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   by epscoe 7y ago

   I 100% agree with you about the touch bar, but you might be underestimating the user-hostility of modern Windows and the shoddiness of Windows computer manufacturers. I've had devices from from Dell, Microsoft (3x), and Lenovo (2x) in
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   by epscoe 7y ago

   Especially true as API design seems to have moved away from using exceptions in non-exceptional situations; handling them locally is not desirable in most cases. In the old days we'd have a Parse method that would blow up the program i
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   by epscoe 7y ago

   That's a good point. One of the places I worked hired a ton of juniors and placed them under "senior" team leads, but the leads were too few, not exactly all-stars, and code quality was all over the place. I tried to have a p
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   by epscoe 8y ago

   What I don't see mentioned in the article or comments is the fact that the latte isn't the only $5 decision we make every day. We can choose not to buy the latte, and to pack our own lunch, and to choose cheaper veg instead of mea
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   by epscoe 8y ago

   Autoplaying video is enough to make me close a tab immediately, even with Chrome's merciful mute-by-default setting. I understand that some amount of advertisement is required for the content to be free, but this attention warfare is d