cosmo7

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by cosmo7 18y ago
The thing I don;t get is how malleable it all is. I remember evangelizing the Mac over DOS because you shouldn't have to remember some stupid mnemonics to use the computer. Now I have to put up with fairweather Mac fans telling me that Vist
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by cosmo7 18y ago
Without wanting to sound negative, you've assumed that family names represent families. This might have been true 50 or 100 years ago, but now many families are non-nuclear. It isn't unusual for a family to include three different last name
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by cosmo7 18y ago
Did anyone else parse this story as "Why hasn't anyone offered us $500 billion yet?"
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by cosmo7 18y ago
Unix is better than Windows because doing Unix development is easier on Unix than on Windows? I like OS X, but this is not a very well-constructed argument.
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by cosmo7 18y ago
I'm sorry to disagree with you, but despite all of the emotional baggage that surrounds platform choice, I do think Microsoft is kinder to developers. I remember the Stac case, but it was 18-odd years ago. It's more relevant to me now tha
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by cosmo7 18y ago
Ah, MPW. An environment that even made CodeWarrior look good.
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by cosmo7 18y ago
Where to begin? * the almost total lack of development of Interface Builder * ouch Java * iPhone application approval yumminess * Hi Konfabulator! * Hi Watson!
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by cosmo7 18y ago
The first Mac I actually owned was an SE. Since then I've owned five more Macs. I bought top-of-the-line Macs when people were telling me that Apple was about to go out of business. I developed a lot of software for the Mac. I'm all about d
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by cosmo7 18y ago
Zed Shaw is the archetypal Rails proponent, and explains in full why Rails has such an uphill struggle to be accepted. It's as if being a Rubyist requires being a dick.
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by cosmo7 18y ago
Can people stop coming up with examples? You're ruining mdemare's argument.
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by cosmo7 18y ago
The point that Linux enthusiasts become Linux realists is when they realize they are afraid to put their laptop to sleep by closing the lid.
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by cosmo7 18y ago
Very true. One thing that has stung me about Rails is the conceit; if you have a requirement that runs against the grain, Rails developers seem to have no problem in saying "that's stupid; you shouldn't want that."
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by cosmo7 18y ago
Hmm, so your routes are "structural comments." Isn't this what XML is for? Am I the only one here who finds this ugly?
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by cosmo7 18y ago
Two if you count Linux. Are you complaining that Silverlight doesn't run on BeOS or something? And saying "no one uses it" is brainless. In 1996 did you dismiss Macromedia Flash 1.0 because no one used it?
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by cosmo7 18y ago
The best answer isn't necessarily the right answer. You should consider which style is closest to your likely users and try to appeal to them. If your users are independent web developers then python-style would make sense. If you are aimin
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by cosmo7 18y ago
You should travel. Very few people regret traveling. Start somewhere easy like Thailand, spend six weeks crossing India, spend a month or two in Vietnam. Travel light, but take a credit card. You'll be transformed and work will make sense a
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by cosmo7 18y ago
I'd be interested to hear the advantages Rails offers for data visualization compared to, say, a .NET-based site. Are there any Rails features that help deliver client-side-heavy content?
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by cosmo7 18y ago
I'm not sure emphasizing how much easier branching is in Git is a good idea. Git already has a "herding cats" kind of reputation. Programmers like branching because it lets them be less conservative in their planning. Project managers hate
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by cosmo7 18y ago
I think the point of the article was that he shouldn't have to edit his ssh settings to use Git.
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by cosmo7 18y ago
Toss a coin; it will be heads. I guarantee it.
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by cosmo7 18y ago
Would be more impressive if the pagination worked too. Do you test any of this?
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by cosmo7 18y ago
Aside from the fact that the original post is a huge troll, there are plenty of open source Linq extensions (which is what Linq to SQL is.) Take a look at the codeplex. [edit: format]
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by cosmo7 18y ago
I think one reason Apple has always kept a fairly hefty cash balance is that it makes hostile takeovers harder. The other thing you can see from Apple's history is that they tend to buy smaller companies only when the software those compani
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by cosmo7 18y ago
HP is the odd one out. HP sees the future in services, just like IBM. They're fattening (ie: media-ing) up their consumer products to sell off their entire PC line in the next 3 or 4 years.
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by cosmo7 18y ago
Funny, five minutes ago I was reading fivethirtyeight while watching the Dodgers game and thinking that the two were somehow entwined.
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by cosmo7 18y ago
So you are imagining what this language is and then complaining about it?
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by cosmo7 18y ago
I was a little surprised the article didn't mention any of their competition. One strategy I've always admired is deliberately pricing products slightly above competitors.
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by cosmo7 18y ago
Yes, numerous, with the case here being that the number is zero.
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by cosmo7 18y ago
If you're concerned, benzene smells like almonds.
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by cosmo7 18y ago
Yeah, what's science ever done for us?

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