome. can you confirm this is the case?
30. 240.▲
    by avg_dev 4y ago

    this is an interesting technique. it sounds a bit difficult, but i will give it a try.