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by bdfh42 13y ago
The quote "Coding is a niche, mechanical skill, a bit like plumbing or car repair." nicely sets the tone of the article. Clearly that can be said (with considerable truth) for writing for the Telegraph.
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by bdfh42 13y ago
No information that I can see - just an attempt to get the curious to "sign up" and a vague promise of "points". I am not at all sure I need any points. Seems like a wasted opportunity to post a start-up landing page to
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by bdfh42 13y ago
But will we be able to afford the "ink"? Maybe the business model will be different.
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by bdfh42 13y ago
jQuery is a brilliant tool for manipulating the DOM and for managing AJAX calls etc. etc. However you can't truly master jQuery without also developing a thorough understanding on JavaScript. The alternative would be to construct a hod
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by bdfh42 13y ago
Well I read the pitch but... Is there anything of substance there or is it just "hippy happy clappy"? A lot of money for a T shirt and some opportunity
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by bdfh42 13y ago
You misunderstand me. If you start in comparing X or Y to nazis then it is unlikely that the rest of the post will be read - even if there is a legitimate point to make. Mind it looks like ChikkaChiChi did have a stab at it and found that
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by bdfh42 13y ago
Journalism at its most - erm journalistic? A lot (a very lot) of words written with none of them actually on the supposed subject. Filling column inches I suppose.
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by bdfh42 13y ago
Godwin's law strikes again - straight in with the nazi word. You will get no sympathy around here I suggest.
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Generating complex math visualizations in SVG using C# and ILNumerics (hanselman.com)
2 points by bdfh42 13y ago|0 comments
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Francis Maude installs Wi-Fi network to bypass 'rubbish' government IT(theguardian.com)
2 points by bdfh42 13y ago|0 comments
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by bdfh42 13y ago
If you like to make ui widgets to knock your users out then jQuery is where it is. A host of tools come with the basic library but jQuery UI delivers the sort of capability you need to delight your users.
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by bdfh42 13y ago
Michael Flynn's essays are splendid - a "must read". Plus - I am now tempted by the novels.
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History Must Be Curved(popehat.com)
79 points by bdfh42 13y ago|30 comments
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by bdfh42 13y ago
But no agreed "solution" for dates - that would have been nice.
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How the US raid on al-Shabaab in Somalia went wrong(theguardian.com)
2 points by bdfh42 13y ago|0 comments
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by bdfh42 13y ago
I think it is reasonable to assume that the observable universe is an "emergent property" of some fairly simple and straightforward "rules". But therein lies a great difficulty - even if/when we get to the rules the
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by bdfh42 13y ago
I think we have seen this post before - if not then one with a similar complaint. The key issue is that $16.89 is way more than the royalty for a single "play" on a radio station - where there may have been more than 1 million lis
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by bdfh42 13y ago
Brilliant book - and was a bargain at its launch price (I know I enjoyed it) - now fantastic value and everyone with any interest in JavaScript should read it.
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by bdfh42 13y ago
I suppose the moment when there are only two questions to be answered before a non-developer's device is selected has arrived. Q1: Does it run a mainstream, grade A browser? Q2: Is there an adequate way of generating documents I can sh
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by bdfh42 13y ago
Worth it - just to hear the story told by a master story teller. Any new views on the relative disposition of strengths - just icing on the cake.
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by bdfh42 13y ago
Nobody is forcing you to use gMail. Use something else - maybe a paid service where you then might (as a paying customer) have some influence over the offering.
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by bdfh42 13y ago
And there are masses of "how to" photography books - it would be great if Amazon promoted you apps to everyone who purchased a book on that topic - but do they?
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by bdfh42 13y ago
The Amazon T&Cs might put you off - have a good read before you even think about it. I suspect (but have zero evidence)that Kindle buyers are not likely to be app purchasers and while Android users generally can use the Amazon store I a
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Remotely Lock Android Devices(googlesystem.blogspot.co.uk)
1 points by bdfh42 13y ago|0 comments
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by bdfh42 13y ago
The key here is that in all probability you need a realistic programming task that will result in a piece of software you want to use. It is exceedingly difficult to just "learn to program". If you were to go to college then you w
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by bdfh42 13y ago
Your second and third "sins" are the ones I most frequently observe - they seem to be present in almost all "Show HN" posts - oh and not providing a link to the web site. A well researched "sins" list in this a
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Spam Attack Immediately Follows Post on Brett Kimberlin | Popehat(popehat.com)
3 points by bdfh42 13y ago|0 comments
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by bdfh42 13y ago
Save your "breath" - just flag it.
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by bdfh42 13y ago
Cool - very nice - but just sits there in IE10
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by bdfh42 13y ago
Contribute, become valuable to the project and then pitch your proposal. See how democracy works in action. Or fork to github and see what happens?

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