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571.
by elbear 10y ago
Most programmers are average though, so it helps to have languages that make it harder for you to introduce bugs.
572.
by elbear 10y ago
Why should those be the only options?
573.
by elbear 10y ago
I created a site that gathered curated stand-up comedy videos: http://www.comedylib.com/ Now it has around 50 weekly sessions and is on autopilot.
574.
by elbear 10y ago
Offence is taken not given. I can understand you can feel offended or frustrated when someone behaves in a way you call stupid. However, you could give them the benefit of a doubt and assume they made a mistake or they didn't know bett
575.
by elbear 10y ago
You can use a word or words that is not offensive to express the same point. Like how you explained the use of the word.
576.
by elbear 10y ago
Here's an Ansible role (I made it) that automates the steps described in the article: https://github.com/LucianU/ansible-secure .
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by elbear 10y ago
I don't agree with this analogy, because languages overlap a lot more. You could choose one of several different languages to build a web app (Python, JavaScript, Ruby, PHP, etc.). Only particular tasks have languages that fit best. Ma
578.
by elbear 10y ago
Maybe you have become biased by the number of views. You could try, as an experiment, to write a script that hides the number of views as well as likes and dislikes. Then keep track of the videos you liked and disliked and then check how ma
579.
by elbear 10y ago
First time I stopped, because I got stuck. I didn't have Internet at home, so I had nobody to ask for help. Second time I stopped, because of university exams. I was studying something completely different at the university and when ex
580.
by elbear 10y ago
Bash and awk are programming languages, although they're not something I'm keen on using.
581.
by elbear 10y ago
As in web development plays a small part in everything Python. Python's scientific use comes to mind as a strong alternative.
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by elbear 10y ago
Ok, maybe the framework doesn't have much influence, but a language with sane types will make refactoring easier. I'm not saying it will make it easy, just easier than other languages.
583.
by elbear 10y ago
But the ease with which you refactor or rewrite does depend on the language or the framework.
584.
by elbear 10y ago
That was his point. You're making more, because you also have to live with a higher degree of uncertainty.
585.
by elbear 10y ago
Well, intelligence agencies have the resources to build their own versions of this product, if they really want to. At the most, it will slow them down.
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by elbear 10y ago
What rubs me the wrong way are the two phrases: "it's your responsibility" and "it's your duty". I would prefer if he didn't tell me what my duties were. Instead he could try to motivate me in a positive w
587.
by elbear 10y ago
Well, actually Romania has a high number of women studying technical subjects, almost at the same level as males. http://motherboard.vice.com/read/in-romania-vestiges-of-comm...
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by elbear 11y ago
Almost every person on this planet has committed a crime at some point. Sometimes we do it, because we believe it to be insignificant. Sometimes we are not aware that we are committing that crime. I watched an excellent speech of a law prof
589.
by elbear 11y ago
The more you advance in a field, the more you control you want to have over the concepts you work with and what you produce. So an expert will look for a more flexible tool, one that gives access to all these concepts. Whether that's a
590.
by elbear 11y ago
It made a correct reading for my laptop (Macbook).
591.
by elbear 11y ago
Evolution tends to keep things that increase survival chances, but it can also keep useless features. Also, when the environment changes, a previously useful feature may become useless. Evolution doesn't ensure that feature will disapp
592.
by elbear 11y ago
Couldn't we have a wikipedia equivalent for research? The peer reviewers do voluntary work anyway. I'm not in the system, so this is a genuine question.
593.
by elbear 11y ago
Why not have the application log to a file on a data container?
594.
by elbear 11y ago
If we believe that software is eating the world, it makes sense that more and more coders will be needed to keep up with the transformation. Will it stop at some point? Maybe, but when?
595.
by elbear 11y ago
I can understand the feeling of betrayal, but do you think they did it on purpose? I rather assume they were overly optimistic and reality made it harder to deliver on their promises.
596.
by elbear 11y ago
Would you say we need more medical doctors who are also developers or musicians who are also developers? It would be enough if a Christian identified these issues that could be solved with software and found a developer who could build that
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by elbear 11y ago
Did we read the same article? What I got from it is that you can work on any project of your choosing, not a company project. Here's a relevant quotation: "To start we ask each person to add to a vertical list of project names on
598.
by elbear 11y ago
They don't sound like the kind of client I would like to deal with. I would recommend trying to find better customers and then ditching this one.
599.
by elbear 11y ago
Is it worth to you to keep this client? What are the advantages?
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by elbear 11y ago
The difference is that Bitbucket offers unlimited private repos for free.

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