cballard

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   by cballard 11y ago

   If I can't get my packages sent to my office, I won't be ordering from that seller. So there is an incentive to not do this.
2. 272.▲
   by cballard 11y ago

   I have somehow managed to avoid being sold by Facebook. They have managed to sell the ability to include content in HTTP responses sent to my requests, though.
3. 273.▲
   by cballard 11y ago

   > 1.x means that no backwards compatibility will be lost as in the past Why? They could easily go to 2.x, no?
4. 274.▲
   by cballard 11y ago

   I'm an OS X user - why are they waiting so long? Shouldn't it be the recommended OS from day one? I hope that OS updates eventually become like browser updates - they just happen and you don't notice. Seamlessly on the latest
5. 275.▲
   by cballard 11y ago

   I am fully aware of which app store this is. Chrome web apps support NaCL. Why do JS-based apps need to have readable source code? https://developer.chrome.com/native-client/devguide/distribu...
6. 276.▲
   by cballard 11y ago

   Apps that do controversial things with respect to Apple or Google seem to get rejected for seemingly random technical reasons a lot. What does it even mean for code in a packaged program to be "visible"? It should be invisible!
7. 277.▲
   by cballard 11y ago

   Handy is a horrid, racist company. Don't feel sorry for them. http://thebillfold.com/2014/10/my-day-interviewing-for-the-s...
8. 278.▲
   by cballard 11y ago

   I prefer Optional to implicit nullability, but the debate isn't really between Optional and implicit nullability (is there any question there?). The distinction is between segfault and returning 0 bits, and I'd say that returning
9. 279.▲
   by cballard 11y ago

   Objective-C is definitely dynamically typed, feel free to use "id" and go to town. To say nothing of swizzling.
10. 280.▲
    by cballard 11y ago

    Huh? (int)nil == 0
11. 281.▲
    by cballard 11y ago

    Think of it like this, an order of formality: - Jacket - Tie - Vest Each is a step up in formality, and should not be done without the previous, unless you're Nick Wooster, and you're not.
12. 282.▲
    by cballard 11y ago

    > The coworker in question is a heterosexual white male. My manager is a heterosexual white male. There are five other people in my organization in the office where I work. They are all heterosexual white males. How is this person so
13. 283.▲
    by cballard 11y ago

    https://github.com/wkoszek/mini_gzip/blob/master/miniz.c#L24... I'm sure this is fine , but oh man, it looks sketchy.
14. 284.▲
    by cballard 11y ago

    > Vest and tie? Lookin' good. No, this really looks genuinely terrible. Never wear a tie without a jacket. http://putthison.com/post/29635680290/q-and-answer-when-can-... > The answer is pretty much “I
15. 285.▲
    by cballard 11y ago

    > As long as I can remember my father would work 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, wearing a suit to the office. I’ve always wanted to follow his example. What!? This is not something to be admired!
16. 286.▲
    by cballard 11y ago

    I suppose an office with library rules would be tolerable. https://signalvnoise.com/posts/3357-an-office-with-ldquolibr...
17. 287.▲
    by cballard 11y ago

    In Swift you can solve this with a filterNone() method with an explicit type signature of [T?] -> [T], I assume that could also be implemented in Rust?
18. 288.▲
    by cballard 11y ago

    No one should be sitting "among employees" - everyone should be in a private office with a door that closes.