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by dvdcxn 10y ago
There are now many more expressive languages which compile to HTML, CSS and JS. We are 'stuck' with these 3 technologies that are still very functional and we should just embrace them as the low level language of UIs. Of the 3, ja
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by dvdcxn 10y ago
Care to argue why? Also, there are countless alternative languages to compile down to HTML or CSS available. Feel free to create your own if none agree with your personal leanings.
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by dvdcxn 10y ago
I don't get this criticism. HTML/CSS is the closest we have to a universally understood syntax for designing interfaces. Why invent a new standard? HTML is fine, CSS is fine. Most importantly, everyone understands it and can work
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by dvdcxn 10y ago
They are presumably useful to anyone actively in the job market, as a company firing staff is a red flag for any prospective employee
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by dvdcxn 10y ago
>Everyone's a winner Except the people who badly want to see a band but unfortunately do not work for a trendy startup and therefore cannot afford the tickets in their increasingly gentrified city.
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by dvdcxn 10y ago
>John Carmack, Oculus chief technology officer and founder of a company owned by ZeniMax, improved on the device using his knowledge from his previous work as a ZeniMax employee. That's a scary precedent...
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by dvdcxn 10y ago
> What I don't get is why people are always so goddamn defensive of companies and their hiring practices. "The problem lies elsewhere, don't blame the company!!" I guess because as people who are likely to be subject
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by dvdcxn 10y ago
I worked for an Amazon fulfilment centre in Scotland, I don't want to say too much on the matter, as it'd be quite negative. It's suffice to say, this does not surprise me in the slightest.
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by dvdcxn 10y ago
Because, at least in the UK and US, white history forms the majority of a countries actual history. Black history museums are interesting because they offer an insight into the achievements of a transplant group in a country where they are
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by dvdcxn 10y ago
> "Take America back"; that's not particularly subtle as to from who. Depends on the context really. If that was Sander's slogan, you'd immediately assume whom you'd be taking it back was the bankers & c
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by dvdcxn 10y ago
Could you please elaborate?
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by dvdcxn 10y ago
I can't decide whether I loathe Clinton or Trump more - both are despicable. However as a Brit I'm sick of you guys trying to make my mind up for me. Your ability to report on Clinton's shortcomings has been dismal in compari
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by dvdcxn 10y ago
>If things like Robots take over blue collar jobs, I bet we will need the same humans to operate those Robots at some capacity. Yes, but we'll need a lot less of them...otherwise, what's the point in having automation?
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by dvdcxn 10y ago
>Twitter is hard to make profitable without alienating the users with too many ads. TBH I don't think google would buy Twitter with the expectation of making money off of it. Its value is its continued data gathering, which would in
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by dvdcxn 10y ago
Exposure to bugs also builds up resistance. I wonder if eating food off the ground leaves you with a stronger immune system?
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by dvdcxn 10y ago
Seems more like a tooling issue than language issue to me. Angular2 is much more immature than React. Let the IDEs/text editors catch up.
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by dvdcxn 10y ago
>The HTML template in Angular 2 is stored in a string. This has several disadvantages This is patently false. Just use "templateUrl" instead of "template". This allows you to specify a file instead. This is the way I
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by dvdcxn 10y ago
Nothing wrong with protein supplements. There are far more dangerous things body builders ingest that you would've been better mentioning.
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by dvdcxn 10y ago
There must always be bullshit for logic to prevail over. There must always be...bureaucracy.
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by dvdcxn 10y ago
Only slightly related this, but does anyone else have an as intense dislike of definitely typed as me? I much prefer typing's registry based approach and I'm surprised Microsoft is running with definitelyTyped instead. >Sorry,
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by dvdcxn 10y ago
Because presumably it must be internally hosted as it will discuss commercial, proprietary software. Even if not, would we want to muddy Stack Overflow with the OP's customer support?
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by dvdcxn 10y ago
At that point are they even games anymore?
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by dvdcxn 10y ago
I disagree with that, HTML/CSS/Js is by far the most widely understood paradigm for building user interfaces. There's nothing stopping apps built with these technologies looking native other than the stylistic choices of the
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by dvdcxn 10y ago
Humanity as a collective is comparable to cockroaches. Purely reactive to their environment, completely oblivious to the information that could make it proactive.
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by dvdcxn 10y ago
>Why do young white males tend to be the ones who pick up computers, teach themselves to code, start businesses in their basements with their friends and get rich? It’s an obvious opportunity to everybody isn’t it? If you are a different
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by dvdcxn 11y ago
He's referencing Stallman's infamous stance on the nomenclature of Linux
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by dvdcxn 11y ago
>why anyone would choose to live in Glasgow is beyond me Glasgow is a really fun city though. I'm staying here cause I like it, I don't really care that I could earn more living in that other city.
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by dvdcxn 11y ago
That it's a false equivalence. You're being a bit facetious here, it was obvious what the above poster was alluding to.
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by dvdcxn 11y ago
This assumes our future doesn't involve a global collapse of society.
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by dvdcxn 11y ago
>Proponents of the wage-gap point that women have an unfair obligation to child-raising duties, which puts them at a disadvantage when compared to their male peers. Unfair obligation my ass. I'm sure most dads would jump at the oppu

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