bewareofdog

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   by bewareofdog 14y ago

   It's an interesting point about not ever being able to escape your school mates. With Facebook, they can track you down after you graduate easily. That is a totally new thing. Is it a good thing? Sure, we get connectedness. But do you re
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   by bewareofdog 14y ago

   The thing is that simplicity could be right under a programmer's nose, already done, and they will pass right over it. They will start building something new when a simple solution already exists for what they are trying to do. Some people
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   by bewareofdog 14y ago

   "crazy hard-core shit" This is the problem. When basic understanding of a system (e.g. I/O) is viewed as "crazy hard-core shit" we are in trouble. You do not even need ls in today's UNIX. Globbing, printf, echo and stat can do it all. And
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   by bewareofdog 14y ago

   Is this why people sometimes will say they are "banging their head against the wall" trying to come up with a solution?
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   by bewareofdog 14y ago

   Insiders were selling their Facebook shares pre-IPO.