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by dictum 9y ago
Here (is the (source)): https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.lang.clos/edcyFOBLMeo/M...
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Successories: dorky motivational posters invented internet memes(work.qz.com)
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by dictum 9y ago
Also notice the symbol in the book cover: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbol_of_Chaos
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by dictum 9y ago
This bookmarklet is another example of the point I've always made on HN about the benefits (versus the much-discussed downsides) of the DOM and CSS: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16335816
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by dictum 9y ago
Your first point, while a good observation on the hypocrisy of Objectivists, is also a facile argument akin to when people can't criticize (something|a philosophy|a phenomenon), or some part of that thing, because they benefit from cer
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by dictum 9y ago
That's the test suite, isn't it?
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by dictum 9y ago
Maybe I'm missing something or it's a personality trait, but I think if you're an expert, being asked to do a FizzBuzz isn't condescending: it's an opportunity to play in speedrun mode. I deeply dislike the job inte
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by dictum 9y ago
MITM proxies are like port scanners - open secrets, trees full of low hanging fruit. Every developer should play with one. It's eye-opening.
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by dictum 9y ago
You're not wrong, but I think the parent commenter touched a good point, just not in the most masterful way: using open source software from Facebook or Google increases their soft power over the web and Open Source in general. In th
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by dictum 9y ago
In 2011. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/01/us-foxconn-robots-... Some argue [weasel words] it's a form of internal propaganda to keep the workers in line.
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by dictum 9y ago
Exactly. The Web is a medium with built-in customizability. This "our product is perfect and must be used as is" attitude reminds me of a relatively recent example that seems to be dying down: mobile websites that used the `maximu
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by dictum 9y ago
Unfortunately, even proficient developers are having trouble due to some misguided technical choices those websites are making: https://twitter.com/sindresorhus/status/900005504931438593
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by dictum 9y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16312989
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by dictum 9y ago
The simpler answer is that counting on the other party to do right when you have absolute information asymmetry has always been a sucker's game. Yes, this time it may be different. But even the classic Nigerian scam is based on the pre
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by dictum 9y ago
While at it, you can enforce use of the English language as universal language, letting go of pesky things like local particularities. (Tongue in cheek but I get the point: those who need a universal time can already use it)
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by dictum 9y ago
Depends on what the hypothetical smart investor thinks will trigger the big crash, and how long they predict it to last. I'd go for farmland near clean water.
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by dictum 9y ago
Besides technical challenges I'm not privy to, there's this quote which might help understand why it took so long: "Actually, this was a request for this one early on in the CSS1 days as well. Me and my aesthetic thinking, I&
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by dictum 9y ago
Sometimes I wonder if 80% of CSS-related snark is coming by way of not understanding media queries.
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by dictum 9y ago
Without the heated tone ("entitlement in tech conversations") there's often no response to a valid complaint. We only get clear explanations from a company's engineers after a discussion is raised. > In this case, cle
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by dictum 9y ago
This is an opportune moment for me to say thank you to everyone at Mozilla for maintaining and improving Gecko. That there's a browser as good as the current Firefox is another reason to not lock ourselves into a Blink monoculture. Of
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by dictum 9y ago
> A comparable situation would be Windows 10 ignoring users manually edited HOSTS file that attempts to block telemetry.[1] Microsoft has hardcoded ip to DNS resolution inside the networking stack (inside dnsapi.dll). It's funny how
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by dictum 9y ago
> That whole field wants to be Google though and thinks they have Google's problems It's becoming a recurring phenonemon, isn't it? I feel the same with frontend web development: everyone wants to be Facebook.
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by dictum 9y ago
What's the difference between having a camera recording you for 1 hour a workday, in 8 blocks of 7-8 minutes, and having a camera recording your entire workday, or even a single hour with no breaks?
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by dictum 9y ago
As with all things in life, it depends on what you mean by slacking. (And the malleability of the definition of "slacking" after the practice of measuring it is established.)
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by dictum 9y ago
Good point. What I meant by "point of entry" wasn't the way to learn React as an absolute beginner, but the official tool to use after you've learned the basics of React itself. A beginner can (and should) go far without
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by dictum 9y ago
I don't want to turn this into another misguided "JS sucks" thread[0], but here's an example from create-react-app, the official point of entry for people learning React: https://github.com/facebook/
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by dictum 9y ago
> Grandpa spouting jingoist nonsense? You slap him in the mouth like he did you for swearing Do you want to be slapped by young people in the future, when your politics are no longer fashionable?
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by dictum 9y ago
> Is it possible to write a post on HN that isn't pointlessly critical of Facebook, or have we dropped the facade of "intelligent discussion" when it comes to things that the hivemind doesn't like? I don't repres
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by dictum 9y ago
"Duke Nukem Taking Forever" holds a sweet spot in my heart.
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by dictum 9y ago
Random observation: reading your comment made me think of Stanley Kubrick.

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